Daily Quick Crossword

17 March

Across

1 Insult (7)
5 Book of maps (5)
8 Footwear for hikers (5)
9 Performer (7)
10 Closest (7)
11 Religious observances (5)
12 Home of St Francis (6)
14 Rectangle (6)
18 Troublesome little insect (5)
20 Tense, repressed (7)
22 Rebuke (4,3)
23 Run away to be wed (5)
24 Coercion (5)
25 Victors (7)

Down

1 Balkan country (7)
2 Plants of a particular region (5)
3 Edible shellfish (7)
4 Characteristics (6)
5 Modify (5)
6 African country, formerly Basutoland (7)
7 Paces (5)
13 Rescued (anag.) (7)
15 Booming bird (7)
16 Chicken-livered (7)
17 Boisterous laugh (6)
18 Recurring theme (5)
19 Wear away (5)
21 Terrestrial sphere (5)