ACROSS
9 Make a little prick mad (a clue: not I) (9)
10 Weighted odds of sombre isles (5)
11 Her majestic art in A-Z compendium (7)
12 Stalked it and rumbled after some time (7)
13 The sound of staining’s an inevitable phase before 8 (5)
14 Film jockey on sickly 13/8 shot? It doesn’t auger well (4,5)
16 Noted attempt at wit and wisdom while 13, then 8 silence (6,4,5)
19 BA student turned freshers green (9)
21 Brian erected his large organ! (5)
22 Barge the girl around (7)
23 With prejudice I got into bed (7)
24 Definitely I make sense? (5)
25 Yet another rom-com (sic) – it’s a small world! (9)
DOWN
1 The Welsh show intent; English official has a word (10)
2 Silly Mary oils arse-licking queens (8)
3 Selling tickets (top whack) for Day Tripper (6)
4 Starts by a lake (any place) (4)
5 Life’s rites: bug pollinates (10)
6 Root worm out? It’ll never happen! (8)
7 Shabby cradle got a facelift (6)
8 In the end the old man embraces the end (4)
14 Level type swings both ways (10)
15 Cameron period will damage infrastructure (6,4)
17 No name, no honour (8)
18 Backlash about case (8)
20,21 Sod went to loo and not George’s 16 (6,6)
22 Chimes and rhymes with 8 (4)
23 Composed an endearment in Welsh (4)
Reblogged this on helenkalliope and commented:
A brain-teaser I found today! 🙂
Something to keep me occupied once I’ve finished my tasks at work!
SOLUTION
ACROSS
9 Inoculate
10 Obese
11 Tzarina
12 Trolled
13 Dying
14 Pale Rider
16 Famous Last Words
19 Debutants
21 Brain
22 Lighter
23 Bigoted
24 Theme
25 Microcosm
DOWN
1 Eisteddfod
2 Royalism
3 Outing
4 Bala
5 Fertilises
6 Tomorrow
7 Reclad
8 Dead
14 Palindrome
15 Rising Damp
17 Untitled
18 Reaction
20 Bugger
21 Bognor
22 Late
23 Bach