1-across – Electrical item momentarily illuminating things : FLASHLAMP

8-across – Blue – purplish butterfly : AZURE

9-across – Monkey with long face : MACAQUE

10-across – Lewdness : RIBALDRY

11-across – Metal,atomic number 30 : ZINC

13-across – Unilateral : ONEWAY

14-across – Tiny tree art : BONSAI

16-across – Sewing case : ETUI

17-across – Result of division : QUOTIENT

19-across – Mesopotamian city in modern day Iraq : BABYLON

20-across – Small lizard : GECKO

21-across – Word-finding reference : THESAURUS

1-down – Fade role : FREELOAD

2-down – Think highly of : ADMIRE

3-down – Hew : HACK

4-down – Consent : ACQUIESCENCE

5-down – GP’s paperwork : PRESCRIPTION

6-down – Go through whole innings with wicket intact : CARRYONESBAT

7-down – Hookah – confused talk : HUBBLEBUBBLE

12-down – Country homes? : COTTAGES

15-down – English romantic painter : TURNER

18-down – Circus insect? : FLEA

1-across – Expect,with optimism : HOPE

3-across – Get a move on,driver! : STEPONIT

9-across – Nut turner : SPANNER

10-across – Provincial : LOCAL

11-across – Emerging butterfly : IMAGO

12-across – Go by : ELAPSE

14-across – World as a community : GLOBALVILLAGE

17-across – Chopper coat : ENAMEL

19-across – Porcupine spike : QUILL

22-across – In the offing : AFOOT

23-across – Study of mysterious fliers : UFOLOGY

24-across – Expert on a bird of prey : FALCONER

25-across – Teal-like shade : CYAN

1-down – East Sussex seaside town : HASTINGS

2-down – Shopping centre : PLAZA

4-down – New World buzzard : TURKEYVULTURE

5-down – Dotty dance? : POLKA

6-down – City in Cyprus : NICOSIA

7-down – Mosaic piece : TILE

8-down – Luanda’s country : ANGOLA

13-down – Methodist : WESLEYAN

15-down – Backfiring : OWNGOAL

16-down – Rum,whisky etc. : LIQUOR

18-down – Passover bread : MATZO

20-down – Creamy white : IVORY

21-down – Foundling : WAIF

1-across – Chemical neurotransmitter – in a moped : DOPAMINE

5-across – Crustacean on the side-walk? : CRAB

9-across – Archaic : DATED

10-across – Dance party : SHINDIG

11-across – Charity : PHILANTHROPY

13-across – Outcast : PARIAH

14-across – Turkish city : ANKARA

17-across – Incautious : DEVILMAYCARE

20-across – Eyelash thickener : MASCARA

21-across – From Cusco,once? : INCAN

22-across – Bottle stopper : CORK

23-across – Unusually high : FALSETTO

1-down – Bird once on Mauritius : DODO

2-down – Wine or water jug? : PITCHER

3-down – Tiny tracks and rolling stock : MODELRAILWAY

4-down – Sticking hooter in : NOSING

6-down – Programme transmitter : RADIO

7-down – Bugaboo bloke? : BOGEYMAN

8-down – Traditional things in the newspaper once? : FISHANDCHIPS

12-down – Dim piece : EPIDEMIC

15-down – Type of fruit : APRICOT

16-down – Tomorrow – or never? : MANANA

18-down – Brim – tennis player’s wear : VISOR

19-down – Facts : INFO

1-across – Rider : POSTSCRIPT

7-across – Less than intellectual : LOWBROW

8-across – North African capital : TUNIS

10-across – Bludgeon : COSH

11-across – Clamour : BALLYHOO

13-across – Ordering of words : SYNTAX

15-across – Starry : ASTRAL

17-across – Acquire by flattery : INVEIGLE

18-across – Gobble : WOLF

21-across – Slice into two equal parts : HALVE

22-across – Bony arrangement : RIBCAGE

23-across – Chill! : TAKEITEASY

1-down – Welshpool’s county : POWYS

2-down – Nippy : SPRY

3-down – That doesn’t matter! : SOWHAT

4-down – Unsparing : RUTHLESS

5-down – Wild feline : PANTHER

6-down – Anvil user : BLACKSMITH

9-down – Retail thief : SHOPLIFTER

12-down – Language in Denpasar : BALINESE

14-down – Short book : NOVELLA

16-down – Broccoli part : FLORET

19-down – Egg producer : OVARY

20-down – Eurovision winners 1974,in Brighton : ABBA

1-across – Plant rolling in the wind : TUMBLEWEED

7-across – No simmer : MISNOMER

8-across – Trudge : PLOD

9-across – Blue : LUBE

10-across – Coal container : SCUTTLE

12-across – Boiled sweet : BARLEYSUGAR

14-across – Sloping track for launching ships : SLIPWAY

16-across – Sheepshank,e.g. : KNOT

19-across – Froth – Bolly? : FIZZ

20-across – Romantic : QUIXOTIC

21-across – Temporary race leader : PACESETTER

1-down – Hearing : TRIAL

2-down – A little cooler? : MINIBAR

3-down – Farm animal symbolic of meekness : LAMB

4-down – Tom’s craw : WORMCAST

5-down – Someone settling abroad : EXPAT

6-down – Yell : HOLLER

11-down – French game where metal balls thrown : PETANQUE

12-down – Northern sea : BALTIC

13-down – Military ship : GUNBOAT

15-down – Circular food in large square box? : PIZZA

17-down – One who strives : TRIER

18-down – Energetic swing music dance : JIVE