| 1 | | Bring something gradually to an end (5,3) |
| 2 | | An expressway on which tolls are
collected (8) |
| 3 | | Expressed without speech (8) |
| 5 | | A fixed portion alloted
(especially in times of scarcity) (6) |
| 6 | | Fill with high spirits; fill with
optimism (6) |
| 7 | | Right to purchase or sell a fixed
amount of stock at a specified price (6) |
| 8 | | They discover and recruit talented
people (especially in sports) (6) |
| 12 | | An informal meal cooked and eaten
outdoors (7) |
| 15 | | A writing implement (3) |
| 16 | | A trivial lie (3) |
| 18 | | Use in your ears to block the
entry of water or sound. (8) |
| 19 | | Perfect or complete or pure (8) |
| 20 | | Rehearsed performances (8) |
| 22 | | Baseball players and coaches sit
in this during the game (6) |
| 23 | | Expectorated matter (6) |
| 24 | | A mental representation of some
haunting experience (6) |
| 25 | | Someone who has committed (or been
legally convicted of) a crime (6) |