ACROSS
1 Lead astray (6)
4 Resist (6)
9 Dispatch (5)
10 Set in motion (7)
11 Spoil (3)
12 Classic example (9)
13 Ruinous (11)
18 Showed (9)
21 Ram (3)
22 Suffer (7)
23 Sharp mountain ridge (5)
24 Respond (6)
25 Marked time (6)
DOWN
1 Devise a plan (6)
2 Be entitled to (7)
3 Unpleasant person (coll) (5)
5 Long-suffering (7)
6 Egg-shaped (5)
7 Brings into play (6)
8 Bewailing (11)
14 French inn (7)
15 Talks (7)
16 The white whale (6)
17 A ranch (US) (6)
19 Conceals (5)
20 Roman goddess (5)
Friday’s solution
Across: 1 Slump, 7 Eyepiece, 8 Round, 10 Ermintrude, 12 Keel over, 14 Stet, 16 Gory, 17 Blackout, 20 Diminution, 23 Rehab, 24 Went down, 25 Trace.
Down: 1 Shrink, 2 Mine, 3 Tywi, 4 Spate, 5 Reduction, 6 Reject, 9 Droop, 11 Decrement, 13 Ell, 15 Actor, 16 Go down, 18 Tumble, 19 Snide, 21 Towy, 22 Near.