Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Adrenal,sebaceous etc : GLANDS

4-across – Part of footwear,often protective : TOECAP

9-across – Young Italian child Italian : BAMBINO

10-across – Butterfly or punctuation mark : COMMA

11-across – Spanish coastal city : CADIZ

12-across – Weekly 5k event : PARKRUN

13-across – Go first – strip roof illegally : TAKETHELEAD

18-across – Formicary – all thin : ANTHILL

20-across – Web portal – Swift brute : YAHOO

22-across – WW1 plane,Sopwith ___ : CAMEL

23-across – Where beans often found : ONTOAST

24-across – Deny connection with : DISOWN

25-across – West wind – old Ford : ZEPHYR

1-down – Return : GOBACK

2-down – Intended – lined up in direction of target : AIMED

3-down – Lemon ___ cake – light rain : DRIZZLE

5-down – Happen : OCCUR

6-down – Lake District county : CUMBRIA

7-down – Tiger,Dublin Bay and Atlantic : PRAWNS

8-down – Complete a vertical,circular turn : LOOPTHELOOP

14-down – Greek goddess – moon-exploration programme : ARTEMIS

15-down – Baby’s set of clothing : LAYETTE

16-down – Spoiled,sour : RANCID

17-down – Medic : DOCTOR

19-down – Relative by marriage : INLAW

21-down – Ledger,row or cliff? : HEATH

1-across – Bad-tempered : CRABBY

4-across – Devastation : HAVOC

7-across – <span>___ K. ___,</span><i>Three Men in a Boat</i><span> author</span> : JEROME

8-across – Opposed : AVERSE

9-across – Bit of orange peel : PITH

10-across – Giant : ENORMOUS

12-across – Struggling : HARDPRESSED

17-across – Untaxed – yet Freud : DUTYFREE

19-across – Post,leg or hurrah : LAST

20-across – Arouse : EXCITE

21-across – Numb : DEADEN

22-across – Bits of a comb or saw : TEETH

23-across – Document proving who you are : IDCARD

1-down – Treasure : CHERISH

2-down – One more : ANOTHER

3-down – Apiarist : BEEKEEPER

4-down – Loiter anxiously : HOVER

5-down – Rambling – observe : VERBOSE

6-down – Pecorino or paneer? : CHEESE

11-down – Unlimited : OPENENDED

13-down – A,an or the? : ARTICLE

14-down – Bit of dried fruit : SULTANA

15-down – Come down : DESCEND

16-down – Most peculiar : ODDEST

18-down – Carry companion? : FETCH

1-across – Feature of everyday speech : COLLOQUIALISM

8-across – On paper,they’re friends : PENPALS

9-across – Sycophant : TOADY

10-across – Killed – a large number : SLEW

11-across – Tree-dwelling : ARBOREAL

13-across – Shrewd : ASTUTE

14-across – Deliberately avoid : ESCHEW

17-across – Retreat : HIDEAWAY

19-across – Wide expanse of uncultivated ground : MOOR

21-across – Adhesive – tasteless : TACKY

22-across – Masonic or mayoral fancy dress? : REGALIA

24-across – Microscopic : INFINITESIMAL

1-down – Price or shower? : CAP

2-down – Merciful : LENIENT

3-down – So-so : OKAY

4-down – Dubious : UNSURE

5-down – Non-mainstream : ARTHOUSE

6-down – Dopy : INANE

7-down – Spring blossom : MAYFLOWER

10-down – Strap,squash or junction : SPAGHETTI

12-down – Don’t get carried away! : STEADYON

15-down – Gangster : HOODLUM

16-down – Tempting vegetable? : CARROT

18-down – Coffee that won’t keep you up : DECAF

20-down – An eternity : AGES

23-down – Everyone : ALL

5-across – Likely : PLAUSIBLE

8-across – Sound of an engine running smoothly : PURR

9-across – Unsophisticated – shop menu : HOMESPUN

10-across – Fancy – idea : NOTION

11-across – Waste water : SEWAGE

13-across – Remains of a loaf? : CRUMBS

15-across – Edge-of-town neighbourhood : SUBURB

16-across – Carefully assess : APPRAISE

18-across – Fertile soil : LOAM

19-across – Unwilling : RELUCTANT

1-down – Concern for others : ALTRUISM

2-down – Scottish novelist and 1st Baron Tweedsmuir – John ___ : BUCHAN

3-down – Acid test indicator : LITMUS

4-down – They’re given to those in need : ALMS

6-down – Collector’s signature : AUTOGRAPH

7-down – One has money but no taste : VULGARIAN

12-down – Shaking like a jelly : WOBBLING

14-down – Blunder : SLIPUP

15-down – Marlowe or Marple,for instance : SLEUTH

17-down – Felt regret : RUED

5-across – Adulation : HEROWORSHIP

7-across – Play thing? – rugby forward : PROP

8-across – Reserve – space : DISTANCE

9-across – ____ Fennell,English actor and filmmaker – Mr. Adele : EMERALD

11-across – Not precise : VAGUE

13-across – Intense : ACUTE

14-across – Source of the National Trust’s logo : OAKTREE

16-across – Ran slowly : TRICKLED

17-across – Put a coin in here : SLOT

18-across – Psychological barrier : MENTALBLOCK

1-down – Give up : DROP

2-down – This makes no sense : TWADDLE

3-down – Bit of fried potato : CRISP

4-down – Long-tailed : PHEASANT

5-down – Irresponsible,haphazard : HARUMSCARUM

6-down – Illustrated publication : PICTUREBOOK

10-down – Unforthcoming : RETICENT

12-down – Money owed that’s unlikely to be repaid : BADDEBT

15-down – Delight in another’s misfortune – or one’s own success : GLOAT

17-down – One’s hard-going – or hard work : SLOG