2 Quirky quickie LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION

ACROSS

3 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 23 24 25

Hidden microphone (3) Ballerina, eg (6) Charm, talisman (6) Ticking explosive (4,4) Look high and low (4) Notwithstanding (6) Small personal cupboard (6) Shooting star (6)

Rake with bullets (6) Fierce giant (4)

Bully (8)

Solidly built, thickset (6) Made exultant (6) Be mistaken (3)

DOWN

1 2 3 4 5 6 11 13 14 16 17 18 19 21

Across:

8 Lie-down, 9 Heady,

10 Melon, 11 Pillion, 12 Beetle-browed, 16 Redeployment, 20 Natural, 23 Repay, 24 Limbo, 25 Calypso.

Down:

1 Flame, 2 Well-read, 3 Hornet, 4 Snip, 5 Whaler, 6 Sari, 7 Cyanide, 13 Ego, 14 Windpipe, 15 Frankly, 17 Pardon, 18 Morale, 19 Pylon, 21 Tome, 22 Lace.

Small red salad vegetable (6) Programme (8)

Jewellery piece (6)

Cavort, prance (6)

Quiet (4)

Medium's sitting (6)

___ Cruise, Mission: Impossible star (3) Relating to the brain (8) Sturgeon's eggs (3)

Age at which you become an octogenarian (6)

Cut of beef popular in the US (3-3) Goal-getter (6)

Blazed up (6)

Engrave on metal (4)