Saturday Across:

1. Upsets 5. Absorb 9. Portal 10. Caress 11. Diva 12. Imbecile

14. Sector 16. Mingle 19. Step on it 21. Nick 22. Averts 23. Obtain 24. Noting 25. Superb.

Down: 2. Promise 3. Extract 4. Soldier on 6. Brace 7. Opening 8. Besiege 13. Bumptious 14. Sustain 15. Clement 17. Non-stop 18. Luckier 20. Often.