1-across – Nimble : SPRY

3-across – Approval : THUMBSUP

9-across – Police : OLDBILL

10-across – Scottish feudal lord : THANE

11-across – Whales’ food : KRILL

12-across – In disarray : UNTIDY

14-across – Don’t leave your vehicle here : NOPARKINGZONE

17-across – <span>Ukrainian port – </span><i>The ___ File</i> : ODESSA

19-across – Propose to give : OFFER

22-across – Bring forth : EVOKE

23-across – Slope : INCLINE

24-across – Kind ants : INKSTAND

25-across – Word before ‘fry’ or ‘crazy’ : STIR

1-down – Having available for sale – : STOCKING

2-down – Bones in arms : RADII

4-down – Erroneous belief,fantasy : HALLUCINATION

5-down – Choral composition : MOTET

6-down – Unpleasant person : SOANDSO

7-down – Exclamation of relief : PHEW

8-down – Unimportant news piece : FILLER

13-down – Listen twice – I strongly agree : HEARHEAR

15-down – Secure : PADLOCK

16-down – Grumbler,like Oscar? : GROUCH

18-down – Reeked – small fish : SMELT

20-down – Mock attack : FEINT

21-down – Strauss or Roots : LEVI

1-across – Limit : BOUNDARY

5-across – Impressive,large-scale : EPIC

9-across – Japanese three-lined poem : HAIKU

10-across – Make void : NULLIFY

11-across – Nervous stomach : COLLYWOBBLES

13-across – Fleet of warships : ARMADA

14-across – Capital of Canada : OTTAWA

17-across – Word whose sound suggests its meaning : ONOMATOPOEIA

20-across – Joker’s demise? – despair at this point : WITSEND

21-across – Mountain linnet : TWITE

22-across – Wrinkle : RUCK

23-across – State of being unaffected by alcohol : SOBRIETY

1-down – Thai currency : BAHT

2-down – Alike throughout : UNIFORM

3-down – Traitor : DOUBLEDEALER

4-down – Fame : RENOWN

6-down – Small bottle containing drugs : PHIAL

7-down – Ray Scott : CRYOSTAT

8-down – World-wide traveller : GLOBETROTTER

12-down – ‘Portuguese’ jellyfish : MANOFWAR

15-down – Idiotic : ASININE

16-down – Haitian : VOODOO

18-down – Relating to sight : OPTIC

19-down – Tax : LEVY

1-across – Sounds familiar : RINGSABELL

7-across – Dr. Alice : RADICLE

8-across – Cow? : LOWER

10-across – Largest island of Inner Hebrides : SKYE

11-across – Unfair bias towards family and friends : NEPOTISM

13-across – Mass departure,biblical : EXODUS

15-across – Move rapidly out of control : CAREER

17-across – Rare metallic element – W : TUNGSTEN

18-across – Star increasing in brightness : NOVA

21-across – Faint – or a fainting fit : SWOON

22-across – Pressurized can : AEROSOL

23-across – Open these to remove all restrictions : FLOODGATES

1-down – Reddish : RUDDY

2-down – Enjoyable French resort : NICE

3-down – Ancient weight and Middle Eastern currency : SHEKEL

4-down – Royal residence : BALMORAL

5-down – Rotter : LOWLIFE

6-down – Booklet describing academic institution : PROSPECTUS

9-down – Noteworthy : REMARKABLE

12-down – Meets by chance : RUNSINTO

14-down – It’s scored by mistake : OWNGOAL

16-down – GP Anne : PENANG

19-down – Rock band – found in desert? : OASIS

20-down – Legal document : WRIT

1-across – Biblical patriarch – eight bottles in one : METHUSELAH

7-across – Stack of logs : WOODPILE

8-across – Responsibility : ONUS

9-across – College – mess : ETON

10-across – Loathing : DISGUST

12-across – Race curls up : CREPUSCULAR

14-across – Rugby position – a wing and three legs? : FLYHALF

16-across – Solo in opera : ARIA

19-across – Rabbit tail : SCUT

20-across – Abstract speculation – body of political ideas : IDEOLOGY

21-across – Aerial pigs : PLAGIARISE

1-down – Short-sighted person : MYOPE

2-down – Larva of a frog or toad : TADPOLE

3-down – Single item : UNIT

4-down – Part of an optical instrument : EYEPIECE

5-down – Surrounded by : AMONG

6-down – Treasurer : BURSAR

11-down – Remote from the centre : OUTLYING

12-down – : CALICO

13-down – Siren of the Rhine : LORELEI

15-down – Phonetic alphabet H : HOTEL

17-down – Fish : ANGLE

18-down – Greek cheese : FETA

1-across – Bankrupt : BUST

3-across – Smart cow : WORMCAST

8-across – Food – thick-coated dog : CHOW

9-across – Gaseous element : NITROGEN

11-across – These can be vital : STATISTICS

14-across – <span>Minnie or </span><i>Baby</i> : DRIVER

15-across – Mussolini : ILDUCE

17-across – List of words : VOCABULARY

20-across – Hitchcock film : THEBIRDS

21-across – Disreputable place : DIVE

22-across – Favourite food of silkworms : MULBERRY

23-across – Count votes : TELL

1-down – Posterior : BACKSIDE

2-down – Landlocked European country : SLOVAKIA

4-down – Substance with sedative properties : OPIATE

5-down – Unbelievably amazing : MIRACULOUS

6-down – Seaweed,e.g. : ALGA

7-down – Hue – change or influence slightly : TINT

10-down – Dolly’s eight hour day? : NINETOFIVE

12-down – Commonly supposed to be : PUTATIVE

13-down – OK – in excellent health : VERYWELL

16-down – Look or glance : GANDER

18-down – Stalk : STEM

19-down – Greenish-blue : TEAL