Weekend crossword

1988

ACROSS

1 After a breather a chemist makes a fresh impression (8) 5 Violet’s plainclothes — very sticky (6) 9 Painter’s board the head allowed in (7) 10 Shows mercy — has the French in tears (7) 11 Victor, winning the girl with a ring (10, 4) 13 More than half the climb (up Everest, initially) is steep (5) 14 Spring after gold, one by one, 1984 style? (9) 16 To be nosy about her pie collapsing is the outside limit (9) 18 Liberal member’s beer round (5) 19 Film the race? Canadians do it in boats (5, 3, 6) 22 A throne topples — not the first (7) 23 Used the telephone in a river put out of order (7) 24 Put up with the consequence and rue being misled (6) 25 Designation of the cloth highly regarded around the north (8)

DOWN

1 Given a sharp blow to the ears and transported (4) 2 Bolt under a car where once can enjoy a quiet drink (63) 3 I’m a collector’s piece, quaint, dotty, English (7) 4 Assemble a portion to win the girl (5, 8) 6 Bad Albert for example having to go inside, for breaking the law (7) 7 Here’s a boat, love — stick around (5) 8 Unfortunate DJ is on diet and incoherent (10) 10 A game commuters play as they trundle over it? (76) 12 Flight that allows one to breathe? (37) 15 Such sauce would be a folly if there were an R in it (9) 17 Baseball player, a crock (7) 18 Slander in snake language (7) 20 Like an egg, duck, with nothing in (5) 21 Metal guide (4)