Across
1 Take undue advantage (6)
4 Enhance (6)
9 Ascertain (5)
10 Alert to possible danger (2,5)
11 Wither (3)
12 Bit by bit (9)
13 Premise (11)
18 Persuaded (9)
21 Compete (3)
22 Tranquil (7)
23 Italian composer
(1813-1901) (5)
24 Encumber (6)
25 English novelist
(1904-91) (6)
DOWN
1 Obstruct (6)
2 Trailblazer (7)
3 Expanse (5)
5 Dereliction of duty (7)
6 Likeness (5)
7 Crowd together (6)
8 Climbing shrub (11)
14 Sore (7)
15 One side of a coin (7)
16 A great many (coll) (6)
17 Determine (6)
19 Interfered (in) (5)
20 Channel port (5)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Perth, 7 Frou-frou,
8 Psalm, 10 Lactic acid,
12 Fair Maid, 14 Idle, 16 Cake,
17 Revealed, 20 Stalagmite,
23 Havoc, 24 Aberdeen,
25 Angus.
Down: 1 Pop off, 2 Till, 3 Fret,
4 Punch, 5 Crocodile, 6 Dundee, 9 Malmo, 11 Nicknamed, 13 Ike,
15 Keith, 16 Casual, 18 Discus,
19 Handy, 21 Meek, 22 Earn.