Puzzles February 2025

Across

• 1 Verbally mention location (4)
• 3 Georgia unhappily accepting Penny's broken chord (8)
• 9 Sorrowful eastern Gaelic composition (7)
• 10 Put on alternative for patron (5)
• 11 Change order to meet a shorter saint (6,6)
• 14 Enlarge oddly lacking horse (3)
• 16 Department protected by cashmere mittens (5)
• 18 Bond maybe pays survivorship annuity at last (3)
• 19 President arranged loan for revolution (6,6)
• 23 So ladybird is found by church (5)
• 24 Calling for a woman to react differently on second Sunday (7)
• 25 Agent is fleeing from possibly inside job (8)
• 26 Fish feels topless (4)

Down

• 1 Outrageously drunk crew chant outside (8)
• 2 Stealing from leading UK news source (5)
• 4 Blimey! Flipping fabulous bird! (3)
• 5 Better tree (5)
• 6 Emphasise negative components going back to book (7)
• 7 Rows disheartened Olivia and Rufus (4)
• 8 Storyteller swallows back the last of sloe gin straight (6)
• 12 Cautious but barbed imitation backfired somewhat (5)
• 13 Mesmerising final journey on ships at sea (8)
• 15 Precipitate argument (7)
• 17 Spoil every finalist giving agreement (6)
• 20 Quick signal (5)
• 21 Gosh! London suburbs supplying poultry (5)
• 22 Initially, some took joint transport (4)
• 24 Formerly Indian state bringing the end forward (3)