Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Rider over the sticks : JUMPJOCKEY

7-across – Beast of prey : PREDATOR

8-across – Repair : DARN

9-across – Period of time : YEAR

10-across – Central part of human body : MIDRIFF

12-across – But seriously … : JOKINGAPART

14-across – Captain : SKIPPER

16-across – Door post : JAMB

19-across – Jumping insect : FLEA

20-across – Have another go : TRYAGAIN

21-across – Adequately competent worker : JOURNEYMAN

1-down – Spasmodic : JERKY

2-down – Cosmetic paste with fuller’s earth : MUDPACK

3-down – Fibre for sacks etc : JUTE

4-down – Senior churchman – bird : CARDINAL

5-down – Senior churchman – shrub : ELDER

6-down – Gain : PROFIT

11-down – Forebear : ANCESTOR

12-down – The good personality : JEKYLL

13-down – Blend of metals : AMALGAM

15-down – Musical instrument : PIANO

17-down – Scots child : BAIRN

18-down – The evil personality : HYDE

1-across – List of people taking turns : ROTA

3-across – Magnificent : SPLENDID

8-across – Tented scene : CAMP

9-across – Veracious : TRUTHFUL

11-across – Season loved by lovers : SPRINGTIME

14-across – Brief doze : CATNAP

15-across – Heavenly : PLANET

17-across – Align correctly : STRAIGHTEN

20-across – Adolescent infatuation : CALFLOVE

21-across – Same here! : SNAP

22-across – In which to take away food from the table : DOGGYBAG

23-across – Raise temperature : HEAT

1-down – Backpack : RUCKSACK

2-down – Rashness : TEMERITY

4-down – Robber at sea : PIRATE

5-down – Study of insects : ENTOMOLOGY

6-down – Quick and neat : DEFT

7-down – Culinary herb : DILL

10-down – Mini-drama : ONEACTPLAY

12-down – Example : INSTANCE

13-down – Refuse to change : STANDPAT

16-down – Sage, or bedding plant : SALVIA

18-down – Bitter : ACID

19-down – Garden pest : SLUG

1-across – Trouble with the chip pan? – It’s all up! : THEFATISINTHE

8-across – : FIRE

9-across – Area round city centre : DOWNTOWN

10-across – Derbyshire stately home : CHATSWORTH

12-across – Perceive – make out : DESCRY

14-across – Blind with light : DAZZLE

15-across – Please wait a minute … : BEARWITHME

19-across – Unit of pressure : MILLIBAR

20-across – River in Florence : ARNO

21-across – Bird taking messages : CARRIERPIGEON

2-down – Elevate – intensify : HEIGHTEN

3-down – Swift – ships! : FLEET

4-down – Channel with ebb and flow : TIDEWAY

5-down – Drain : SEWER

6-down – Historic city of Mississippi : NATCHEZ

7-down – Cry like a wolf : HOWL

11-down – Spanish dance : FLAMENCO

13-down – Shoe repairer : COBBLER

14-down – Bead of distilled water : DEWDROP

16-down – Stroll : AMBLE

17-down – Nasal tone of voice : TWANG

18-down – Opera singer : DIVA

1-across – The four law societies : INNSOFCOURT

9-across – It’s always being upset : APPLECART

10-across – Mountain pass : COL

11-across – Girl’s name : HEIDI

13-across – Devalue : CHEAPEN

14-across – One of the 1 across : MIDDLE

15-across – : TEMPLE

18-across – Small child : TINYTOT

20-across – Endured – carried : BORNE

21-across – Lettuce : COS

22-across – How things are trodden : UNDERFOOT

24-across – Remember what I say! : MARKMYWORDS

2-down – Forty winks : NAP

3-down – Particular : SPECIAL

4-down – Engaged man : FIANCE

5-down – Unconventional : OUTRE

6-down – Cook it and eat it, don’t write on it : RICEPAPER

7-down – The science of numbers etc : MATHEMATICS

8-down – Cloth made from cotton : FLANNELETTE

12-down – I said none : INDONESIA

16-down – Ban : EMBARGO

17-down – Heavy and dull : STODGY

19-down – Vehicle : TRUCK

23-down – Long in the tooth : OLD

1-across – Regular parallelogram : RHOMBUS

8-across – Learned : ERUDITE

9-across – Don’t be so miserable! : CHEERUP

10-across – Cut of beef : TOPSIDE

11-across – Piece of cloth put on another : PATCH

13-across – Word : DICKYBIRD

15-across – Such as gives pleasure : ENJOYABLE

18-across – Above – on top : ALOFT

21-across – : CARCASE

22-across – Forest – former party leader : ASHDOWN

23-across – Credit cards etc : PLASTIC

24-across – Gathering of crop : HARVEST

1-down – Sum up what has been said : RECAP

2-down – Obvious : OVERT

3-down – Occasion for cake with candles : BIRTHDAYPARTY

4-down – Poisonous : SEPTIC

5-down – Stopgap in school : SUPPLYTEACHER

6-down – Two-piece swimsuit : BIKINI

7-down – Protect against attack : DEFEND

12-down – I agree! : AMEN

14-down – Frilled collar : RUFF

15-down – Get away : ESCAPE

16-down – River – country : JORDAN

17-down – Failure to carry out promise etc : BREACH

19-down – That precious layer : OZONE

20-down – Item of belief : TENET