ACROSS: YESTERDAY SOLUTIONS DOWN:

1 Hard-pressed; 9 Kiss and make up; 10 Lifelong; 12 Star; 14 Hyena; 15 Alibi; 19 Ages; 20 Tartness; 22 Highland fling; 24 Storyteller.

ACROSS

8. Read the ___, scold severely (4,3)

9. Cut in two (5)

10. Brand of shredded suet (5)

11. Embodiment (7)

12. Give up a harmful practice (4,3,5)

16. Disorientation in an alien environment (7,5)

20. Newspaper clipping (7)

23. Trainee in the armed forces (5)

24. Woman about to marry (5)

25. Letter, as in the Bible (7)

DOWN

2 Ass; 3 Drawling; 4 Rodent; 5 Slab; 6 Electable; 7 Skull; 8 Spark; 11 Flyweight; 13 Slothful; 16 Maths; 17 Cannot; 18 Usage; 21 Blur; 23 Ire.

1. Court process (5)

2. From the days of an empire (8)

3. Rich patterned fabric (6)

4. Eye swelling (4)

5. Arab chief or prince (6)

6. Furthermore (4)

7. Easing of hostility (7)

13. Gardening implement (3)

14. Make retrospectively valid (8)

15. Small block of frozen water (3,4)

17. Joined together (6)

18. Feverishly busy (6)

19. Hard metal alloy (5)

21. Three performers (4)

22. Leaves (4)