ACROSS
1 When dancing, use rural reels: that's how it has to be (5,3,5) RULES ARE RULES*
8
Goodness is a liabilit
y, ultimately (1,3)
I SAY {IS}{A}{
l...tY}
10
It's hot, it's cold, they say (6)
CHILLI (~chilly)
11 Lay in rum supply for VIP (8) LUMINARY*
12 Beg pardon: soldier in a game's on methamphetamine? (9) APOLOGISE {A}{POLO{GI}S}{E}
14 Intruders somewhat disrespectful (4) RUDE [T]
15 Making a comeback, be aware of
geeky type (4)
WONK<=
16 Where paw-print cushions may be found: one of them might cause upset? (9) UNDERDOGS {UNDER DOGS}
20 Roast rib bone's increasingly superior (8) SNOBBIER*
21 Model gun is toy (6) TRIFLE {T}RIFLE}
23 'Moon-starer', fancifully? (10) ASTRONOMER* &lit
24 A small island force? I doubt that (2,2) AS IF {A}{S}{I}{F}
25 Building morale, he roars in actors' space (9,4) REHEARSAL ROOM*
DOWN
1 Spooner's tear in breeches,
old fruit (7)
ROSEHIP (~hose rip)
2
True:
Left decapitated monarch (5)
LOYAL {L}{
rOYAL}
3 Pain sandwiches the French
ripping to shreds (7)
SLATING {S{LA}TING}
5 In the morning, Frenchman's about to
baptise once more (6)
RENAME {REN{AM}E}
7
Place entertained by jerk's
binge (7)
SPLURGE {S{PL}URGE}
13 Playing
blinder,
George
Henry
who flew to Paris? (9)
LINDBERGH {BLINDER*}{G}{H}
15
Where
it's
never
desperately
short
of
royals, to start with? (7)
WINDSOR Acrostic Semi&lit
17 Captivate with eleventh rallentando (to some extent) (7) ENTHRALL [T]
18
Element of bile
is
ursodeoxycholic
matter, initially (7)
GALLIUM {GALL}{I
s}{U
r...c}{M
a...r}
19 Queen's looking up '
brown pigment' (6)
SIENNA {ANNE IS}<=
22 Everyman's seen with
a strategy game (
it's a stage) (5)
IMAGO {I'M}{A}{GO}
Reference List
Methamphetamine = E, Model = T, Small = S, Island = I, Force = F, Left = L, The in French = LA, Place = PL
