Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – One in two : FIFTYFIFTY

7-across – Absorbing process : OSMOSIS

8-across – Light refractor : PRISM

10-across – Average : NORM

11-across – Plain to see : MANIFEST

13-across – Degree : EXTENT

15-across – Licence or justice? : POETIC

17-across – Something tagged on : ADDENDUM

18-across – Insolence : GALL

21-across – Former Japanese imperial capital : KYOTO

22-across – Newly-minted individual? : PARVENU

23-across – Having one or more punctures : PERFORATED

1-down – Thigh bone : FEMUR

2-down – Shake one : FIST

3-down – He sucks up to the boss : YESMAN

4-down – Lock up : IMPRISON

5-down – Split into three : TRISECT

6-down – Fraudster : MOUNTEBANK

9-down – Precise : METICULOUS

12-down – Now and again : ONANDOFF

14-down – Frog in the making : TADPOLE

16-down – Car or crop? : BUMPER

19-down – Improve : AMEND

20-down – Worry : FRET

1-across – So it seems : APPARENTLY

7-across – Infectious : CATCHING

8-across – Thank God? : PRAY

9-across – Follow – behind : TAIL

10-across – Mischievous : PLAYFUL

12-across – Endlessly – find minutia : ADINFINITUM

14-across – Pedal-pusher? : CYCLIST

16-across – Trounce : DRUB

19-across – Fertile ground : LOAM

20-across – Venting of emotion : OUTBURST

21-across – Reinforce : STRENGTHEN

1-down – Convert : ADAPT

2-down – Italian opera composer, died 1924 : PUCCINI

3-down – Spoil : RUIN

4-down – Petty – and annoying : NIGGLING

5-down – Impudent : LIPPY

6-down – There’s absolutely nothing in it : VACUUM

11-down – At sea – or abroad : OFFSHORE

12-down – In spite of everything : ANYHOW

13-down – Finished : THROUGH

15-down – Check – cap : LIMIT

17-down – Pudding dish : BASIN

18-down – Horned beast : STAG

1-across – Nips – little children : TOTS

3-across – Get near : APPROACH

8-across – First-rate : AONE

9-across – Click : HITITOFF

11-across – Close calls : NEARMISSES

14-across – Nuts about this sweet? : NOUGAT

15-across – Light touch : STROKE

17-across – I lent Carol : CITRONELLA

20-across – One chews the cud : RUMINANT

21-across – Mountain lake : TARN

22-across – Comical poetry : DOGGEREL

23-across – Bit of earth : CLOD

1-down – Puppy or potty? : TRAINING

2-down – Where alcohol’s under lock and key : TANTALUS

4-down – Fastidious : PRISSY

5-down – Cowboy’s fake sparkler : RHINESTONE

6-down – Excited : AGOG

7-down – Fit of pique : HUFF

10-down – Eagerness – at mince pie : IMPATIENCE

12-down – Reading aloud of names : ROLLCALL

13-down – Held up – or banged up : DETAINED

16-down – Squirm with embarrassment : CRINGE

18-down – Reminder : PROD

19-down – Pleased with oneself : SMUG

1-across – Using all possible methods : EVERYWHICHWAY

8-across – Interrogate : QUIZ

9-across – Autonomy : SELFRULE

10-across – Temperature controller : THERMOSTAT

12-across – Odds and ends sold together : JOBLOT

14-across – Chit : DOCKET

15-across – Gesture rudely : COCKASNOOK

19-across – Toll road : TURNPIKE

20-across – US vice-president : VEEP

21-across – Delay : PROCRASTINATE

2-down – Confirm the truth of : VOUCHFOR

3-down – Hair remover : RAZOR

4-down – Flop : WASHOUT

5-down – Fjord, for instance : INLET

6-down – Free-thinker : HERETIC

7-down – Wheel turner : AXLE

11-down – Evocative : REDOLENT

13-down – Pithy : LACONIC

14-down – Local way of talking : DIALECT

16-down – Tea, town or syndrome? : CHINA

17-down – British actor David ____, died 1983 : NIVEN

18-down – Prickly seed pod : BURR

1-across – Four-legged companions : STABLEMATES

9-across – Criticised : UNDERFIRE

10-across – Dick and Harry’s mate : TOM

11-across – Happen next : ENSUE

13-across – Sideways : LATERAL

14-across – They protect workers’ rights : UNIONS

15-across – Middling : MEDIUM

18-across – Make up one’s mind : RESOLVE

20-across – Continue uninterrupted : RUNON

21-across – Speak softly : COO

22-across – Disturbing incident : KERFUFFLE

24-across – Unlimited funds : BLANKCHEQUE

2-down – : TAD

3-down – Grow quickly : BURGEON

4-down – Fit for consumption : EDIBLE

5-down – Ward off : AVERT

6-down – Obtaining money by intimidation : EXTORTION

7-down – Red tape : BUREAUCRACY

8-down – Petty : SMALLMINDED

12-down – Cylindrical sponge : SWISSROLL

16-down – While getting there : ENROUTE

17-down – Measure : METRIC

19-down – Compare : LIKEN

23-down – Bird or man? : FLU