DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Solitary pop recording (6)

4 Nameless man turned to silver safety device (3,3)

8 Bisect part that is dry (3)

9 Printer finishes printing green but breaks down (9)

11 Rising stake for Italian hothead (4)

12 Appreciative for a quantity of coal? (8)

15 Girl holds back list required by law (9)

18 Wind brings flower into cathedral city (8)

19 Formerly attached to the Church (4)

21 Nun raced wildly east, showing stamina (9)

23 Speaking about inclusion of vegetable (3)

24 Get comfortable and pay the bill (6)

25 Engineer taking trip amid some sound (6)

DOWN

1 She nurses one of the family (6)

2 Convicts’ titles? (9)

3 See! Try the emblem! (4)

5 Moment of firing it - go in twice, perhaps (8)

6 Brief farewell (3)

7 Birds and horse caught in strong wind (6)

10 Rain cover for sailor girl (not English) (9)

13 Utensil for Spooner’s nosey follower (6,3)

14 Roughly relating, but essential (8)

16 Agents capturing the Spanish is disgusting (6)

17 Be with initial trouble and express grief (6)

20 Ever disposed to alter course (4)

22 Spot little Dorothy (3)

QUICK

ACROSS

1 Nudge, pester (6)

4 Sudden muscular movement (6)

8 Slash (3)

9 Hide, ready to surprise (3,2,4)

11 On any occasion (4)

12 Country’s autonomy (4-4)

15 First, opening (9)

18 Continuous (8)

19 Long way off (4)

21 Inertia (9)

23 Weary, annoy (3)

24 Away from the shore (6)

25 Starting point (6)

DOWN

1 Travel headlong (6)

2 Non-specific (9)

3 Unit of electricity (4)

5 Land with a group of energy-producing mills (4,4)

6 Beverage (3)

7 Strong antipathy (6)

10 Gradual appearance (9)

13 Morally elevating (9)

14 Lute-like instrument (8)

16 Fruit and nut breakfast cereal (6)

17 Shattered (6)

20 Russian monarch (4)

22 Laid up (3)