Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Capacity measure,nine imperial gallons : FIRKIN

4-across – Blunder : GAFFE

7-across – Flight : EXODUS

8-across – Benchmark : METRIC

9-across – Killer whale : ORCA

10-across – Unambitious – irresponsible : FECKLESS

12-across – Pastry filled with very sweet,sticky foodstuff : TREACLETART

17-across – Irish symbol : SHAMROCK

19-across – N’Djamena’s African country : CHAD

20-across – Seduce : ENTICE

21-across – Batter in first : OPENER

22-across – Misunderstanding : MIXUP

23-across – Someone from Mombasa? : KENYAN

1-down – Ballroom dance : FOXTROT

2-down – Tiresome regulations : REDTAPE

3-down – Because of that : IPSOFACTO

4-down – From Mykonos,e.g. : GREEK

5-down – Writer of ludicrously unlikely scenes : FARCEUR

6-down – Cut out : EXCISE

11-down – Hard part of face : CHEEKBONE

13-down – Driver’s duty : ROADTAX

14-down – Search for elixir of life and transmutation of matter : ALCHEMY

15-down – Exchange deal : TRADEIN

16-down – Regard : ESTEEM

18-down – Caper : RECAP

1-across – Perfect! : JUSTTHETICKET

8-across – Throwing event : SHOTPUT

9-across – Refill again,to the brim : TOPUP

10-across – Battenberg or angel confection? : CAKE

11-across – Wet drops : RAINFALL

13-across – Plain cotton cloth : CALICO

14-across – Piffle : HUMBUG

17-across – Oil factory? : REFINERY

19-across – Insect : GNAT

21-across – Love : AMOUR

22-across – Children : PROGENY

24-across – Henry Ford’s view of the past? : HISTORYISBUNK

1-down – Meat sauce : JUS

2-down – Swimmer’s pipe : SNORKEL

3-down – Kind : TYPE

4-down – Snare : ENTRAP

5-down – Turkish city : ISTANBUL

6-down – Tenth Greek letter : KAPPA

7-down – Premier League? : TOPFLIGHT

10-down – Bug : COCKROACH

12-down – Nice oars : SCENARIO

15-down – Strip of ribbon/cloth to keep hair back : BANDEAU

16-down – Silver prize? : TROPHY

18-down – Clean between teeth : FLOSS

20-down – Onus : NOUS

23-down – Bovine animal : YAK

5-across – Are you kidding me? : SERIOUSLY

8-across – Durban currency? : RAND

9-across – Hanover highway? : AUTOBAHN

10-across – Milky Way,e.g. : GALAXY

11-across – Blue-red : PURPLE

13-across – Lose one’s footing : TRIPUP

15-across – Protector : SHIELD

16-across – Use board and sail : WINDSURF

18-across – Film bit : CLIP

19-across – Magistrates etc. : JUDICIARY

1-down – Front-of-car light : HEADLAMP

2-down – Tedious catalogue : LITANY

3-down – Squabble : BUSTUP

4-down – Driver or wedge? : CLUB

6-down – Bumbling : MALADROIT

7-down – Inflammation caused by cold weather : CHILBLAIN

12-down – Discount document for train users : RAILCARD

14-down – For a wall socket? : PLUGIN

15-down – Last morpheme,grammatically? : SUFFIX

17-down – Kettle or bongo instrument? : DRUM

5-across – Schoolchild’s meal in a box : PACKEDLUNCH

7-across – Dutch food : EDAM

8-across – Island – inert fee : TENERIFE

9-across – Flown post : AIRMAIL

11-across – This moment : TODAY

13-across – Spy : AGENT

14-across – Running-costs money : SUBSIDY

16-across – Threatening behaviour achieving an effect : COERCION

17-across – Bottom line – the ___ of the matter : CRUX

18-across – Existing evidence? : LIVINGPROOF

1-down – Unpleasant floater? : SCUM

2-down – Hippy’s predecessor : BEATNIK

3-down – Actor Close or pianist Gould : GLENN

4-down – Whopping : ENORMOUS

5-down – Basin for dessert – Beatle haircut? : PUDDINGBOWL

6-down – Express annoyance,but do little : HUFFANDPUFF

10-down – Tropical tree with roots above ground : MANGROVE

12-down – Root veg : TURNIPS

15-down – Apron : PINNY

17-down – Brown sweet : CHOC

1-across – Jersey : JUMPER

4-across – Hatter : THREAT

8-across – Gut part – mark : COLON

9-across – Bit of gravy : GRANULE

10-across – Blocking from sun : SHADING

11-across – Panache : ECLAT

12-across – Dry solute : DESULTORY

17-across – From a Midwest state : IOWAN

19-across – Illuminated from behind : BACKLIT

21-across – Bird rising again after destruction : PHOENIX

22-across – Corridor – passageway : AISLE

23-across – Government : REGIME

24-across – Computer shooter? : WEBCAM

1-down – Humorous : JOCOSE

2-down – Duck : MALLARD

3-down – Boredom : ENNUI

5-down – Eviction : HEAVEHO

6-down – Match : EQUAL

7-down – XX : TWENTY

9-down – TV : GOGGLEBOX

13-down – Thesaurus word : SYNONYM

14-down – Yellow bag : YOLKSAC

15-down – Toothed device in N America : ZIPPER

16-down – Master : STREAM

18-down – Misdeed : WRONG

20-down – Abrade : CHAFE