Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1. A case of pudding being served at Number Ten perhaps (7) 5. Who’s the piper on board? (5)

8. It’s as stuffy as a vacuum must be (7)

9. A comic entertainer in a chic, low nightspot (5) 10. Seasoning consisting of mint, once, with a touch of dill (9) 12. Become entangled with a kneeler (3)

13. A top one spins in the paved area by the house (5) 17. Among various employers it’s the custom (3)

19. How runt feels about bearing a grudge (9)

21. A right, mad mixture of theatrical entertainment (5) 22. Having a teasing desire for gin, chit may turn to it (7) 24. Don’t accept that one must lose head to throw one out (5) 25. An outpouring of words in a rushing stream (7)

DOWN

1. This may be one’s opportunity to take a risk (6) 2. Rank given to Bartholomew shortly? (7)

3. Being born a woman, has no end of want (3)

4. What the tongue perceives to be to one’s liking (5) 5. He-rabbit turns north seeing this shrub (9)

6. Make a direct assault in violent weather (5) 7. Number starting ten years of naughtiness? (6)

11. Trip to Man is organised, as it matters (9) 14. Football infringement that’s to the right of the driver (7) 15. The confusion the wet earth may have led to (6) 16. Some steps taken where aviation is concerned (6) 18. Some teacher, as expected, will wipe it out (5)

20. He was quick writing A Tale of a Tub (5) 23. Roughly, it’s right to be one’s personal transport (3)