The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Cryptic Crossword
Both sets of clues fit both grids
ACROSS
1 Crowned head gets on in parade (7)
5 Smallest slate smashed (5) 8 Clothes-horse from Ireland, say (5)
9 Satisfy a desire to cook sausage (7) 10 Colonise while dressed as a nun (7)
11 Grass snake, perhaps (5)
12 Standing with salesman by Australian truck (6) 14 Stiffener for celebrity attending church (6) 18 Wine Jo and Ira blended (5) 20 Style of farm building suggests humbleness (7) 22 Dog tooth? (7)
23 Even nuisances hide boredom (5) 24 Evades quacking birds (5)
25 Room in the French network (7)
ACROSS
1 Emirate could be more substantial (7)
2 Bearing prickly thorn (5) 3 Undercooked part that is savoury (7) 4 Listens about model displaying suit (6) 5 Leans over sets of items (5)
6 Lay gold ribbon, initially around china (7) 7 Give tin-opener frail pinch (5) 13 Capri so terribly dull? (7) 15 Well-ordered diet, it’s awful! (7) 16 Erratic heir, way out (7) 17 Morning exam is without principles (6) 18 Strict US soldier goes in free (5) 19 Chase organised for pains (5) 21 Mount artificial intelligence on wrongdoing (5)