Mostly straightforward this week but perhaps tending towards the more difficult end of the Everyman spectrum.
1ac gave me some problems when trying to sort out the parsing because I became convinced that ‘in connection with’ gave the AND. Thereafter I had tunnel vision and couldn’t see that which is now obvious. Fortunately an email to a fellow blogger set me straight (for which, my thanks).
Across
1 Cringe in Washington in connection with predicament (3,3,6)
BOW AND SCRAPE – WA (Washington) in BOND (connection) plus SCRAPE (predicament)
9 Take place in company going around with scoundrel (5)
OCCUR – CO (company) reversed (going around) CUR (scoundrel)
10 Garage designed to accommodate tank in compound (9)
AGGRAVATE – an anagram (designed) of GARAGE around (to accommodate) VAT (tank)
11 Weak revolution ending in trouble to a smaller extent (9)
SPINELESS – SPIN (revolution) [troubl]E (ending in trouble) LESS (to a smaller extent)
12 Avid solver omitting every other letter in passage (5)
AISLE – A[v]I[d] S[o]L[v]E[r] (avid solver omitting every other letter)
13 Average temperature indicated (5)
MEANT – MEAN (average) T (temperature)
15 Crime covered up by attendant in minister’s place (9)
PARSONAGE – ARSON (crime) in (covered up by) PAGE (attendant)
16 Freeze street in part of film about city (9)
LEICESTER – ICE (freeze) ST (street) in REEL (part of film) reversed (about)
17 Shine in field among leaders of great movement (5)
GLEAM – LEA (field) in (among) G[reat] M[ovement] (leaders of great movement)
19 Suppose visitors must be short of time (5)
GUESS – GUES[t]S (visitors must be short of time)
20 Long distance from the rig, lay wrecked (5-4)
LIGHT-YEAR – an anagram (wrecked) of THE RIG LAY
23 Scent in tune with surrounding country (9)
FRAGRANCE – RAG (tune) in (with surrounding) FRANCE (country)
24 Danger in place full of revolutionary anger (5)
PERIL – PL (place) around (full of) IRE (anger) reversed (revolutionary)
25 Bug? It’s caught by poor player, we cry (6-6)
CREEPY-CRAWLY – C (caught) plus an anagram (poor) of PLAYER WE CRY
Down
1 Mature crowd upset about defeat (7)
BLOSSOM – MOB (crowd) reversed (upset) around (about) LOSS (defeat)
2 Song from enchantress, heartless with language, holding men up (7,7)
WICHITA LINEMAN – WI[t]CH (enchantress, heartless) plus ITALIAN (language) around (holding) MEN reversed (up)
3 Audacity never out of order (5)
NERVE – an anagram (out of order) of NEVER
4 Post / put at risk (5)
STAKE – double def.
5 Keeper of records about substance, endlessly scarce (9)
REGISTRAR – RE (about) GIST (substance) RAR[e] (endlessly scarce)
6 Pretend to co-operate in drama with arm initially extended (4,5)
PLAY ALONG – PLAY (drama) A[rm] (arm initially) LONG (extended)
7 Be surprised by arena, I see, excited before fight (5,2,7)
RAISE AN EYEBROW – an anagram (excited) of BY ARENA I SEE followed by ROW (fight)
8 Part of treatise renegade composed (6)
SERENE – contained in (part of) ‘treatiSE RENEgade’
14 Audit’s conclusion stern about certain person in charge of funds (9)
TREASURER – [audi]T (audit’s conclusion) plus REAR (stern) around (about) SURE (certain)
15 Bad temper shown by alien in rising up with weapon (9)
PETULANCE – ET (alien) in UP reversed (rising) plus LANCE (weapon)
16 Trademark? Very loud exit (3,3)
LOG OFF – LOGO (trademark) FF (very loud)
18 Doctor with demonstration in ethical style (7)
MORALLY – MO (doctor) RALLY (demonstration)
21 E.g. key unusually handy with technology? (5)
GEEKY – an anagram (unusually) of EG KEY
22 Become thinner in band on run (5)
TAPER – TAPE (band) R (run)
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