5-across – Make-up : COMPOSITION

7-across – Angry mood : SNIT

8-across – Dominance : HEGEMONY

9-across – Excessively prim behaviour : PRUDERY

11-across – Poles : SLOPE

13-across – Stop making progress : STALL

14-across – Analyse : DISSECT

16-across – Golf,beach or cocktail? : UMBRELLA

17-across – : FAFF

18-across – Likeable : SYMPATHETIC

1-down – Bit of dirt : SMUT

2-down – And that’s that! : SOTHERE

3-down – Inner part of a hull : BILGE

4-down – Flyers’ loyalty points : AIRMILES

5-down – Difference of opinion – protects men : CONTRETEMPS

6-down – Undefined : NONSPECIFIC

10-down – Feelings of listlessness : DOLDRUMS

12-down – Razor-toothed South American fish : PIRANHA

15-down – Passionately appeal : PLEAD

17-down – Bouts of coughing – or laughter : FITS

1-across – Delicate : SUBTLE

4-across – Exist in large numbers : ABOUND

8-across – Duck : AVOID

9-across – Unfair – and unfinished : PARTIAL

10-across – Guts : BRAVERY

11-across – Way of doing something : STYLE

12-across – Rescue : EXTRICATE

17-across – Spiral shape : WHORL

19-across – Early stages : INFANCY

21-across – Thug : RUFFIAN

22-across – Confusing sound of many voices : BABEL

23-across – Infuriate : ENRAGE

24-across – Vegetable with long,crunchy stalks : CELERY

1-down – Unfair : SHABBY

2-down – Luxury material with a raised design : BROCADE

3-down – Soup server : LADLE

5-down – Coffee server : BARISTA

6-down – Consensus : UNITY

7-down – Sweet-sounding : DULCET

9-down – I panic shy : PHYSICIAN

13-down – Meaningful : TELLING

14-down – Give : ENNOBLE

15-down – Suddenly change direction : SWERVE

16-down – Subsidiary bit of drama : BYPLAY

18-down – Discount – marriage proposal : OFFER

20-down – <i>Animal Farm</i><span>,for instance</span> : FABLE

1-across – Artistic principle : AESTHETIC

8-across – Harmful publication : LIBEL

9-across – Word of farewell : CHEERIO

10-across – One and all : EVERYONE

11-across – Glass sheet : PANE

13-across – Let slip : BETRAY

14-across – Work of a tailor – or surgeon? : SEWING

16-across – Once more : ANEW

17-across – Eponymous former Dutch colony in Guyana : DEMERARA

19-across – Position : INSTALL

20-across – Move,making a rustling sound : SWISH

21-across – Created : GENERATED

1-down – Narrow passage : ALLEYWAY

2-down – Next – moment : SECOND

3-down – End of a loaf : HEEL

4-down – Food additive in baking powder : TARTARICACID

5-down – Work of Matthew Bourne or Arlene Phillips? : CHOREOGRAPHY

6-down – Gallic barmen : ALLEMBRACING

7-down – Classic illustration : OBJECTLESSON

12-down – Let out : RELEASED

15-down – It contains undigested bird food : PELLET

18-down – Villain’s retreat : LAIR

1-across – Pass it clockwise : PORT

3-across – Diverse – as Dorset : ASSORTED

9-across – That’s nothing! : BIGDEAL

10-across – Lacking confidence : TIMID

11-across – Pirate,police or hospital? : RADIO

12-across – Grammatical word order : SYNTAX

14-across – Dreamy behaviour : WOOLGATHERING

17-across – Every time : ALWAYS

19-across – Pickled flower bud : CAPER

22-across – Motorcycle user : BIKER

23-across – Collapse inwards : IMPLODE

24-across – Seaside or pub? : LANDLADY

25-across – Smoke duct : FLUE

1-down – Barathon? : PUBCRAWL

2-down – Unbending : RIGID

4-down – Pleased about one’s achievements : SELFSATISFIED

5-down – Choose to take part : OPTIN

6-down – Hit instrument? : TIMPANI

7-down – Lower part of interior wall when coloured differently : DADO

8-down – Fit in : BELONG

13-down – Injure : AGGRIEVE

15-down – Waterproof material : OILSKIN

16-down – Get free : ESCAPE

18-down – When the UK tax year starts and ends : APRIL

20-down – Move stealthily : PROWL

21-down – Son of Adam : ABEL

1-across – Wolfed down : DEVOURED

5-across – Stare idiotically : GAWP

9-across – Japanese dish of filled or topped vinegared rice : SUSHI

10-across – Result : PRODUCT

11-across – Quickly go away : BEATARETREAT

13-across – Preposterous : ABSURD

14-across – Container of boiled food : EGGCUP

17-across – Unsporting tactics – eg man’s mishap : GAMESMANSHIP

20-across – Stuffy : AIRLESS

21-across – It’s easily twisted : ANKLE

22-across – It’s famously dry : DUST

23-across – Small amounts of rain,perhaps : DROPLETS

1-down – Work table : DESK

2-down – Evening service : VESPERS

3-down – Indifferent – tune inserted : UNINTERESTED

4-down – Charlemagne’s domain,say : EMPIRE

6-down – Angle or accent? : ACUTE

7-down – Refuelling opportunities : PITSTOPS

8-down – Envelope sticker : POSTAGESTAMP

12-down – Leading soldiers? : VANGUARD

15-down – Form a crease : CRINKLE

16-down – Heavy rope : HAWSER

18-down – Conventional behaviour : MORES

19-down – Looking glass? : LENS