CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Have to rewrite a speech after moving house (6,2,7)

9 Turn out a loose dress to act as a substitute (9)

10 State in the Middle East took in their own Scots (5)

11 Calls for some carriages with new interior (5)

12 About to get assignment in settlement (9) 13 Line up at the back of 1 across (5) 15 Reliable standard accepted, to be precise (9)

17 Heading off to the Golden Gate, designed to be extended (9)

19 Be superior to a former church, left behind (5)

21 Place a black mark before European runner who didn’t drink (9)

23 He will persevere in a German city (5)

24 Run into a ray, or another fish (5)

25 When the drones are flying about, some are

DOWN

1 Was runner game to finish up at university? (9)

2 Appeal to a new church, indirectly (7) 3 Georgia got the odds on having small pants (5)

4 It’s not hard for a dealer in knitted goods to grow a willow (5)

5 Tried to have a little time to charm a little boy (9)

6 Canes made up to produce a steel inlay (9) 7 The Spanish, at one time, had the first chosen one (7)

8 Small seabird at the back, in the main (5) 14 One in control of symbols was on the right track (9)

15 Listens to one, and appears to finish up there (7,2)