November Puzzles

Across

• 1 Seed surpasses Americans to a certain extent (6)
• 4 Upstart increasingly convinced Scrooge, say (6)
• 9 She cooks a type of herb (7)
• 10 Wholly against books grant (5)
• 11 Unsuitable blend of paint (5)
• 12 Middle of unexpectedly bad forecast (7)
• 13 Parish not getting embroiled in my antisocial tendency (11)
• 18 It reminds guys to follow me (7)
• 20 Supply online joke? (5)
• 22 King, queen and a whole set of countries get another performance (5)
• 23 Visited a global organisation in loathsome setting (7)
• 24 Head of organisation recently exchanged tail end for a single (3-3)
• 25 Wind tears up a vertical tail (6)

Down

• 1 South Pole in the dark when the North Pole is this? (6)
• 2 Letter to the Athenians, say, about soldiers and mother (5)
• 3 Motorway illuminated by leading members of Indian army reserves (7)
• 5 Reportedly remained sober (5)
• 6 Old learners to clean up after first sign of red herring (7)
• 7 Membrane held back by granite rock face (6)
• 8 Calamity kitty finds a way to get her head caught in string (11)
• 14 Swimmers encounter camouflaged duck (7)
• 15 Supply queer contents of pipe... supply again (7)
• 16 Developer swamped by problem bryophyte (6)
• 17 Comeuppance for boy and father gaining nothing without a leg to stand on (6)
• 19 Martial artist involved in assassination in Japan (5)
• 21 Mention golf club has no head (5)