12 Across - Household pets likely to hold poison (11) ?l?e?o?t???
10 Across - Failures of French achievements (7) ?e?e???
5 Down - Document X is recorded (7) ?r?????...
2 Down - The speed at which salad absorbs it (8) ??l?r??? 13 Across - Artist interrupting with spirit (6) W?a??? 1 Across - Others keep to the rates they fix (4,6) P??? M????? 12 Down - Fair...
7 Across - Explicitly, how verbose speeches are made (2,2,4,5) ?? ?o ?a?? ?o??? 1 Down - Those caught napping are not affected by this !(8) ???0?n?? 22 Across - In an oral context, had a grating...
13 Down - What a grind when operating this under sail (8) W?n?m?k?
17 Down - Cuffs a hundred ill-mannered boors (6) C?o?b?
22 Across - History is made in Pennsylvania Street (4) P?s?...
2 Down - Flower or kitchenware given to youth leader (5) ?a??? 9 Across -Hothead joins American company - he's not married, of course (7) ????a?? 13 Down - Lied over wicked person (8) ??i???e?...
18 Across - He's responsible for a better understanding of horses ! ?h?e ?m?t? (Shoe Smith?) 25 Across - When the contract is made, they're better than diamonds (6) ?e?r?s (Pearls ?)...