CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Put a stop to golf after the girl’s affair (7) 8 Shipping line artist (7) 10 Loads of hair worn up in a ball (9) 11 All the best gold used to plate stamp (5) 12 Left amongst friends becomes less interesting (5) 13 Musicians from south are inclined to tour Mediterranean island (5,4) 15 Repeats, needing time for Planck’s first formulae (7) 17 Grass residue is found in two hotels (7) 18 Prisoner regrets crossing street, and explains (9) 20 A medical professional contracted to cover hospital for a specific purpose (2,3) 21 European flower west of Hamburg (5) 23 Policeman confronting the girl’s love for Batman perhaps (9) 24 Passage that’s right in bar (7) 25 Name a fool after the second of April (7)

DOWN

1 Politician’s order regularly placed with landlord (10) 2 Call for help stocking supplement for dull and boring people (6) 3 Suffers since one’s confined by nurse turning up (8) 4 Sport’s first couple present field (6) 5 Dispensable after ignoring writers with small handicaps (8) 6 Sources of energy topped up in case (4) 7 Keen — before rehearsal shows cheating (5,8) 9 Golf article on notice for twenty-four hours (5,3,5) 14 Crime that strangely must keep one school subject (10) 16 Close up before crowd fragment (8) 17 Use this in garden and expect to receive fresh pies (8) 19 Unexpected results from leading groups (6) 20 The drink of a married woman who’s educated? (6) 22 Sales spiel must start late and cause irritation (4)