Across
4
Cat rough in the stomach, being taken for a ride? (6)
6
‘Nobel Prize winner!’ editor screamed (8)
9
Ring again to cancel (6)
10
Smoking area I sound hesitant to install in work room (5,3)
11
Cut up into fragments, had jolly time collecting them (11)
15
Carrying papa colt moved easily, but noisily? (7)
17
Confrontation between gangs over some grass? (4,3)
18
Vain monarch made out as a virtuoso pianist (11)
22
One PM, short bloke, EU citizen (8)
23
It’s doubly dotty to write in German (6)
24
Capital’s sweetheart, old Scottish singer (8)
25
Force’s uniform concealed by gown (6)
Down
1
Arab puts question to video game pioneer (6)
2
Sexually perverted cat? (7,3)
3
Struggle and sink, going over lake (8)
4
Hard top vehicle, fast (8)
5
Spurn one comic, a victim of cancel culture? (8)
7
Notice among those making jam it doesn’t always flow (4)
8
Poet recited and finished (4)
12
Popular national hero back injecting portion of drug, liable to be charged (10)
13
Strut around the Parisian stage at last, dancing in this (4,4)
14
Weight of cereal nearly filled with half of essential nutrients (8)
16
Caver moving right into opening for light (8)
19
Herald of rain coming up in under a minute (6)
20
Reporter’s hunt for Punjabi perhaps (4)
21
Cross, I say no every so often in ancient capital (4)