The Hindu Crossword No. 2388

Across

 1 An enjoyable time provided by comic (5)
 4 Goes round with measuring instruments (9)
 9 A wild urge to quarrel (5)
10 Portion free? Good piece of English game bird (9)
11 See servant after fuss made by entertainer (4-3-5,3)
12 LSD traces in sweets (4,5)
14 Descriptive of sound from American, as always (5)
17 Hated new curtains (5)
18 Singing about one, extremely rich (9)
19 Very quick to appreciate the appreciative audience? (4, 3, 8)
22 Drink in part of New York (9)
23 One runs with girl in field (5)
24 One may be bought at Lord's or twenty by eccentric (9)
25 Bent one in course of test, possibly (5)

Down

 1 Type to drown poor bass evident of group in musicians (5,4)
 2 Country girl after a piece of relevant information (9)
 3 An easily resolved matter for an attache? (4-3-4,4)
 4 Managed to catch little boy (5)
 5 Duck from Grasmere cooked round noon (9)
 6 Here, in fact, a plan involved a large animal (7,8)
 7 Bad moods created by city of sin (5)
 8 Grim, end of 'Titanic'? (5)
13 Band in chart rose unexpectedly (9)
15 Short ride on back of bike by minor lacking courage (9)
16 Pass laws? Member hasn't arrived on time (9)
19 Male, surrounded by kissers, proceeds with difficulty (5)
20 Ambition secured by knockout in martial art (5)
21 Nothing's to be printed upside down, editor ruled (5)

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