ACROSS
1 Nativity (5)
7 Knocks down (8)
8 East African country (5)
10 Fortress (10)
12 Unbecoming (8)
14 Crazes (4)
16 A whip-handle (4)
17 Grating (8)
20 Ethereal (10)
23 Popular musical (5)
24 Bring about (8)
25 Nondescript (5)
DOWN
1 Swimsuit (6)
2 Playthings (4)
3 Singer (4)
4 Platform (5)
5 Explodes (9)
6 Stage whispers (6)
9 One of the Three Musketeers (5)
11 Becoming (9)
13 A newt (3)
15 Passageway (5)
16 Sticks to (6)
18 A herald’s coat (6)
19 Out cold (5)
21 Greek letter (4)
22 Wicked (4)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Set off, 4 Tattoo, 9 Relic, 10 No place, 11 Ski, 12 Up-Helly-Aa, 13 Undercharge, 18 Registrar, 21 Yea, 22 Soignee, 23 Dwell, 24 Yomped, 25 Hindoo.
Down: 1 Stress, 2 Tallinn, 3 Fichu, 5 Ampulla, 6 Toady, 7 One-way, 8 On the carpet, 14 Essence, 15 Gwynedd, 16 Frisky, 17 Halloo, 19 Grimm, 20 Radii.