Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Cuban dance : CHACHACHA

8-across – Put on the canvas : KAYO

9-across – Place side by side : JUXTAPOSE

10-across – Singe : SEAR

13-across – Brilliant success : ECLAT

15-across – Surrounded by : AMIDST

16-across – Puzzle : RIDDLE

17-across – Do nothing much – Hogwarts attendee : POTTER

19-across – Optical illusion : MIRAGE

20-across – Noble gas : XENON

21-across – Foregone conclusion : CERT

24-across – Where to seek employment : JOBCENTRE

25-across – Ornamental case : ETUI

26-across – Scottish sophisti-pop act : WETWETWET

2-down – Tow : HAUL

3-down – Musical based on T.S. Eliot’s work : CATS

4-down – Feature : ASPECT

5-down – Central European cavalryman : HUSSAR

6-down – 1950s Hollywood star : JAMESDEAN

7-down – Travelled : JOURNEYED

11-down – Full to bursting : JAMPACKED

12-down – Swinging dance : JITTERBUG

13-down – Location of Clacton-on-Sea : ESSEX

14-down – Product designed to benefit from the success of another : TIEIN

18-down – Countermand : REVOKE

19-down – Child’s farm animal : MOOCOW

22-down – Biting insect : GNAT

23-down – Sincere : TRUE

1-across – E.g. Bob Dylan or Albert Einstein : NOBELLAUREATE

8-across – Ailing : ILL

9-across – Hindu sage : MAHARISHI

10-across – Bandage : DRESSING

11-across – Member of a Pueblo people living chiefly in NE Arizona : HOPI

13-across – Chocolate-covered confection : ECLAIR

14-across – Absolutely correct : SPOTON

16-across – Kind of sax : ALTO

17-across – Valuable rock : GEMSTONE

20-across – Brink : THRESHOLD

21-across – Evergreen vine : IVY

22-across – Offering good value for money : COSTEFFICIENT

1-down – Water nymph : NAIAD

2-down – Aesthetically pleasing literary works : BELLESLETTRES

3-down – Kind of leather : LAMBSKIN

4-down – Daughter of Zeus : ATHENA

5-down – ___ McIlroy : RORY

6-down – With little warning : ATSHORTNOTICE

7-down – Version : EDITION

12-down – Divided into separate instalments : EPISODIC

13-down – Flexible : ELASTIC

15-down – Depart : SETOFF

18-down – Country using the pound as its currency : EGYPT

19-down – Tennis player after whom a stadium at Flushing Meadows is named : ASHE

1-across – Musical based on Damon Runyon stories : GUYSANDDOLLS

9-across – Implant : EMBED

10-across – Repeated sporting fixture : REMATCH

11-across – Biblical figure said to have lived to 950 : NOAH

12-across – Renaissance artist : LEONARDO

14-across – Old piece of news : TIDING

15-across – Distant : FAROFF

18-across – Not proper : UNTOWARD

20-across – Sabre-wielding knight of sci-fi films : JEDI

22-across – Gravelly : THROATY

23-across – Marriage : UNION

24-across – Orator stirring up dangerous passions : RABBLEROUSER

2-down – Reprimand : UPBRAID

3-down – French nobleman and author : SADE

4-down – Looked after : NURSED

5-down – Fiendish – comedian : DEMONIAC

6-down – Subsequently : LATER

7-down – Classmate : SCHOOLFRIEND

8-down – Thick, brown spread : PEANUTBUTTER

13-down – Blizzard, for example : SNOWFALL

16-down – Erstwhile : ONETIME

17-down – Hail Mary, e.g. : PRAYER

19-down – Pulsate : THROB

21-down – Leading expert : GURU

1-across – Pardon : EXCUSE

4-across – Self-service meal : BUFFET

9-across – Ground spice : PAPRIKA

10-across – Collectable item : CURIO

11-across – The symbol ^ : CARET

12-across – Facial hair? : EYELASH

13-across – A low level : GROUNDFLOOR

18-across – Narrates : RELATES

20-across – Lively : ZESTY

22-across – Yoghurt-based Indian side dish : RAITA

23-across – Range of hearing : EARSHOT

24-across – Paste made from sesame seeds : TAHINI

25-across – In a serviceable state : USABLE

1-down – Suppose : EXPECT

2-down – Lark : CAPER

3-down – Asian dog breed : SHIHTZU

5-down – Sam, Tom or Vanya? : UNCLE

6-down – Hodgepodge : FARRAGO

7-down – Silverware : TROPHY

8-down – Seller of buttons etc. : HABERDASHER

14-down – Navigator – US state capital : RALEIGH

15-down – Chap who made a miraculous comeback? : LAZARUS

16-down – Timber decay : DRYROT

17-down – Shrub – ‘Moaning’ Hogwarts character : MYRTLE

19-down – Aim – educate : TRAIN

21-down – Respectful address used in colonial India : SAHIB

1-across – Distinction : RENOWN

4-across – Frozen dessert : BOMBE

7-across – Appoint : ASSIGN

8-across – Star-like light source : QUASAR

9-across – US state : OHIO

10-across – Italian earthenware : MAJOLICA

12-across – Itchy rash : PRICKLYHEAT

17-across – Coffee-flavoured liqueur : TIAMARIA

19-across – Twee : CUTE

20-across – Alternative : OPTION

21-across – In focused and absorbed manner : KEENLY

22-across – LX : SIXTY

23-across – Cheerful : BREEZY

1-down – Flowery fruit : ROSEHIP

2-down – African capital : NAIROBI

3-down – Producer of red or white? : WINEMAKER

4-down – Frank __, ex-boxer : BRUNO

5-down – Sicilian city : MESSINA

6-down – Lug secretion : EARWAX

11-down – Middle-of-the-road person? : JAYWALKER

13-down – Driver’s levy : ROADTAX

14-down – Expel waste matter : EXCRETE

15-down – I couldn’t agree more! : TOTALLY

16-down – Bends down : STOOPS

18-down – Torment : AGONY