18 Down: Vitamin A transported from l'Orient (7): ????N?L
20 Across: Showing virtue, Ruth embraces a cardinal (5): P???Y: PIETY?
17 Down: Weapon suitable for a pilot? (3,5): A?? R???E: AIR RIFLE?
25 Across: Put what's spoiled in the trashcan for the scientist (6): ?O???N: COFFIN?