ACROSS
9 Ghastly old queen gets to do little – primarily breed, eat, thieve and hunt (9)
10 Creep’s typical behaviour? (5)
11 Boy, I set extraordinary weight! (7)
12 Protection is worn out on top (4,3)
13 Run miles to find a group of women (5)
14 Negligent school only half-taught the mortal danger of fascism (9)
16 Hung up Italian piece of work? (6,9)
19 Plant arranged capable PR (4,5)
21 Most certainly grasping (5)
22 Roll up! Loose shag! (7)
23 I, Dic, OBE? Perverse insanity! (7)
24 Get up around noon and wash (5)
25 To unsteadily climb ice one would be very stupid (9)

DOWN
1 Crudely hex Bop icon – how very British! (10)
2 German said “no” to Heavy Metal club (4,4)
3 Far-right mass wickedness is back, now carrying a guide book (6)
4 Ditch internet worship, revolt! (4)
5 For key supporter of 16, oh yes, Lethe swirls (3,4,3)
6 From Bolton to South Carolina stewed broccoli generates bad wind (8)
7 Russian holiday cottage you hear was a death trap (6)
8 A conspiracy in Splott (4)
14 Queer hobo I chomp is bigoted (10)
15 Radical hitcher rid era of 3 (5,5)
17 Did she cheat with HRT treatment? (8)
18 Lie in bed, sickening (8)
20 Notoriously perfidious criminal on bail (6)
21 Marx held a grudge (6)
22 Johnson’s reactionary rot has gone west finally (4)
23 A degree is next to infantile (4)

Solution at the end of March