CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Song performed by little Sarah in the afternoon (5)

Fabulous site desert inhabitant reverts to (7) Some notice a sign of nerves (3)

Some sites for development, apparently (2,2,5)

Some wear a cheerful smile in affliction (7) English names, no French ones (5) A medium state, perhaps (6)

Operator of a printing machine (6)

Unusual job an instrumentalist may hold (5)

Song that once charmed Ulysses (7)

She went in order to be topical (2,3,4)

The point of a dowry (3)

Save your money, partner (7)

Supply arrangement (5) 4 8 9

10 11 13 15 18

19 21 23 24 25

DOWN

1 A case of waiting quietly (7)

2 Make sure as sure can be (9)

3 It is scored for players, not by them (5) 4 Unusually docile snakes may be (6)

5 Mary and child featured in stonework (7) 6 It may be just an excuse to stay in bed (3) 7 Examinations using experiments (5) 12 Given a free passage? (9)

14 Anger over a disease (7)

16 Runner hotfoot for a meal (7)

17 It smoothly finishes off a piece of writing (6)

The captain who was put off by his crew (5)

20 Catch a girl with nothing on (5)

22 Don’t stand up when it is curtailed (3) 18

DOWN

1 Peaceable (7)

2 Ignorant (2,3,4)

3 Pilferer (5)

4 To furnish (6)

5 Outward appearance (7) 6 Keen discernment (3) 7 Short, simple song (5)

12 A hopeless project (4,5) 14 Authoritative instruction (7) 16 Everlasting (7)

17 Indigenous (6)

18 General meaning (5) 20 Timber (5)

22 Tear violently (3)