Times 25638 - in which we lightly braise a sommelier

Solving time : 23:05 on the club timer, but that was going back and forth between the crossword and the opening day of the Ashes (go Australia!). A few obscurities here, so I suspect general knowledge is going to be the difference between the lightning quickies and those facing a tougher time than usual.

Yesterday the application to be Times Crossword Editor was posted online - I saw an option to apply via LinkedIn - I wonder if applying that way would mean that I get even more LinkedIn invite emails - I look forward to those all the time.

Sarcasm off, away we go....

Across
1	GARCON: GO,N around ARC
5	BROWNING: or BR OWNING - reference Brownian motion, which I suspect most of us know thanks to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"kevingregg in comments points out the intention was the poet Robert Browning, but I like to think it is referring to Brownian motion, so I'll keep this here
9	PANORAMA: AN,O,RAM in PA
10	ALISON: A1, SO, N(knight in chess) with L(large) inside
11	IMITATED: I(current) then Jacques TATI reversed in MED
12	COMMIT: M,M(two males),1 in COT
13	ALIEN, AT, (phon)E
15	STUN: T in SUN
17	D,ACE
19	AGNUS DEI: GNU in (IDEAS)*
20	ORACLE: CORACLE minus the C(aptain)
21	GELATINE: LATIN(tongue) in GHEE missing the H
22	ASKING: or AS KING
23	AT A PINCH: or A TAP IN, CH
24	ESTRANGE: take the B out of BEST RANGE
25	EL,EVEN
Down
2	A,L,ARM,IS,(sho)T
3	CROATIAN: (AIR,TO)* in CAN
4	NEAR THING: or N EARTHING
5	BRANDENBURG GATE: BAND(group) and (GRUNGE BEAT)* with an R inserted
6	WALPOLE: PO in WALL, E
7	INSOMNIA: (MINOAN,IS)*
8	GENITIVE: GEN, I'VE around IT
14	TIDAL WAVE: double def
15	SABOTAGE: AB in SOT then AGE(degenerate)
16	UPMARKET: U then MARK(stamp) in PET(paddy)
17	DIATRIBE: AID(help) reversed then TRIBE
18	CORNICHE: ROC reversed then H in NICE
19	ATLANTA: ANT in ATLA(s) - captial of the US state of Georgia