By Jane Fitzpatrick
Across
8 Spy high place that can be made a mountain, proverbially (4,4)
9 Bold zebra ran amok before sudden end (6)
10 One pass, one failure in period for hunting (4,6)
11 Identification with extremes of Orwell produces graven image (4)
12 It can be very messy, this type of pen (6)
14 O, little grandma, party very loudly and sporadically! (2,3,3)
15 Paid no attention to eroding wreck (7)
17 Harpy to toss waste away (7)
19 Stumbling lurch feels twenty percent gone but happy! (8)
20 Come out and electronically become one? (6)
21 Scratch heads of scientific committee after review (4)
22 Straight base of what two is to four, for example (6,4)
24 Transported in more sheep… (6)
25 …catching on small branch, half-gingerly (8)
Down
1 Troubles concern kingship – one of advanced years (2,6,7)
2 Head and last members of mob made a resolution (4)
3 Spooner’s citrus beverage at the right moment (6)
4 Australia’s weather forecaster absorbed poor financial result to flourish (7)
5 Rich nun bad at playing (8)
6 Friend in end of deep trouble more able to be read either way (10)
7 Launch and catch (at a distance) article on field (3,3,3,6)
13 Doctor notes product date, for example. (5,5)
16 Don’t start to puff back when surrounding sound turns into outburst (8)
18 Proudly displays evacuated frail relatives (7)
20 Lug rug for a bug (6)
23 Tips of radish and garlic upgrade pasta sauce (4)