CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Wandered out of danger (6) 8 Military band? (6)

10 A barber no one wants to come (7)

11 Indian ruler returns in an amazing fashion (5)

12 One may get one’s hooks into them (4)

13 Susie is diverted by this publication (5)

17 To doctors they’re grave situations (5)

18 Temperature in the freezer ordinarily (4)

22 Scent the beginning of a romance (5)

23 Certainly bound to be different (2,5)

24 Preserve from predicament (6)

25 Holiday nook? (6)

DOWN

1 Sporting jumper (7)

2 In a bad temper the day none came round (7)

3 Hurry up they’re hard to fathom (5)

4 Peremptory demand for a rise (5,2)

5 He composed a catalogue, we hear (5)

6 Wide smiles give support (5) 9 It issues notes, though not silver (5,4)

14 The commanding officer and Clare upset the boat (7) 15 Appointed place in a legal document (7)

16 An entertaining lady (7) 19 Beheaded, they would be even more venomous (5) 20 Training vehicle? (5)

21 A summer danger (5)