QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Scented wood (5) 4 Asian water flower (5) 7 Snooker stick (3) 9 Merged (6) 11 Fencing sword (4) 12 Bind (3) 13 Shortfall (7) 15 Reverence (7) 18 Number (3) 19 Top (4) 20 Fleet (6) 23 Vegetable (3) 24 Curt (5) 25 Madrid art gallery (5)

DOWN

1 Opposite number (11) 2 Behave (3) 3 Regret (3) 5 Theme (5) 6 Yam (5,6) 8 Margin (4) 10 Frozen water (3) 13 Expected (3) 14 Overweight (3) 16 Javelin (5) 17 Fellow (4) 18 Beverage (3) 21 Agent (3) 22 Spoil (3)