1-across – Butterfly or cat : TORTOISESHELL

8-across – Plant’s coiling threadlike climbing organ : TENDRIL

9-across – ___-ski : APRES

10-across – Leave out : OMIT

11-across – Disgruntled destroyer : SABOTEUR

13-across – Putrefy : FESTER

14-across – A beret : BERATE

17-across – Remote – like some incidents? : ISOLATED

19-across – Top of a beer : FOAM

21-across – Baghdad resident,e.g. : IRAQI

22-across – Aberration : ANOMALY

24-across – Sneaky,secret or stealthy : SURREPTITIOUS

1-down – Brief sound of disapproval : TUT

2-down – <span>Vintage comedy </span><i>The Two</i><span> ___</span> : RONNIES

3-down – Fairy-tale baddie : OGRE

4-down – Brunei has one : SULTAN

5-down – Added salt – well-versed : SEASONED

6-down – Spine-tingling : EERIE

7-down – Intense ray of light : LASERBEAM

10-down – Verboten : OFFLIMITS

12-down – Unlike 23d : NEGATIVE

15-down – ‘Hero ingredient’ of guacamole : AVOCADO

16-down – Arrive’s antithesis : DEPART

18-down – Broadcasting now : ONAIR

20-down – Young uncastrated male horse : COLT

23-down – Positive response : YES

1-across – Chirping flier : CICADA

4-across – Fatty foodstuff found with fish : CHIPS

7-across – Fag end : DEFANG

8-across – Italian ice-cream : GELATO

9-across – Monkey,betel and macadamia,e.g. : NUTS

10-across – Overshadow : OUTSHINE

12-across – Arrange in orderly fashion : SYSTEMATISE

17-across – Generosity : LARGESSE

19-across – e.g. Mars’s Phobos : MOON

20-across – Is unable to : CANNOT

21-across – Dexterous : ADROIT

22-across – Cold vinegared rice with toppings : SUSHI

23-across – ___ mixer : CEMENT

1-down – Charming little dears : CHERUBS

2-down – Base frame of a car : CHASSIS

3-down – They think they’re helping : DOGOODERS

4-down – Pungent salad ingredient : CRESS

5-down – Right-leaning type? : ITALICS

6-down – Spade or scoop : SHOVEL

11-down – How a company is known : TRADENAME

13-down – Clothing with a branching seam : YFRONTS

14-down – Submerge : IMMERSE

15-down – Self-seeker : EGOTIST

16-down – Loosens – trousers : SLACKS

18-down – e.g. Face with tears of joy : EMOJI

1-across – Tool for hard-to-reach itch? : BACKSCRATCHER

8-across – Paint or fibre? : ACRYLIC

9-across – Fabulist : AESOP

10-across – Most beloved : FAVE

11-across – Renounce : FORSWEAR

13-across – <span>Capital city – </span><i>White Fang </i><span>author</span> : LONDON

14-across – God of light : APOLLO

17-across – Naughty behaviour : MISCHIEF

19-across – __ bread,breakfast dish : EGGY

21-across – Sun : SOLAR

22-across – Test of knowledge on modern songs : POPQUIZ

24-across – Reptilian security device? : CROCODILECLIP

1-down – Over-the-shoulders undergarment : BRA

2-down – Mobile home : CARAVAN

3-down – Cellar contents? : SALT

4-down – Assume : RECKON

5-down – Church area : TRANSEPT

6-down – Hates : HASTE

7-down – Theatre work : REPERTORY

10-down – Traditional songs etc. : FOLKMUSIC

12-down – Casanova : LOTHARIO

15-down – Joke : LEGPULL

16-down – Site of the Omphalos in the Temple of 14 across : DELPHI

18-down – Ovals : SALVO

20-down – Peas : APSE

23-down – Shoot – microwave : ZAP

5-across – Primate : ORANGUTAN

8-across – Flaky stuff! : SNOW

9-across – Melancholy place? : DOLDRUMS

10-across – Put right : REMEDY

11-across – Nose nudge : NUZZLE

13-across – In bits : BROKEN

15-across – Microscopic : MINUTE

16-across – Track : FOOTPATH

18-across – Casually : IDLY

19-across – Bikinis and trunks? : BEACHWEAR

1-down – Sweater’s firm round seam : CREWNECK

2-down – At some point in the future : ONEDAY

3-down – European capital : DUBLIN

4-down – Blond : FAIR

6-down – Little-known : UNHEARDOF

7-down – Chit-chat : SMALLTALK

12-down – Island off Africa’s east coast : ZANZIBAR

14-down – Distinction : NUANCE

15-down – Punk’s hairstyle : MOHAWK

17-down – Youngster : TEEN

5-across – Terrier : JACKRUSSELL

7-across – Wave from side to side : SWAY

8-across – Exhaust outlet : TAILPIPE

9-across – Underwear – compartments : DRAWERS

11-across – Husky : GRUFF

13-across – Cricket or rugby,e.g. : SPORT

14-across – Hedonist : PLAYBOY

16-across – Plenipotentiary : DIPLOMAT

17-across – Circlet : HOOP

18-across – Puffer down long iron tube : GLASSBLOWER

1-down – Noisome – sentimental : ICKY

2-down – Eloquence : ORATORY

3-down – Stair : ASTIR

4-down – Danger : JEOPARDY

5-down – Breathtaking : JAWDROPPING

6-down – Extra circuit,after victory : LAPOFHONOUR

10-down – Amount of duties : WORKLOAD

12-down – Collectively : ALLTOLD

15-down – Overhead shot : SMASH

17-down – Belligerent type – cry one’s wares : HAWK