GENERAL CROSSWORD

Across

1. Thin spread of butter (6) 4. Jump (4) 8. Former PM's style of government (11) 10. Provisional IRA (5) 11. Small child (3) 12. Group living together (7) 14. Mythical gigantic bird (3) 16. Tear (3) 18. Was in a hurry; sold aggressively (7) 19. Jamaican music style (3) 20. Precise (5) 23. One such as Shylock (11) 24. Fibbed (4) 25. Introduction business (6)

Down

1. Bung (7) 2. Proportion (5) 3. Vain birds (8) 5. Smooth (4) 6. Decorator; rope for fastening boat (7) 7. Leave out (4) 9. A White Friar (9) 13. One who is oppressed (8) 15. TV frequency (7) 17. Ceramic craft (7) 19. Japanese wrestling (4) 21. Projecting stage-front (5) 22. Cowhouse (4)