1 down. Backup part of database liable to corruption. 9 letters.
2 down. Sea-sick seabird from China? 7 letters.
3 down. Challenging former lover on stage. 8 letters.
4 down. Huge honour to sit on banks of Seine. 5 letters.
5 down. Re-entering language course. 9 letters.
6 down. Gone wild with axes splitting something needed for fire. 6 letters.
7 down. Provide detailed account of quite miserable passage. 7 letters.
8 down. Donates, as replacing 4, 6 and 15. 5 letters.
14 down. International waters still surrounded by dumb-asses. 5 letters and 4 letters.
16 down. Dropping dead, wrote frantically. 6 letters and 3 letters.
17 down. Fresher report of any toilet more sullied. 8 letters.
19 down. Take end from communion wafer – on reflection, an exaltation! 7 letters.
21 down. Slight temperature dropping off with cool hormone. 7 letters.
22 down. A right-beginning, dotted-letter-including alphabet. 6 letters.
23 down. Sadness as building terminally fire-damaged. 5 letters.
24 down. <span>Like </span><i>Top Gun</i><span> pilot’s taxiing speed (approximately)</span>. 5 letters.
