The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 A grand old fool needs to change? Finally! (3,4,3,3)
8 Small horse creates small problem (4)
9 Met Office's one warning given to angler? (10)
10 Everybody stuck in bog will get loose (6)
11 Man working to protect The Queen's escort (8)
12 Equine worker is firm and dependable lad (9)
14 Port a Scottish hooligan knocked back (4)
15 Conservative leader gets time in prison (4)
16 A salute that brings soldiers aboard Concord (9)
20 Popular application made to judge is moving (2,6)
21 Musical event starts with Prokofiev's third on time (6) 23 Disorder to shake our country? (5,5)
24 Bunch of hair cut short, that's very Parisian (4)
25 Somehow male counsel is gathered from various sources (13)
DOWN
1 Sweet and loving social worker (7)
2 Majestic sort of beer must be brought over! (5)
3 Old female handler of stolen goods creates crime (7)
4 Noted career girl working to become BBC supremo (8-7) 5 Singer regularly screens served up drink (6)
6 City boss putting forward a hydro-electric construction? (9)
7 Give up without a fight and go to bed! (3,4)
13 Huge insects biting you and gossipy folk (9)
15 Obey prisoner with a criminal record (7)
17 Justify old flame that's unattractive? (7)
18 People who might pinch kids (7)
19 Jam chutney (6)
22 Best blooming party! (5)
ACROSS
7 Dutch-speaking Belgian port (7)
9 On edge, tense (5)
10 ___ Follett, thriller writer (3)
11 Come (between) (9) 12 Brownish-grey (5) 14 Hinders (7)
16 Italian royal residence (7) 18 Edible white-fleshed fish (5)
19 Voucher as a present (4,5)
20 Name shared by actors Brooks and Gibson (3) 21 Turnip-like vegetable (5) 22 Wooden framework (7)
DOWN
1 Barrier placed at the rear (8)
2 Knock momentarily senseless (4)
3 Fit with new cables (6) 4 Belfast's county (6) 5 Tree-dwelling (8)
6 Kind (4) 8 Attachment sewn on the outside of a garment (5,6)
13 Elevated, elated (8)
15 Old telescope (8)
17 Stringed instrument on the player's lap (6)
18 Swindled, cheated (6)
19 Deep cut (4)
20 Adrian ___, Sue Townsend's diarist (4)