Crossword

ACROSS

7 Horse’s insect problem making a comeback (7)

8 Sort of vehicle difficult to pass initially (7)

10 Live close to region developed with hub (9)

11 Called boy attending bride perhaps starting to doubt (5) 12 Women enveloped by strain may be able to move fast (5) 13 Spring pudding as butt of joke? (5,4)

15 Boxer during break must be a practical type (7)

17 Cuts speech oddly in pieces (7)

18 Sign accepting he’s an authority on words (9) 20 Children may be a bone of contention (5)

21 Stung by soldiers finding range (5)

23 Area of company making sweeper cover busy road (9) 24 Not working after notice, and stop claiming benefit (4,3) 25 Relation with a right to be less than explicit (7)

DOWN

1 Take in a smile as it develops (10) 2 Container needed by group outside a church? (6)

3 Unenlightened Italian bloke losing head with worker (8)

4 Flatmate may be more alert, ignoring parking (6)

5 Struggles, seeing Greek tech company succeeded (8)

6 Animal’s temperature in helium perhaps going up (4)

7 Car stops outside north of Rugby for service given (13)

9 Pressure confuses crew on Queen Elizabeth and another vessel (6,7)

14 Provoked editor after incident (10)

16 Independent people welcoming clubs’ lack of movement (8)

17 Try very hard except being occupied by 6 and university (4,1,3) 19 Slight case of reserve in front of enthusiast (6)

20 Charge defined by Latin dictionaries (6)

22 Sacks reserves (4)