Across
1 Unprincipled chap, a professional, is taken in by discount (9) REPROBATE
5 Old Scottish surveyor who organised a raid (5) ADAIR
8 Born, reportedly late, as required (6) NEEDED
9 Standards body with a pick-me-up kind of solution (8) ISOTONIC
11 Dairy product derivative, hot, swallowed by horse? Not half (4) GHEE
12 Kind and generous noble, event organiser (10) BENEVOLENT
14 What a pirate found here — a nocturnal mammal (5) TAPIR
15 Their jobs are pressing (7) IRONERS
16 Desirable things found when something sticky ceases to be (7) GOODIES
17 Sly old general, really hollow (5) LEERY
19 A singular indication people begin taking as a task (10) ASSIGNMENT
20 Powered rickshaw (4) AUTO
22 Laxative that got Peter in a tizzy (8) APERIENT
23 Manipulate a wide point of view (6) WANGLE
24 A passage in an insular area (5) AISLE
25 Something to break a tumbler’s fall (6,3) SAFETY NET
Down
1 One generally upset has it in him to break his promise (6) RENEGE
2 Pomposity of stout peeress in new turn out (15) PRETENTIOUSNESS
3 Not restricted by a round enclosure (4) OPEN
4 In the Pacific, it is famous for its giant statues, and is a part of Chile (6,6) EASTER ISLAND
5 He may tell you what the stars foretell (10) ASTROLOGER
6 1950 movie starring Betty Hutton that could inure young agent in trouble (5,3,4,3) ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
7 Lists out rituals encompassing European Commission (7) RECITES
10 Junior students in disturbed rest get snacks (12) REFRESHMENTS
13 Balmy season, the hour for a leap? (10) SPRINGTIME
16 Old relative with an American prosecutor in an Andalusian city (7) GRANADA
18 Reportedly, the enemy intended to try and stir up public opinion (6) FOMENT
21 A lure, one swallowed by winged creature (4) BAIT
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