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)