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24 Job, task, For CE, Church of England

Thanks for the explanations, much appreciated.

10a. Place for Frenchman to sleep in dark
UNLIT

22d. Sword finishes off William and Robert quickly
BILBO

1a. Person who's temperamental and prudish, an academic going to both America
PRIMA DONNA

I get it, but How does America fit into the parse?

7a. Have an argument in yard perhaps
SPAR

18A. Against including honour to European city said to be odious
COMPARISON

24a. Jester employed by Prince as well
WITHAL

25a. Piece of pop
PAWN

3d. Prince, perhaps, has two names
ROYAL

12d. Neat oarsmen seen in lake
OXBOW

Parses for the above please.

10. Unlit, dark.

Un - French for a, Lit- French for bed.

25 A pawn is a piece in chess and to pop something is the same as to pawn something (well, it's very dated now!)

3 D. Roy and Al are the two names. and a Prince is Royal.

1 Prim, prudish, A Don, an academic and NA, North America (I'm hoping that's what the clue was!)

18. Comparisonsa re odious - an old expression, I expect!
Con - against
Paris - European city
OM, order of merit, honour.

C om paris on.

24. Bilbo, sword, from Bil(l) , Willianand Bo(b), Robert.

7 Spar, have an argument and spar and yard both mean masts, gaffs, booms (on ships).

12 Neat is an old word, seen quite often in crosswords, for cattle, cows etc, so Ox and Bow can mean oarsman, the rower nearest the bow.

Sorry ... and for 12, an Oxbow is a kind of lake.

24 Wit= Jester, Hal = Prince. from Shakespeare, the term for the young Prince Henry V. Withal, as well.

Thanks, some new words and meanings for me...Hal, NA for North America, Neat & Withal.