Everyman

[creamegg]

1d restaurant's tips for sorbet written in pen
b???r?

5d sophisticated evil is badly disrupting police department
c???????d

6d equipment that's ruined a plan I hear, below standard
p???????n?l??

8d soldier rising in protest starts to denounce some revered figures
d?m?????

14a last of riddles pixie had composed 4,9
s?l? ?????????

15d feathers covering extremities of pigeon with singular corpulence
??u??????

24a song with an epic air newly enthralling me 8,3
a??????? ??e

[socrateswolf]

1 down Bistro
5down Civilised
8 down demigods
14 cross self possessed
15 down plumpness
24 across American pie

[creamegg]

thanks, can I ask a couple more?

17d poorer force enemies line up 5,3
?o??? o??

22d prepare for cardinal
p?i?? - point?

16d first worries raised about electronic part of racket 5,4
s?e?t ?p??

13a linger, keeping quiet, and capture bird
l???i?g

[cashier]

22. Prime?

[socrateswolf]

17 d loose off
22 d prime
16 d sweet spot
13a lapwing

[Cryptomaniac]

6D PARAPHERNALIA - PAR + anagram of plan I hear

[Liverpudlian]

17 d worse off foes reversed with f for force and row as in line up backwards