1-across – Sharing similar circumstances : INTHESAMEBOAT

8-across – Piece of news : ITEM

9-across – Conservative element : OLDGUARD

10-across – Dentures : FALSETEETH

12-across – Inadequate : SCANTY

14-across – Return match after a draw : REPLAY

15-across – Able to see far : TELESCOPIC

19-across – Marine animal of the North Pacific : SEAOTTER

20-across – Leave out : OMIT

21-across – Tool used to create a serrated edge : PINKINGSHEARS

2-down – Songbird : NUTHATCH

3-down – Decomposed organic matter in soil : HUMUS

4-down – Soon : SHORTLY

5-down – Dipterous insect, in swarms by water : MIDGE

6-down – Refresh one’s knowledge : BRUSHUP

7-down – Invisible emanation : AURA

11-down – Everyday : FAMILIAR

13-down – Grid : NETWORK

14-down – Brings into play : RESORTS

16-down – Bedfordshire motor town : LUTON

17-down – Invigorating air of the seaside : OZONE

18-down – Beautiful fairy-like creature : PERI

1-across – Secondary action : BYPLAY

4-across – Social position : STATUS

9-across – Tube taking inhaled air from the larynx : TRACHEA

10-across – Inspire : IMBUE

11-across – Creed : DOGMA

12-across – On the wrong track : OFFBEAM

13-across – The current fashion : ALLTHEVOGUE

18-across – Of which person or thing : WHEREOF

20-across – Melting snow : SLUSH

22-across – Water nymph : NAIAD

23-across – Make illegal : LAUNDER

24-across – Football team : ELEVEN

25-across – Salad item or cooked vegetable : CELERY

1-down – Happen : BETIDE

2-down – Popularly, a motoring contretemps : PRANG

3-down – Transverse : ATHWART

5-down – Pilferer : THIEF

6-down – Dramatic scene : TABLEAU

7-down – Erotic : STEAMY

8-down – Sate : EATONESFILL

14-down – Sheltered part : LEESIDE

15-down – Arcane : OBSCURE

16-down – Sudden darting pain : TWINGE

17-down – Fortified wine of Spain : SHERRY

19-down – Provide : ENDUE

21-down – Disproportionate : UNDUE

1-across – Live in permanently : RESIDE

4-across – Organisation : SETUP

7-across – Horror-struck : AGHAST

8-across – Stabbed : KNIFED

9-across – Abominable snowman : YETI

10-across – Type of translucent porcelain : EGGSHELL

12-across – Current position : STATEOFPLAY

17-across – Mass communicators : THEMEDIA

19-across – Average : NORM

20-across – Fatty animal substance in soap making : TALLOW

21-across – Eyepiece : OCULAR

22-across – Social station : CASTE

23-across – Stop feeding : STARVE

1-down – Backslide : REGRESS

2-down – Indefatigability : STAMINA

3-down – Carry out an unpleasant act, eg murder : DOTHEDEED

4-down – Air cavity in the cranial bones : SINUS

5-down – Thin crisp lustrous silk : TAFFETA

6-down – Scull : PADDLE

11-down – Hit maximum speed : GOFLATOUT

13-down – Latticework support for plants : TRELLIS

14-down – Feeling of dreaminess : LANGUOR

15-down – Distance sometimes measured in paces : YARDAGE

16-down – Constant : STATIC

18-down – Show feeling excessively : EMOTE

1-across – Arguing : BANDYINGWORDS

8-across – Applicable to a whole class or group : GENERIC

9-across – Spine : THORN

10-across – Confederate : ALLY

11-across – First course : STARTERS

13-across – Make certain : ENSURE

14-across – Senior electrician on a film/TV set : GAFFER

17-across – Futuristic : SPACEAGE

19-across – Soft leather : CALF

21-across – Unsettled : OWING

22-across – Not legal : ILLICIT

24-across – Perform well for the team : KEEPONESENDUP

1-down – Micro-organism : BUG

2-down – Put at a loss : NONPLUS

3-down – Long ago : YORE

4-down – Distinction : NICETY

5-down – : WATERWAY

6-down – Major 5 in France : RHONE

7-down – Plain typeface : SANSSERIF

10-down – Monolith of Australian Northern Territory : AYERSROCK

12-down – Opera gig : ARPEGGIO

15-down – Slack : FLACCID

16-down – Touch off : IGNITE

18-down – Analogous : ALIKE

20-down – Hint : CLUE

23-down – 1dn to get on the phone, perhaps! : TAP

5-across – Fund : BEARTHECOST

7-across – Monster : OGRE

8-across – Laboratory instrument : TESTTUBE

9-across – Good-natured : AFFABLE

11-across – Peg used in joinery : DOWEL

13-across – Seize forcibly : WREST

14-across – Site of unpredictable volcanic activity : HOTSPOT

16-across – Desert arachnid : SCORPION

17-across – Entertain regally : FETE

18-across – Edible root of the Americas : SWEETPOTATO

1-down – Exceptional : RARE

2-down – Majestic : STATELY

3-down – Belief in a god from reason not revelation : DEISM

4-down – Serpentine : TORTUOUS

5-down – Set of ingenious plans : BAGOFTRICKS

6-down – Romantic dinner, for example : TABLEFORTWO

10-down – Motley : ASSORTED

12-down – Rely upon : COUNTON

15-down – Abandons : JILTS

17-down – Young of a horse : FOAL