CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

25/11

Across

1. Connect male with this sort of hiding (11)

8. Move out and pass to appear greedy (8)

9. Los Angeles follows State on festive occasion (4)

10. Suffer from over-watering, as a medical person will admit (5)

13. Garment from the South, a right one in the East (4)

16. The support that will not leave one (4)

17. A sign of mendacity encourages nervous leaders (4)

18. Mimics physical education as it’s outside (4)

20. Likely, when about half-dead, to be skilful (5)

24. Good Hope of its not being capitalised as sleeveless cloak (4)

25. Proof of vice might need to be distributed (8)

26. Belt up, taking right name out for vehicular identification (6-5)

Down

2. One has ten different animals (4)

3. Provide the food for Tibert with hesitation (5)

4. On a slant like the Botanical Gardens (5)

5. Gradually moves to the Borders (5)

6. Romans cried out for folk entertainment (6-5)

7. Tories, men at variance dancing when strings are pulled (11)

11. Stage work works in Ancient Rome (5)

12. She’s working onwards when separated (5)

14. The old host is revealed in popular mythology (4)

15. Having nothing on, be around half of the year (4)

19. Vapour trail starts in the main at end of slipstream (5)

21. One who will be in over his head when at work (5)

22. Put one’s foot down, and it will work (5)

23. Do so to one’s brows in woolly thinking? (4)