July 2018

1-across – Advertising tune : JINGLE

4-across – Kind or earring or bow tie : CLIPON

8-across – Small group or team : SQUAD

9-across – Extreme nervousness : JITTERS

10-across – Hangs about : LOITERS

11-across – Something one hopes to attain : IDEAL

12-across – Forerunner : HARBINGER

17-across – Pungent : ACRID

19-across – Properly arranged : INORDER

21-across – Edible fish : SEAFOOD

22-across – Odds? : EVENS

23-across – Perfumed hair dressing : POMADE

24-across – Lookout : SENTRY

1-down – Push and shove : JOSTLE

2-down – Feed : NOURISH

3-down – Soup server : LADLE

5-down – Renting out : LETTING

6-down – Firearm — collector’s item : PIECE

7-down – Swiss food and drink company : NESTLE

9-down – Proved to be right : JUSTIFIED

13-down – Sequoia : REDWOOD

14-down – Beef, lamb or mutton before cooking : REDMEAT

15-down – Turn : PASSUP

16-down – Exaggeratedly proper : PRISSY

18-down – Field — kingdom : REALM

20-down – Grossly overweight : OBESE

1-across – Showing calm self-control : NERVELESS

8-across – Tomorrow : LATER

9-across – Wordy : VERBOSE

10-across – Spuds : MURPHIES

11-across – Ponder : MULL

13-across – Obtain by threats : EXTORT

14-across – Bavarian capital : MUNICH

16-across – Object used on the set of a play : PROP

17-across – Election campaigning : HUSTINGS

19-across – Inhibit : REPRESS

20-across – Body trunk : TORSO

21-across – Old county now divided into three : YORKSHIRE

1-down – Line represented in black on the Tube map : NORTHERN

2-down – Inspection : REVIEW

3-down – Lugholes : EARS

4-down – Gradually developing : EVOLUTIONARY

5-down – Unexpectedly attract the most applause : STEALTHESHOW

6-down – Overnight do for young girls : SLUMBERPARTY

7-down – Nazi Brownshirt : STORMTROOPER

12-down – Foreign dialogue translation shown on film : SUBTITLE

15-down – Swiss breakfast? : MUESLI

18-down – Dregs : LEES

1-across – Belch : BURP

3-across – Top : PULLOVER

9-across – Alter to improve appearance : TOUCHUP

10-across – Restorative : TONIC

11-across – Recurrent unifying idea : THEME

12-across – Burdensome : TAXING

14-across – Men only get-together : BACHELORPARTY

17-across – Scientist : BOFFIN

19-across – Czech dance : POLKA

22-across – Male partner : HUBBY

23-across – Boastful display : BRAVADO

24-across – Exploding shell fragments : SHRAPNEL

25-across – Exclamation of excitement when going fast : WHEE

1-down – Moveable containers for washing the body : BATHTUBS

2-down – Cheek cosmetic : ROUGE

4-down – : UNPUTDOWNABLE

5-down – Milky fluid from poppies, rubber plants etc : LATEX

6-down – Wine seller : VINTNER

7-down – Loose scrum : RUCK

8-down – Steal : THIEVE

13-down – Tree with winged seeds : SYCAMORE

15-down – Jemmy : CROWBAR

16-down – Tree of north temperate regions, with flowers borne in catkins : POPLAR

18-down – Greasy breakfast? : FRYUP

20-down – Restraint on a dog? : LEASH

21-down – Causes underlying an action or situation : WHYS

1-across – Four bottles of wine in one : JEROBOAM

5-across – Musical work : OPUS

9-across – Line dance? : CONGA

10-across – Variant of a particular chemical element — ie stoop : ISOTOPE

11-across – Letters served in liquid : ALPHABETSOUP

13-across – Essential qualities or characteristics : NATURE

14-across – Extracts metal by heating : SMELTS

17-across – Monstrous and dangerous humanoid : FRANKENSTEIN

20-across – Additional dose that makes sure the first was effective : BOOSTER

21-across – Promotional statement on a book’s dust jacket : BLURB

22-across – Internal photo : XRAY

23-across – Reject as a candidate for re-election : DESELECT

1-down – Lifting tool : JACK

2-down – Curl : RINGLET

3-down – : BLATHERSKITE

4-down – With hands on hip, elbows out : AKIMBO

6-down – Publicity for project or product : PROMO

7-down – Shamefaced : SHEEPISH

8-down – Vile : CONTEMPTIBLE

12-down – Tobacco powder container : SNUFFBOX

15-down – Spare time : LEISURE

16-down – Something that provides access : ENTREE

18-down – Hawaiian greeting : ALOHA

19-down – Be next to — share a boundary : ABUT

1-across – Metal-tipped mountaineering stick : ALPENSTOCK

7-across – Slightest idea : INKLING

8-across – Vagabond : TRAMP

10-across – Affaire d’honneur : DUEL

11-across – Soft : YIELDING

13-across – Ascending : UPHILL

15-across – Idi Amin’s native land : UGANDA

17-across – Wholly illuminated satellite : FULLMOON

18-across – Island country 1,300 miles north-east of New Zealand : FIJI

21-across – Semi-synthetic material : RAYON

22-across – North American Arctic deer : CARIBOU

23-across – Provocative : INYOURFACE

1-down – Leg joint : ANKLE

2-down – Arrogant and annoying person : PRIG

3-down – Human head — small drink : NOGGIN

4-down – Instruction : TUTELAGE

5-down – Medieval brass instrument with a clear, shrill tone : CLARION

6-down – Board-riding, breeze-assisted sportsperson : WINDSURFER

9-down – Combative : PUGNACIOUS

12-down – Pink bird : FLAMINGO

14-down – Peaceful and happy : HALCYON

16-down – American football? : SOCCER

19-down – Penetrate : IMBUE

20-down – Field — expanse : AREA