ACROSS
1 Having removed capstone erroneously made excessive corrections (15)
9 Many a couple first in market having only two suppliers (7)
10 Husband Robin in the lead, he could not see in the party game (7)
11 Some unpleasant bearded insect-eater (7)
12 First part is offensive (7)
13 Figures corresponding have no weights (14)
15 Over 200 hours to speculate on something astonishing (4,4,6)
21 Heavenly messenger I see and hear (7)
22 To that extent fashionable up to now (7)
23 Abstainer accepted new wines for clothes! (7)
24 Devised as intended (7)
25 Making medicine sweeter? (8,3,4)
DOWN
1 Tediously familiar clothing having existed for many years (3-3)
2 Playing a cornet contrariwise (1,6)
3 Couple of shutters gradually approaching (6,3,6)
4 Spring exam of chief magistrate (7)
5 Coming from Athlone with volatile substance (7)
6 Appearance to be displaying individual's front part (7,4,4)
7 Grave place round US city to have a lottery (7)
8 New Sudanese entertainer (8)
14 Brings to light when her aunt's misleading (8)
16 This pain is constantly annoying (7)
17 A cut, any could be made in Mexico (7)
18 Beat favourite dog (7)
19 In disbelief fending off Turkish title (7)
20 Ribald arrangement of lady on the day of the union (6)
Friday's solution:
Across: 1 Buffoon, 5 Rosebud, 9 Fervent, 10 Brownie, 11 Countdown, 12 Swami, 13 Leets, 15 Alongside, 16 Distanced, 18 Steam, 21 Frank, 22 Sketching, 24 Caribou, 26 Lenient, 27 Tadpole, 28 Winston.
Down: 1 Bifocal, 2 Fortune, 3 Overt, 4 National costume, 5 Robin Goodfellow, 6 SNO, 7 Bengali, 8 Dyeline, 12 Sagas, 14 Slack, 16 Deficit, 17 Scarred, 19 Evident, 29 Megaton, 23 Canon, 25 Boo.
The full article contains 301 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
