The Weekly cryptic

No 28,921

Across

7 Cover for the Times entertaining the City (7)

8 Bar brawl in 60 minutes or 7? (7)

9 Warning soldiers after cry of surprise (4)

10 I left serious old building without perfume (9)

12 Colour coding’s initial test (5)

13 Standing before holy man, for example, one on retreat (8)

15 Democrat party leader departing in boat (4) 16 Vehicles honked, first travelling to the rear (5)

17 Judge impounding European bank (4) 18 Popular account: English royal abdicated over a breach (8)

20 Advice rejected about long division (5)

21 Even Daley’s twisting and turning is brought to a standstill (9)

22 Two papers follow the Guardian’s foremost talent (4)

24 Discovery of caring female replacing male (7) 25 Fitter of crown for the king? (7)

Down

1 Debussy’s prelude has odd beat (4)

2 23 mean to eat bread regularly (8)

3 Teach ladies and gents to climb over church (6)

4 Group of prominent scientists support writer’s blocks (8)

5 Missing worker catches mad cow disease (6) 6 Swear in debate there’s no hell (4)

11 Before Sunday, no Pope destroyed books of rivals (9)

12 Conservative lied at first – now in trouble, the buffoon (5)

14 Super important (5)

16 Small dalliance (8)

17 Demote ambassador backing heartless renegade (8)

19 A hairdo, say, to wear down (6)

20 Australian city’s extremely sorry cartoonist is sacked (6)

21 One moving into home gets settled (4) 23 Fairly loud animal? (4)