ACROSS 1 Cowardly (6) 8 Hooligan (6) 9 Fashionable (4) 10 Musical composition (8) 11 Mysterious (6) 12 Transgress (6) 14 Systems of belief (6) 17 New growth (6) 19 Obscene (8) 21 Feels shame over (4) 22 Tranquil (6) 23 Off-colour (6) DOWN 1 Boy’s name (6) 2 Clear out troops, etc (8) 3 Destroyed (6) 4 Spanish city (6) 5 A snipe-like shore bird (4) 6 Unproductive (6) 13 Citadel (8) 15 Get one’s goat (6) 16 Fleet of foot (6) 17 Planet (4) 18 Functional (6) 20 Engrave (4) Monday’s solution Across: 1 Dispossess, 8 Nowells, 9 Ewell, 10 Hell, 11 Cell, 12 Lax, 14 As well, 15 Entomb, 18 Ell, 20 Tell, 21 Fell, 23 Dwell, 24 Die-cast, 25 Espadrille. Down: 1 Dewclaw, 2 Sell, 3 Oyster , 4 Spelling, 5 Shell, 6 On the agenda, 7 Flexibility, 13 Flotilla, 16 Overawe, 17 Glider , 19 Leeds, 22 Bell.