Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Main boudoir : MASTERBEDROOM

8-across – Talk : JAW

9-across – Muscular : STRAPPING

10-across – Or a grind : RINGROAD

11-across – Kitchen item – military subdivision : UNIT

13-across – Sharp and fruity : LEMONY

14-across – Belittle : DEMEAN

16-across – Pond life – zero : DUCK

17-across – Force uniting countries? : INTERPOL

20-across – Flag with three stripes : TRICOLOUR

21-across – Conger fish? : EEL

22-across – Tunes that could either be uplifting or get you down? : ELEVATORMUSIC

1-down – Large-scale : MAJOR

2-down – A wine scheming : SEWINGMACHINE

3-down – Preserve as sacred : ENSHRINE

4-down – Officer in charge of funds : BURSAR

5-down – Fool – information : DOPE

6-down – Luxury train service : ORIENTEXPRESS

7-down – Measure of explosive force : MEGATON

12-down – Old message : TELEGRAM

13-down – Foul-mouthed female drinker : LADETTE

15-down – Entirely : INTOTO

18-down – Cilla : LILAC

19-down – Roman outfit : TOGA

1-across – The Oval area? : CRICKETPITCH

9-across – Demilitarise : UNARM

10-across – Widespread : GENERAL

11-across – One of two in 15 across? : TWIN

12-across – Crushed wheat food : COUSCOUS

14-across – Second creation? : REMAKE

15-across – Star sign : GEMINI

18-across – Strainer : COLANDER

20-across – League : BLOC

22-across – Peeper in head : EYEBALL

23-across – Simple putt : GIMME

24-across – Tightening tool : MONKEYWRENCH

2-down – Mailers : REALISM

3-down – Faction : CAMP

4-down – Container with half a dozen food items? : EGGBOX

5-down – Disciplined : PUNISHED

6-down – Main part of body : TORSO

7-down – Manhattan district – where Beelzebub cooks dinner? : HELLSKITCHEN

8-down – Biscuit with yellowish filling : CUSTARDCREAM

13-down – Rubbing in of creams etc.? : SKINCARE

16-down – Muslim : ISLAMIC

17-down – Howl : BELLOW

19-down – Further weekend zeds? : LIEIN

21-down – Fever : AGUE

1-across – Electrify : EXCITE

4-across – <span>Speak </span><i>sotto voce</i> : MURMUR

9-across – Bari bairn? : BAMBINO

10-across – Bamboo muncher : PANDA

11-across – Broad in the beam : STOUT

12-across – Mishmash : FARRAGO

13-across – Scottish island dog : SKYETERRIER

18-across – Montmorency relative? : MORELLO

20-across – E,e.g : VOWEL

22-across – Speak : ORATE

23-across – Oval : ELLIPSE

24-across – Expedite : HASTEN

25-across – Island with official languages Greek and Turkish : CYPRUS

1-down – Raise in relief : EMBOSS

2-down – Band – amalgam : COMBO

3-down – Spiky plant : THISTLE

5-down – Top : UPPER

6-down – Combination of pictures : MONTAGE

7-down – Rationality : REASON

8-down – Stuck-up : TOFFEENOSED

14-down – East Asians : KOREANS

15-down – Partying : REVELRY

16-down – Effortless : SMOOTH

17-down – Gripper with serrated jaws : PLIERS

19-down – Feudal superior : LIEGE

21-down – Sponge or napkin? : WIPER

1-across – Overly sweet : SYRUPY

4-across – Sea birds – dupes : GULLS

7-across – Spanish ferry port : BILBAO

8-across – Sea in Northern Europe : BALTIC

9-across – And others : ETAL

10-across – No problem : OFCOURSE

12-across – Gloss or emulsion parka? : COATOFPAINT

17-across – One who eats flesh of own species : CANNIBAL

19-across – Peer : EARL

20-across – Great Britain,or Brighton and Hove : ALBION

21-across – Personification – 2009 film : AVATAR

22-across – Out of practice – reddish-brown : RUSTY

23-across – Many do : DYNAMO

1-down – Relating to the hip – longest nerve : SCIATIC

2-down – German measles : RUBELLA

3-down – Spoil the pic with leap into the background : PHOTOBOMB

4-down – Excrement of e.g. 4ac used as fertiliser : GUANO

5-down – Not now : LATERON

6-down – Small filled bag or envelope : SACHET

11-down – Very fine blood vessel : CAPILLARY

13-down – Public vehicle – book containing reprints of others : OMNIBUS

14-down – Baa Nike : IKEBANA

15-down – Violent whirling windstorm : TORNADO

16-down – Choux pastry or Jenny : ECLAIR

18-down – Creamy-white – piano key : IVORY

1-across – Heat and sound insulator : DOUBLEGLAZING

8-across – Marriage ceremony : WEDDING

9-across – Musical term meaning ‘all together’ : TUTTI

10-across – Make tea or beer : BREW

11-across – Notorious island prison : ALCATRAZ

13-across – Biceps or triceps : MUSCLE

14-across – Film necessitating box of tissues : WEEPIE

17-across – Stumbling block : OBSTACLE

19-across – Aid to commit an offence : ABET

21-across – Crossing or finch : ZEBRA

22-across – Ascertain an extent or quantity : MEASURE

24-across – Expect a close shave with this? : ELECTRICRAZOR

1-down – Morning condensation : DEW

2-down – Disrobe : UNDRESS

3-down – Hideaway : LAIR

4-down – Light,silly laugh : GIGGLE

5-down – Pangolin,e.g. : ANTEATER

6-down – Bury : INTER

7-down – Most flashy and flamboyant : GLITZIEST

10-down – Blame bozo : BAMBOOZLE

12-down – Agreeable : PLEASANT

15-down – Local test of knowledge : PUBQUIZ

16-down – Former students : ALUMNI

18-down – Curved sword : SABRE

20-down – Raiser,restorer or dryer : HAIR

23-down – Lug : EAR