THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Window-cleaner found in the mountains (7) 5 Saucy thing to cut (5)

8 Set up organisation for education and research (9)

9 I’m quiet - but he probably won’t be (3) 10 Seasonal slump in America? (4)

12 Useful people showing diplomacy in studies (8)

14 Unrefined and hearty possibly (6)

15 They’re drawn out in G sharp perhaps (6) 17 It holds and is held in a strange trance (8) 18 Leaf-destroying parasite (4)

21 Determine to become hard (3)

22 Small staff that may work wonders (5,4)

24 A lengthy yarn (5)

25 Even this dog will have his day some day perhaps (7)

DOWN

1 Stony-faced man? (5)

2 A craft for a simpleton (3)

3 Fail to skip (4)

4 Translating Proust may produce it (6)

5 He caters for people who don’t follow rules (8) 6 Head teacher is a source of interest (9)

7 Meals for father in breaks from work (7)

11 It is held to improve the eyesight (9)

13 They may well be employed in checking (8) 14 Pardons and releases (7)

16 Puts in the balance (6)

19 Summed up (5)

20 What a dirty film! (4)

23 No particular part of the Christian year (3)