Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Select : CHOOSE

4-across – Point of concentration : FOCUS

7-across – River – current : STREAM

8-across – Right away : PRONTO

9-across – Long narrow valley in Scotland : GLEN

10-across – Scene of monsters? : LOCHNESS

12-across – To all intents and purposes : PRACTICALLY

17-across – Novice : BEGINNER

19-across – Nil : ZERO

20-across – Ideal country : UTOPIA

21-across – Brigand : BANDIT

22-across – Agree – count : TALLY

23-across – Invertebrate, often winged : INSECT

1-down – Entry for pet : CATFLAP

2-down – Pacific islands : OCEANIA

3-down – Unintelligent person : SIMPLETON

4-down – Estuary : FIRTH

5-down – Hide : CONCEAL

6-down – Husband or wife : SPOUSE

11-down – Subject of nursery rhyme inquest : COCKROBIN

13-down – Toy made from scraps of cloth : RAGDOLL

14-down – Diamond – tablet : LOZENGE

15-down – Supporter of the White Rose : YORKIST

16-down – Rough and quick : ABRUPT

18-down – Loud : NOISY

1-across – Cacoyannis film : ZORBATHEGREEK

8-across – Type of bridge : PONTOON

9-across – Book for filling in : ALBUM

10-across – Dividing or protecting structure : WALL

11-across – Keep : PRESERVE

13-across – Expense : OUTLAY

14-across – Oblige : COMPEL

17-across – First Roman emperor : AUGUSTUS

19-across – Battle – loose at the edges! : FRAY

21-across – Name of flower – or fish! : WANDA

22-across – East Anglian city : NORWICH

24-across – In a safe place : OUTOFHARMSWAY

1-down – Type of fastener : ZIP

2-down – Curl of hair : RINGLET

3-down – Presently : ANON

4-down – Requiring food : HUNGRY

5-down – Attachment to mower : GRASSBOX

6-down – Dying piece of coal fire : EMBER

7-down – Girl’s name – mining city : KIMBERLEY

10-down – Book listing dead celebrities : WHOWASWHO

12-down – Shakespearean knight : FALSTAFF

15-down – Scope of concern : PURVIEW

16-down – Old coin : GUINEA

18-down – : GENET

20-down – Stuff : CRAM

23-down – Orkney island : HOY

5-across – London club for the learned : ATHENAEUM

8-across – Hurt : PAIN

9-across – Exchequer – store for valuables : TREASURY

10-across – Salad plant : ENDIVE

11-across – Aquatic sport : ROWING

13-across – Mark of disgrace : STIGMA

15-across – Wild plant – horse : SORREL

16-across – Wild plant like snapdragon : TOADFLAX

18-across – Welcoming – getting close! : WARM

19-across – Wild plant with clock : DANDELION

1-down – Wild plant best not touched : STINGING

2-down – : NETTLE

3-down – Progress of working life : CAREER

4-down – Unnecessary agitation : FUSS

6-down – Flower like pink : CARNATION

7-down – Wild plant for sauce : CRANBERRY

12-down – Herb used in absinthe : WORMWOOD

14-down – Refer : ALLUDE

15-down – Score in tennis when tie-break is called : SIXALL

17-down – Wild plant, also called archangel : DEAD

5-across – Itinerant : PERIPATETIC

7-across – Shut violently : SLAM

8-across – Title of clergyman : REVEREND

9-across – Teach : EDUCATE

11-across – Corner joint – bishop’s hat : MITRE

13-across – Gamble – with brush! : SWEEP

14-across – Collection of public records etc : ARCHIVE

16-across – Friendly : AMICABLE

17-across – History : BUNK

18-across – Don’t give up : NEVERSAYDIE

1-down – Percussion instrument : DRUM

2-down – Hard liquor : SPIRITS

3-down – Cooker : STOVE

4-down – Asteroid : STARFISH

5-down – Pithecanthropus Dawsonii : PILTDOWNMAN

6-down – Gadget : CONTRIVANCE

10-down – Using compulsion : COERCIVE

12-down – Road without tolls : FREEWAY

15-down – Stop prematurely : ABORT

17-down – Augur : BODE

1-across – Front : FACADE

4-across – Izaak, angler: William, composer : WALTON

8-across – Bony frame of head … : SKULL

9-across – … and of brain : CRANIUM

10-across – Alligator pear : AVOCADO

11-across – King of birds : EAGLE

12-across – Unsighted by prejudice etc : BLINKERED

17-across – Urge : IMPEL

19-across – Side normally on view : OBVERSE

21-across – Drink, basis for white sauce etc : HOTMILK

22-across – Small particle – weight : GRAIN

23-across – Skit : PARODY

24-across – Invest : CLOTHE

1-down – Relating to taxation : FISCAL

2-down – Unit of electric charge : COULOMB

3-down – Multiple estuary : DELTA

5-down – Non-professional : AMATEUR

6-down – Object : THING

7-down – Quantity : NUMBER

9-down – It is proverbially regular : CLOCKWORK

13-down – It’s an ______ : ILLWIND

14-down – Inactive : DORMANT

15-down – Accident : MISHAP

16-down – Spiritualist session : SEANCE

18-down – Boy’s name : PETER

20-down – Watch : VIGIL