TELEGRAPH CRYPTIC

Across 1 Worst ring women give (6) 5 Came across a number, say — a figure of speech (8) 9 Target set when following races at sea (8)

10 Major part of seductive woman’s refrain (6) 11 Away kit is better (8) 12 Still on board for this game? (6) 13 Strait-laced girl’s flower? (8) 15 Bother doctor with a temperature (4) 17 Where sweat appears from soldiers during exercises? (4) 19 Pass on cost of assault by engineers (8) 20 Depressing feature of car for chicks? (6) 21 No marines join forces, by and large (8) 22 Disease spread by case of pleural fever (6) 23 Unhealthy, dismissing origins of all raging madness (8)

24 Where seats are available for those standing (8)

25 Stifle study covering a politician (6) Down 2 One who’s left with a will? (8) 3 Part of church with intricate patterns (8) 4 Planning a rest in extensive riverbank (9) 5 Motorway signs finishing — fear poor understanding (15)

6 The world of learning made difficult in a church (7)

7 Success — the girl’s almost top up to now (8) 8 Make do with raised kerb (8) 14 Shocked by teacher valued in hearing (9) 15 Follower’s punishment not popular (8) 16 Precise bill put in front of minister (8) 17 Disheartened people stood for election with miners each year (3,5) 18 Way boxing permit is a risky game (8) 19 Relate possible action when votes are checked (7)