CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,452

Across

1 Repaired her Nissan, working with double horsepower? (2,7) 6 Racket is put in hands of one criminal (5) 9 Trendy type of commercial record endlessly in paper (7) 10 Harmony shown by one playing instrument (9) 11 Disorder as newspaper boss rejected series of products (7) 12 Crowd disowning leader, part of drama that’s offensive (7) 13 Skip speech that’s to be self-evident (2,7,6) 18 Raise I’m upset about, becoming like a ritual (7) 20 This could be a regular breakfast item? (7) 22 Sloth perhaps from Andes, idly meandering (6,3) 23 Meet son, say, fit after jogging (7) 24 Drummer gently crushes Come Together (5) 25 Comment about curiously read mass in foreign cathedral (5,4)

Down

1 Popular fine artist, till that’s unbecoming (5,3)

2 Question about garden tool in country feature (8) 3 Rearing mostly fruit (6) 4 One succeeding might acquire this long vehicle (6)

5 Criticism dismissed in project (5,3)

6 Break’s arranged in northern extreme of America – here? (8)

7 Whip up awareness in audience (6)

8 Show French wine in English church (6)

14 Problem for agency manager, maybe, as a pattern (8) 15 Memorable event or cause (8) 16 Raise most of ship wrecked in body of water (5,3) 17 Grotesque spouter? (8) 18 Junk diet Greek character’s given up in boredom (6)

19 Conundrum in festival with time to the fore (6)

20 Second diplomatic group ready for nightfall? (6)

21 Detest swearing in case of ladette (6)