August Puzzle Solutions

Across

• 1 More hostile but more mature after century (6)
• 4 It goes up and down! Understand? Understood (6)
• 9 Sot dancing with affluent bird (7)
• 10 Like to conserve unusual plants (5)
• 11 Run away with some damsel openly (5)
• 12 Band overwhelmed by small exclamation of delight (7)
• 13 In high spirits after a vegetarian meal? (11)
• 18 High commendations for fantastic cinema about love (7)
• 20 High commendations for fantastic cinema about love (5)
• 22 Exotic rose around one willow (5)
• 23 Fails to tackle outright flirts (7)
• 24 Statutes for scrapping new weapons of destruction (6)
• 25 Fool throwing gin on delegate (6)

Down

• 1 Host consuming ecstasy talked big (6)
• 2 Extremely drunk baron lost game of chance (5)
• 3 Injured eagle circling abyss nearly close to the ground (7)
• 5 Player at opera displaying the Muse of lyric poetry (5)
• 6 Outing to catch largely select fish (7)
• 7 Under the influence of alcohol, woman dates rogue (6)
• 8 Vote that happens at the end of poker round (4,2,5)
• 14 Bond going topless with excessive suavity (7)
• 15 Rampant sex embodies youthful issues (7)
• 16 Lion-hearted choir performed conserving energy (6)
• 17 Exceptional boy very likely to succeed (4-2)
• 19 Birdbrain Republican in daydream (5)
• 21 Arranging bail to secure one’s defence (5)