DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

Across

1 Exercise requiring words of encouragement (4-2) 5 Manages to get redesigned hive accepted by experts (8) 9 Docked support vehicle at game (8) 10 One’s batting bottle is undone by this (6) 11 Aviators with female in agony must get fuel (8) 12 Party chief ’s sphere of influence (6) 13 Dogs eating last of dinner for miners (8) 15 Yield from planned economy rejected (4) 17 Part of small hotel, originally upmarket (4) 19 Two ducks in New Forest getting tired (8) 20 Problem seen in Standard column (6) 21 Grannie’s lost income from investments? (8) 22 Short temper? (6) 23 A woman of the cloth accepts no church state (8) 24 Marine bank anticipating the Spanish nonsense (8) 25 The First Lady, 50, seen in New York regularly (6)

Down

2 Fine leaves boss of kitchen covering a problem (8) 3 Can he con criminal? Absolutely not! (2,6) 4 Minister’s responsibility for output of artist (9) 5 An unexpected turn of events, and isn’t he a litigant in a muddle? (1,5,2,3,4) 6 Devil with evidence of debts showing lack of respect (7) 7 French wine circle entertaining old boy up for hot food (8) 8 Brawn as speciality (8) 14 Fancy ordering a barrier for some immigrants (3,6) 15 Framed Frenchman after company acted (8) 16 Residence or fine home within the outskirts of Dorking (8) 17 Unusual prejudice seeing no judge initially offering treatment such as this (8) 18 American revolutionary with chewed cigar left such spirit (8) 19 Delicate bit of cloth found in record cabinet (7)