No 2702, Sunday 02 Sep 12

ACROSS
1   - Programme information collected by a US prosecutor (6)  - AGENDA {A}{GEN}{DA}
4   - British editor criticises hospital utensils (7)  - BEDPANS {B}{ED}{PANS}
8   - Abandoned ship then devoured by monster (3,6)  - THE SPHINX {SHIP+THEN*}{X} (Addendum - {THE {SHIP*}N}{X} - See comments)

10 - Silly diver close to quay (5)  - LOONY {LOON}{Y}
11 - Salesman receiving a cut (4)  - REAP {RE{A}P}
12 - Saw, on reflection, nothing untoward in capital (10)  - WASHINGTON {WAS<-}{NOTHING*}
14 - Understand what bidder at art auction wants to do? (3,3,7)  - GET THE PICTURE [DD]
16 - Hold a medal intricately inscribed with name of statesman (6,7)  - NELSON MANDELA {NELSON} {MA{N}DELA*}
19 - A person travelling on foot is commonplace (10)  - PEDESTRIAN [DD]
20 - In the thick of a flipping cloud (4)  - AMID {A}{MID<-}
22 - Typical university in America, close to full (5)  - USUAL {US{U}A}{L}
23 - Band of Hope member ordered teas in bar (9)  - ABSTAINER*
24 - Goddess, apparently sexless, heading off to gym (7)  - EUTERPE {nEUTER}{PE}
25 - Flat, retreat for English poet (6)  - DRYDEN {DRY}{DEN}
DOWN
1   - Very close friend to make changes to, say, opening of operetta (5,3)  - ALTER EGO {ALTER} {EG}{O}
2   - Refined English stage worker (7)  - ELEGANT {E}{LEG}{ANT}
3   - Information for fool with illegal drugs (4)  - DOPE [MD]
4   - In exams, both cops failed to name every point in order (3,3,7)  - BOX THE COMPASS*

5   - Extremely disreputable, Quinn let off, guilty of a minor offence (10)  - DELINQUENT {DisreputablE}{QUIN+LET*}
6   - Advocate having job holding beer? Just the opposite! (7)  - APOSTLE {A{POST}LE}
7   - Delivering a saw (6)  - SAYING [CD]
9   - Unsuitable home to take (13)  - INAPPROPRIATE {IN}{APPROPRIATE}
13 - Vessel netting sole at sea for firm that supplies in bulk (10)  - WHOLESALER {WH{SOLE*}ALER}
15 - Chap's boldness briefly defines bureaucrat (8)  - MANDARIN {MAN}{DARINg}
16 - Almost certainly agree bout must be fixed (2,5)  - NO DOUBT {NO D}{BOUT*}
17 - The Queen brought over fabric trimmed with fur (7)  - ERMINED {ER}{MINED<-}
18 - Trim tree (6)  - SPRUCE [DD]
21 - Favourite tune, not bad (4) - FAIR {F}{AIR}