2: Gripped by instrument, a longish claw (5)
3: A vagrant fishing-boat (7)
4: Tongue-in-cheek advice to enter cast (5,1,3)
5: Mark in Russian bar, empty the night before (5)
6: Defender is the one admitting to moving goalpost (9)
7: In hindsight, schedule recorded for a blast (9)
8: Animal hiding in abattoir (3)
9: Stories least translated (5)
13: Decision tree's unusual goal: mirth? (9)
14: Couple gain control of schooner, for example (3-6)
15: Little friend of Barbie's returning red piece of luggage (9)
18: Big Bird and Ernie auditioning after Sesame Street ends (5)
20: Irrigated tree tangled in wad (7)
22: Accidentally unsex group with ties (5)
24: Spring water coming up natural, simple, and fresh (5)
25: Pate topping primarily honey and tamari? (3)