Author name: crosswordanswers

5-across – The business of Mad Men : ADVERTISING

7-across – Something borrowed : LOAN

8-across – One supplies – VIP order : PROVIDER

9-across – Find it on one’s knees? : PATELLA

11-across – Swill with water : RINSE

13-across – Food, daisy or paper : CHAIN

14-across – Aridity : DRYNESS

16-across – Obscure : ABSTRUSE

17-across – Arab sailing boat : DHOW

18-across – Disgraceful situation : ABOMINATION

1-down – Kiln : OVEN

2-down – Get to grips : GRAPPLE

3-down – One’s not yet an adult : MINOR

4-down – Rift : DIVISION

5-down – Anxiety disorder which may prevent one going out : AGORAPHOBIA

6-down – British cafe serving fry-ups : GREASYSPOON

10-down – Process by which someone is forced to move out : EVICTION

12-down – Armoury : ARSENAL

15-down – Accountant’s work : AUDIT

17-down – Medical device delivering fluids into the bloodstream : DRIP

1-across – Bruce Wayne’s Alfred for instance : BUTLER

4-across – ____ of a Thin Man, 1965 Bob Dylan song : BALLAD

8-across – Gentle push : NUDGE

9-across – One’s shot or thrown : MISSILE

10-across – Setting agent : GELATIN

11-across – Covering : LAYER

12-across – Horizontal : RECUMBENT

17-across – Advance : POSIT

19-across – It’s entirely inconsequential : NOTHING

21-across – ____ Moses, American folk artist : GRANDMA

22-across – Congratulate : PREEN

23-across – Three successes : TREBLE

24-across – Full of beans : FRISKY

1-down – Harmless : BENIGN

2-down – One’s small fry : TIDDLER

3-down – Forcibly remove : EJECT

5-down – Clear of blame : ABSOLVE

6-down – Group who aren’t members of the clergy : LAITY

7-down – Dull : DREARY

9-down – Sole preoccupation : MONOMANIA

13-down – Salvation Army HQ : CITADEL

14-down – Upper arm muscle : TRICEPS

15-down – Tap on a cask : SPIGOT

16-down – One provides services to other businesses : AGENCY

18-down – Sedimentary rock : SHALE

20-down – Get thin : TAPER

1-across – Plum title in Cluedo : PROFESSOR

8-across – Hold forth : ORATE

9-across – Melton Mowbray speciality : PORKPIE

10-across – It’s not eaten on the premises : TAKEAWAY

11-across – US-founded animal rights organisation : PETA

13-across – Hand-warmer : MITTEN

14-across – Writing desk : BUREAU

16-across – Ancient city, also known as Ilium : TROY

17-across – Furthest back : HINDMOST

19-across – Ancient sources of divine communication : ORACLES

20-across – Body lacking limbs or a head : TORSO

21-across – Give information in a way that stops people thinking for themselves : SPOONFEED

1-down – Made ready : PREPARED

2-down – Oliver or Annie? : ORPHAN

3-down – Goes awry : ERRS

4-down – Where, in the UK, 12 senior Justices sit : SUPREMECOURT

5-down – Fresh appraisal : REEVALUATION

6-down – Disdainful : CONTEMPTUOUS

7-down – Vegetable cooked but not peeled : JACKETPOTATO

12-down – No longer relevant : OUTDATED

15-down – Web : TISSUE

18-down – Extended family : CLAN

1-across – To deal : COPE

3-across – Biddable : OBEDIENT

9-across – Eclipse : UPSTAGE

10-across – Theatre guide : USHER

11-across – : TWAIN

12-across – So bad it’s good? : KITSCH

14-across – Pungent source of stimulation : SMELLINGSALTS

17-across – Simulation : MOCKUP

19-across – Burst of gunfire : SALVO

22-across – Nimble : AGILE

23-across – Imprecise : INEXACT

24-across – Entertaining story : ANECDOTE

25-across – Cast : SHED

1-down – Considerate behaviour : COURTESY

2-down – Lasagne or linguine? : PASTA

4-down – When things start to fall apart : BREAKINGPOINT

5-down – Intimidate : DAUNT

6-down – Principled : ETHICAL

7-down – Length of a parliament : TERM

8-down – Knowledge or desires? : CARNAL

13-down – Not uniform : ASSORTED

15-down – Arousing strong feelings : EMOTIVE

16-down – Methodical approach : SYSTEM

18-down – Work with one’s hands? : KNEAD

20-down – Unwilling : LOATH

21-down – Facts and figures : DATA

1-across – Living place : DOMICILE

5-across – Fashion – brand : MAKE

9-across – Eat it with ice cream : WAFER

10-across – Hold dear : CHERISH

11-across – Lost in ritual : ILLUSTRATION

13-across – Peppery vegetable : RADISH

14-across – Regular drink : TIPPLE

17-across – They enable one to deposit and withdraw cash : BANKACCOUNTS

20-across – Doorkeeper : BOUNCER

21-across – Up above : ALOFT

22-across – Affluence : EASE

23-across – Burial ground : CEMETERY

1-down – Out of action : DOWN

2-down – Quietened by wrapping : MUFFLED

3-down – Scenario : CIRCUMSTANCE

4-down – Track down : LOCATE

6-down – One may guarantee your whereabouts : ALIBI

7-down – Having received an upgrade? : ENHANCED

8-down – Run over – a later cup-tie : RECAPITULATE

12-down – On the cards : PROBABLE

15-down – Drivers should avoid this : POTHOLE

16-down – Rare : SCARCE

18-down – Words for people and things : NOUNS

19-down – Don’t leave! : STAY