1-across – Silver,e.g. : PRECIOUSMETAL

8-across – ‘Dost thou think,because thou art virtuous,there shall be no more cakes and ___?’ : ALE

9-across – Looking good on the box : TELEGENIC

10-across – Ti : TITANIUM

11-across – Last Nato alphabet letter : ZULU

13-across – Soup dish : TUREEN

14-across – <span>Uncle in </span><i>Henry V</i> : EXETER

16-across – Gangster’s gal : MOLL

17-across – Square cloth covering head / neck : KERCHIEF

20-across – Amends – Ian McEwan novel : ATONEMENT

21-across – Number of humps on a Bactrian camel : TWO

22-across – Unwise : ILLCONSIDERED

1-down – Braid : PLAIT

2-down – Voter list : ELECTORALROLL

3-down – Meant : INTENDED

4-down – Diacritical sign over some German letters : UMLAUT

5-down – Chumps : MUGS

6-down – That’s not easy for you to say! : TONGUETWISTER

7-down – Solution of film-forming substances in a volatile solvent : LACQUER

12-down – Did – did in : EXECUTED

13-down – Kettledrums : TIMPANI

15-down – Ones using needle and thread : SEWERS

18-down – Oslo’s on one : FJORD

19-down – <i>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea</i><span> captain</span> : NEMO

1-across – Say yes to : ACCEPT

4-across – Goes by – makes the grade,literally : PASSES

9-across – Violent storm : TORNADO

10-across – Standing out – haughty : PROUD

11-across – ‘There is a spy in our ___’ : MIDST

12-across – Place for a play or an op : THEATRE

13-across – They stare at stars : ASTRONOMERS

18-across – Beninese,e.g. : AFRICAN

20-across – Bring the food to the table : SERVE

22-across – Undistinguished – level land : PLAIN

23-across – Versus : AGAINST

24-across – Bingo’s ‘Legs’ : ELEVEN

25-across – Map’s explanatory matter : LEGEND

1-down – Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness : AUTUMN

2-down – Gave a fig : CARED

3-down – Mustard ___; ___ of Paris : PLASTER

5-down – Jazz or Fuji? : APPLE

6-down – Electric ___ : SCOOTER

7-down – Without warning : SUDDEN

8-down – Breakfast,quilt or shelf : CONTINENTAL

14-down – Emerge : SURFACE

15-down – The ‘M’ of ‘SMS’ : MESSAGE

16-down – Try – musical borrowing : SAMPLE

17-down – Argument,blanket or pool : HEATED

19-down – It has a flat bottom : CANOE

21-down – Mountains – extend : RANGE

1-across – Person who has charge of receiving and paying of money : CASHIER

8-across – On the line : ATSTAKE

9-across – Over : ATANEND

10-across – Reluctance to move : INERTIA

11-across – Visited the land of Nod : SLEPT

13-across – To the extent that : INSOFARAS

15-across – Beckett play – ‘50s/’60s-set sitcom : HAPPYDAYS

18-across – Van Gogh locale : ARLES

21-across – Red Arrows event : AIRSHOW

22-across – One of the 12 chief disciples : APOSTLE

23-across – In a prim,unnatural manner : STIFFLY

24-across – Ya boo sucks! : SOTHERE

1-down – Disorder : CHAOS

2-down – Roofer’s item – bluish-grey : SLATE

3-down – Using another’s name illegally : IDENTITYTHEFT

4-down – Outer forearm bone : RADIUS

5-down – Not hearing anything : ASDEAFASAPOST

6-down – Pancake prerequisite : BATTER

7-down – Removes the trousers of : DEBAGS

12-down – Peru capital : LIMA

14-down – It equals 4,840 square yards : ACRE

15-down – Raspy and grating : HOARSE

16-down – Allow : PERMIT

17-down – Ever : ALWAYS

19-down – ‘Pumpkin Spice Chai ___’ : LATTE

20-down – One used to strain : SIEVE

1-across – Errors thought to be revealing : FREUDIANSLIPS

8-across – Avaricious fish : PIRANHA

9-across – Musical with opening scenes in Buenos Aires : EVITA

10-across – Humorous or malicious deception : HOAX

11-across – Don’t believe it! : TALLTALE

13-across – Pups – discarded wrappers? : LITTER

14-across – <i> : SEDAKA

17-across – Cuppa creator : TEAMAKER

19-across – Hay block : BALE

21-across – Fast bird? : SWIFT

22-across – <i>Wicked</i><span> number </span><i>Defying ___</i> : GRAVITY

24-across – Shoe spikes : STILETTOHEELS

1-down – Dandy : FOP

2-down – Aviator Amelia : EARHART

3-down – Mound of drifted sand : DUNE

4-down – Biblical resting place : ARARAT

5-down – More pongy : SMELLIER

6-down – Hilly touristy Balearic : IBIZA

7-down – Chess outcome with no winner : STALEMATE

10-down – Foul breath : HALITOSIS

12-down – Banter : REPARTEE

15-down – Greed : AVARICE

16-down – The ___ of bad manners : HEIGHT

18-down – ‘I was out of town that day’,e.g. : ALIBI

20-down – Country singer Rosanne – tender : CASH

23-down – Agreeable response : YES

1-across – Without peer : MATCHLESS

8-across – Confront – features : FACE

9-across – Expel Magi : MEGAPIXEL

10-across – <i>Oliver!</i><span>’s Lionel</span> : BART

13-across – <i>Ode on a Grecian Urn</i><span>’s John</span> : KEATS

15-across – One making sensitive corporate information public : LEAKER

16-across – Humorous criticism of the powers-that-be : SATIRE

17-across – Slang term for an automobile : WHEELS

19-across – Women’s clothing size : PETITE

20-across – Leaf-based lunch? : SALAD

21-across – Anti-aircraft fire : FLAK

24-across – With nine sides : NONAGONAL

25-across – Tournament player drawn so as not to play another promising contender early : SEED

26-across – Put out there again : RERELEASE

2-down – Cain’s kin : ABEL

3-down – Green-blue : CYAN

4-down – Stand idly : LOITER

5-down – Casual attire : SWEATS

6-down – Freeloading : PARASITIC

7-down – Our ___ friends : FEATHERED

11-down – Snap : BLOWAFUSE

12-down – Identify those responsible : NAMENAMES

13-down – Trinity College’s Book of ___ : KELLS

14-down – Fully satisfied : SATED

18-down – She asked for the head of St John the Baptist : SALOME

19-down – Mouth roof : PALATE

22-down – Medicine amount : DOSE

23-down – Platform for a throne,perhaps : DAIS