FRIDAY CROSSWORD

Across

1 Start term in broadcast radio provider? (11)

7 Expel the Spanish in Belgium and Switzerland (5)

8 Deluded sort of enthusiast requiring no change in Manx event (9)

10 Most unsophisticated Scotsman returned undergarment (7)

11 Win back pounds seized in a crime after resolution (7)

12 Very short time to keep in university, being dim (5)

13 Dress, perhaps, additionally cited for second-in-command (6,3)

16 Nurse given approval, stern in new role (4,5)

18 A North African picked up for affair (5)

19 Oddball teachers’ legal event? (7)

22 Downgrade area covered by revolutionary writer (7)

23 A green sphere? (9)

24 Distinctive spirit captured by sweet hosts (5)

25 Same huge pit excavated? All is revealed (3,4,2,2)

Down

1 Informal discussion got misconstrued as a lecture (7-2)

2 The first woman to go after a Greek character’s produce (7)

3 Vault over River Trent’s estuary? Tightrope walkers fall in it (6,3)

4 Reprobate needing no introduction in private (5)

5 Note about American farm offering number of shares? (7) 6 In Ankara I tasted a yogurt-based dish (5)

7 Note in queen maybe outrage, not one showing generosity (11)

9 Music-makers merit a bonus for playing (11)

14 Resort’s second park with first-rate award (9)

15 Vehicle in the main for those in an engagement? (9)

17 A new drink? Yes, being oddly imbibed in test (7)

18 Forever young wife leaves unpaid (7)

20 Fish from river in time disclosed (5)

21 Particularly minor performer (5)