Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Spreading out from the centre : RADIAL

4-across – Impassive : STOLID

8-across – Rope with noose : LASSO

9-across – : COSTUME

10-across – Bevelled edge : CHAMFER

11-across – Different : OTHER

12-across – Racing town : NEWMARKET

17-across – Range – place : LOCUS

19-across – Titular : NOMINAL

21-across – Unsteady in movement : DODDERY

22-across – Offspring : YOUNG

23-across – Membrane of the eye : RETINA

24-across – Of immediate importance : URGENT

1-down – Widow : RELICT

2-down – Scorn : DISDAIN

3-down – Distant, uninvolved : ALOOF

5-down – Clump of grass : TUSSOCK

6-down – Show amusement or pleasure : LAUGH

7-down – Dull and depressing : DREARY

9-down – Of course : CERTAINLY

13-down – Cowboy film : WESTERN

14-down – Monastic hairstyle : TONSURE

15-down – Unpowered aircraft : GLIDER

16-down – Pestilence – state of decay : BLIGHT

18-down – Officer in training : CADET

20-down – Municipal official : MAYOR

1-across – Florida resort : PALMBEACH

8-across – Buying and selling : TRADE

9-across – Type of duck : GADWALL

10-across – Well known : FAMILIAR

11-across – Area of bad housing : SLUM

13-across – Boy’s name : ERNEST

14-across – Language : ARABIC

16-across – Attempt : STAB

17-across – : DISSOLVE

19-across – Spoil – oneself, maybe : INDULGE

20-across – Corner joint – bishop’s headdress : MITRE

21-across – Waterproof sheet : TARPAULIN

1-down – Unequalled : PEERLESS

2-down – Blockage of progress : LOGJAM

3-down – Person – corporation : BODY

4-down – What offers are subject to : AVAILABILITY

5-down – Sacred fish : HOLYMACKEREL

6-down – Pompous or starchy person : STUFFEDSHIRT

7-down – Aid to fish going upstream : SALMONLADDER

12-down – Political diarist : CROSSMAN

15-down – Direct : LINEAL

18-down – Mediterranean island : ELBA

1-across – Stupid : DAFT

3-across – Projectiles for hunting game : BUCKSHOT

9-across – : CERAMIC

10-across – Christmas song : CAROL

11-across – Staple food : BREAD

12-across – Body tissue – strength : MUSCLE

14-across – Junior NCO : LANCECORPORAL

17-across – Titled man : KNIGHT

19-across – Shellfish : PRAWN

22-across – Under : BELOW

23-across – Wrapping for wound : BANDAGE

24-across – Tactful : DISCREET

25-across – Demonstrative pronoun : THIS

1-down – Platypus : DUCKBILL

2-down – Strength – compulsion : FORCE

4-down – Ill at ease : UNCOMFORTABLE

5-down – Excitement : KICKS

6-down – Jumping runner : HURDLER

7-down – 9 for the roof? : TILE

8-down – Blur : SMUDGE

13-down – Area of the Low Countries : FLANDERS

15-down – Baffle : NONPLUS

16-down – Very hot : PIPING

18-down – Peninsula – cricketer : GOWER

20-down – Cause to feel 4 : ABASH

21-down – Not up yet : ABED

1-across – Means of help in project : RESOURCE

5-across – Dirty froth : SCUM

9-across – Saint whose dance is a disease : VITUS

10-across – Solomon Grundy did on Thursday : TOOKILL

11-across – Nubile : MARRIAGEABLE

13-across – Sudden, maybe rude : ABRUPT

14-across – Concealed rifleman : SNIPER

17-across – All square … at cribbage? … : LEVELPEGGING

20-across – … or possibly at this ball game : CROQUET

21-across – Happen : OCCUR

22-across – Wander : ROAM

23-across – Fabric of polyester fibres : TERYLENE

1-down – Wander : ROVE

2-down – Seeming problem-free – barometer being high : SETFAIR

3-down – Devoid of moral principles : UNSCRUPULOUS

4-down – Forty winks : CATNAP

6-down – Ascend : CLIMB

7-down – Fruit – artificial harbour : MULBERRY

8-down – Land of _______ : HOPEANDGLORY

12-down – An easy way to 6? : CABLECAR

15-down – Flamboyant self-assurance : PANACHE

16-down – Agree or decide : SETTLE

18-down – Stringed instrument : VIOLA

19-down – Genuine : TRUE

1-across – Autumnal flower : MICHAELMAS

7-across – Too drunk to stand up : LEGLESS

8-across – Hard stone : FLINT

10-across – Placid : CALM

11-across – Word for word : VERBATIM

13-across – Air surrounded by liquid : BUBBLE

15-across – Wild plant – horse : SORREL

17-across – Welsh island : ANGLESEY

18-across – Eager : AVID

21-across – See 1 across : DAISY

22-across – Common British bird : SPARROW

23-across – Electoral pledge : READMYLIPS

1-down – Magnate : MOGUL

2-down – Ship’s company : CREW

3-down – Reply : ANSWER

4-down – Float to support a swimmer : LIFEBUOY

5-down – Flier : AVIATOR

6-down – Surface for chalk : BLACKBOARD

9-down – Ramshackle : TUMBLEDOWN

12-down – Such a boy is favourite : BLUEEYED

14-down – Captivate – deceive : BEGUILE

16-down – Insignificant ã having spots! : MEASLY

19-down – Cause of disease : VIRUS

20-down – Hire car : TAXI