Double trouble
ACROSS
1 Small wave Ł Favourite drink? (6) 4 Cease, refrain Ł Oppose, defy (6) 7 Jeer Ł Danny —, Irish ballad (3) 8 Medieval punishment device Ł Thickset, sturdy (6)
9 Lattice Ł Very dry, parched (4)
11 Mr —, Rowan Atkinson character Ł Dietary fibre (4)
12 Itch or tingle Ł Preserve in vinegar (6) 13 Interfere, meddle Ł
Frame of mind, humour (6) 15 Lavatory Ł Worked hard (6) 17 Graham —, English author Ł
Healthy veg? (6)
19 Drag, pull Ł Vestibule, foyer (4)
20 Out of danger Ł Wise (4)
22 Stimulate, awaken Ł Game bird (6) 23 Anger Ł Poetic ‘before’ (3)
24 Water boiler Ł
Grasp the —, confront a problem (6) 25 Meryl —, star of Ricki and the Flash Ł
Thoroughfare (6)
DOWN
1 Erase Ł Become depleted, dry up (3, 3) 2 Taking part in a demonstration Ł Safeguarding (10)
3 Lure, attract Ł Whole (6) 4 Contemporary, modern Ł
Ruler in the absence of a monarch (6) 5 Pulse used to make tofu Ł
Francisco —, court artist to Charles IV of Spain (4)
6 More uptight Ł Sore, sensitive (6) 10 Controlling, authoritarian Ł
Becoming less advanced, going backwards (10) 11 — whale, largest mammal Ł
Damon Albarn’s group (4)
14 Wyatt —, Wild West hero Ł
My Name is —, US comedy (4)
15 Abel —, Dutch explorer Ł
Inland revenue official (6)
16 Multitude, crowd Ł Royal seat (6) 17 Short-term visitors Ł Crusades, missions (6) 18 Deliver goods abroad Ł Dab hand (6) 21 Simple Ł Compass direction (4)