LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Rudeness 5 Lamp 8 (ba)Thin(g) 9 Sea horse 10 Notable 12 Deans 13 Shaker 15 Bitter 17 Blank 18 Split up 22 Semolina 23 Abbe 24 Tidy 25 Theatres DOWN: 1 Ratings 2 Drift 3 Easel 4 Snap 6 Abreast 7 Pleas 11 Break 12 Drill 14 Alarmed 16 Rapiers 17 Beset 19 Plate 20 Tiber 21 Hint