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Ah, right, AJT, thanks. I thought that "seria" must be an operatic term in foreign (like the word opers itself). If it was eant to be seria(l), I must agree that it appears to be a bit deficient as a clue.

Thanks for your help.
I was right about 22d - but didn't know it was a foreign word; thought there might have been a hint in the clue to this effect eg ...... enough in Rome - that type of thing.

25ac was one of my 2 possibilities; thought qualification might be 'BA' - not familiar with the one in answer. Thought of soap opera as possible 'type' but lack of last letter in that answer threw me.
Many thanks.

International baccalaureate.

OOps, Ixion - I didn't know that term. Apologies, Twm, for misleading. But presumably that's why we have the term "soap opera"?

Actually it is a perfect example of Araucarian misdirection - not soap but seria And not ba but ib!

D'oh - familiar with full term didn't pick up on abbreviation 'IB' - thanks.

Just found Opera Seria in my COED:
18th-c opera on heroic theme with arias.

The Master strikes again!!

Learnt to my cost never to underestimate the monkey puzzler!

....or Mistress perhaps, being dioecious.

I thought soap opera came from American TV serials interrupted by adverts?
Araucaria is a retired clergyman living out Cambridge way...definitely a Master.

Definitely Master. I wrote to the Crossword Editor some while ago, after a particularly delightful puzzle, to express my thanks:- he replied:- "The old boy will be delighted"