No 2700, Sunday 19 Aug 12

ACROSS
1   - Runs a racket in a capital city (5)  - RABAT {R}{A}{BAT}
4   - Lacking humour, husband no longer in the game (7)  - WITHOUT {WIT}{H}{OUT}
8   - Escape and holiday at no cost (5,4)  - BREAK FREE {BREAK} {FREE}
9   - Recording sent over about unknown one working abroad (5)  - EXPAT {E{X}PAT<-}
11 - Last of beef - rush in new supply (7)  - FURNISH {F}{RUSH+IN*}
12 - Eastern sea creature shedding tail in spring (7)  - EMANATE {E}{MANATEe}
13 - Train fare may have been put away here (10,3)  - RESTAURANT CAR [CD]
16 - Wrote in an excited state about Peter Pan wickedly pinching crown (3,3,2,5)  - PUT PEN TO PAPER Anno pending (Addendum - {PU<-}{T PEN TO PAPER*} - See comments)
18 - Gross Welshman, reportedly a troublemaker (7)  - GREMLIN {GR}{EMLIN}(~emlyn) Anno not clear (See comments)
20 - Like a wild animal, one getting out of control during row (7)  - LEONINE {L{ONE*}INE}
22 - Drink rum in heart of shantytown (5)  - TODDY {shanT{ODD}Ytown}
23 - Sitcom broadcast after the end of Bread (6,3)  - FATHER TED {FATHER TE*}{D}
24 - Routine flight made by male, sort to take flight (4,3)  - MILK RUN {M}{ILK} {RUN}
25 - Learning about name written back to front in register (5)  - ENROL {E{N}ROL}<-
DOWN
1   - Snub extremely rude fan (6)  - REBUFF {RudE}{BUFF}
2   - Dim British king (5)  - BLEAR {B}{LEAR}
3   - Snatch children in dispute (4,5)  - TAKE ISSUE {TAKE} {ISSUE}
4   - Throw a fit rowing? Not exactly up to expectations (5,7,3)  - WORTH WAITING FOR*
5/6   - Poor poor male in top theatre company which may stage Tosca, say, in New York (3,12,5)  - THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
6 See 5
7   - Astaire was one cast part with cane - Fred's finale? (3-6)  - TAP-DANCER {PART+CANE+D}*
10 - Ambassador taken in by Conservative conjecture (6)  - THEORY {T{HE}ORY}
13 - Swine on embankment in port (9)  - ROTTERDAM {ROTTER}{DAM}
14 - Japanese ones entering NI degree course (9)  - NIPPONESE {NI}{PP}{ONES}{E} Anno not clear (See comments)
15 - Tap needs turn in roasting device (6)  - SPIGOT {SPI{GO}T}
17 - Know young man raised in a town in Cumbria (6)  - KENDAL {KEN}{DAL<-}
19 - Faithful ally troubled about love (5)  - LOYAL {L{O}YAL*}
21 - Bury in rain - terrible (5) - INTER [T]