Standard No. 6 — cryptic crossword

A standard puzzle: 28 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. Spirit before the charge gives a coronary (5,6)
7. Every other letter from a friend is left (3)
9. I am nuts, sadly, about the great wave (7)
10. Sweetener for one born in Brie (5)
12. Ties broken on the building plot (4)
13. Flat about the army chaplain (5)
16. Hides a thousand questions (5)
19. I would, it's said, have watched (4)
22. Give up on a greeting, we hear (5)
23. A mantis wriggling shows staying power (7)
24. Understanding some dark energy (3)
25. Money men order plastic Asti (11)

Down

1. Bishop tucked into hers: parsley, sage and the like (5)
2. German car, time for a check (5)
3. Gallery picked up in the tattoo (4)
4. Ton over the bump makes a thud (5)
5. A tie turned round for the prize (5)
6. Fine reworked after king shows a blade (5)
8. Heather, one after Eric (5)
11. Nod to a northern stream (4)
14. Stadium that's lost its name gives an open space (4)
15. Engineers with Eve, the medieval official (5)
16. American caught in the mic, making a sweet sound (5)
17. Clever, and exactly on time (5)
18. Holy figure in dirty satin (5)
20. Crikey! Skye I left in ruins (5)
21. Tends to be crushed, making hollows (5)
22. Barrier with everything on it (4)

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