The hard way

ACROSS

1 TV producer (5) 4 Agrees to have two hundred different pets (7) 8 Object to last point (3) 9 Tiny trace dug out; you can bet on it (9) 10 Saw about the digs? (7) 11 Suggest I am to practise a trade apparently (5) 13 Shortage put right in the end (6) 15 Tastes differ in America (6) 18 In all it reduces capacity (5) 19 Their work is bound to receive public attention (7) 21 Blue printing activities in action (9) 23 An expert gives excellent service (3) 24 A gem of a green (7) 25 Horse stepped very softly out (5)

DOWN

1 Fortunate even without so much in retirement (7) 2 Angry perhaps to be dining out with a worker (9) 3 Tube holding a gold coin (5) 4 A variety of bread to grind (6) 5 Talk about Spanish river transport (7) 6 Beastly accommodation for a writer (3) 7 It’s a bit fishy lying in such a nervous manner (5) 12 New order for a top range secures regular trade (9) 14 She turns Eastern hearts (7) 16 Force one to hang about instead of going to work (7) 17 Hesitated to have father taken advantage of (6) 18 Youth with the French spoon (5) 20 Varied diets for various seasons (5) 22 Talkative bird that is quiet to begin with (3)