Puzzles May 2024

Across

• 1 Jack maybe in charge of covering primarily affairs of the heart (7)
• 5 Uncomfortable hotel in Windy City (5)
• 8 Regular workwear (7)
• 9 In turning a bedroom over, let trousers fall to the floor (5)
• 10 Little brother gets a 5 - well done! (5)
• 11 It's pulled along behind for a taste of things to come (7)
• 12 Poles imprisoning bear that's lacking hair (6)
• 14 Chennai now thronging with artists (6)
• 17 Underground network of Kent town's outspoken Cockney native (7)
• 19 Greek character stuck in Oedipal phase (5)
• 22 Extreme letters initially terrify outwardly eccentric old Mexican (5)
• 23 An electronic payment returned with note identifying folding business (7)
• 24 Knocking hoodlum's block off is a mistake (5)
• 25 Cocaine is extremely cultish? Another falsehood (7)

Down

• 1 Scrap about game with heartless mob (5)
• 2 One of the Bronte sisters possibly picked up condiment from 5 (5)
• 3 Deuterium, amongst others, is one that outlines periodic elements' origins (7)
• 4 Heavenly bodies turn up with washed-out tails (6)
• 5 Sodium extracted from US state for major Asian economy (5)
• 6 Rounded stone set in place by region's top craftsman (7)
• 7 Dairy products go rusty if tampered with (7)
• 12 Water sport expert's skin (7)
• 13 Flyer contains list written up following victory in artificial intelligence (7)
• 15 Middle Easterner in charge of getting a type of coffee (7)
• 16 Mixed choir taking drug to become superhuman (6)
• 18 Statuette found amongst commando's cargo (5)
• 20 Fruit left for 30 years, symbolically (5)
• 21 Mr Capone and Mr Turner are similar (5)