Crosswords Set by: Pan Monday 21 November 2016 19.00 EST Quiptic crossword No 888 Print | Accessible version Set by: Pan Monday 21 November 2016 19.00 EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email View more sharing options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Close 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Across 5 Work in place for experiments by old university research leader (6) 6 Moved swiftly to suppress source of tension and hostility (6) 9 What to do before you 7 peacekeepers visit part of Ireland (6) 10 Crude oil given to government by principal member of ruling elite (8) 11 Lake is insignificant (4) 12 Thinking seriously about intervening in dispute involving Tory leader (10) 13 Devil treats suspect to show (11) 18 Butcher could be adulterating pork with European sheep (10) 21 Ship over a vegetable (4) 22 Flexible growth found in cattle ranging freely over space (8) 23 Rushed back to join queue to get slim (6) 24 Red is fermented with last bit of yeast to become the most sec (6) 25 Went crazy working with physicist (6) Down 1 Lose old bet newly regarded as invalid (8) 2 Hairdo worn by king beheading mother making meaningless speech (6) 3 Preserve headless nun in storage box (8) 4 Animal clutching right bosom (6) 5 Loved to keep end of chain joined up (6) 7 Ant and Dec swapping places to prepare a drink (6) 8 Holy communion for cricketers? (5,6) 14 It's about actors being dull (8) 15 Put up with engineering role in gallery (8) 16 Step round hot filament (6) 17 Bird ingesting a dangerous substance (6) 19 Posit a new variety of language (6) 20 Send up note to get ingredient for cheesemaking (6)
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