CRYPTIC 320 CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 You need a shovel to get out of such miserable accommodation (6)

8 Shell service for your vehicle is just a step away (8)

9 I’d return bearing grapes and looking holy (6)

10 Disgusting clerical habits were seen on the golf course (8)

11 It’s true – in the morning, it tends to become ripe (6)

12 Looks both ways (4)

13 He’s given four ways to treat nettlerash (5)

16 Just state the sample required (5)

19 Sued for making do with second-hand material (4)

21 Marks the spot where a legal wrong enables one to obtain something wrongfully (6)

22 Supporters who are apt to finish up under the table (8)

23 Seemingly mocked at the club, I see! (6)

24 The king currently promises to pay one in an affable manner (8)

25 Let the donkey have it for ornamentation (6)

DOWN

2 One art that’s apt to fold easily (7)

3 A fussy eater? I’ll remedy that with a pie! (7)

4 At 12, Charlie Newman initially becomes involved in playacting (6)

5 Because of a weight problem, sat out at a formal dance (7)

6 p.s. – to be left in the care of the postal authorities (7)

7 Certain to be worn by a Hawaiian but not at work (7)

13 At this point a ghost may be held as a pledge (7)

14 Sour grapes are kept in some gardens (7)

15 How to support both the saint and us (7)

17 Or a hut’s used by some writers (7)

18 The alien hermit lost his head and became a destructive pest (7)

20 It’s Ed’s way of telling us to stop it (6)