Skeleton

[smiley1]

17D Amount raised, Close S---- Sum up?
23a Outspoken old lady with very small drink ----I-I Martini?
24A Used grid an one set aside I-N-R-D
18D Match ref curtailed in time A----
25A Furtive look to the left or right Peep?

Many thanks

[bookbinder]

25a leer

[Toorak]

17 sum up
18 agree

[ubasses]

17 yes
23 yes sounds like ma tiny
24 ignored anagram grid and one
18 ag re(f) e
25 yes

[Toorak]

24 ignored

[smiley1]

Thanks all, one final one 14A One should hear metal here E-R-H is that earth?

[dannyk13]

Earth yes.

[fiction-factory]

Does clue say "...hear THE metal here"?

[smiley1]

Nope, there is no "the" in the clue, thanks Danny all completed now

[fozzies]

IF 17 D IS SUM UP,THEN 25 A MUST BE PEEP AS IT READS BOTH L AND R

[ubasses]

FF it is ear (one should hear)+ th orium (metal)

[taxidood]

24A ignored

[fiction-factory]

Okay, thanks danny, ubasses, smiley

[fiction-factory]

My suggested version wouldn't have worked anyway as 'metal' would have been redundant