Mrs. Taylor's class - #21
by Ron Sweet

Mrs. Taylor's class - #21 grid

Across
1Starting to grimace, Sue's upset; a poor way to answer a test question? (5)
4It might cover a hot dog smashing the puck (7)
8Roman god of the sea's writer returns melody (7)
9Cowboy, perhaps, initially ringing operator (5)
10Hit friends back (4)
11Counselors' commercial eyeshades (8)
13Attach a teacher's assistant's toy hung from a tree (6)
14Prefer swallowing bit of lime taste (6)
17Working hard in Los Angeles? Not interesting (8)
19Study for hours and start to count sheep (4)
22City in Nebraska returning one ham after second of November (5)
23Asks “Esquire”, surprisingly (7)
24Fines a couple of seamen for artfulness (7)
25Theater escort in Poe's house (5)
Down
1Trait carrier's denim pants declared (5)
2Give the meaning of bent axle pin (7)
3Close small run-down dwelling (4)
4Reportedly has to have massages (6)
5Retort I'll acknowledge, holding taco wrapper (8)
6Large creature in trendy post office (5)
7One who reads for each computer operator (7)
12Small unrefined rodents returned in futuristic movie (4,4)
13Accomplish and remove (4,3)
15Disappear carrying sample of redwood lacquer (7)
16Unlike any other trios from university questionnaire (6)
18Gray matter starting to bring precipitation (5)
20Phantom is erroneously embracing Scrooge, perhaps (5)
21Boyfriend's gift decoration, we hear (4)

Solution