1-across – Fairly – or completely : QUITE

4-across – A rag man : ANAGRAM

8-across – Watery,pressure-maintaining fluid in eye : AQUEOUSHUMOUR

9-across – Nasal inflammation – Irish ITN : RHINITIS

11-across – Gratis : FREE

13-across – Piquet or Mandela : NELSON

14-across – Ball game : TENNIS

16-across – Club – press : IRON

17-across – Pink Panther Inspector : CLOUSEAU

19-across – Juicer : LEMONSQUEEZER

21-across – Longest river in Asia : YANGTZE

22-across – Buttocks – a nest : NATES

1-down – Every four years : QUADRENNIALLY

2-down – Initialled memo of debt : IOU

3-down – Combination of characters expressing feeling : EMOTICON

4-down – Descend vertical drop using rope : ABSEIL

5-down – Water : AQUA

6-down – North American river : RIOGRANDE

7-down – Open spaces for trading in towns : MARKETSQUARES

10-down – Its capital is Douglas : ISLEOFMAN

12-down – Sky-blue – earn clue : CERULEAN

15-down – Memorial plate – film on teeth : PLAQUE

18-down – Small,mosquito-like fly : GNAT

20-down – Slang for a spot : ZIT

1-across – State of total confusion – slobs name him : OMNISHAMBLES

9-across – Mouth,barrel or sense : ORGAN

10-across – ___ Wizard : PINBALL

11-across – Drink quickly – head support : NECK

12-across – Ruling by tyrannical behaviour : DESPOTIC

14-across – Stockings : NYLONS

15-across – Out-of-date and tired – a bonnet,perhaps? : OLDHAT

18-across – Mesmerising : HYPNOTIC

20-across – Disparaging remark : SLUR

22-across – Earwax – un creme : CERUMEN

23-across – Artificial silk fabric : RAYON

24-across – Gathering of directors – sounds tedious? : BOARDMEETING

2-down – Enchanting : MAGICAL

3-down – Pubs and small hotels : INNS

4-down – Short dash : HYPHEN

5-down – Board game – sole power : MONOPOLY

6-down – Smallest amount : LEAST

7-down – Cooking for oneself : SELFCATERING

8-down – Yellow vegetable,ear of maize : CORNONTHECOB

13-down – Passed on knowledge to : INFORMED

16-down – ___ days – kingfisher – holy can : HALCYON

17-down – Man engaged to be married : FIANCE

19-down – Ham or violet : PARMA

21-down – Ridge on guitar neck – worry : FRET

1-across – Adrenal,sebaceous etc : GLANDS

4-across – Part of footwear,often protective : TOECAP

9-across – Young Italian child Italian : BAMBINO

10-across – Butterfly or punctuation mark : COMMA

11-across – Spanish coastal city : CADIZ

12-across – Weekly 5k event : PARKRUN

13-across – Go first – strip roof illegally : TAKETHELEAD

18-across – Formicary – all thin : ANTHILL

20-across – Web portal – Swift brute : YAHOO

22-across – WW1 plane,Sopwith ___ : CAMEL

23-across – Where beans often found : ONTOAST

24-across – Deny connection with : DISOWN

25-across – West wind – old Ford : ZEPHYR

1-down – Return : GOBACK

2-down – Intended – lined up in direction of target : AIMED

3-down – Lemon ___ cake – light rain : DRIZZLE

5-down – Happen : OCCUR

6-down – Lake District county : CUMBRIA

7-down – Tiger,Dublin Bay and Atlantic : PRAWNS

8-down – Complete a vertical,circular turn : LOOPTHELOOP

14-down – Greek goddess – moon-exploration programme : ARTEMIS

15-down – Baby’s set of clothing : LAYETTE

16-down – Spoiled,sour : RANCID

17-down – Medic : DOCTOR

19-down – Relative by marriage : INLAW

21-down – Ledger,row or cliff? : HEATH

1-across – Bad-tempered : CRABBY

4-across – Devastation : HAVOC

7-across – <span>___ K. ___,</span><i>Three Men in a Boat</i><span> author</span> : JEROME

8-across – Opposed : AVERSE

9-across – Bit of orange peel : PITH

10-across – Giant : ENORMOUS

12-across – Struggling : HARDPRESSED

17-across – Untaxed – yet Freud : DUTYFREE

19-across – Post,leg or hurrah : LAST

20-across – Arouse : EXCITE

21-across – Numb : DEADEN

22-across – Bits of a comb or saw : TEETH

23-across – Document proving who you are : IDCARD

1-down – Treasure : CHERISH

2-down – One more : ANOTHER

3-down – Apiarist : BEEKEEPER

4-down – Loiter anxiously : HOVER

5-down – Rambling – observe : VERBOSE

6-down – Pecorino or paneer? : CHEESE

11-down – Unlimited : OPENENDED

13-down – A,an or the? : ARTICLE

14-down – Bit of dried fruit : SULTANA

15-down – Come down : DESCEND

16-down – Most peculiar : ODDEST

18-down – Carry companion? : FETCH

1-across – Feature of everyday speech : COLLOQUIALISM

8-across – On paper,they’re friends : PENPALS

9-across – Sycophant : TOADY

10-across – Killed – a large number : SLEW

11-across – Tree-dwelling : ARBOREAL

13-across – Shrewd : ASTUTE

14-across – Deliberately avoid : ESCHEW

17-across – Retreat : HIDEAWAY

19-across – Wide expanse of uncultivated ground : MOOR

21-across – Adhesive – tasteless : TACKY

22-across – Masonic or mayoral fancy dress? : REGALIA

24-across – Microscopic : INFINITESIMAL

1-down – Price or shower? : CAP

2-down – Merciful : LENIENT

3-down – So-so : OKAY

4-down – Dubious : UNSURE

5-down – Non-mainstream : ARTHOUSE

6-down – Dopy : INANE

7-down – Spring blossom : MAYFLOWER

10-down – Strap,squash or junction : SPAGHETTI

12-down – Don’t get carried away! : STEADYON

15-down – Gangster : HOODLUM

16-down – Tempting vegetable? : CARROT

18-down – Coffee that won’t keep you up : DECAF

20-down – An eternity : AGES

23-down – Everyone : ALL