Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Relative – of Charley? : AUNT

3-across – War plane : SPITFIRE

9-across – First or second? : LOWGEAR

10-across – Feeble light – prate : TAPER

11-across – Construction outside Nuuk? : IGLOO

12-across – Indian metropolis : MUMBAI

14-across – Supercilious : HIGHANDMIGHTY

17-across – Racial : ETHNIC

19-across – Hole in eye : PUPIL

22-across – Matter : TOPIC

23-across – Utter : EXCLAIM

24-across – Repeatedly hit – like fish in fish shop? : BATTERED

25-across – Sign : OMEN

1-down – Admissible : ALLRIGHT

2-down – Spiral stair spindle : NEWEL

4-down – Fraudulent business model – of pharaohs? : PYRAMIDSCHEME

5-down – It’s emblematic – motte : TOTEM

6-down – Charge : IMPEACH

7-down – Noble : EARL

8-down – Basque basket game : PELOTA

13-down – Popular houseplant : CYCLAMEN

15-down – Become dilapidated – as might food ingredients? : GOTOPOT

16-down – Hitting of ground? : IMPACT

18-down – Ideal position : NICHE

20-down – Song of worship : PSALM

21-down – Old concert memento – bust : STUB

1-across – Hi-tech : SPACEAGE

5-across – Surgery cleaner? : SWAB

9-across – Baby dove,e.g. : SQUAB

10-across – Unauthorised : BOOTLEG

11-across – Showiness : RAZZLEDAZZLE

13-across – Biological circle – ale oar : AREOLA

14-across – Hush-hush : SECRET

17-across – Person-carrying-person technique : FIREMANSLIFT

20-across – Non-nocturnal? : DIURNAL

21-across – Prey – bounty – accolade : PRIZE

22-across – Glare : LEER

23-across – Like some examiners – ten relax : EXTERNAL

1-down – Waisted cloth? : SASH

2-down – Worship : ADULATE

3-down – Misappropriation of funds : EMBEZZLEMENT

4-down – Chalice,eg : GOBLET

6-down – Strauss’s steps? : WALTZ

7-down – Strasbourg stick? : BAGUETTE

8-down – Where day suddenly turns to darkness : SOLARECLIPSE

12-down – Spring bloomer : DAFFODIL

15-down – Punk : RUFFIAN

16-down – Arrival : INFLUX

18-down – Make-up : ROUGE

19-down – Fervour : ZEAL

1-across – Caribbean island group : GUADELOUPE

7-across – Hostelry : AUBERGE

8-across – Projectile : ARROW

10-across – Wild cat : LYNX

11-across – Widgeon width? : WINGSPAN

13-across – Rudimentary – of caterpillars etc : LARVAL

15-across – Cruddy : GROTTY

17-across – Haughty : JUMPEDUP

18-across – Hairstyle type : AFRO

21-across – Get on it – shore : HORSE

22-across – Discordant – causing a disturbance : RAUCOUS

23-across – Tryst : RENDEZVOUS

1-down – African country : GABON

2-down – Land measure : ACRE

3-down – Thin facial covering : EYELID

4-down – Where fruits grown : ORANGERY

5-down – Defensive wall : PARAPET

6-down – Thank you Lord! : HALLELUJAH

9-down – Toy home – for Darling? : WENDYHOUSE

12-down – Listen up! : TAKEHEED

14-down – Feel this? – some err : REMORSE

16-down – Silica in hexagonal prisms : QUARTZ

19-down – Clean choppers : FLOSS

20-down – Slapping,salt-tossing sport : SUMO

1-across – Sash worn with tuxedo,say : CUMMERBUND

7-across – Gauged amount of wetness? : RAINFALL

8-across – Orchestral instrument : TUBA

9-across – Bird – toy : KITE

10-across – Cheese type : GRUYERE

12-across – Incantation : ABRACADABRA

14-across – Poorly built : RICKETY

16-across – Barrier between drink and drinker : CORK

19-across – Song : ARIA

20-across – Famous prison : ALCATRAZ

21-across – Small flat : PIEDATERRE

1-down – Old motor starter? : CRANK

2-down – Huge : MONSTER

3-down – Cheese type : EDAM

4-down – European capital : BELGRADE

5-down – Smart : NATTY

6-down – Peninsula : IBERIA

11-down – Part of the UK : SCOTLAND

12-down – Home for our feathered friends : AVIARY

13-down – Extra jab? : BOOSTER

15-down – Military cloth : KHAKI

17-down – Rapscallion : KNAVE

18-down – Short tail : SCUT

1-across – Gawk : GAPE

3-across – Structure for hangings : SCAFFOLD

8-across – Currency of Turkey – rail : LIRA

9-across – Space rock : ASTEROID

11-across – Small European country : LUXEMBOURG

14-across – Passion : ARDOUR

15-across – Gobble up voraciously : DEVOUR

17-across – Too patriotic? : JINGOISTIC

20-across – Warm and wet? : TROPICAL

21-across – Bird of peace? : DOVE

22-across – Womankind and mankind : HUMANITY

23-across – Stop from having puppies,say : SPAY

1-down – Decorative thin sheet : GOLDLEAF

2-down – Bleach : PEROXIDE

4-down – World or universe as an orderly or systematic whole : COSMOS

5-down – Design with three petals : FLEURDELIS

6-down – Orchestral instrument : OBOE

7-down – Extinct bird : DODO

10-down – Gun-charging items? : AMMUNITION

12-down – Flattery : SOFTSOAP

13-down – Fragile plates etc : CROCKERY

16-down – Horrified : AGHAST

18-down – Something that needs scratching : ITCH

19-down – Contemptible wriggler? : WORM