Across:
1. Return pets and birds to topless chief scientist (7 7)
9. Finger painting is back in Australian’s portfolio (4 3)
10. Pose back in same dress for artist (7)
11. Allow one to enter hospital in Scottish port (5)
12. Rodent flicking tail in front of leading horse is named in book title (9)
13. Over 50% in UK know of me getting upset about student (9)
14. Attended to get material (5)
15. Remaining parts of strange note (5)
17. Close on time before driver gets to venue (9)
20. He harasses guys trapped in hills (9)
22. On about kind poet (5)
23. Plans to cultivate cacti in back street (7)
24. Rise and get cold in short distance on path (7)
25. Lawrence allows Jon’s partner to enter with religious broadcasters (14)
Down:
1. Our star fellow goes down to gallery in Kansas (9 5)
2. Smile crookedly about beginnings of incipient Tories’ snobbery (7)
3. Capital outbuildings contain new recruits (9)
4. Fiddler and last character followed visitor inside with perfect balance (3 4)
5. Firm hold of safety catch? (7)
6. Tom’s pot (5)
7. Unearth in eons (4 3)
8. Common sense of one boy ready to meet Head after Bible study (14)
14. Clair and I sat upset by mocking (9)
16. Wonder car overturns in 1760 yards! (7)
17. Girl with brown back remains with one (7)
18. Preparing soldier to grind nuts (7)
19. Funny stories from suckers (7)
21. Ignore top eggheads outside (5)
Solution:
STEPHENHAWKING=
U=L=E=E=R=I=O=R
NAILART=MATISSE
F=T=D=Z=L=T=E=A
LEITH=EPONYMOUS
O=S=U=R=C===U=O
WOMENFOLK=SATIN
E===T=====A===A
RUMPS=NIGHTCLUB
S=I===A=I=I=O=L
TORMENTOR=RILKE
A=A=L=A=D=I=L=N
TACTICS=INCLINE
E=L=D=H=N=A=E=S
=TELEVANGELISTS
Name: Puzzle 467
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. STEP (= pets reversed) HEN HAWK (= birds) (K)ING (= topless chief)
9. NAIL ART hidden reversed in wordplay
10. MA [TIS (= sit reversed)] SE (anag same)(anagrind = dress)
11. LE [I (= one) T (= Allow) H(ospital)
12. E [PONY (= horse)] MOUS (= Rodent flicking tail in front)
13. WOMENFO [L(earner)] K (anag know of me)(anagrind = getting upset)
14. SAT IN (= Attended)
15. RUM (= strange) PS (= note)
17. NIGH (= Close) T(ime) CLUB (= driver)
20. TOR [MEN (= guys)] TOR (= hills)
22. R [ILK (= kin)] E (= On)
23. T [ACTIC (anag cacti)(anagrind = cultivate)] S (= street reversed)
24. IN (= inch) C(old) LINE (= path)
25. TE (= Lawrence) LE [(Jon and)VANGELIS] TS (= allows)
Annos-Down:
1. SUN (= Our star) F(ellow) LOWERS (= goes down) TATE (= gallery)
2. EL [I(ncipient) T(ories)] ISM (anag Smile)(anagrind = crookedly)
3. HEAD (= Capital) HU [N(ew)] TS (= outbuildings)
4. N [ET (= visitor) Z (= last character) ERO (= Fiddler)
5. Double Def
6. Double Def
7. NOSE (anag eons)(anagrind = out)
8. RE (= Bible study) A (= one) SON (= boy) ABLE (= ready) NESS (= Head)
14. SATIRICAL (anag Clair I sat)(anagrind = upset)
16. MI [RAC (= car reversed)] LE (= 1760 yards)
17. NAT (= brown reversed) ASH (= remains) A (= one)
18. GI (= soldier) RDING (anag grind)(anagrind = nuts)
19. LOL (= Funny) LIES (= stories)
21. E(gg) LID (= top) E(gg)
Defs-Across:
1. scientist
9. Finger painting
10. artist
11. Scottish port
12. named in book title
13. Over 50% in UK
14. material
15. Remaining parts
17. venue
20. He harasses
22. poet
23. Plans
24. Rise
25. religious broadcasters
Defs-Down:
1. Kansas
2. snobbery
3. recruits
4. perfect balance
5. Firm hold
5. safety catch?
6. Tom
6. pot
7. Unearth
8. Common sense
14. mocking
16. Wonder
17. Girl
18. Preparing
19. suckers
21. Ignore