1-across – Manual or automatic : TRANSMISSION

9-across – <span>They were </span><i>Little </i><span>in literature</span> : WOMEN

10-across – Hole,tail or dive : SWALLOW

11-across – NZ tree – fast-moving shark : MAKO

12-across – Dodge : SIDESTEP

14-across – Unlearned : INNATE

15-across – Portable personal computer : LAPTOP

18-across – Ruler of state,province etc : GOVERNOR

20-across – Frost : HOAR

22-across – OK Alice : OILCAKE

23-across – King or AC : COBRA

24-across – Paper knife : LETTEROPENER

2-down – Small baking dish : RAMEKIN

3-down – Peter Pan dog : NANA

4-down – Fine soft cotton fabric : MUSLIN

5-down – It’s found on a keyboard – where astronauts drink? : SPACEBAR

6-down – Key,perhaps – one of Langerhans’? : ISLET

7-down – Male journalist : NEWSPAPERMAN

8-down – Lido,e.g. : SWIMMINGPOOL

13-down – Look up on a clear night : STARGAZE

16-down – Spot,shoot or maker : TROUBLE

17-down – Grapefruit-like fruit : POMELO

19-down – S African grassland : VELDT

21-down – Highest point : ACME

1-across – European river that’s Blue in music : DANUBE

4-across – Slow C16/17 formal dance : PAVANE

9-across – Sunshade – type of mushroom : PARASOL

10-across – Relating to the widest section of the hipbone : ILIAC

11-across – Final letter in Greek alphabet : OMEGA

12-across – Dash hurriedly – coal basket : SCUTTLE

13-across – Significant date – rainy ravens : ANNIVERSARY

18-across – Huge : TITANIC

20-across – Fisted or lipped : TIGHT

22-across – Shakespearean quantity of flesh? : POUND

23-across – Miser : SCROOGE

24-across – French physicist : AMPERE

25-across – Seed-case of legume : PEAPOD

1-down – Bring into : DEPLOY

2-down – Audacity : NERVE

3-down – Long-grained rice : BASMATI

5-down – Farewell : ADIEU

6-down – Earhart or Lindbergh? : AVIATOR

7-down – <span>Cake – </span><i>Goon Show</i><span> character</span> : ECCLES

8-down – Fracture covering : PLASTERCAST

14-down – Bridge bid – Donald absent? : NOTRUMP

15-down – Liberate : SETFREE

16-down – Perfect imaginary state : UTOPIA

17-down – Be present at : ATTEND

19-down – Lowest point : NADIR

21-down – Bubble slowly – Augustus : GLOOP

1-across – Trouble : HASSLE

4-across – Inclined to show respect : BOWED

7-across – Make them to right a wrong : AMENDS

8-across – Deep,steep-sided valley : CANYON

9-across – In addition : ALSO

10-across – It may be needed if one’s too ill to work : SICKNOTE

12-across – 16th century religious movement which led to Protestantism : REFORMATION

17-across – Conflict among citizens of the same country : CIVILWAR

19-across – What’s currently of interest? : NEWS

20-across – Run awkwardly : LOLLOP

21-across – Advance into new territory : INROAD

22-across – Spanish bar snacks : TAPAS

23-across – Carb-heavy food : STODGE

1-down – Less grand : HUMBLER

2-down – Car window up above : SUNROOF

3-down – Stalwart’s : LASTSTRAW

4-down – Empty space : BLANK

5-down – Well done : WAYTOGO

6-down – TV,roast or black-tie? : DINNER

11-down – Mountainside transport : CHAIRLIFT

13-down – Wrap around : ENVELOP

14-down – Eroding : IGNORED

15-down – Former London prison on the site of the present-day Old Bailey : NEWGATE

16-down – Make like Barbara Hepworth? : SCULPT

18-down – Personal appearance : LOOKS

1-across – : PSYCHOSOMATIC

8-across – Peacock’s outstanding feature : PLUMAGE

9-across – Means of searching underwater : SONAR

10-across – : TOGS

11-across – Solidly constructed : WELLMADE

13-across – Pop or Philip? : LARKIN

14-across – Prawns in breadcrumbs : SCAMPI

17-across – Social butterfly : GADABOUT

19-across – Keep it up in trying circumstances : CHIN

21-across – Piece for nine musicians : NONET

22-across – Having a run of success : ONAROLL

24-across – Psychological impact of war : COMBATFATIGUE

1-down – Try – fizzy drink : POP

2-down – Not so mature : YOUNGER

3-down – Pile : HEAP

4-down – Distorted : SKEWED

5-down – Lose track of – Alice’s MP : MISPLACE

6-down – Country made up of more than 170 islands in the South Pacific : TONGA

7-down – Claire Ann : CARNELIAN

10-down – Having : TELEGENIC

12-down – Italian bread made with olive oil : CIABATTA

15-down – Game of tiles : MAHJONG

16-down – Limit : CUTOFF

18-down – Stretch,blue or double? : DENIM

20-down – Horse-drawn vehicle : CART

23-down – Give a false impression : LIE

5-across – High-handed attitude : ARROGANCE

8-across – ___ or that : THIS

9-across – Widespread outbreak of disease : PANDEMIC

10-across – Under the influence of drugs : STONED

11-across – Food for bees and butterflies : NECTAR

13-across – Priest : CLERIC

15-across – Logic-based puzzle : SUDOKU

16-across – It’s used to calculate the height of mountains : SEALEVEL

18-across – Advance : LEND

19-across – One may be laughing – or sleeping? : POLICEMAN

1-down – One’s not at liberty : PRISONER

2-down – Sluggish : TORPID

3-down – It makes tea bitter : TANNIN

4-down – Experience longing – or pain : ACHE

6-down – Untruths designed to spare people’s feelings : WHITELIES

7-down – Commandeering a vehicle : HIJACKING

12-down – US luxury car : CADILLAC

14-down – Give way : CAVEIN

15-down – Crisps,cod or caramel? : SALTED

17-down – Pilot’s circuit : LOOP