Test puzzle blog

This is a test puzzle blog, as done in Live Journal.

 

Across
1	Entertain army (4)
	HOST - Double definition.
3	US state a right state! (8)
	ARKANSAS -  A + R + KANSAS
9	Tongue I wash off with iodine after first of lesions (7)
	SWAHILI -Anagram of I WAS + L[esions] + I.
10	Category includes good cat (5)
	TIGER - TI(G)ER.
11	Article set for messenger (5)
	ANGEL - AN + GEL.
12	Loco, flyer (6)
	CUCKOO - Double definition.
14	Vague teatime, dinner breaks (13)
	INDETERMINATE - Anagram of TEATIME, DINER
17	Character from Greece turning ma bald! (6)
	LAMBDA - Anagram of MA BALD.
19	Minister voted in, Conservatives are reticent initially (5)
	VICAR - V[oted] I[n] C[onservatives] A[re] R[eticent]
22	A lecturer welcoming king in dress (5)
	ADORN - A DO(R)N.
23	Different aid sent as an alternative (7)
	INSTEAD - Anagram of AID SENT.
24	Brown, off dancing (8)
	TANGOING - TAN + GOING.
25	Just like that, English banished from the United States (4)
	THUS -TH[e] US.

Down
1	Latin American power in China is extraordinary (8)
	HISPANIC - Anagram of P + CHINA IS.
2	Made song about learner’s jargon (5)
	SLANG -S((L)ANG.
4	Iran, ancient or new, being given new life (13)
	REINCARNATION - Anagram of IRAN ANCIENT OR.
5	Lorry stuck in traffic, I travelled in the opposite direction (5)
	ARTIC -Backwards hidden in [traffi]C I TRA[velled]
6	A ring so battered for young lady (7)
	SIGNORA - Anagram of A RING SO.
7	Organise nature (4)
	SORT -Double definition.
8	Cereal plant discovered, seedy inside (6)
	MILLET - M(ILL)ET.
13	That man marrying women in Scottish group (8)
	HEBRIDES - HE + BRIDES.
15	Soldier with battle-axe catching head of opponent (7)
	DRAGOON -DRAGO(O)N.
16	Lay out, wearing undergarment (6)
	INVEST -IN VEST.
18	Drink served up after prohibition — one of those with strings attached (5)
	BANJO - BAN + O.J. upside-down.
20	European vet on the radio? (5)
	CZECH -  Sounds like CHECK.
21	Separate bit (4)
	PART -Double definition.