Author name: crosswordanswers

5-across – Science of maps and charts : CARTOLOGY

8-across – Cook : CHEF

9-across – Language expert : LINGUIST

10-across – King of Wessex, known as the Great : ALFRED

11-across – Withdraw – give up work – go to bed : RETIRE

13-across – Formality – makes things stiff : STARCH

15-across – Spanish dish of rice, shellfish etc : PAELLA

16-across – Supplier of things to wear : CLOTHIER

18-across – Glue : LUGE

19-across – Branch of medicine, study of diseases : PATHOLOGY

1-down – Traveller : WAYFARER

2-down – Hard to excite : STOLID

3-down – Flat : PLANAR

4-down – Soviet secret police, 1923-34 : OGPU

6-down – Stamp collecting : PHILATELY

7-down – Foretelling of events by the stars : ASTROLOGY

12-down – Study of religious beliefs : THEOLOGY

14-down – Elevation : HEIGHT

15-down – Release of prisoner promising good behaviour : PAROLE

17-down – Side : TEAM

5-across – Instrument registering earthquakes : SEISMOGRAPH

7-across – Pool – float : FUND

8-across – Examine and set in order : OVERHAUL

9-across – High-ranking naval officer : ADMIRAL

11-across – Swift : FLEET

13-across – County in southwest Wales : DYFED

14-across – Fragrant : ODOROUS

16-across – Harsh in tone : STRIDENT

17-across – Town with cathedral : CITY

18-across – Condiment used on chips : MALTVINEGAR

1-down – Generous – sort : KIND

2-down – Promiscuous : IMMORAL

3-down – Tally : AGREE

4-down – Unmarried man : BACHELOR

5-down – Hi-fi, for instance : SOUNDSYSTEM

6-down – One looking for somewhere to live : HOUSEHUNTER

10-down – Not fit for consumption : INEDIBLE

12-down – Revising for publication : EDITING

15-down – Depart – holiday : LEAVE

17-down – Prison : CAGE

1-across – Tell : RELATE

4-across – Capital of the Bahamas : NASSAU

8-across – Revolution – form of transport : CYCLE

9-across – Ideal : PERFECT

10-across – Call together : CONVENE

11-across – Nude : NAKED

12-across – Assured : CONFIDENT

17-across – Towards the stern of a boat : ABAFT

19-across – Elucidate : EXPLAIN

21-across – Receive as heir : INHERIT

22-across – Machine for turning and shaping : LATHE

23-across – Treat : HANDLE

24-across – Looked hard and fixedly : STARED

1-down – Tastelessly florid : ROCOCO

2-down – Using few words : LACONIC

3-down – Subject : THEME

5-down – Dispose : ARRANGE

6-down – Glossy, smooth : SLEEK

7-down – Disorderly : UNTIDY

9-down – Head of US company – tried pens : PRESIDENT

13-down – Unaffected – musical character : NATURAL

14-down – Farm vehicle : TRACTOR

15-down – District under clergyman : PARISH

16-down – Mean : INTEND

18-down – Pale : ASHEN

20-down – Aviator : PILOT

1-across – Circular decorative device – model nail : MEDALLION

8-across – Alternative : OTHER

9-across – Metal wind instrument : TRUMPET

10-across – Height : EMINENCE

11-across – Unaccompanied : SOLO

13-across – Shellfish – colour : OYSTER

14-across – Book of the Old Testament : JOSHUA

16-across – Midday : NOON

17-across – Gas dangerous to miners : FIREDAMP

19-across – Foolish : IDIOTIC

20-across – Change : ALTER

21-across – Railway employee controlling points : SIGNALMAN

1-down – Killer : MURDERER

2-down – Discover existence of : DETECT

3-down – Oaf : LOUT

4-down – Ailing : INPOORHEALTH

5-down – Area of countryside for public use : NATIONALPARK

6-down – Area surrounding London : HOMECOUNTIES

7-down – Constantly lighting cigarettes : CHAINSMOKING

12-down – Caution in advance : FOREWARN

15-down – Shortened form of situation comedy : SITCOM

18-down – Volcano in Sicily : ETNA

1-across – Just open : AJAR

3-across – Character drawing attention to footnote : ASTERISK

9-across – Goodbye : CHEERIO

10-across – Pawnbroker’s nickname : UNCLE

11-across – Beam : SHAFT

12-across – Spoil : IMPAIR

14-across – Long-running Daily Express cartoon character : RUPERTTHEBEAR

17-across – Commendation : PRAISE

19-across – Room in ship : CABIN

22-across – Drunk – under control : TIGHT

23-across – Arouse interest of : ATTRACT

24-across – Naked arm : MANDRAKE

25-across – Largest island of the Inner Hebrides : SKYE

1-down – Lineage : ANCESTRY

2-down – Sports stadium : ARENA

4-down – Wild guess : SHOTINTHEDARK

5-down – Furnish : EQUIP

6-down – Gradient : INCLINE

7-down – Sharp – eager : KEEN

8-down – Bomb hole : CRATER

13-down – Woman with dark hair : BRUNETTE

15-down – Model of excellence : PARAGON

16-down – Arouse : EXCITE

18-down – Bury : INTER

20-down – Not written upon : BLANK

21-down – Staunch : STEM