1-across – Pit workers? : ORCHESTRA

8-across – Worship : ADORE

9-across – One’s worshipped : GODDESS

10-across – It says where and when an article was written : DATELINE

11-across – Flesh of the lower jaw : JOWL

13-across – Task involving a quick trip : ERRAND

14-across – Skip school : TRUANT

16-across – Hood : COWL

17-across – Sentimentality : SCHMALTZ

19-across – By mistake : INERROR

20-across – Apple device? : CORER

21-across – Highest possible test result : FULLMARKS

1-down – Not by sea or air : OVERLAND

2-down – Clear and convincing : COGENT

3-down – Swirling bit of water : EDDY

4-down – They don’t drink – tell store,tea : TEETOTALLERS

5-down – Lowest possible temperature : ABSOLUTEZERO

6-down – Blow here? : HANDKERCHIEF

7-down – Throw here? : POTTERSWHEEL

12-down – Makes a face : GRIMACES

15-down – Cricketing record-keeper : SCORER

18-down – ____ Me to You,1963 Beatles song : FROM

1-across – Move to a new position : BUMP

3-across – Appreciative sound : APPLAUSE

9-across – Avoid – above it : OBVIATE

10-across – Approximately : CIRCA

11-across – Fold : PLEAT

12-across – Dark blue : INDIGO

14-across – One’s said to be first among equals : PRIMEMINISTER

17-across – City-state of ancient Greece : SPARTA

19-across – Hunt animals illegally : POACH

22-across – Surrounded by : AMONG

23-across – As an alternative : INSTEAD

24-across – Short-lived : FLEETING

25-across – Political philosopher Karl ____,died 1883 : MARX

1-down – Air-powered weapon : BLOWPIPE

2-down – Home – or horror? : MOVIE

4-down – Rain or snow,say : PRECIPITATION

5-down – Easily understood : LUCID

6-down – Erect : UPRIGHT

7-down – British folk singer and songwriter,____ MacColl,died 1989 : EWAN

8-down – Garment symbolic of a responsible position : MANTLE

13-down – Conventional : ORTHODOX

15-down – Collapse inward : IMPLODE

16-down – Mischievous : IMPISH

18-down – Totally – honourable : RIGHT

20-down – Place to play or watch : ARENA

21-down – Homeless child : WAIF

1-across – Just like a : BLOKEISH

5-across – Same here! : SNAP

9-across – Extreme prefix : ULTRA

10-across – Male chicken : ROOSTER

11-across – Involving places that are far apart – nostalgic end : LONGDISTANCE

13-across – Islands off Scotland’s west coast : OUTERHEBRIDES

15-across – Given less than one’s due : SHORTCHANGED

18-across – Bad feeling : RANCOUR

19-across – Gap between what’s said and what’s meant : IRONY

20-across – Make them meet to cover the basics : ENDS

21-across – Said no : DECLINED

1-down – Period of illness : BOUT

2-down – Remote settlement : OUTPOST

3-down – Over-the-top description : EXAGGERATION

4-down – Extra cost for leaseholders : SERVICECHARGE

6-down – : NOTON

7-down – Contrary : PERVERSE

8-down – After eating – drop in at pal’s : POSTPRANDIAL

12-down – Store up – jam : CONSERVE

14-down – Fade : DIEDOWN

16-down – Trounced : OWNED

17-down – Looked – like a potato? : EYED

1-across – Chief troublemaker : RINGLEADER

7-across – On edge : NERVOUS

8-across – Natural disaster : FLOOD

10-across – Charlotte and Emily’s lesser-known sister : ANNE

11-across – Pick of the guitarists? : PLECTRUM

13-across – Cognoscente – specialist : EXPERT

15-across – Increase in intensity : DEEPEN

17-across – <i>Hamlet</i><span>’s location</span> : ELSINORE

18-across – Lad’s companion? : LASS

21-across – The Artful Dodger was one : THIEF

22-across – Pick up : IMPROVE

23-across – Not anticipated : UNEXPECTED

1-down – : RERUN

2-down – When mad dogs and Englishmen go out : NOON

3-down – In conclusion : LASTLY

4-down – Fake,insincere : AFFECTED

5-down – Self-promoting enterprise : EGOTRIP

6-down – Time for a prenup? : ENGAGEMENT

9-down – Smaller than previously : DIMINISHED

12-down – Render motionless : TRANSFIX

14-down – Project or play : PASSION

16-down – Soft spot for a peach? : BRUISE

19-down – So as to be audible : ALOUD

20-down – Mark of a dalmatian : SPOT

1-across – Meant to run : TOURNAMENT

7-across – Extremely poor : INDIGENT

8-across – Significantly : VERY

9-across – AI-generated content of little merit : SLOP

10-across – Accurate : CORRECT

12-across – Basic freedoms to which all are entitled : HUMANRIGHTS

14-across – Trying : IRKSOME

16-across – Puts two and two together? : ADDS

19-across – Little bit of hair or smoke : WISP

20-across – Subject of films by Abel Gance and Ridley Scott : NAPOLEON

21-across – Tiramisu ingredient : MASCARPONE

1-down – Pointy bits of cutlery : TINES

2-down – Alike : UNIFORM

3-down – Youngster who’s not studying,working or doing an apprenticeship : NEET

4-down – Swift and dazzling : METEORIC

5-down – At no time : NEVER

6-down – Succumbs to pressure : CRACKS

11-down – Spring forward,fall back,for instance : MNEMONIC

12-down – Reclusive individual : HERMIT

13-down – Spanish nobleman : HIDALGO

15-down – Colour of old photographs : SEPIA

17-down – Part of a bicycle wheel : SPOKE

18-down – Incentive : SPUR