1-across – One belonging to a club : MEMBER

4-across – Material : FABRIC

9-across – Lad-free : FEDERAL

10-across – Eccentric : DOTTY

11-across – An entrance or opening : INLET

12-across – Travel pass : WARRANT

13-across – Draw level to : CATCHUPWITH

18-across – Scandinavian raiders from the 8th to the 11th centuries : VIKINGS

20-across – Ancient region of France, capital Angers : ANJOU

22-across – In the Roman calendar, the ninth day before the ides : NONES

23-across – Course of treatment : REGIMEN

24-across – Dividends : YIELDS

25-across – Have recourse : RESORT

1-down – Thick roll, usually toasted : MUFFIN

2-down – Relating to manner : MODAL

3-down – Irregular : ERRATIC

5-down – North temperate tree with cone-like fruit : ALDER

6-down – Take back : RETRACT

7-down – Prairie wolf : COYOTE

8-down – : SLOWBUTSURE

14-down – With suspicion or disapproval : ASKANCE

15-down – Haggle : WRANGLE

16-down – In a level and regular way : EVENLY

17-down – Fruit basket : PUNNET

19-down – Scented : NOSED

21-down – Huge and bulky : JUMBO

1-across – Tenant farmer : SHARECROPPER

9-across – Planetary path : ORBIT

10-across – Skilled craftsman : ARTISAN

11-across – Wind-borne frame : KITE

12-across – Innocuous : HARMLESS

14-across – Idle chat : NATTER

15-across – Tract surrounded by water : ISLAND

18-across – Dignity; air of seriousness : GRAVITAS

20-across – Raised platform : DAIS

22-across – Affectionate, enamoured : AMOROUS

23-across – Heart’s great artery : AORTA

24-across – Focus of police investigation : SCENEOFCRIME

2-down – Living environment : HABITAT

3-down – Work schedule : ROTA

4-down – Neckwear : CRAVAT

5-down – Looking on the bright side : OPTIMISM

6-down – Fix with adhesive : PASTE

7-down – Best view at a boxing match : RINGSIDESEAT

8-down – Mirror : LOOKINGGLASS

13-down – Musical note : SEMITONE

16-down – Word with rearrangeable letters : ANAGRAM

17-down – Mountain range : MASSIF

19-down – By oneself : ALONE

21-down – Animal’s den : LAIR

1-across – The assistance of good fortune : RUBOFTHEGREEN

8-across – Inlet, cove : BAY

9-across – Salad vegetable : REDPEPPER

10-across – Daily light and warmth : SUNSHINE

11-across – Sage : WISE

13-across – Lowly naval rank : RATING

14-across – Start of the working week : MONDAY

16-across – Unlock : OPEN

17-across – Hostile : INIMICAL

20-across – Custom, long-standing practice : TRADITION

21-across – Edge, border : RIM

22-across – Affectedly, conceitedly : PRETENTIOUSLY

1-down – Pictorial puzzle : REBUS

2-down – Unacceptable : BEYONDTHEPALE

3-down – Tennis stroke : FOREHAND

4-down – Concealment : HIDING

5-down – Drab colour : GREY

6-down – Team spirit : ESPRITDECORPS

7-down – Growing environment for plants or children : NURSERY

12-down – Soldier from elite unit : COMMANDO

13-down – Building’s highest point : ROOFTOP

15-down – Accuse, prosecute : INDICT

18-down – US term for Englishman : LIMEY

19-down – Dossier : FILE

1-across – Avoid : FIGHTSHYOF

7-across – Office work; of the clergy : CLERICAL

8-across – Labour : TOIL

9-across – Taken without water : NEAT

10-across – Recondite, abstruse : OBSCURE

12-across – Plastic money : CREDITCARDS

14-across – Pacify, allay : ASSUAGE

16-across – Moist : DAMP

19-across – Questionable, debatable : MOOT

20-across – Source of petroleum : OILFIELD

21-across – Cave dweller : TROGLODYTE

1-down – Convicted criminal : FELON

2-down – Relevant : GERMANE

3-down – Fold into small space : TUCK

4-down – Restrain : HOLDBACK

5-down – Pertaining to sight : OPTIC

6-down – High wispy cloud : CIRRUS

11-down – Informal choral session : SINGSONG

12-down – Furniture wheel : CASTOR

13-down – Promptly; willingly : READILY

15-down – Give voice : UTTER

17-down – Throb, beat : PULSE

18-down – In addition : ALSO

1-across – Writer : SCRIBE

4-across – Without an ethical code : AMORAL

9-across – Refreshment supplier : CATERER

10-across – Storehouse : DEPOT

11-across – Form of atmospheric oxygen : OZONE

12-across – Retribution : NEMESIS

13-across – One who retains an interest : STAKEHOLDER

18-across – Conference : SEMINAR

20-across – Two-legged creature : BIPED

22-across – Fisherman’s basket : CREEL

23-across – Issue forth : EMANATE

24-across – Lengthen : EXTEND

25-across – Young swan : CYGNET

1-down – Area, division : SECTOR

2-down – Proportion, relationship : RATIO

3-down – Frenzied, maniacal : BERSERK

5-down – : MODEM

6-down – Reply, response : RIPOSTE

7-down – Up to date : LATEST

8-down – Chipped potatoes : FRENCHFRIES

14-down – Storm : TEMPEST

15-down – Collection of books : LIBRARY

16-down – The mind or soul : PSYCHE

17-down – Coming, arrival : ADVENT

19-down – Man-made fibre : NYLON

21-down – Unadorned : PLAIN