ACROSS
- 7 Cryptic code he reflected soundly (6)
- 8 Wow! Group stays (6)
- 10 Follow leading actor in "The Heavens" (7)
- 11 Beg to softly precede (5)
- 12 Tack on the end of the digit (4)
- 13 Slide to fire, we hear (5)
- 17 Aches terribly to pursue (5)
- 18 A measurement taken in church (4)
- 22 "Lots of cures; unusual medicine," begins deputy (5)
- 23 Send out A1 trade organisation (7)
- 24 Much endless sly movement is inept (6)
- 25 Remove obstruction in the river (6)
DOWN
- 1 Inclined to be a nurse? (7)
- 2 Annoyance caused by tea served with a smile (7)
- 3 Trivial fondle, a heartless try (5)
- 4 Race to arrive about favourite (7)
- 5 Poplar, like writer (5)
- 6 Unusually dusty reading room (5)
- 9 Carthorse destroyed the band! (9)
- 14 Drug dealer revolutionary missed, it's heard (7)
- 15 Disentangle a French composer (7)
- 16 Encouraged when applauded (7)
- 19 Courage needed to play the banjo (5)
- 20 Large number leave crumbs, arrange to clean (5)
- 21 Farewell to a cube, you say (5)