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1-across – Not just : UNFAIR

4-across – Boat for pleasure and/or racing : YACHT

7-across – E.g. a religious ceremony : RITUAL

8-across – How lamentable! : OHDEAR

9-across – Froth : FOAM

10-across – Waterproof footwear : GALOSHES

12-across – Motion of a crowd in a stadium : MEXICANWAVE

17-across – Become incorporated into a liquid : DISSOLVE

19-across – Artistic work : OPUS

20-across – Highly embellished : ORNATE

21-across – Of characters, slanted : ITALIC

22-across – Diaphanous : SHEER

23-across – Neglect : IGNORE

1-down – Unvarying : UNIFORM

2-down – Discombobulate : FLUMMOX

3-down – Devoid of coherence : ILLOGICAL

4-down – Ruffian : YAHOO

5-down – Russian writer, d. 1904 : CHEKHOV

6-down – Push forcibly : THRUST

11-down – Hanging around, often undesirably : LINGERING

13-down – Kernel : ESSENCE

14-down – Guacamole ingredient : AVOCADO

15-down – Hard to pin down : ELUSIVE

16-down – Repulsive : ODIOUS

18-down – External : OUTER

1-across – Strike it rich : HITTHEJACKPOT

8-across – Ancient writing surface : PAPYRUS

9-across – Consumed : EATEN

10-across – Aquatic bird to which the ‘follicly challenged’ may be likened : COOT

11-across – Wedge-shaped, central part of an arch : KEYSTONE

13-across – XC : NINETY

14-across – Smear e.g. with paint : BEDAUB

17-across – Polished and courteous behaviour : URBANITY

19-across – Pinnacle : APEX

21-across – Adult stage of an insect’s development : IMAGO

22-across – Fortune-teller, a chiromancer : PALMIST

24-across – Anticipate with pleasure : LOOKFORWARDTO

1-down – With it : HIP

2-down – Violent wind : TYPHOON

3-down – Greek goddess, the sister and wife of Zeus : HERA

4-down – Opaque, often reddish gemstone : JASPER

5-down – 32 men and a board : CHESSSET

6-down – Often paved, outdoor area : PATIO

7-down – Potentially explosive situation : TINDERBOX

10-down – Relating to marriage – Cuban lion : CONNUBIAL

12-down – Deadlock : STANDOFF

15-down – Practical rather than theoretical : APPLIED

16-down – Dazed, lethargic state : STUPOR

18-down – Appreciative cry : BRAVO

20-down – Guilty or not guilty? : PLEA

23-down – A brace : TWO

5-across – Person who creates or improves e.g. software : DEVELOPER

8-across – Stage : STEP

9-across – Bald : HAIRLESS

10-across – One using a rod and a line : ANGLER

11-across – Neckwear : CRAVAT

13-across – Edinburgh performance-arts festival : FRINGE

15-across – Mollusc with a ribbed shell : COCKLE

16-across – Arm of the North Atlantic Ocean : IRISHSEA

18-across – Protruding tooth : TUSK

19-across – Well-bred fellow : GENTLEMAN

1-down – Airship : ZEPPELIN

2-down – Breeze : ZEPHYR

3-down – Astrological system : ZODIAC

4-down – Eagerness : ZEAL

6-down – Plan for a journey : ITINERARY

7-down – Set up : ESTABLISH

12-down – Former maximum-security federal prison : ALCATRAZ

14-down – Artificial : ERSATZ

15-down – President of Venezuela 1999-2013 : CHAVEZ

17-down – Egyptian port : SUEZ

5-across – Shake It Off singer : TAYLORSWIFT

7-across – Surrender : CEDE

8-across – Male evening dress : TAILCOAT

9-across – Armed robbery : STICKUP

11-across – Small shoot from a plant : SPRIG

13-across – Nemesis of Skeletor – muscular fellow : HEMAN

14-across – Representative of a monarch in another country : VICEROY

16-across – Extemporiser : ADLIBBER

17-across – Suddenly change direction : VEER

18-across – Coward : YELLOWBELLY

1-down – Stringed instrument : LYRE

2-down – Put in order : SORTOUT

3-down – Savoury jelly : ASPIC

4-down – Devoted follower : DISCIPLE

5-down – At an unspecified time in the recent past : THEOTHERDAY

6-down – Mixed literary genre : TRAGICOMEDY

10-down – S-shaped bone : CLAVICLE

12-down – E.g. a bacterium : MICROBE

15-down – Head of a religious order : ABBOT

17-down – Farewell – depressed area : VALE

1-across – Pampered pooch : LAPDOG

4-across – Ring-throwing game : HOOPLA

8-across – Width or thickness : GIRTH

9-across – Office space allocated to workers in an ad hoc way : HOTDESK

10-across – Strong wind in southern France : MISTRAL

11-across – Tubular pasta : PENNE

12-across – Old-fashioned expression meaning ‘cohabit without marrying’ : LIVEINSIN

17-across – Piece of music for eight voices / instruments : OCTET

19-across – Tidy : ORDERLY

21-across – Shore area : SEASIDE

22-across – Roguish child : SCAMP

23-across – In a steady fashion : EVENLY

24-across – E.g. Beethoven’s Kreutzer : SONATA

1-down – Plant yielding pulses : LEGUME

2-down – Sunshade : PARASOL

3-down – Different : OTHER

5-down – Tentacular marine creature : OCTOPUS

6-down – Hymn of praise : PAEAN

7-down – Leg adornment : ANKLET

9-down – Golfing exploit : HOLEINONE

13-down – Bitter, hate-fuelled criticism : VITRIOL

14-down – Smells Like Teen Spirit band : NIRVANA

15-down – Styling product : MOUSSE

16-down – Reason for wearing glasses : MYOPIA

18-down – Make fun of : TEASE

20-down – Genre of e.g. Donna Summer or Gloria Gaynor : DISCO