1.  2.   3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  
  g   g g   g   g   g   g   g
8.       g 9.        
  g   g g   g   g   g   g   g
10.    g 11.           
  g   g g   g   g g g   g   g
12.         g 13.   14.  15.
  g   g g   g g g   g g   g  
16. 17.  18.    g 19.        
g   g   g g g   g   g g   g  
20.     21.       g 22.   
g   g   g   g   g   g g   g  
23.         g 24.      
g   g   g   g   g   g g   g  
25.               

ACROSS

1. Pub state hit ... (5,10)

8. ... body for each child ... (6)

9. ... found scrunched up in ghastly red clump ...(8)

10. ... brought up only to be chewed up and swallowed. (3)

11. Purity fuels wild excess (11)

12,13. Some classic verse, and wild ten hatch 'tea' hit (3,3,2, 3,3)

16. He is, or could be, a leg upholsterer (6)

19. Ongoing gala Viv rushed back and restricted (8)

20. Key factor to put off short (minimum) worker (11)

22. Prune if sloppy (3)

23. Search after animal in cave (8)

24. A country and a following upheld grandiose leaders (6)

25. Book gang deems hanger 'wild' (5,4,3,3)

DOWN

1. Game with ingredient of beer and whisky (9)

2. Note bloodshot appearance, and its cause? (9)

3. Copper works with musicians ... (9)

4. ... else Scots err on every other stand in church (7)

5. Down and blue (5)

6. Joy of a hit (7)

7. Ongoing mess, ie train (7)

13. Severely taunt lara with frightening creature (9)

14. Eat, but with hunch about veal stew (4,5)

15. Gut-full of backchat - far from a blooming enterprise (5,4)

17. One pair wandered outside ... (4-3)

18. ... to repeat it with spead and ecstasy (7)

19. Messy snag bad obstacle to increasing water levels (7)

21. Low points for animal (5)