Cryptic Crossword 1-25

Across:

5 Astral, backward (reversal), LA (city), welcoming (container), arts trades), prestigious (def)

7 Analogue, Chinese copy (def), U (conservative), E (Asian), after (position), a (a), NA (North American), log (record)

9 Province, business (def), pro (for), evince (show), leader missing (delete the first letter in) evince

10 Orchid, showy flowering plant (def), or (yellow), child (fruit), lacking (deletion of) L (luminance)

11 Productivity, prod (encourage), U (socially acceptable), activity (exercise), not (deletion of) a (active), fertility (def)

13 Osprey, flyer (def), OS (very large), prey (butt)

15 Autumn, age (def), from (hidden), retiring (reversal), rest is fodder

18 Valet parking, ordered (anagram of) agent + Karl + VIP, rest is def

21 Cosset, indulge (def), secretly (hidden), rest is fodder

22 Anything, a (a), NY (Gotham), thing (slob), rest is def (reference to the song “anything you can do I can do it better”)

23 Harridan, nadir (zero), rah (cheer of approval), sent back (reversal), dragon lady (def)

24 Omelet, OT (book), about (container), mele (scrum in Madrid i.e., in Spanish), breakfast fare (def).

Down:

1 Provider, businessman (def), pro (expert), at sea (anagram of) diver

2 Clinic, I (a), C (hundred), after (position), CL (class), in (batting), boot camp (def)

3 Majolica, earthenware (def), unhappy (anagram of) CIO (IT honcho) + Jamal

4 Touchy, poison (touch), Y (yttrium), tough (def)

6 Surprise, PR (president), is (is), sure (certain), about (container), stunner (def)

7 Alexia, I (number one), in (insertion), Alexa (voice assistant), rest is def.

8 Unit, single (def), buried in (hidden), rest is fodder

12 Eminence, rise (def), Eminem (Slim Shady), mainly (last letter deletion), NCE (odd niche)

14 Yuletide, noel (def), Yul (Brynner), E (English), edit (doctor), from the south (reversal of) edit

16 Take heed, off (anagram of) teed + shake - s (covering head => 1st letter deletion), pay attention to (def)

17 Attain, win (def), A (Armstrong initially), cycling (letter circulation of) taint

18 Vestry, Homophone of (say) west street, sacristy (def)

19 Anyhow, a (a), NY (city), HO (house), W (wife), at random (def)

20 Sofa, finishing touches of (last letters in), “princess Yoko of Asia” (fodder), davenport (def).