Crossword No 6397

Across 1. She shows skill in carving ham (6) 4. A row of a scarf knitted (6) 9. A case for the government chiefs (7) 10. Do a rough job of cleaning some of the tennis courts (5) 11. Agree to execute an order in coded signal (5) 12. Without brakes? Without breaks! (7) 13. A fraction of the money the actor gets for his role? (4-7) 18. He gets a countermand to stop at sea (5,2) 20. Allowance that was general in the U.S. (5) 22. Brown arrived and left (5) 23. Community centre for retired ladies (7) 24. Sea air (6) 25. Bluff king and his successor brought to a temporary stop (6)

Down 1. Scotsman saw strange birds (6) 2. A subject causing trouble? (5) 3. Gift for the poor - a welcome gesture (7) 5. How bread's gone up! (5) 6. One of the toasts that may be offered with a meal (7) 7. A close shave? (6) 8. Buy drinks and loaf (5,6) 14. Hardly a full-blooded complaint (7) 15. Bright red name-tag perhaps (7) 16. They check the movement of aircraft on the ground (6) 17. Stopped wearing corsets (6) 19. Uplifting story about one port (5) 21. A fellow spy (5)

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