1 See, ice does melt (7)
5 British and American way at first to get dive bomber (5)
8 German composer bringing in ‘A’ instead of ‘D’ after a back beat, inspires Bartholomew, perhaps (9)
9 Apocryphal image Daniel scorned? (3)
10 State to get in, needing, it’s muttered, sustenance around six (5)
12 Terry the politician popped in to get directions to sacred buildings (7)
13 Allowed a particular piece of meat for starters – schnitzel, for instance (6)
14 On board, deride certain shifts (6)
16 Hermes stopped him shouting, being a loud speaker (7)
19 Agent of 9 turned out in the end an accountant (5)
21 Viewed in trepidation Zeus’ mount (3)
22 Woefully-done music is in John’s character (9)
24 Among the bad things, one is Theseus’ killing of this Isthmian (5)
25 Initially go to turn round; it’s poor defending (3,4)
Cryptic down
1 Jacob’s girl found in a row earlier, houses at the top (5)
2 Bit that goes into a horse’s mouth? (3)
3 Deceitful First Lady is hiding a visa application (7)
4 Squeeze performance shows after getting old (5)
5 Melchizedek’s palace proposal embittered some within (5)
6 Letter in Greek turned up, the second letter out of the Holy Book connecting to the womb (9)
7 Points to the foot of mountains in volumes of charts (7)
11 At sea, by and large (2,3,4)
13 Putting a bag over American heads of secret intelligence is leading one to a classic conspiracy (7)
15 Philip’s town and gown person’s club is topping (7)
17 Sunbathe with one’s sister, recalling it was Zoan past time (5)
18 Odd page in October’s revolution, to bypass the river… (5)
20 …sail being abandoned, getting soft on a Kremlin internee (5)
23 Long march he led, one during an order to retreat (3)
Quick across
1 Swagger (7)
5 —– Eaters, indolent hedonists (5)
8/17 Form of medieval plainsong (9,5)
9 Scratch (out) (3)
10 Slender spirit of the air (5)
12 Sanskrit for ‘Great Soul’, an epithet applied to prominent Indians and others (7)
13 Towards the rear of a ship (6)
14 Stirred up, or tended, a fire (6)
16 Site of a massacre in 1692 of Macdonald Jacobites by the royalist Campbell clan (7)
19 Legendary fabler of the 6th century BC (5)
21 Pasture (3)
22 King of Mycenae and the leader of the Greek siege of Troy (9)
24 Change, as a clock (5)
25 Employs near-the-knuckle jibes in cricket (7)
Quick down
1 Counterfeit (5)
2 Beer made with a top fermenting yeast (3)
3 Additional; alternative (7)
4 Dried narcotic juice of the white poppy (5)
5 Execute illegally by a mob (5)
6 ‘Mother of God’ or ‘Virgin Mary’ in the Eastern Orthodox Church (9)
7 Attendant on an aeroplane or ship (7)
11 Followers of the original German Protestant theology (9)
13 Gawky, raw-boned (7)
15 Acrobatic act (7)
17 See 8 Across
18 Dame Edith —–, three-time Oscar nominated actress (5)
20 Audible exertions (5)
23 Hound: not a horse to bet on! (3)
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