Previous cryptic solution
Across 1. Peters out 5. Off 7. Used 8. Admitted
10. Pedestal 11. Bass 13. Dodder 15. Hunted 18. Cube
19. Eyeglass 22. Palliate 23. Ogle 24. Add 25. Merriment
Down 1. Plumped 2. Tweed 3. Ordeal 4. Trip 5. Outcast
6. Fades 9. Aster 12. Bulge 14. Dabbled 16. Dessert
17. Oyster 18. Copra 20. Argue 21. Firm