CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

1 Nip (5)

7 Encircle (8) 8 Artist’s stand (5)

10 Do as others do (6,4) 12 Reason for a referee giving a penalty? (8) 14 Fibber (4)

16 Mound of drifted sand (4) 17 Helpful and friendly act (4,4)

20 Process of

burning (10)

23 Belief (5)

24 Of ships or

navigation (8)

25 Mistake (5)

DOWN

1 Deliver a sermon (6) 2 Musical pitch indicator (4) 3 Ringlet (4) 4 Muscular strength (5) 5 Plush (9) 6 Newspaper boss (6) 9 Foyer (5)

11 Not identified by name (9) 13 Toilet (3)

15 Foolish person (5) 16 Polite and respectable (6) 18 Liquid collected by bees (6)

19 Soldier’s jacket (5)

21 Furniture wood (4)

22 Close to (4)