The Sunday Crossword

Last Week’s Solution

December 19, 2015 04:35 pm | Updated 04:35 pm IST

Across

1 Red borders in fleece (7)

5 Airman with uncertainty in film, not aggressive (7)

9 Rare object, endlessly old, sorted then crushed (4,2,3,6)

10 Domain covered by clear enactment (5)

11 Alien, quite altered alien back in good form (9)

12 English spies in division with unknown strength (10)

14 Price? Not even shilling (4)

16 Endured weary drill (4)

17 Record retreat involving me in denial (10)

20 Dispatched to guard area with stuff for ritual (9)

22 Extracted opinion in hearing (5)

23 Regardless of circumstances in romance, hero is prepared (4,4,2,5)

24 Bad snag ruined element of flood protection (7)

25 Licences, tons ending in pile in rubbish (7)

Down

1 Kind of sword characters regularly seen in court always use (7)

2 Song from one with nice whim, far out of order, grabbing attention (2,1,4,1,4,3)

3 Fresh crop said to be scattered (8)

4 Fool about with ingredient of gunpowder (5)

5 Sanctimonious tips I cite after conversion (9)

6 Relax initially during cruise at sea, ignoring eastern cloud (6)

7 Boundary hostility brought about hard, gloomy time (6,9)

8 Chapter on start of disco set in American clubs (7)

13 Lingering, having injured leg in riot (9)

15 Spoil second series of games, being a monkey (8)

16 Crosses, dry in parts (7)

18 Put clothes on again? Correct (7)

19 Capital city some remember, gazing northward (6)

21 Bad time coming up for military unit (5)

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