Monday 25 May

Across

1 Makeshift untried army beaten (11) 9 Busy preparing for wedding (7) 10 Grand thriller writer? I bet (7) 11 To Saturn, a trip for her (9) 12 Stick around hospital with a woman (5) 13 What the uncaring owl doesn’t give? (4) 14 Fit after work out, not too expensive (10) 16 Athlete murdered golfer (4,6) 19 I must sit in oily car (4) 20 Holiday island’s clubs, four in resort (5) 21 Picture police build up of one kitten I’d mistreated (9) 23 Such relaxing music in the morning wreathed around one (7) 24 River, one under Wimbledon Common? (7) 25 Worthless sort of notepaper is stupid (5-6)

Down

1 How to handle a privy counsellor? (5,10) 2 Quietly hiding pet, leave (5) 3 No time to contemplate – intervene (7) 4 Renders ineffective nearly new entrances (7) 5 Enjoying watching rigid man relaxing (8) 6 Way to fictional city made of monochrome Lego? (6,5,4) 7 Philosopher went to see a doctor (13) 8 Annotate minor change in embellishment (13) 15 Neaten Christmas tree after erection (6,2) 17 Lisper heard to struggle with start of Med island, so weedy (7) 18 I complete speaking, getting something to look through (7) 22 Chinese gang sending up missile across India (5)