CROSSWORD

Across

1 Good man held in ridicule comes to blows, perhaps (5)

4 It may be smoked and eaten with butter (4,3)

8 Girl returns a greeting (3)

9 Stiff – but relaxing (9)

10 Not allowed when sick, having broken a leg (7)

11 Look back with study of the past (5)

13 One who picked the winning ticket goes back for the prize (6)

15 Attempt to get round tea-blending agreement (6)

18 and 21 Across: Time to settle final accounts (3,2,9)

19 Make-up helps mother hide a blemish (7)

21 See 18 Across

23 Man in a mix-up (3)

24 It may appear to frighten people (7)

25 Conveyed to Edward shortly (5)

Down

1 He’s used to handling see-through materials (7)

2 Go off quietly, as a thief will do? (5,4)

3 Mormon’s founder was even in old age (5)

4 Repair at last (6)

5 Deep hatred for a soldier, we hear (7)

6 Letter used in teaching Greek (3) 7 Start being awkward (5)

12 Stagestruck scriptwriter distraught at dim star (9)

14 Once more buoy up a company with a cash injection? (7)

16 Longed for 1998 to end in style (7)

17 A rule the British had (6)

18 It’s played up or down (5)

20 With which and what one sees (5)

22 One may take a rest with this shooting stick (3)