Weekend Quick Cryptic 166 - Solution

Phil Jordan, Sawbill and I are continuing to produce our series of Weekend Quick Cryptic crosswords. We take turns, publishing one a fortnight, and this week it's my turn. 

You can find a link to the crossword here and the answers below.  Feel free to leave any comments or questions here as you would do on  TfTT .  You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here. 

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Hints and tips...

Here are a few hints and tips.

• In 11A "endlessly" means remove the last letter.
• You need to know the title of a German man in 13A
• In 19A the definition, unusually, is just a single word not at the beginning or end of the clue.
• 3D is an anagram with a letter deletion.
• In 6D the pilgrim was a medieval magistrate.
• The TV series in 12D dates from the 1950s.
• 18D is a card game.

Oh. By the way... there's a favourite story that goes with this about a sort of pie that didn't make it into the grid... A Piece of Pie

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Solution and explanation of the answers...

Definitions  underlined in bold italics, ( Abc )* indicating anagram of Abc,{deletions} and [] other indicators.

 
Across
1 Embarrassing mistake of bellringer? (7)
CLANGER – Double definition, the second a cryptic hint. Also a sort of pasty from Bedfordshire that has meat at one and jam at the other. Sounds disgusting.
5 Starter of pâté or kebabs originally coming from this animal product (4)
PORK – First letter [starter] of Pâté + OR + first letter of Kebabs [originally]. Also a sort of pie.
7 Supplier of technology that's found in orchards (5)
APPLE – Double definition. And a classic sort of fruit pie.
8 Gifted student initially wriggles and squirms (7)
FIDGETS – (gifted + s{tudent}[initially])*  [wriggles]. A fidget pie is an English pie containing layers of apple, cured pork (typically bacon), onion, and sometimes potato under a crimped, shortcrust pastry top.
10 Drink regularly during the day (3)
TEA -  Alternate letters of  [regularly during] ThE  dAy, And a meal where you might eat a piece of pie.
11 Kowtow to endlessly neglectful criminal (9)
GENUFLECT – Anagram [criminal] of (neglectfu{l})* without the last letter [endlessly].
13 Fruit tree supplied by German man in outskirts of city (6)
CHERRY - HERR (how to address a German man) in outside letters of [outskirts of] C{it}Y. And another sort of fruit pie.
14 It's found in hotpot - a top ingredient (6)
POTATO – Hidden in [found in] hotPOT A TOp. Also a sort of pie.
17 Conservative policy follows Greens last narrative (9)
STORYLINE – TORY (Conservative) + LINE (policy) after [follows] last letter of GreenS [last].
19 Getting the ball over this is first half of tennis return (3)
NET – [first half of] TEN{nis} reversed  [return] -> NET.
21 Shoe mender's iced drink (7)
COBBLER – Double definition. Also a dessert or savoury dish consisting of a fruit or savoury filling poured into a large baking dish and covered with a batter, biscuit, or dumpling before being baked.
23 Unhealthy looking food from Cornwall? (5)
PASTY – Double definition, the second a type of pie.
24 Initially make everyone avoid this sort of food (4)
MEAT – First letters [initially] of Make Everyone Avoid This. And another sort of pie.
25 Bothy, perhaps, is place to sleep time after time (7)
COTTAGE – COT (place to sleep) + AGE (time) [after] T (time). One of my favourite sorts of pie.
 
Down
1 Charlie runs a newspaper with skill (5)
CRAFT – C (Charlie in the phonetic alphabet) + R (runs in cricket) + A + FT (Financial Times; newspaper).
2 Calm down with a very quiet rest (7)
APPEASE – A + PP (pianissimo; very quiet) + EASE (rest).
3 Highlander's cap provokes angry glare without argument at first (9)
GLENGARRY – [provokes] ({a}ngry glare)* without the a [argument at first].
4 Man in black in centre of field is perfect (6)
REFINE – REF (man in black) + IN + middle letter [centre] of fiEld. Perfect the verb.
5 Launch rockets here yearly before beginning of December (3)
PAD – PA (per annum; yearly) + [beginning of] December.
6 Pilgrim who told a tale about first lady (5)
REEVE – RE (about) + EVE (first lady). One of the pilgrims who contributes a story to the Canterbury Tales.
9 Determined to fight (3-2)
SET-TO – SET (determined) + TO.
12 The kind of men seen in garden on TV once (9)
FLOWERPOT – Cryptic definition referring to Bill and Ben.
13 Function of Greek island joining European Community (5)
COSEC – COS (Greek island) + E.C. (European Community). Short for Cosecant.
15 Loss of ability to remember name is problematic (7)
AMNESIA – (name is a)* [problematic].
16 Horrible critic is sour (6)
CITRIC – [Horrible] (critic)*.
18 Game played by brother in East Ender's home (5)
OMBRE – BR (brother) in ‘OME (home) as pronounced by a Cockney.
20 Spell in prison we hear for Herb (5)
THYME – Sounds like TIME (spell in prison).
22 Permitted service to be replayed (3)
LET – Double definition.