1-across – Compassionate : TENDERHEARTED

8-across – Flesh and blood : KIN

9-across – Register of events over time : CHRONICLE

10-across – Fascist revivalists : NEONAZIS

11-across – Responsibility : ONUS

13-across – Villainous act : INFAMY

14-across – Showy herbaceous perennial : BAHLIA

16-across – Afflict : HURT

17-across – Region of central France : AUVERGNE

20-across – Bend it, lad : BLINDDATE

21-across – Male swan : COB

22-across – Spread rumour : TITTLETATTLED

1-down – Gift : TOKEN

2-down – One at odds with the Establishment : NONCONFORMIST

3-down – Cries out : EXCLAIMS

4-down – Lewis with ——, Hebridean island : HARRIS

5-down – Composer of Rule Britannia : ARNE

6-down – Mechanical : TECHNOLOGICAL

7-down – Of abyssal ocean areas : DEEPSEA

12-down – Constituency odds-on to be retained at an election : SAFESEAT

13-down – Live in : INHABIT

15-down – Fully informed : AUFAIT

18-down – Diminished : EBBED

19-down – Icon : IDOL

1-across – Point beyond which survival cannot continue : ENDOFTHEROAD

9-across – Dismantle : UNRIG

10-across – Interactive radio or TV feature : PHONEIN

11-across – See 15 : KHAN

12-across – Pass through : PERMEATE

14-across – Permanently frozen mass : ICECAP

15-across – Mongol emperor : KUBLAI

18-across – Appreciative : GRATEFUL

20-across – Deep cut : GASH

22-across – Coincide partly : OVERLAP

23-across – Final stage of insect development : IMAGO

24-across – Space-saving furniture : NESTOFTABLES

2-down – Recount : NARRATE

3-down – Binge : ORGY

4-down – Crowned : TIPPED

5-down – Gargantuan : ENORMOUS

6-down – Music drama or comedy : OPERA

7-down – Gambol : DANCEWITHJOY

8-down – Applying : BUCKLINGDOWN

13-down – Definitive battle of the Napoleonic Wars : WATERLOO

16-down – Discharge : LEAKAGE

17-down – Productivity : OUTPUT

19-down – States positively : AVERS

21-down – Bough : LIMB

1-across – Inter : ENTOMB

4-across – Relating to digestion : PEPTIC

9-across – Punctilious : DUTIFUL

10-across – Whole range : GAMUT

11-across – Tip : SPILL

12-across – Put in position : INSTALL

13-across – British Empire Order: important sapphire : STAROFINDIA

18-across – Rudolf ——-, : NUREYEV

20-across – Natural container for milk? : UDDER

22-across – Rudimentary : BASIC

23-across – Animal of fable : UNICORN

24-across – Synthetic : ERSATZ

25-across – Thick-set : CHUNKY

1-down – Most aged : ELDEST

2-down – Piece of music for the whole orchestra : TUTTI

3-down – Kind of scarf : MUFFLER

5-down – Borders : EDGES

6-down – Kettle drums : TIMPANI

7-down – Livestock : CATTLE

8-down – Motion carried unanimously : ALLINFAVOUR

14-down – Impels : THRUSTS

15-down – Sustain : NOURISH

16-down – Nebula : UNABLE

17-down – Alcoholic spirit : BRANDY

19-down – Pleasure cruiser : YACHT

21-down – Swamp : DROWN

1-across – Deflate : CUTDOWNTOSIZE

8-across – Get back on again : REMOUNT

9-across – Fit up : EQUIP

10-across – Boast : BRAG

11-across – Erudite : WELLREAD

13-across – Adjust to surroundings : ORIENT

14-across – One of various small common birds : TOMTIT

17-across – Meeting of financial obligations : SOLVENCY

19-across – Hand-me-down : USED

21-across – Lack of interest : ENNUI

22-across – One escaping a war zone : EVACUEE

24-across – Kith and kin : FLESHANDBLOOD

1-down – Conveyance : CAR

2-down – PM, I ain’t : TIMPANI

3-down – Burden : ONUS

4-down – Chinwag : NATTER

5-down – Turn a blind eye to : OVERLOOK

6-down – Harden : INURE

7-down – Rushed through : EXPEDITED

10-down – It may hold great volumes? : BOOKSHELF

12-down – Up to half a leg in depth : KNEEHIGH

15-down – Battle formation using shields as umbrellas : TESTUDO

16-down – Mask : SCREEN

18-down – Charge : LUNGE

20-down – Smear : DAUB

23-down – Target : END

1-across – Ill repute : INFAMY

4-across – Narrow : STRAIT

9-across – Supply : FURNISH

10-across – Swerve shot at billiards : MASSE

11-across – Opening, fissure : CLEFT

12-across – Take back : RETRACT

13-across – Secret : CLANDESTINE

18-across – Verbally attack, rail : INVEIGH

20-across – Dispute : ARGUE

22-across – Aristocratic : NOBLE

23-across – Put into words : EXPRESS

24-across – Abundance : PLENTY

25-across – Seller : VENDOR

1-down – Contaminate : INFECT

2-down – Counterfeit : FORGE

3-down – Make damp : MOISTEN

5-down – Whet the appetite : TEMPT

6-down – Deny oneself : ABSTAIN

7-down – Score : TWENTY

8-down – List of alleged offences : CHARGESHEET

14-down – Amiable : LOVABLE

15-down – Crush underfoot : TRAMPLE

16-down – Abduct for ransom : KIDNAP

17-down – Expurgate : CENSOR

19-down – Dormant, lifeless : INERT

21-down – Avidity : GREED