CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 He puts money on a footballer (6)

8 Start to arrange for show (3,3) 10 It’s minted by the company in time ... (7)

11 ... and it could be ruined by cruel mix-up (5)

12 See 21 Down.

13 Spoils the remains of ancient buildings (5)

17 Be quiet about mother’s bankruptcy (5)

18 and 19 Down They don’t provide illumination in the van! (4-5)

22 Giving chase at a later date (5)

23 The luggage is found in the lowlands (7)

24 Not entirely left in a political group (6)

25 Plenty with a different role after the end of casting (6)

DOWN

1 Thugs making a wild chase around Pennsylvania (7)

2 He doesn’t believe I fled in disguise (7)

3 State of a hatchet that’s turned up in backstreet (5)

4 Filling up the cracks at the top of the room, we hear (7)

5 Joey’s resting place (5)

6 Pete’s very much inclined to get upset (5)

9 To pulverise in this way is disgusting (9)

14 Greenstone (7)

15 To phase out a place of refreshment (3-4)

16 One who puts clothes on a sideboard (7)

19 See 18 Across.

20 Some of the supplies to restock the shop (5)

21 and 12Ac Describing bright pupils (5-4)