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Brain still addled after all that port.
3 to go to complete.
22D Neat and kind engaging husband (5)
24A Bachelors last words almost in language designed for everyone (3)
25A England,s opening bowler disheartened in a short time (4)

25 Snow?

22 s(h)ort
24 ido

anon - in a short time. An(ders)on

Cheers for that. Happy New Year to you

Can't see the word play in 22d...SHORT ?

Also....1d has been answered in Another Place as ESTOP
(Clue is Most excellent father starts to drop off in a bar)
But I can't parse that either.

short = "(of an alcoholic drink) undiluted with water, neat " = s(h)ort

1d, (b)EST (p)OP

Thanks kilgore...I can see sort now, but I still don't understand ESTOP.

The word is defined In my dictionary as " bar or preclude by estoppel "

Where is that defined within the clue ?

clue is " Most excellent father starts to drop off in bar"

So bar = ESTOP is in the clue.

Still not completely clear Kilgore, but thanks for your efforts today.