Author name: crosswordanswers

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

1-across – South American flowering shrub : BOUGAINVILLEA

8-across – Accused : SUSPECT

9-across – Stumpy : SQUAT

10-across – Bonus : PERK

11-across – On the air : ANTIHERO

13-across – Emirate : KUWAIT

14-across – Hindu deity : VISHNU

17-across – String : SEQUENCE

19-across – Botch : MUFF

21-across – Scent : AROMA

22-across – Resistance to change : INERTIA

24-across – Attack of ravenous sharks, e.g. : FEEDINGFRENZY

1-down – Transport : BUS

2-down – Open : UNSCREW

3-down – Zenith : APEX

4-down – Swimming – existing in water : NATANT

5-down – Non-physically : INSPIRIT

6-down – Seoul : LOUSE

7-down – Synthetic playing surface : ASTROTURF

10-down – Spear’s shaft – that’s plain? : PIKESTAFF

12-down – Well-read lot : LITERATI

15-down – Texas city : HOUSTON

16-down – Interim : ACTING

18-down – Mention : QUOTE

20-down – Taunt : JEER

23-down – A piece of : ANY

5-across – Bane : BETENOIRE

8-across – Fish-hook’s business end : BARB

9-across – Line created by rising and falling water : TIDEMARK

10-across – Bold : CHEEKY

11-across – Contraption : GADGET

13-across – Go quickly : ROCKET

15-across – Gusto : VIGOUR

16-across – 1,000,000,000,000 : TRILLION

18-across – Swain : BEAU

19-across – Procession of vehicles carrying politicians, e.g. : MOTORCADE

1-down – Time for a quick cuppa : TEABREAK

2-down – Room for clergy’s robes : VESTRY

3-down – Meaty snack sometimes served with mustard : HOTDOG

4-down – Fill : CRAM

6-down – Where speedo found : DASHBOARD

7-down – Fluctuating : IRREGULAR

12-down – Drudge : DOGSBODY

14-down – Camera holder : TRIPOD

15-down – Italian city with cultural festival La Biennale : VENICE

17-down – Big cat : LION

5-across – Election night pendulum : SWINGOMETER

7-across – Display : EXPO

8-across – Whereabouts : LOCATION

9-across – In profusion : APLENTY

11-across – It was : WAIST

13-across – Eastern capital : TOKYO

14-across – Alpine cheese : GRUYERE

16-across – Mankiest : MISTAKEN

17-across – Make clothes : KNIT

18-across – Teen reading : TRAGEDIENNE

1-down – Hello! : CIAO

2-down – Nimbleness : AGILITY

3-down – Strike – tang : SMACK

4-down – Sculpture and carving : STATUARY

5-down – Jazz player – such as Charlie Parker : SAXOPHONIST

6-down – Hotel amenity : ROOMSERVICE

10-down – Giza geezer? : EGYPTIAN

12-down – Feverish : FRANTIC

15-down – Alpine holidaymaker? : SKIER

17-down – Monarch : KING

1-across – Stamp : SIGNET

4-across – Magnify too much : OVERDO

8-across – Sixties drummer : RINGO

9-across – Windfall : BONANZA

10-across – Saying : PROVERB

11-across – First prime minister of the Republic of India : NEHRU

12-across – Heated ruckus and agitation : ARGYBARGY

17-across – Molten matter : MAGMA

19-across – First book : GENESIS

21-across – Type of cider : SCRUMPY

22-across – Mitre : TIMER

23-across – Humdrum : DREARY

24-across – In a feeble way : WEAKLY

1-down – Sticky and flowing : SYRUPY

2-down – Hanging car : GONDOLA

3-down – Abrade : ERODE

5-down – Wine seller : VINTNER

6-down – Farmstead : RANCH

7-down – Hard to see through : OPAQUE

9-down – Carrier of young kid : BABYBUGGY

13-down – Writing and speaking rules : GRAMMAR

14-down – Veil : YASHMAK

15-down – Occupied : AMUSED

16-down – Afield : ASTRAY

18-down – Stuff : GORGE

20-down – Salt – inter : NITRE