Across
1 Baffled to be dismissed (7)
5 Be back in charge, giving discount (6)
9 Nothing after seconds covered with favourite sauce (5)
10 Disagree without hesitation with one religious group, being tough (9)
11 Regret restricting equal income (7)
12 English company led by composer, not a painter (2,5)
13 Creative technique from sad broadcaster with insubstantial piece (4-3,8)
15 Variety of hybrid barley got for an unfair price (8,7)
18 Final gathering for dancing and sport (7)
20 Style with attraction turning erratic (7)
22 Develop garden’s front end, having time off (9)
23 Table, aluminium object? Get away (5)
24 Herb in north-east between marsh and lake (6)
25 Vague, not confident about conclusion of work and so on (7)
Down
1 Ahead in series, not half great (5)
2 Disagreeable, being shattered as you’ve run short of energy (9)
3 Expert with good idea receiving endless criticism over a forecast (15)
4 Stranger getting into yard, climbing, not steady (7)
5 Arbiter with regard to quiet update (7)
6 Begin an absurdly chaotic charity event (5-3-3,4)
7 Greek character exercises in shade (5)
8 Unjustly, first off, going after saint forcefully (8)
13 Poor batting, then time for banter (8)
14 Silly line on wine, cold and unyielding (9)
16 Bag in room containing antique (7)
17 Inexperience shown by muddled answers (7)
19 Number worth re-examining to some extent (5)
21 Unknown quantity produced upset in horse race (5)
Published - September 01, 2018 04:12 pm IST
