1-across – 1968 Beatles song : BLACKBIRD

8-across – Social media thumbs-up : LIKE

9-across – Tyre part : INNERTUBE

10-across – Mix : STIR

13-across – Mixer : TONIC

15-across – : TAVERN

16-across – Absorb : TAKEIN

17-across – The way something’s presented : FORMAT

19-across – Get out of here! : BEGONE

20-across – Romeo : LOVER

21-across – Make a record : NOTE

24-across – Small-minded : PAROCHIAL

25-across – Adam and Eve’s third son : SETH

26-across – Keep going in difficult circumstances : SOLDIERON

2-down – Ranger or wolf? : LONE

3-down – They indicate something needs to be said or done : CUES

4-down – It helps to keep your clothes on : BUTTON

5-down – Roger or Peter? : RABBIT

6-down – Evergreen,semi-parasitic plant with white berries : MISTLETOE

7-down – Small handgun : DERRINGER

11-down – Rigid quality : STIFFNESS

12-down – Exaggerate : OVERSTATE

13-down – Drugs test? : TRIAL

14-down – Underground explorer : CAVER

18-down – Salad fruit : TOMATO

19-down – Further than : BEYOND

22-down – Clarified butter used in Indian cooking : GHEE

23-down – Filled tortilla : TACO

1-across – Immediate – tuna sensation : INSTANTANEOUS

8-across – Supportive – expert : PRO

9-across – Related to bishops : EPISCOPAL

10-across – Become established : TAKEROOT

11-across – Jenny or Christopher? : WREN

13-across – Hildegard of Bingen,for instance : ABBESS

14-across – Organic fertiliser : MANURE

16-across – Box,back or boiler? : ROOM

17-across – Sarsen stone,perhaps : MEGALITH

20-across – Lie dormant : HIBERNATE

21-across – Shot – youngster : TOT

22-across – Inserted – in late chapter : PARENTHETICAL

1-down – Contribution : INPUT

2-down – Back Rob’s horse : SHOCKABSORBER

3-down – Dangerous arterial bulge : ANEURYSM

4-down – Photographer’s prop? : TRIPOD

5-down – German singer who performed with the Velvet Underground : NICO

6-down – Taking advantage of a situation : OPPORTUNISTIC

7-down – It may be stony – or golden : SILENCE

12-down – Budgerigar,for example : PARAKEET

13-down – Dirigible : AIRSHIP

15-down – Uncouple : DETACH

18-down – Raffles or The Ritz? : HOTEL

19-down – Smoother? : IRON

1-across – One’s surprisingly successful : OVERACHIEVER

9-across – One’s not at all successful : LOSER

10-across – Single pay-out : LUMPSUM

11-across – Ball of thread : CLEW

12-across – Topped by breadcrumbs and cheese : AUGRATIN

14-across – More elegant : NEATER

15-across – Fanatical individual : ZEALOT

18-across – Calls out : EXCLAIMS

20-across – The largest continent : ASIA

22-across – Leaped : VAULTED

23-across – Reasoning : LOGIC

24-across – Speciality food shop : DELICATESSEN

2-down – I’ve cars : VISCERA

3-down – Uncommon : RARE

4-down – Not black-and-white : COLOUR

5-down – Deeply involved : IMMERSED

6-down – Flying,home or hospital? : VISIT

7-down – Macron enters : REMONSTRANCE

8-down – Poorly thought-out : ILLCONCEIVED

13-down – Relating to the meaning of words : SEMANTIC

16-down – Sheets of pasta : LASAGNE

17-down – Surrounded by : AMIDST

19-down – Mean-spirited individual : CHURL

21-down – Sad to say : ALAS

1-across – Boost : UPLIFT

4-across – Models : SELDOM

9-across – Frolics : CAVORTS

10-across – Sizeable : HEFTY

11-across – Juliet’s neighbour : INDIA

12-across – Catch : ENSNARE

13-across – Luckless : UNFORTUNATE

18-across – Unprocessed information : RAWDATA

20-across – Value : WORTH

22-across – To-do : HOOHA

23-across – Dance outfit : LEOTARD

24-across – Be suspended,like some participles : DANGLE

25-across – Revealing : SKIMPY

1-down – Ragamuffin : URCHIN

2-down – Bruised – and cross : LIVID

3-down – Hotchpotch : FARRAGO

5-down – Characteristic attitudes : ETHOS

6-down – Openly disobedient : DEFIANT

7-down – Chaos : MAYHEM

8-down – I’ll say teens : ESSENTIALLY

14-down – Tiny child : NEWBORN

15-down – US state bordering the Atlantic and two Great Lakes : NEWYORK

16-down – Brow or back? : ARCHED

17-down – Low-quality : SHODDY

19-down – In the least : ATALL

21-down – Domain : REALM

1-across – ___ up – edible mollusc : CLAM

3-across – Tara’s O’Hara : SCARLETT

9-across – Make cartoons – give life to : ANIMATE

10-across – ___ engagement : PRIOR

11-across – Aroma : SCENT

12-across – Vendee : EVENED

14-across – Newly-trendy curd-based product : COTTAGECHEESE

17-across – Place wagers : GAMBLE

19-across – Discrimination : TASTE

22-across – Lively Bohemian dance : POLKA

23-across – What you might vanish into : THINAIR

24-across – Emphasized – under pressure : STRESSED

25-across – Not there : HERE

1-down – Person or thing displaying impressive and stylish excellence : CLASSACT

2-down – Spry : AGILE

4-down – Green liqueur : CREMEDEMENTHE

5-down – Indian money : RUPEE

6-down – It’s not a good look : EVILEYE

7-down – Acidic – pastry : TART

8-down – Repeated phrase : MANTRA

13-down – Practice prior to performance : REHEARSE

15-down – It’s shown before the feature : TRAILER

16-down – It attaches headwear to hair : HATPIN

18-down – ‘ … the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of ___ in this crazy world’ : BEANS

20-down – Trap – drum type : SNARE

21-down – Smartphone downloads : APPS