QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8675

NEWS

ACROSS 6. Drawn-out (10) 8. Leer (4) 9. Nothing more than (4) 10. Applaud (5) 11. Call (4) 12. Specify (9) 16. Found (9) 20. More (4) 22. Dance (5) 23. Forbidding (4) 24. Ballet costume (4) 25. Explosion (10) DOWN 1. Halt (6) 2. Try (7) 3. Lot (6) 4. Way (6) 5. Decorate (5) 7. Collapse (5) 13. Painting (3) 14. Skittish (7) 15. Blow (5) 17. Composition (6) 18. Sum (6) 19. Mariner (6) 21. Room (5)