The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Cryptic Crossword
ACROSS
1 Bustle around, it’s implied (6) 4 Snapper arrived with artist (6) 8 It’s in the Arctic, everywhere! (3) 9 Gnome hits out to unknown degree (9) 11 Hopes to remove middle tools (4) 12 Seed cake prepared with chip (8) 15 Bird on separate hilltop (9) 18 It’s songwriterCyril nervous(8) 19 Land measure in Australia created (4) 21 Element of theatre (9) 23 One parliamentarian is a little devil (3) 24 Small piano in this place for ball (6) 25 You’ve turned right into a Peeping Tom! (6)
DOWN
1 Inconsiderable insult (6) 2 Told to play goalie with apiarist (9) 3 Girl’s TV dog that’s gone missing (4) 5 Go before having to surrender poker stake first (8) 6 OT priest in nave, listening (3) 7 Hound an admirer, getting good and hot inside (6) 10 I am harsh, I upset spiritual leader (9) 13 Officially lay down before writer (9) 14 March off to display seat (8) 16 Sweetheart runs with long strides, and runs off with lover (6) 17 Shower with flavouring (6) 20 Mum returns with second supply of bullets (4) 22 Tallulah Bankhead holds a note (3)