The Sunday Crossword, Sunday 17 Jul 2016

ACROSS
1  Soldier favoured fortification (7) PARAPET {PARA}{PET}
5   Yankee after discharge receiving new antagonism (6) ENMITY {E{N}MIT}{Y}
8   Film that's funny has apt slips in it (4,2,6,3) THIS IS SPINAL TAP*
10 Control said to be restored (10) REINSTATED {REIN}{STATED}
11 Part of problem irritating ruler (4) EMIR [T]
13 Progress in skill with jargon (5) ARGOT {AR{GO}T}
14 Bad action in laboratory brought about, relating to plant study (9) BOTANICAL {B{ACTION}*AL<=}
15 Unreal yarn I concocted, taking wise men in (9) IMAGINARY {MAGI} in {I+YARN}*
17 Foolish sign painter leaving odd bits out (5) INANE {sIgN+pAiNtEr}
19 Boring master (4) TAME [DD]
20 Lover in trouble after a heartless lie (10) AFICIONADO {A}{FICtION}{ADO}
23 Terribly poor, in hole? Help, with hesitation, aggressive investor (9,6) CORPORATE RAIDER {C{POOR*}RATE R}{AID}{ER}
24 Departure following match (6) FLIGHT {F}{LIGHT}
25 Bone from bird among quantity (7) STERNUM {S{TERN}UM}

DOWN
1   Saint alert to change in image, benevolent but intrusive (13) PATERNALISTIC {SAINT+ALERT}* in {PIC}
2   Fence poorly, overcome by resistance (7) RAILING {R}{AILING}
3   Shrub planted in location one approved initially (10) POINSETTIA {POIN{SET}T}{I}{Ap...d}

4   Act so unnaturally in opera (5) TOSCA*
5   Depression during bad year without question (9) EVIDENTLY {EVI{DENT}L}{Y}
6   Squalid plan (4) MEAN [DD]
7   Symbolic drink label, collector's first (7) TOTEMIC {TOT}{EMI}{Co...r}
9   All income, finally put on record with force, below average figure (13) PARALLELOGRAM {PAR}{ALL}{i...mE}{LOG}{RAM}
12 Refresh ratio given wrongly (10) INVIGORATE*
14 English fan transformed into animal in celebratory event (9) BEANFEAST {B{E}{FAN*}EAST}
16 Mad liar struggling to become officer (7) ADMIRAL*
18 Leave teacher to support a veto (7) ABANDON {A}{BAN}{DON}
21 County in short leading second game (5) CHESS {CHES}{S}
22 Member of family joined by good number (4) SONG {SON}{G}

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