CRYPTIC

ACROSS

8 Hands no longer cold? Let’s get on with it! (3,6,3,3) 9 Idiot knocking container over (3) 10 An altercation if meal is terrible? I don’t know what to say (5,4,2) 11 Many in relapse, falling back, looking less well (5) 12 Former British firm getting irritated moved abroad (9) 15 See bird lay egg possibly after crossing river (7) 17 Last character to leave Cornish place in act of atonement (7) 19 ‘Setter-off’ finally reached school by a hill (9) 20 Monk not wanting important lady’s soup (5) 21 Inadequate deputy is given different duties for a change of fortune (11) 24 Factory laying off a thousand? That is unfortunate (3) 25 Situation when hanging’s left hanging? (4,2,9)

DOWN

1 The details being spelt out will be most ghastly (10) 2 Rose, maybe, is fine cow (6) 3 Fat maiden, maybe, needing rest by the sound of it? (10) 4 Goddess that moves through Oxford (4) 5 Ordeal having to manage drive in a car of uncertain reliability? (5,3) 6 Scientific man of law said to seethe (4) 7 Sin unacceptable – stop! (6) 8 In camp the connection one gets is ropey (4,3) 13 Petitions to get resumption organised (10) 14 Sort of inflammation – nurse is pressing on it (10) 16 It might get a six? It’s very unlikely (4,4) 18 Level of command in military formation (7) 19 Scheme essential to revolutionary fancies I’ve ditched (6) 20 Add strength to complaint at university (4,2) 22 Eat greedily from hamper, but not quietly (4) 23 Plan that helps to give side advantage (4)