| 1 | Played tapes featuring tiny plant (5,3) |
| 2 | Led siege abroad and penned sad songs (8) |
| 3 | Doubles victory in fringes of Tennis (5) |
| 5 | Picked up small packs for trips (7) |
| 6 | Rash speed, rash speed (9) |
| 7 | Plant bazaar essentially located in a meadow (6) |
| 8 | Seat is bad for a nap (6) |
| 9 | Cancel share of retiring ticket agent (6) |
| 15 | A seedy tsarina's dismissed right before a famous tsarina (9) |
| 17 | American state left a clash in an English river (8) |
| 18 | Be dazed as trees dispersed seeds to start with (3,5) |
| 20 | One's chosen a speech censoring an old city in the middle of Greece (7) |
| 21 | Woody growth in the middle of rustic road (6) |
| 22 | Fits altered gears around the centre of wheel (6) |
| 23 | Some get a real cycle to fill some air in (6) |
| 25 | Fishes caught a dolphin's head on board (5) |