2: Correspond with mother and I boarding train (1-4)
3: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)
4: Coral Sea, perhaps, without a fish (7)
5: Drive away roofing material before farmhouse becomes a target area (8,5)
6: Real idiot's rewritten opinion piece (9)
7: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)
8: Grave study: code-breaking? (13)
9: Rolling wave rolls into Rolling Stones song (3,3,4,3)
12: Tweak with wrong end of a pin (3)
15: Sailor (not in performance) makes volte-face (5,4)
18: Which creatures are found in factions? (7)
19: Ran into a section of the time-table (3)
23: Crow circles front of gate in Eastern fort (5)
25: Freshen the atmosphere (3)