Across
1 Benefits from book by novelist, Doris’s last (9)
6 Shoot bishop after all others (5)
9 Punch a mate (5)
10 Big top musical? Backing provisional (9)
11 Actor, in the guise of Scottish king, about to wade across behind duke (6,7)
13 Drunk loiters in a Portuguese resort (7)
14 An expert in Pennsylvania helps to produce a universal remedy (7)
16 Ruby? Girl in former tin mining town (7)
18 Vulgar about Salvation Army campaign (7)
19 Baffling drama? Pretend not to be interested (4,4,2,3)
22 House in historic city (9)
23 Miss Grey, a long time entertaining knight (5)
24 Box containing English throwing weapon (5)
25 Began to check boundary not rigorously fixed (4-5)
Down
1 Reverse taxi over, parking at centre (4)
2 Moved abroad - good being in Dubai, for example, with daughter (9)
3 Groucho’s Bar playing show song (11,4)
4 Turning brown – Russian river, as is to be expected (7)
5 Star member up in tanning area? (7)
6 Gunner grabbed unexpectedly, crossing at a landmark near to Checkpoint Charlie (11,4)
7 I travel, giving support to a male friend (5)
8 Fail to make any progress, as war treated suspiciously (5,5)
12 Chief city in Middle East – large container port set up (10)
15 Humiliated Conservative hurried (9)
17 Hornblower’s short speech after end of skirmish (7)
18 Group from lake bed shown first (7)
20 Girl, one interrupting queen (5)
21 Exploited group in House, Democrats (4)
