COMPACT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Dish cooked in a sour cream sauce (10) 8 Bunnies (7) 9 Clear liquid (5) 10 Large boat (4) 11 Fine feathers (4) 12 Border (3) 14 Purchase of a controlling share (6) 15 Eremite (6) 18 Tangle (3) 20 Female drake (4) 21 Sooty matter (4) 23 6th US President (5) 24 Name of three kings of England (7) 25 Bramble (10)

DOWN 1 Financial aid (7) 2 Mar (4) 3 Industrial action (2-4) 4 It is not surprising (2,6) 5 Sell for (5) 6 Archer (11) 7 Punctuality (11) 13 No through road (3-2-3) 16 Of the breasts (7) 17 Sacred beetle (6) 19 Squabble (5) 22 Maple genus (4)