Here is petticoated.com's third quick crossword. Remember, these are ordinary 'tea break' crosswords, so don't be frightened of them. Charles will publish another of his difficult cryptic challenges in the Christmas Annual, for the delectation of girls like Julie Anne. To begin with, here is the solution to the Summer crossword:

And now for the grid and the clues for the Autumn crossword. For this one perhaps sit on a garden seat with some rubicund apples within easy reach, on a mellow, golden autumn morning, with a copy of John Keats' 'Odes' cast aside on to the brittle and brown fallen leaves.

1 Might be black-eyed - (the flower that is, not the nanny!) (5)
7 Knickers disintegrating? Pin seat! (7)
8 All this, and goose pimples may erupt. (7)
9 Warm, if associated with 16 down, for example. (7)
10 Out of condition (5)
11 Re-style nigh in short conservative hair-do feature. (7)
13 Sister, familiarly... (3)
15 …and similarly, father. (3)
17 Might 'The Night They Invented Champagne' qualify as one
such popular ditty? (3, 4)
19 South American cud-chewing mammal. (5)
21 Extremely self-effacing person, one encountered at the threshold
perhaps. (7)
23 Impress deeply. (7)
24 Laughed in a silly manner. (7)
25 Characteristic spirit of a culture. (5)
1 Crazy pussy - at your best hosiery perhaps! (4-3)
2 Starched. (5)
3 Might be worn in bed or drunk before bed. (8)
4 Poker player's initial stake. (4)
5 "— bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell, Baby." Dorothy Fields
(7)
6 Sacred poem. (5)
7 & 22 Lesley's husband, Penelope, for example. (11, 4)
12 Carelessly informal or incomplete attire. (8)
14 Trudge splashily through mud or water. (7)
16 Sad and depressing person if these are droopy. (7)
18 Well established maxim. (5)
20 Disconcert with sudden shame. (5)
22 see 7.