1-across – Mischievous : IMPISH

4-across – Corset strips – remains : STAYS

7-across – Name on a hotel bible : GIDEON

8-across – Country with longest coastline : CANADA

9-across – Supposed Himalayan : YETI

10-across – Break free from constraints : CUTLOOSE

12-across – Thicknesses : SKETCHINESS

17-across – Hardly coy : IMMODEST

19-across – Scottish surplice – Channel Island : SARK

20-across – Muppet – container for junior’s juice? : BEAKER

21-across – Ethos – distilled liquid : SPIRIT

22-across – <i>The Lake Isle of Innisfree</i><span> poet</span> : YEATS

23-across – Break – nook : RECESS

1-down – Reserve : ICINESS

2-down – Exact : PRECISE

3-down – Themed,often Romantic musical collection : SONGCYCLE

4-down – Metaphor for a sluggish individual : SNAIL

5-down – Bewildered : ATALOSS

6-down – Running ___ : SCARED

11-down – French-derived word for sorrow : TRISTESSE

13-down – Ugandan capital : KAMPALA

14-down – Descriptor of some bathrooms : ENSUITE

15-down – Dire ___ : STRAITS

16-down – In an agile manner : NIMBLY

18-down – Impurities at the bottom : DREGS

1-across – ___ tunnel syndrome : CARPAL

4-across – Rustic,mid-bodied red wine : MALBEC

9-across – Sporting event that may have yachts : REGATTA

10-across – Second letter of Nato alphabet : BRAVO

11-across – Unsettling : EERIE

12-across – Lever worked by the foot : TREADLE

13-across – Miscellaneous gubbins : ODDSANDSODS

18-across – Else : BESIDES

20-across – Bride’s passageway : AISLE

22-across – Relating to our feathered friends : AVIAN

23-across – A folding business? : ORIGAMI

24-across – Hide – display : SCREEN

25-across – Snake’s sound – baby’s diversion : RATTLE

1-down – Red-___ treatment : CARPET

2-down – ‘I have heard and understood’ : ROGER

3-down – Naive : ARTLESS

5-down – Mosey comfortably : AMBLE

6-down – ___ tit : BEARDED

7-down – Selected : CHOSEN

8-down – Final : PARTINGSHOT

14-down – Dodgy ___ : DOSSIER

15-down – Legs,metaphorically : STAMINA

16-down – Undersea menaces : UBOATS

17-down – Light red : CERISE

19-down – Mashed potato,black bottom or Strip the Willow : DANCE

21-down – React in fear – get going : START

1-across – Red sauce : TOMATOKETCHUP

8-across – Blur sound : BRITPOP

9-across – Wakes : ASKEW

10-across – Six-faced figure : CUBE

11-across – Debutante : NEWCOMER

13-across – Public opinion broadcast : VOXPOP

14-across – Furry liar? : WEASEL

17-across – Place : LOCATION

19-across – Rich in food from shells : EGGY

21-across – Perfect paradigm : IDEAL

22-across – Moment one of match : KICKOFF

24-across – Totalitarian force,literarily or otherwise : THOUGHTPOLICE

1-down – Vessel : TUB

2-down – Where letters come in : MAILBOX

3-down – Record : TAPE

4-down – Preserved herring : KIPPER

5-down – Ex-UK PM : THATCHER

6-down – Meaningless nonsense : HOKUM

7-down – Push for dominance : POWERPLAY

10-down – Government-to-monarchy pay : CIVILLIST

12-down – Flog soot : FOOTSLOG

15-down – Italian men : SIGNORI

16-down – Case worn round neck : LOCKET

18-down – Set of beliefs : CREDO

20-down – Bounce back : ECHO

23-down – Enemy : FOE

5-across – Chlorophytum comosum,perennial often grown indoors : SPIDERPLANT

7-across – Lump – hot male : HUNK

8-across – Private : SQUADDIE

9-across – Clam soup? : CHOWDER

11-across – Primitive : CRUDE

13-across – Host : EMCEE

14-across – Lycra kin : SPANDEX

16-across – Act of police surveillance : STAKEOUT

17-across – Merge : FUSE

18-across – Ability to see in the dark – dream? : NIGHTVISION

1-down – Candle cord : WICK

2-down – Ate well : FEASTED

3-down – Poppy drug : OPIUM

4-down – Bureaucrat : MANDARIN

5-down – St Mary’s football team : SOUTHAMPTON

6-down – He,for example – Cain? : THIRDPERSON

10-down – Rubble : WRECKAGE

12-down – Artificial satellite built by the Soviet Union : SPUTNIK

15-down – Tall : LOFTY

17-down – Obstruct – metal sheets : FOIL

1-across – Part-living machine : CYBORG

4-across – Aw-____,bashful expression : SHUCKS

8-across – Timer : MERIT

9-across – Nosh lover : GOURMET

10-across – Upper chamber,often : BEDROOM

11-across – Fatuous : INANE

12-across – Belief in the occult : MYSTICISM

17-across – Equipped like some boats : OARED

19-across – Jeremiah : KILLJOY

21-across – Meticulous in a precious way : FINICKY

22-across – Tree with chocolatey fruit : CAROB

23-across – Pan rye : NAPERY

24-across – Tell : RELATE

1-down – Acquire : COMEBY

2-down – 10 across : BOREDOM

3-down – Relationship between quantities : RATIO

5-down – Escapologist : HOUDINI

6-down – Text mark : COMMA

7-down – Retest : SETTER

9-down – Use of strategic ploys : GIMMICKRY

13-down – Motorbike passenger carrier : SIDECAR

14-down – Palma’s island : MAJORCA

15-down – Whizz : BOFFIN

16-down – Toodle-oo : BYEBYE

18-down – Day and hours immediately before : RUNUP

20-down – Money gained : LUCRE