Crossword by Boffles

No.255

Across

1 Funny cry? (6)

4 Common name for metal workers (6)

9 Severe South Wind adds English (7)

10 Nebuchadnezzar brand of furnace (5)

11 What to wear when you join the colours? (5)

12 Victory craved by Roman generals (7)

13 Explosive classical light (5,6)

18 Silk Road city (7)

20 What I believe in Latin (5)

22 Pointer discovered when school loses head (5)

23 Where to find pounders on board (3,4)

24 What all Romans do when the play ends? (6)

25 Instruction to mail stuck on your computer? (4-2)

Down

1 Can fly when people get heated (6)

2 Fan of Ethiopian emperor and cannabis (5)

3 7/4 its day for pyrotechnics (7)

5 Islamic scholar out of uniform? (5)

6 Sort of underwear you may need in winter (7)

7 Mow and implement for doing so (6)

8 Underwater banger (5,6)

14 Royal refuge after Worcester (3,4)

15 Tin-less party amounts to admission of inability (2,3,2)

16 Sailor idle for what the bonfire should be (6)

17 Ticking-off takes to the sky (6)

19 Dammed Egyptian location (5)

21 Throw out failure without right beginning (5)

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