No 14659, Monday 08 Dec 2025, Pixie Dust

Solution to 1D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered by a non-regular/novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM

ACROSS

7   All pack bulk of a kind of wool (6) ALPACA {ALl}{PACk}{A}

8   Peace maker accepted stock in the dark (8) UNAWARES {UN}{A}{WARES}

9   Plain dad repelled mom (8) APPARENT {PA<=}{PARENT}

10 Novelist Paul Otho, born without extremities (6) AUTHOR {pAUl+oTHo+bORn}

11 America condemned cut fur, a legal right (8) USUFRUCT {US}{CUT}FUR}*

12 Criminal ruing a toy rifle (3,3) AIR GUN*

13 Allow insufficient light to awkwardly nuder old model (11) UNDEREXPOSE {NUDER}*{EX}{POSE}

18 So, tale going around about frozen dessert (6) GELATO [T<=]

20 "Fancy! I'm ten" played repeatedly in the air? (8) IMMINENT Letter Bank

22 Outdo gambler? (6) BETTER [DD]

23 Sinful stuffed-bun, cha, steak sandwiches (8) UNCHASTE [T]

24 Fine to adopt a program, basically legal and encrypted to find abnormal growth on trees (3,5) OAK APPLE {O{A}K}{APP}{Le..l}{En...d}

25 Darling cycling with ex? not happening for now! (2,4) ON HOLD {(-h)ON(+h)H}{OLD}

DOWN

1   Spooner's work at dashing airshow? (7) ?L?P?S? 

2   Penny broke affair with Newton, the lubricator (8) PARAFFIN {P}{AFFAIR*}{N}

3   Girl had a piece of upside-down cake (6) GATEAU {G}{ATE}{A}{Up...e}

4   Lantern from the French states and member of parliament (4,4) LAVA LAMP {LA}{VA}{LA}{MP}

5   Server weak in theory every now and then (6) WAITER {WeAk+In+ThEoRy}

6   How code can become protocol? (7) DECORUM {CODE}* [RA]

8   Is this latest atrocious epithet mutinous? (2-2-3-6) UP-TO-THE-MINUTE {UP TO THE MINUTE +IS}*={EPITHET+MUTINOUS}* [CA]

14 Self indulgences? Essentially senseless- take off and strip randomly (3,5) EGO TRIPS {s..sEl..s}{GO}{STRIP}*

15 Ashen but somehow get a tan (8) SUNBATHE*

16 Chiefly very experienced, trained extensively, respected always, noble old soldier (7) VETERAN Acrostic

17 Set up present block (7) INSTALL {IN}{STALL}

19 Like the stars in Northeast Rallies (6) ASTRAL [T]

21 Measure note with curt friend (6) MICRON {MI}{CRONy}

Reference List

Accepted = A, Program = APP, Penny = P, Newton = N, Girl = G, The in French, States = VA, LA< Present = IN, Note = MI