CRYPTIC 320 CROSSWORD
ACROSS
4 My little one is at the border expressing patriotism (6)
7 To see it in the paper or in the bullring (8)
8 All ladies have their standards of perfection (6)
9 Tom is about four and at tea is apt to get things moving (8)
11 I get that rodent to pose for it in the grass (7)
13 That’s a hard one! (7)
15 What makes that pest lie in his letter? (7)
17 In the south it’s rotten to be called a loud-mouth (7)
20 Elizabeth passes out when someone slanders her (8)
23 Shut out and I have a break, too! (6)
24 Thinks it’s game to sin and I am confused (8)
25 They’re sharp – these dashing fellows! (6)
DOWN
1 Marco’s a good sport! (4)
2 Do I find it favourable to be one over the eight? Sounds like it! (6)
3 8 across begins with a mere thought (4)
4 A sign that dental decay has no beginning? (5)
5 The surgeon saw it at the centre panicking (6)
6 Where clattering has a striking effect (5)
9 The influential men who go into a slum (6)
10 Has his ups and downs at golf and needs a rest (7)
12 Head off the rotters – they’re taking the fish! (6)
14 It’s tied in with the United Nations – combined, you might say (6)
16 Did Rose get cut off for being mean? (6)
18 I have that rat left in court (5)
19 So is a fertile spot to be found here? (5)
21 Leap about and sound your bell (4)
22 Need a new look in your garden? (4)