Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – It is rolled out for VIPs : REDCARPET

8-across – Leg joint : KNEE

9-across – Bay in southeast Australia : DISCOVERY

10-across – Indecent : BLUE

13-across – Throw : SLING

15-across – Property : ESTATE

16-across – Restraint : DURESS

17-across – Pale : PALLID

19-across – Doing one’s best – annoying! : TRYING

20-across – Haughty : PROUD

21-across – Skin disease : ACNE

24-across – Capital of Scotland : EDINBURGH

25-across – Simple : EASY

26-across – Plant with hot, pungent fruit : REDPEPPER

2-down – Heroic : EPIC

3-down – Tap : COCK

4-down – Abuse : REVILE

5-down – Mission : ERRAND

6-down – Relieving pain : ANALGESIC

7-down – British merchant navy flag : REDENSIGN

11-down – Mars : REDPLANET

12-down – Calm : STILLNESS

13-down – Undress : STRIP

14-down – Defend : GUARD

18-down – Hack – slave : DRUDGE

19-down – Globular food plant : TURNIP

22-down – Make abrupt movement – start : JUMP

23-down – Shivering fit : AGUE

1-across – Plates and dishes for complete meal : DINNERSERVICE

8-across – Result of burning – deciduous tree : ASH

9-across – Trifle : BAGATELLE

10-across – Distributed in shares : ALLOTTED

11-across – Warm and comfortable – bar in pub : SNUG

13-across – Seal between metal faces : GASKET

14-across – Foul : PUTRID

16-across – Twenty quires of paper : REAM

17-across – Member of a religious body : BELIEVER

20-across – Overlooked : FORGOTTEN

21-across – Small lump – main point : NUB

22-across – Trial of stamina : ENDURANCETEST

1-down – Stage play : DRAMA

2-down – Not observing the rules of fair play : NOHOLDSBARRED

3-down – Make resentful : EMBITTER

4-down – Small seal : SIGNET

5-down – Ceremony : RITE

6-down – Government department collecting direct taxes : INLANDREVENUE

7-down – Came to view : EMERGED

12-down – Formal interview : AUDIENCE

13-down – Long-necked ruminant : GIRAFFE

15-down – Defeated – whipped : BEATEN

18-down – Refute : REBUT

19-down – Stubborn : DOUR

1-across – In confidence : OFFTHERECORD

9-across – A dead language : LATIN

10-across – Noblewoman : PEERESS

11-across – Light yellow – polishing pad : BUFF

12-across – Music writer : COMPOSER

14-across – Make indirect reference : ALLUDE

15-across – Deer with much-branched antlers : WAPITI

18-across – Suave : DEBONAIR

20-across – Drop : FALL

22-across – Suppose : IMAGINE

23-across – Foreigner : ALIEN

24-across – Parking area for aeroplanes : HARDSTANDING

2-down – Prophetic : FATEFUL

3-down – Prime Minister of the UK : TONY

4-down – Hire : EMPLOY

5-down – Typical specimen : EXEMPLAR

6-down – Divisions of a cricket match : OVERS

7-down – Remote tropical place – lets adders in : DESERTISLAND

8-down – Three or more slices of bread with fillings : CLUBSANDWICH

13-down – Tissue at back of nose : ADENOIDS

16-down – Person from Rome, say : ITALIAN

17-down – Picture house : CINEMA

19-down – See 3 : BLAIR

21-down – Very tiny grains of rock : SAND

1-across – West Indian capsicum : CHERRY

4-across – See 1 : PEPPER

9-across – Two continents, considered as a whole : EURASIA

10-across – Any point of the compass : RHUMB

11-across – Revolving part of turbine : ROTOR

12-across – Fundamental – non-conformist : RADICAL

13-across – Preparation for killing flies, etc : INSECTICIDE

18-across – Impatient : RESTIVE

20-across – Words on heraldic crest : MOTTO

22-across – Roman : NORMA

23-across – Stuffy : AIRLESS

24-across – Small European bunting : YELLOW

25-across – See 24 : HAMMER

1-down – Morello-flavoured liqueur : CHERRY

2-down – Lesser white heron : EGRET

3-down – Book – substitute player : RESERVE

5-down – Strayed : ERRED

6-down – Suddenly sprang : POUNCED

7-down – Person manipulating mob’s passion : RABBLE

8-down – Take the blame : CARRYTHECAN

14-down – Nasal opening : NOSTRIL

15-down – County of northwest England : CUMBRIA

16-down – See 1 : BRANDY

17-down – See 7 : ROUSER

19-down – US state, capital Boise : IDAHO

21-down – Unit of measurement of heat : THERM

1-across – Employ – undertake – oppose : TAKEON

4-across – Antic : CAPER

7-across – Nearly : ALMOST

8-across – Stop – take into custody : ARREST

9-across – Wealthy – luxurious – fruitful : RICH

10-across – Escapee : FUGITIVE

12-across – Sensible – practical – realistic : DOWNTOEARTH

17-across – Boy who never grew up : PETERPAN

19-across – Just one – fish : SOLE

20-across – Fruit – Shakespearian carpenter : QUINCE

21-across – All together – as a whole : ENBLOC

22-across – Anaesthetic : ETHER

23-across – Town road : STREET

1-down – Corresponded – kept score : TALLIED

2-down – Ingenuity – aptitude – knack : KNOWHOW

3-down – Not in conformity : OUTOFSTEP

4-down – Breed of dog : CORGI

5-down – Prophesy – portend : PREDICT

6-down – Cad : ROTTER

11-down – Designated zone around town or city, preserved from development : GREENBELT

13-down – Largest living bird : OSTRICH

14-down – Ridiculous – laughable : RISIBLE

15-down – Last – offer : HOLDOUT

16-down – Non-transparent : OPAQUE

18-down – Happen again : RECUR