Quick Crossword

Across

1 First sign of contentment, marital partner getting plump (6) 4 Stopped benefit coming into home (6) 8 Means of paying Spooner’s frosty captor (4,4) 10 Return your dreadful uniform (6) 11 Ladies’ man rejecting 50% of people at university? (4) 12 Ignored cut in price (10) 13 Kitchen appliance beginning to rattle inside, fear griddle’s defective (6,6) 16 French city by Rhone is desperate for churchgoers (12) 20 Attempt to resolve dispute about Charlie’s treatment (10) 21 That’s reflected in heart of benevolent characters (4) 22 Cook endless seabird stew (6) 23 Sound from turkey eating (8) 24 Reserved a little fairground stall in school holidays, initially (6) 25 Liberate secure complex (6)

Down

1 Ordered raincoat from European country (8) 2 Revoked some sound ideas (5) 3 Split in fabric underneath black bag (7)

5 Nobody is in the dark totally (3,4)

6 Figure observed boxing tournament, perhaps (9)

7 Some people’s statistics reported for diving bird (6)

9 Deplorable grids in sets to be reworked (11)

14 Treachery of the French place, far from warm welcoming in Italian (9)

15 Royal holding nothing against region (8)

17 People like you are composed, I’d be cross now and then (7)

18 Worthless cast in Globe (7) 19 Gentleman with teaching qualification — flipping rubbish (6)

21 Shout about one climbing tree (5)

Across

1 Fine spray (4)

4 Object (7)

8 Storyteller (8)

9 Santa’s helper (3)

11 Female relatives (6)

13 Skilful (6)

14 Old church tax (5)

15 Hurry (4)

17 Hint (4)

18 Siren (5)

20 Snobbish (6)

21 Of the people (6)

24 Untruth (3)

25 Ample (8)

26 Type of computer (7)

27 Water jug (4)

Down

2 Picture (5)

3 Aim (6)

4 Creative (4)

5 Aquatic reptile (6) 6 Herb (7)

7 Fizz (10) 10 Composed (10) 12 Not serious (5) 13 Sound from a bird (5) 16 Royal Engineers (7) 18 Finally (2,4) 19 Confuse (6) 22 Jousting weapon (5) 23 Jolt (4)