1-across – Involving risk : CHANCY

4-across – Cured, like fish or meat? : SMOKED

9-across – Deep colour : MAGENTA

10-across – Pacific kingdom : TONGA

11-across – Golf course : LINKS

12-across – Cause suffering to : AFFLICT

13-across – Fly into a rage : GOBALLISTIC

18-across – Commonwealth country : NAMIBIA

20-across – Rejoice : EXULT

22-across – Nightclub : DISCO

23-across – Someone who eschews luxuries : ASCETIC

24-across – Artificial, serving as a substitute : ERSATZ

25-across – Embroiled in corruption : SLEAZY

1-down – Attractive, in a somewhat old-fashioned way : COMELY

2-down – Noble gas : ARGON

3-down – Card game : CANASTA

5-down – Theme or pattern : MOTIF

6-down – Famous raft : KONTIKI

7-down – Shortage : DEARTH

8-down – Tennis champion : RAFAELNADAL

14-down – Gradual absorption : OSMOSIS

15-down – Means of reproducing a design : STENCIL

16-down – Tense and uneasy : ONEDGE

17-down – Humid, awkward or adhesive : STICKY

19-down – Swell : BLOAT

21-down – Extremist : ULTRA

1-across – Support : AID

3-across – E.g. James or John in the Bible : FISHERMAN

8-across – Toy – Four Seasons hit : RAGDOLL

9-across – Measure – cat : OUNCE

10-across – Delicately and dangerously poised : ONAKNIFEEDGE

11-across – Device such as an iPad : TABLET

13-across – European peninsula : IBERIA

17-across – Member’s first address : MAIDENSPEECH

21-across – Improvise : ADLIB

22-across – Pleasant and easy-going : AMIABLE

23-across – E.g. Charles de Gaulle or Ronald Reagan : PRESIDENT

24-across – Herb – in a street abroad? : RUE

1-down – E.g. Charles de Gaulle or Ronald Reagan : AIRPORT

2-down – Unquestionable doctrine : DOGMA

3-down – Walk impatiently or angrily : FLOUNCE

4-down – Joint : SPLIFF

5-down – Run off : ELOPE

6-down – Coach : MANAGER

7-down – Demand or require : NEED

12-down – What’s felt to enable reading? : BRAILLE

14-down – E.g. John in the Bible : BAPTIST

15-down – Sportsperson : ATHLETE

16-down – Infuriate : ENRAGE

18-down – City on the Persian Gulf : DUBAI

19-down – Glowing remnant of fire : EMBER

20-down – Live outdoors : CAMP

1-across – Remark to attract attention : PSST

3-across – Intellectuals : EGGHEADS

9-across – Israeli collective : KIBBUTZ

10-across – Funny – game : RUMMY

11-across – Simple solution to a complex problem : SILVERBULLET

13-across – Riposte : ANSWER

15-across – Indifference : APATHY

17-across – The art of flirting with disaster : BRINKMANSHIP

20-across – Snouted, furry omnivore of South America : COATI

21-across – Invade in great numbers : OVERRUN

22-across – Unjustified : BASELESS

23-across – Friend : CHUM

1-down – Where rupees may be spent : PAKISTAN

2-down – Greek prophetess : SIBYL

4-down – Summerhouse : GAZEBO

5-down – English playwright : HAROLDPINTER

6-down – Part of a chair : ARMREST

7-down – Possible alternative to meat : SOYA

8-down – US playwright : EUGENEONEILL

12-down – Part of the ear : TYMPANUM

14-down – Trump : SURPASS

16-down – Mould in low relief : EMBOSS

18-down – Severe : HARSH

19-down – Mark on healing skin : SCAB

1-across – Work by Holst – or Mozart symphony : JUPITER

5-across – Official inspection : AUDIT

8-across – European who got rich in India : NABOB

9-across – Having patches of different colours : PIEBALD

10-across – Head adornment : ALICEBAND

11-across – In the past : AGO

12-across – Educate : SCHOOL

13-across – Plant providing seeds and oil : SESAME

16-across – Gershwin, say : IRA

18-across – Easy question : NOBRAINER

20-across – Make-up : MASCARA

21-across – Geographical depression : GULLY

22-across – Become mature : RIPEN

23-across – Earn : DESERVE

1-down – Group that’s seized power : JUNTA

2-down – Issue : PUBLISH

3-down – Feature of South Africa : TABLEMOUNTAIN

4-down – Officially cancel : REPEAL

5-down – Breed of cattle : ABERDEENANGUS

6-down – E.g. ‘Look Back in Anger’ : DRAMA

7-down – Juvenile pond life : TADPOLE

12-down – Having successfully dieted : SLIMMER

14-down – Shaped like a doughnut : ANNULAR

15-down – On transport : ABOARD

17-down – Fabulist : AESOP

19-down – What Harry and Larry do with Barry : RHYME

1-across – French cheese : CAMEMBERT

8-across – Large expanse of sea : OCEAN

9-across – Profit : BENEFIT

10-across – Junior doctor : HOUSEMAN

11-across – Spoken : ORAL

13-across – Enjoy : RELISH

14-across – Minister of the church : PRIEST

16-across – Killer whale : ORCA

17-across – Wooden panelling; skirting : WAINSCOT

19-across – Interrogated : GRILLED

20-across – Having musical qualities : TONAL

21-across – Designed for efficiency in the workplace : ERGONOMIC

1-down – Abridge, compact : CONDENSE

2-down – Bonnet worn indoors in the Georgian period : MOBCAP

3-down – Expensive fur : MINK

4-down – Bubbly, sparkling : EFFERVESCENT

5-down – Gossip : TITTLETATTLE

6-down – Native language : MOTHERTONGUE

7-down – Bending the knee : GENUFLECTING

12-down – Frenzied : FRENETIC

15-down – Haphazard : RANDOM

18-down – Stratagem : PLAN