Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Sweet – term of endearment : SUGARPLUM

8-across – Get on soap box : ORATE

9-across – Tube for quickening dart : BLOWGUN

10-across – Trembled : QUIVERED

11-across – Bust : STUB

13-across – Fit : INTRIM

14-across – Audacious : DARING

16-across – Salver : TRAY

17-across – Faro’s country : PORTUGAL

19-across – Bat back and forth : DISCUSS

20-across – Mixer : SPOON

21-across – Not entire : RETENTION

1-down – Wicked figure : SHEDEVIL

2-down – Cup : GOBLET

3-down – Origin : ROOT

4-down – Roof-to-ground strip on building : LIGHTNINGROD

5-down – Unimaginable : MINDBOGGLING

6-down – Vanquisher : CONQUISTADOR

7-down – Quick metro? : RAPIDTRANSIT

12-down – Prejudiced : PARTISAN

15-down – Little growth : BONSAI

18-down – Chinese money : YUAN

1-across – Dorsal – ago – subsidise : BACK

3-across – Natter : SCHMOOZE

9-across – Great pile : EDIFICE

10-across – Decipher : SOLVE

11-across – National emergencies committee – hooded reptile : COBRA

12-across – Grammatical rules : SYNTAX

14-across – Polychromatic : KALEIDOSCOPIC

17-across – Deviation in gaze : SQUINT

19-across – Spite : VENOM

22-across – Greek character : OMEGA

23-across – Home for crawlers : ANTHILL

24-across – Devon port : PLYMOUTH

25-across – German motoring pioneer : BENZ

1-down – Studmuffin : BEEFCAKE

2-down – Mount : CLIMB

4-down – Hot snack : CHEESEONTOAST

5-down – Builder : MASON

6-down – Old light : OILLAMP

7-down – Veer : EVER

8-down – Hindu festival : DIWALI

13-down – Wistful and sentimental art/music etc : SCHMALTZ

15-down – Dissolve : LIQUEFY

16-down – Sunken area : CAVITY

18-down – US state : IDAHO

20-down – Green : NAIVE

21-down – Sink bar : SOAP

1-across – African burrower : AARDVARK

5-across – Bed – steal : CRIB

9-across – Spicy seed : CUMIN

10-across – Sudden collapse : CROPPER

11-across – Old master key – opus set apart : PASSEPARTOUT

13-across – Every seven days : WEEKLY

14-across – Dangerous, aggressive type : PSYCHO

17-across – Also : ADDITIONALLY

20-across – Defensive wall : BULWARK

21-across – Conspiring clique : CABAL

22-across – Insides shot? : XRAY

23-across – Valiant : FEARLESS

1-down – Char : ARCH

2-down – Fossick : RUMMAGE

3-down – Snappy plant? : VENUSFLYTRAP

4-down – Kitchen instructions : RECIPE

6-down – Copy : REPRO

7-down – Pub seat : BARSTOOL

8-down – Hankies and bells performer : MORRISDANCER

12-down – Small hot nightclub – US cell : SWEATBOX

15-down – Grade : CALIBRE

16-down – Turf accountant : BOOKIE

18-down – Landform at river mouth : DELTA

19-down – Positive thing : PLUS

1-across – Godspeed : ALLTHEBEST

7-across – Springy : ELASTIC

8-across – Sturdy : SOLID

10-across – Be perceived as : SEEM

11-across – Four-line stanza : QUATRAIN

13-across – Chestnut-coloured : AUBURN

15-across – Illusion of having done something before : DEJAVU

17-across – One dining on humans : CANNIBAL

18-across – Very top : APEX

21-across – Indian meal with several small dishes – I halt : THALI

22-across – Bother! – what to do with turkey? : STUFFIT

23-across – Mocktail : VIRGINMARY

1-down – Shame : ABASE

2-down – Tardy : LATE

3-down – Minor problem : HICCUP

4-down – Smitten : BESOTTED

5-down – Shrivelled fruit : SULTANA

6-down – Iranian mog? : PERSIANCAT

9-down – Cervantes’ dreamer : DONQUIXOTE

12-down – Sporting preparation : TRAINING

14-down – Belgian : BENGALI

16-down – Shrivelled fruit : RAISIN

19-down – Bloated : PUFFY

20-down – Hawaiian dance : HULA

1-across – Swag : CONTRABAND

7-across – Baked Greek dish, with minced meat : MOUSSAKA

8-across – Fluent : GLIB

9-across – Gentle hum of engine – or of cat! : PURR

10-across – Bottle-shaped target : SKITTLE

12-across – Mind things : HOLDTHEFORT

14-across – Country bordering Germany : DENMARK

16-across – Mollusc : CLAM

19-across – Soothing lotion : BALM

20-across – Supreme : REIGNING

21-across – Cans cook OK : COCKASNOOK

1-down – Munch : CHOMP

2-down – Facial opening : NOSTRIL

3-down – Horse – Nora : ROAN

4-down – One refusing to strike : BLACKLEG

5-down – Thing : NIGHT

6-down – Runt – Pooh’s friend : PIGLET

11-down – Kirk’s show : STARTREK

12-down – Bray : HEEHAW

13-down – Woolf novel – Florida city : ORLANDO

15-down – Rumba relative : MAMBO

17-down – Belarusian capital : MINSK

18-down – Goose or snake sound : HISS