COMPACT CROSSWORD ONE

ACROSS

1 Implore (5) 7 Lose weight (4,4) 8 Plumped for (5) 10 Peevishness (10) 12 A convict (8) 14 Not in favour (of ) (4) 16 Put to flight (4) 17 Public disgrace (8) 20 A sponsor (10) 23 Arrive at (5) 24 Concise (8) 25 Consecrate (5)

DOWN

1 Underpin (4,2) 2 Assist (4) 3 An alliance (4) 4 Scope (5) 5 A Wagner opera (9) 6 Unanimity (6) 9 An evil spirit (5) 11 Bitter hostility (9) 13 A unit of work (3) 15 Float above (5) 16 Decline (6) 18 Sailing boats (6) 19 A natural aptitude (5) 21 Roguish (4) 22 Actual (4)