DOUBLE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Service provider quietly starting fires (6)

5 Zero scope to

provide fruit (6)

8 Part of macho greaser is monster (4)

9 Five battle without a

break (8)

10 Being organised, foil

tall ships (8)

11 Rough diamonds in

French street (4)

12 Great pubs prepared to take in monarch (6)

15 Lecturer with

important animal (6) 17 Maybe Achilles

in the room? (4)

19 Mon petit might be

powerless (8)

22 Horse moves long

time after groom (8) 23 In Macedonia king is

related by blood (4) 24 Charlie with new socks inside selected (6)

25 Austere office contains record-player (6)

CRYPTIC DOWN

2 Some changeling is divine messenger (5)

3 Respect in order for

this! (7)

4 New book (5)

5 Where one grows

fruit or vegetable (7) 6 Wounded Croat one

in cast (5)

7 Dialect needing good English at all costs? (7)

13 Discover a foreign

planet (7)

14 UK genius catching

it (7)

16 Price of lousy egg

with salt (7)

18 Disc unaltered for

Manchester band (5) 20 Put pressure on the

media (5)

21 Madly vain English

easily conned (5)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Kidnap (6)

5 Worn, in poor

condition (6)

8 Horse-guiding

strap (4)

9 Got ready (8)

10 Quicker route (5,3) 11 Tailed

amphibian (4)

12 Except if (6)

15 Sumptuous (2,4) 17 Take a gulp (4)

19 Audience

acclaim (8)

22 Logical and intelligible (argument) (8)

23 Appear (4)

24 Part of a shoe (6) 25 Shop canopy (6)

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2 Common forest

tree (5)

3 Make uneasy (7) 4 Subject for

discussion (5)

5 Perfumed (7)

6 Once more (5)

7 Insect secretion used to make candles (7) 13 Just arrived

(baby) (7)

14 Major reorganisation (5-2) 16 Communication,

contact (7) 18 Huge or wonderful (5) 20 Kebab bread (5)

21 Rear of a ship (5)