GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

9 Sausage and tea to keep a pilot refreshed (9)

10 Love break in hospital

department (5) 11 Green Party pursues a singer releasing record (7)

12 English companion with writer recalled Oz native (7) 13 Republic's author about to abandon army group (5) 14 Family boss, a Dubliner briefly stabling Arab horse (9)

16 Way to reproduce endless Greek temple and first book (15) 19 Robin runs into ruddy

animal (9)

21 Material uni students gathered during halfterm (5)

22 New song about Disc

World (7)

23 Eastern females target

one respected Turk (7) 24 Berlin sharpshooter's

orphan (5)

25 Shell supports her in painting atrophied bananas (9)

ACROSS DOWN

1 One who fights over secretary's shredder output (5,5)

2 Greek character breaks petty Cretan cross (8) 3 Priest loves storing shabby clothes for Murphy (6) 4 Hot singer's timeless

gold disc (4)

5 Two sorts of hose,

almost flawless (10) 6 Police dogs are trained to detect this number tag (4,4)

7 Look, there's George

with his daughter! (6) 8 Fine letter from 13 that's brought on board? (4)

14 What precedes fast time for tossers? (7,3)

15 Chap's working out trips for guardians of apples (10)

17 Poirot's

strongman (8)

18 Great to pass one day swigging litres

(8) 20 Lawyer to call, wanting old plant (6) 21 Engineer left broadcasting, managing to dodge scandal? (6) 22 Drama about a zoo

keeper? (4)

23 Part of the chorus that's followed by foxtrot (4)