Solving time, 24 mins
* = anagram
ACROSS
1 S (AU CE) PAN
6 BU(i)CK
9 Shed NAILS
10 RE PR IS AL
11 BUSINESS LETTER
12 FA(C)T O TUM
13 (ma)LICE
16 Robert T(he) EAR, Welsh tenor
18 A D-LIBBER (dribble)*
21 COVER THE GROUND
22 STARDUST d in (stratus)*
23 HIDING Double definition
24 SH(O)E court shoe
25 ESCA(PA)DE (ceased)*
DOWN
2 ANIMIST I in (Matins)*
3 CAS (SET)TE
4 PARASYMPATHETIC (chap pray at times)*
5 (o)NE PHEW
6 BRI (ST) O L
7 C H AIR
8 INSULATE (a utensil)*
14 C LEANING
15 FLAGS HIP
17 R EVER IE
19 B (ROOD) ED
20 ARO(U)SE
21 CATCH Hidden