WEEKEND CROSSWORD

No 3270

ACROSS 1 Is it plain sailing in it? (7,8) 9 Wary when under surveillance (7) 10 Cheese was confusing for actor with it (7) 11 Sloping surface used to collect precipitation the German held out (7) 12 Saying it’s grape I’m making a mess of (7) 13 Material belted out by dance trainer (6,2,6) 15 Miss the post in order to avoid an unpleasant duty (5,3,6) 21 Type of pain that is annoying constantly (7) 22 Clothier from Wales? (7) 23 Order a cooker, so to speak (7) 24 Nero and I could have accepted alternative raw material (4,3) 25 Generator neatly removed by law officer (8-7)

DOWN 1 Father accepts a deity at temple (6) 2 A lamb frolicking in drivers’ club in state (7) 3 Coming home first with a mobile charger? (6,3,6) 4 Support witches’ place to the southeast (7) 5 Train to get up in the centre (7) 6 When a colourful body is never seen? (4,2,1,4,4) 7 Note isn’t man-made (7) 8 Permits further entry (8) 14 Sloths, anteaters etc saying goodbye to paradise (8) 16 Basset wrong coming up at a gentle pace (7) 17 Cleanliness of call-girl reported (7) 18 Fishy sort of apple? (7) 19 The same skinflint outside, one acting wrongly (7) 20 Painful experience in motor dealt with (6)