1: Fool, failing to finish, follows sprints (9)
5: Keep firm about the ring (5)
8: Shinny up and start to cut branch (5)
9: Kind of eagle that is a resident of Sesame St. (5)
10: Appeal, as I kneel, revealing special light in my eyes? (5)
11: White or brown powder sounds like pink (5)
13: Maples, nuts, and berry filling in a box of assorted chocolates (7)
15: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)
16: Crew member is one in operating room (3)
17: Ran across one package decoration in colorful display (7)
19: Satanic personification in 'Anthem A-Gogo' (5)
20: Five Gaelic poems (5)
22: Going back in where GI trapped predator (5)
23: Lethargic entertainer taking part (5)
24: 'Pops' is very unhappy in retrospect (5)
25: Nunn completes more circuits than Gore coming around Canary Island seaport (3,6)