Across
1 Lighten a wicked vile tale (9)
6 Put a price on a rib (5)
9 To walk or run away is acceptable (3,2)
10 Braggart in flash trap (9)
11 Friend goes with many a sailor (7)
12 A command to break old man's kneecap (7)
13,15 Undertake a task till . . .? (3,4,4,2,3,6)
19 Went by, pleased for a change (7)
21 Errand boy collecting wicked loot (7)
22 Gad about with suitor round centre of St Ives? (9)
23 Toddler, alone, hasn't one that's full (5)
25 Look at key in surprise (3-6)
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Down
1 Ardent Liberal fuelling a reputation (6)
2 Start smoking in open view at college (5,2)
3 Quantitative data Miss World will have supplied? (5,10)
4 Suddenly everyone's in agreement, including Conservative's leader (3,2,4)
5 Provide witty remark after end of joke (5)
6 A period required after to reach end (4,2,1,4,4)
7 Filthy group of soldiers briefly given cover (7)
8 Religious retreat in wood run by a spymaster (6)
14 Sailor about to collect special gunpowder ingredient (9)
15 Creeping plant in home on wheels (7)
16 A number, following try, cheer (7)
17 Bishop, encouraged, asked for money (6)
18 One who instructs cashier (6)
20 Elizabethan sailor died a dissolute man (5)
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