Mythology No. 2 — cryptic crossword

A themed (Mythology) standard puzzle: 29 clues on a 11×11 grid. Solve it online — check your answers as you go, ask for a hint, and read how each clue works once it is solved.

Across

1. Complaint has lost energy, making a firm hold (4)
4. Poseidon's boy has torn it, sadly (6)
8. Secret store of money, we're told (5)
9. Sidelong look turned into a dance (4)
10. Painful, that shattered china — a grand! (6)
11. Small car for a short skirt (4)
12. Egyptian goddess, or the Thames at Oxford (4)
14. Quiet English bird, small in France (5)
15. Signal buried in a rescue mission (3)
16. New, unknown speed of a young insect (5)
17. Woman at a wild rave (4)
18. Caper cut short by those opposed (4)
20. Aunt, disturbed about the countryside (6)
21. One headed back for the food shop (4)
23. Commander taking note is inexperienced (5)
24. Flip journalist thrown out (6)
25. Policeman inside, performing as a Norse god (4)

Down

1. Dragon I slew with a tie? An intractable problem (7,4)
2. Frozen water found in Baltic estuary (3)
3. Quiet charity for tropical trees (5)
4. In comparison, Scots lord loses energy (4)
5. Pierce cooked up a formula (6)
6. Rewritten, the list becomes Scotland's prickly emblem (7)
7. Talks arranged, with eating in too (11)
13. Prisoners at home with friends (7)
15. Fee for an attack (6)
17. Dove I caught badly on film (5)
19. Bore on a north-east road (4)
22. Primarily, every nice dinner has a conclusion (3)

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