1: Difficult newspaper or novel (4,5)
2: Fix the oil platform ... (3)
3: Cake decoration methods essentially deleted from ancient Chinese book (5)
4: Lodge heard discharge (5)
5: Cost very little when companion partied wildly outside (4,5)
6: Boatman from old region? (9)
7: Vapour trapped in paste amethyst (5)
10: Beside, its aligned so poorly (9)
12: In a dance, little do plenty (9)
15: Antagonistically pious about steps on fence (9)
16: Agent accepts mere garbage for contract (9)
17: Sent off info to npr.org? (9)
19: Jack's described part of a church (5)
20: Monsieur is immersed in unspecified French river (5)
21: Mystic eats piece of donut in ritual meal (5)
25: Equips for attacks (4)