1: Faint pout encompasses beast of burden (4,3)

5: Blamed and nailed copper, scam's leader on the inside (7)

8: King John's last to find out (5)

9: Contrarily tough, arriving cool (9)

10: Challenged Ruby after district attorney (5)

11: Lawman inside fires back, hits female (7)

14: Case for recording Eminem, for example (7)

15: Shepherd, at times, is more abrupt in tone (7)

17: Unchained Melody blankets one like marrow (7)

18: Early missionary or saint in a European setting (7)

19: 8-down Its the exception to everything else in the dish tub (7,4)

21: Gardener's concoction left in a lot (5)

22: Doesn't move convict housing in a rising (9)

23: Highways or turning spots (5)

24: Illegally hunted for a flower for a revolutionary dunderhead (7)

25: Carries small cup and helps out (7)

1: Boob implant cups: sad hoax in line with 15-down (8,3)

2: Questionable act raises link between stories (9)

3: Upset top duo; I went and confessed (5,2,2,2)

4: Kept definitely in step (9)

5: I'll scream, 'Gangway!' (5)

6: Corpse apt to turn up in science fiction (5)

7: Get into the archeology scene. (3)

12: Beware of these they show the funny side of the month! (4,2,5)

13: Watering devices found in run-down orange sheds (6, 5)

15: Animated lass in set is Snow White (9)

16: To get revenge, we tail a terrorist hiding in retreat (9)

19: Satisfactory return in the manner of an Australian icon (5)

20: Keep firm about the ring (5)

22: Rascal and wuss taking week off (3)