December 2000

1-across – Acknowledged beneficiary : HEIR

3-across – See 1 : APPARENT

8-across – Oppose Ñ US dollar : BUCK

9-across – Physical prevention of access : BLOCKADE

11-across – Women : THEFAIRSEX

14-across – Work with Ñ help : ASSIST

15-across – Road avoiding crowded centres : BYPASS

17-across – Thyroid cartilage : ADAMSAPPLE

20-across – Retrieval : RECOVERY

21-across – Flightless New Zealand bird : KIWI

22-across – Frustrated : THWARTED

23-across – Merely : ONLY

1-down – Customary : HABITUAL

2-down – Become greater in number : INCREASE

4-down – Worthless : PALTRY

5-down – Classic Ñ chapel tray : ARCHETYPAL

6-down – Round, yellow cheese : EDAM

7-down – Long, difficult journey : TREX

10-down – Disregarded : PASSEDOVER

12-down – Crusade : CAMPAIGN

13-down – Harshness : ASPERITY

16-down – Rise to notice : EMERGE

18-down – Bar on fingerboard of guitar : FRET

19-down – Unpowered barge : SCOW

1-across – Its head is the Pope : ROMANCATHOLIC

8-across – Male deer : STAG

9-across – Pledged to abstain from alcohol : TEETOTAL

10-across – Animosity : BITTERNESS

12-across – See 1 : CHURCH

14-across – Strike repeatedly : PUMMEL

15-across – Cause of food poisoning : SALMONELLA

19-across – Admit into closed society – beginner : INITIATE

20-across – Skin problem : ACNE

21-across – Was unwilling to commit oneself : SATONTHEFENCE

2-down – Completely – undisputed : OUTRIGHT

3-down – Nonspecific sense of anxiety : ANGST

4-down – Inflammation of a mucous membrane : CATARRH

5-down – He met : THEME

6-down – Small Australian marsupial : OPOSSUM

7-down – First tsar of Russia : IVAN

11-down – Pertaining to the inhabitants of Greece : HELLENIC

13-down – Rice dish : RISOTTO

14-down – One under another’s patronage : PROTEGE

16-down – Smallest : LEAST

17-down – Avoid : EVADE

18-down – Former Indian coin : ANNA

1-across – Fairground ride : FERRISWHEEL

9-across – Made blast : LAMBASTED

10-across – Owing : DUE

11-across – Precise : EXACT

13-across – Opening of the nose : NOSTRIL

14-across – Robust : STURDY

15-across – West African republic – once worth 21 shillings : GUINEA

18-across – Rebuke : REPROVE

20-across – Utter : SPEAK

21-across – Epoch : ERA

22-across – Copy : IMITATION

24-across – Seductive woman : FEMMEFATALE

2-down – Tree with serrated leaves : ELM

3-down – Responded : REACTED

4-down – Locating : SITING

5-down – Hell : HADES

6-down – Staying power : ENDURANCE

7-down – British national newspaper journalism : FLEETSTREET

8-down – Travelling on foot in the Lake District? : FELLWALKING

12-down – Board towed by fast motor-boat : AQUAPLANE

16-down – Parvenu : UPSTART

17-down – Freeing of besieged city : RELIEF

19-down – Hatred : ODIUM

23-down – Hardly – sick : ILL

1-across – Find guilty – criminal in prison : CONVICT

8-across – Tending to arouse feelings : EMOTIVE

9-across – Fast sailing ship : CLIPPER

10-across – Band of attendants : RETINUE

11-across – Sea duck : EIDER

13-across – Large voracious sea bird : CORMORANT

15-across – Flying machine : AEROPLANE

18-across – Cook in closed oven : ROAST

21-across – Port in Morocco : TANGIER

22-across – Regular : UNIFORM

23-across – Cover and extend beyond : OVERLAP

24-across – Having claws : TALONED

1-down – Secret hiding place : CACHE

2-down – Water nymph : NAIAD

3-down – Unnoticeable : IMPERCEPTIBLE

4-down – Dread : TERROR

5-down – Open to question : CONTROVERSIAL

6-down – Capital of Austria : VIENNA

7-down – Loathe : DETEST

12-down – Inactive : IDLE

14-down – Common sense : NOUS

15-down – Operation – lawsuit : ACTION

16-down – Athlete : RUNNER

17-down – Sudden – blunt : ABRUPT

19-down – Decorate : ADORN

20-down – Domesticated : TAMED

1-across – Marine animal with globular body : SEAURCHIN

8-across – Acting part : ROLE

9-across – Diligent : ASSIDUOUS

10-across – Undershirt : VEST

13-across – Twist : SCREW

15-across – Add to and improve : ENRICH

16-across – Peril : DANGER

17-across – Highly seasoned stew : RAGOUT

19-across – Disclose : REVEAL

20-across – Happen again : RECUR

21-across – Corpse : BODY

24-across – Offensively self-assertive : BUMPTIOUS

25-across – Watched : EYED

26-across – Sailors’ song : SEASHANTY

2-down – Otherwise : ELSE

3-down – Whole – group : UNIT

4-down – Grasp : CLUTCH

5-down – Accustomed : INURED

6-down – Alien : FOREIGNER

7-down – Steal true : SEATURTLE

11-down – Pirate : SEAROBBER

12-down – High-ranking army officer : BRIGADIER

13-down – Scrub : SCOUR

14-down – Irrigate : WATER

18-down – Holding of office : TENURE

19-down – Disturbance : RUMPUS

22-down – Capital of Peru : LIMA

23-down – Barely – fair : JUST