
ACROSS
1 Lead astray (6)
4 Resist (6)
9 Dispatch (5)
10 Set in motion (7)
11 Spoil (3)
12 Classic example (9)
13 Ruinous (11)
18 Showed (9)
21 Ram (3)
22 Suffer (7)
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Hide Ad23 Sharp mountain ridge (5)
24 Respond (6)
25 Marked time (6)
DOWN
1 Devise a plan (6)
2 Be entitled to (7)
3 Unpleasant person (coll) (5)
5 Long-suffering (7)
6 Egg-shaped (5)
7 Brings into play (6)
8 Bewailing (11)
14 French inn (7)
15 Talks (7)
16 The white whale (6)
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Hide Ad17 A ranch (US) (6)
19 Conceals (5)
20 Roman goddess (5)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Slump, 7 Eyepiece, 8 Round, 10 Ermintrude, 12 Keel over, 14 Stet, 16 Gory, 17 Blackout, 20 Diminution, 23 Rehab, 24 Went down, 25 Trace.
Down: 1 Shrink, 2 Mine, 3 Tywi, 4 Spate, 5 Reduction, 6 Reject, 9 Droop, 11 Decrement, 13 Ell, 15 Actor, 16 Go down, 18 Tumble, 19 Snide, 21 Towy, 22 Near.