1-across – Technospeak : JARGON

4-across – Balloon filler : HELIUM

9-across – <i>Marty </i><span>_____,2025 film about a table tennis player</span> : SUPREME

10-across – Last king of Troy : PRIAM

11-across – Slow piece of music : LARGO

12-across – Featuring top-level performers : ALLSTAR

13-across – People with titles – arty Corsica : ARISTOCRACY

18-across – Duplicate item : REPLICA

20-across – Sellers or Ustinov? : PETER

22-across – Scout or suspect? : CHIEF

23-across – Without delay – type of coffee : INSTANT

24-across – Profit from an investment : RETURN

25-across – Carrier of disease – covert : VECTOR

1-down – Be in collision : JOSTLE

2-down – More mellow : RIPER

3-down – Burdensome : ONEROUS

5-down – Force out : EXPEL

6-down – Foolish : IDIOTIC

7-down – Stick,lane or foam? : MEMORY

8-down – Deluded self-importance : MEGALOMANIA

14-down – Make more copies of : REPRINT

15-down – Clever comeback : RIPOSTE

16-down – Bullet which leaves a trail : TRACER

17-down – Public speaker : ORATOR

19-down – Gather : INFER

21-down – Pamphlet : TRACT

1-across – Plant with oil-rich seeds : SESAME

4-across – Havana smoke : CIGAR

7-across – Shopping : RETAIL

8-across – Into the gusts : UPWIND

9-across – Unearth : FIND

10-across – Waste : DETRITUS

12-across – Energetic,after dish of cannellini or haricot vegetables? : FULLOFBEANS

17-across – Answer to life,the universe and everything,according to Douglas Adams : FORTYTWO

19-across – Study : READ

20-across – Brandy : COGNAC

21-across – Uniform : LIVERY

22-across – Person/thing of enormous size : TITAN

23-across – Opposition : SHADOW

1-down – County officer of the Crown : SHERIFF

2-down – Tabloid seller! : SCANDAL

3-down – Clumsy : MALADROIT

4-down – Pacer : CAPER

5-down – Sparkle : GLISTEN

6-down – Hot root : RADISH

11-down – Levantine salad with finely chopped ingredients and parsley : TABBOULEH

13-down – Honest : UPRIGHT

14-down – Now at the destination : ARRIVED

15-down – Passerine bird : SPARROW

16-down – Waste piece of lumber etc? : OFFCUT

18-down – Long : YEARN

1-across – Number-one student : TOPOFTHECLASS

8-across – Groom’s assistant : BESTMAN

9-across – Shell out little : SKIMP

10-across – Ear part : LOBE

11-across – I get harp : GRAPHITE

13-across – Herbivore : VEGGIE

14-across – You’ve been trapped! : GOTCHA

17-across – Country with queen or king : MONARCHY

19-across – Grudgingly admire : ENVY

21-across – Miserly : TIGHT

22-across – Fennel-like flavour : ANISEED

24-across – Reach point where the only way is up : HITROCKBOTTOM

1-down – Bath : TUB

2-down – Letters received : POSTBAG

3-down – Renown : FAME

4-down – Short of food : HUNGRY

5-down – Disgusting place : CESSPOOL

6-down – Defence : ALIBI

7-down – Greatest power : SUPREMACY

10-down – Passionate marriage : LOVEMATCH

12-down – Operatic text : LIBRETTO

15-down – Narcissism : CONCEIT

16-down – Strike : THWACK

18-down – Dark : NIGHT

20-down – Long car : LIMO

23-down – Vague : DIM

5-across – Duly chair : HYDRAULIC

8-across – Atom : IOTA

9-across – Instructional : DIDACTIC

10-across – Nap : SNOOZE

11-across – Gift : TALENT

13-across – Echoing effect : REVERB

15-across – Toddle like a mallard? : WADDLE

16-across – Posterior : BACKSIDE

18-across – Webpage with updated narrative : BLOG

19-across – Indiscriminate : HAPHAZARD

1-down – Tree with winged fruits : SYCAMORE

2-down – Traipse : TRUDGE

3-down – Sports critic : PUNDIT

4-down – Plate : DISC

6-down – Pub area : LOUNGEBAR

7-down – Building alongside railway : SIGNALBOX

12-down – Flying beetle : LADYBIRD

14-down – Smart – beaming : BRIGHT

15-down – Good idea : WHEEZE

17-down – Central Asian chief or prince : KHAN

1-across – Electrical item momentarily illuminating things : FLASHLAMP

8-across – Blue – purplish butterfly : AZURE

9-across – Monkey with long face : MACAQUE

10-across – Lewdness : RIBALDRY

11-across – Metal,atomic number 30 : ZINC

13-across – Unilateral : ONEWAY

14-across – Tiny tree art : BONSAI

16-across – Sewing case : ETUI

17-across – Result of division : QUOTIENT

19-across – Mesopotamian city in modern day Iraq : BABYLON

20-across – Small lizard : GECKO

21-across – Word-finding reference : THESAURUS

1-down – Fade role : FREELOAD

2-down – Think highly of : ADMIRE

3-down – Hew : HACK

4-down – Consent : ACQUIESCENCE

5-down – GP’s paperwork : PRESCRIPTION

6-down – Go through whole innings with wicket intact : CARRYONESBAT

7-down – Hookah – confused talk : HUBBLEBUBBLE

12-down – Country homes? : COTTAGES

15-down – English romantic painter : TURNER

18-down – Circus insect? : FLEA