SOLUTION TO 4714

ACROSS: 1, Drake; 8, Snowplough; 9, Imminent; 10, Lichen; 11, Stage managers; 14, Acreage; 16, Satisfy; 18, Strikebreaker; 21, Boring; 22, Outclass; 24, Disclosure; 25, Nurse. DOWN: 1, Drumstick; 2, Asti; 3, Esteem; 4, Content; 5, Apologia; 6, Concertina; 7, Agree; 12, Great-niece; 13, Offensive; 15, Goings-on; 17, Decorum, 19, Rotten; 20, Robin; 23, Lair.

The winner of 4713 is Susan Hobkirk, Berwickshire