CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Instrumentalists’ money belt? (5,4) 8. Endlessly complain about the handle (4) 9. Elastic used to support the wounded? (9) 11. Address more confused, poles apart (6) 12. Foolish to put Sid in disarray (6) 13. Greenhouse coming in another colour? (8) 16. Spider in trouble breathed in (8) 20. At the hotel took food – that’s only natural (6) 21. Spat it out when too old (4,2) 23. Good person masquerading as Martian (9) 24. Endlessly regretting complete loss (4) 25. Totally unsuited for running? (9)

DOWN

2. Going round to return in allotment (8) 3. Walked endlessly in the dry plain (6) 4. Clandestine entrance? (4,4) 5. Votes against one’s reorganisation (4) 6. Meg struggling to hold sheep’s weight (6) 7. One ply knitted but not tightly (6) 10. Strap in here included (4) 14. I beat cad around to make him give up (8) 15. Hold back the others before Iran revolution (8) 16. Meaning to bring into the country (6) 17. Bird is covered by hide .... (6) 18. .... and wading bird is in the same place first (4) 19. Deselect? (6) 22. Tense was wrong, we hear (4)