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1a
Total admission revenue from a sporting event (4)
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3a
Common pest of gardens and crops (8)
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9a
Word of initials (7)
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10a
Greek author of fables, d. c. 560 BC (5)
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11a
I've no idea (informal) (5)
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12a
Viz (6)
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14a
Current astrological period (heyday of the hippie and NewAge movements?) (3,2,8)
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17a
Source of great authority (6)
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19a
Marinade used on meat in Indian cuisine before grilling in a clay oven (5)
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22a
Chide a child (5)
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23a
Automatons (7)
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24a
Pair of pincers (8)
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25a
Person who is the senior member of a group (4)
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1d
Daily newspaper, founded 1821 in Manchester (8)
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2d
Italian city with a shroud (5)
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4d
Kitchen utensil kept busy on Pancake Day? (5,8)
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5d
Deep gap (5)
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6d
Spiral pasta (7)
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7d
Nervous tension on the putting green? (4)
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8d
Unique thing (3-3)
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13d
Hired murderer (8)
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15d
Aural aperture (7)
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16d
Keats's 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' (6)
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18d
Port where in 1587 Francis Drake 'singed the King of Spain's beard' (5)
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20d
Kevin ___ , American actor and singer, b. 1947 (5)
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21d
Listen! (4)
