Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Very opportune : PROVIDENTIAL

9-across – Decomposed organic matter : HUMUS

10-across – Gentle exercise? : JOGGING

11-across – Small rodent : VOLE

12-across – Went too far : OVERSHOT

14-across – Restricted – intolerant : NARROW

15-across – Piece of crockery : SAUCER

18-across – Burial ground : CEMETARY

20-across – Disadvantage : SNAG

22-across – Town in Uganda : ENTEBBE

23-across – Large and imposing : GRAND

24-across – French national anthem : MARSEILLAISE

2-down – Rose – that goes for country walks? : RAMBLER

3-down – Vessel for flowers : VASE

4-down – Illusion of having been here before : DEJAVU

5-down – West African : NIGERIAN

6-down – Hibernian : IRISH

7-down – The noble six hundred : LIGHTBRIGADE

8-down – Facilitator of a razor : SHAVINGCREAM

13-down – Light enough to carry : PORTABLE

16-down – Seek for votes : CANVASS

17-down – Severe trial : ORDEAL

19-down – Car – engine : MOTOR

21-down – Indian city : AGRA

1-across – Tune : MELODY

4-across – Riches : WEALTH

9-across – Beautiful 3rd century Arab queen : ZENOBIA

10-across – Tall structure : TOWER

11-across – Beatle : RINGO

12-across – Apprehensive : NERVOUS

13-across – Leave well alone : LETSLEEPING

18-across – : DOGSLIE

20-across – Type of bear : POLAR

22-across – Choose – vote for : ELECT

23-across – Two-part chest of drawers : TALLBOY

24-across – Beast blamed for TB : BADGER

25-across – Make a decree : ORDAIN

1-down – Composer : MOZART

2-down – Sheets etc : LINEN

3-down – Uncertain – suspect : DUBIOUS

5-down – Come in : ENTER

6-down – Mean – inside information! : LOWDOWN

7-down – Pester : HARASS

8-down – Scene of washing machines : LAUNDERETTE

14-down – Intellectual : EGGHEAD

15-down – Well-liked : POPULAR

16-down – Part of speech : ADVERB

17-down – Coloured pencil : CRAYON

19-down – Liquid measure : LITRE

21-down – Sign of the Zodiac : LIBRA

1-across – Short, thick stick : CUDGEL

4-across – See 19 : OFTWO

7-across – Tap : FAUCET

8-across – See 19 : CITIES

9-across – Indecent : BLUE

10-across – Grating : ABRASIVE

12-across – Yielding readily : SUSCEPTIBLE

17-across – Paper pieces thrown at wedding : CONFETTI

19-across – A ___________ : TALE

20-across – Wrong : REMISS

21-across – Cave is : VESICA

22-across – Barnaby _____ : RUDGE

23-across – Our Mutual ______ : FRIEND

1-down – Author of 19 4 8, 22 and 23: also known as Boz : CHARLES

2-down – : DICKENS

3-down – Turn outward : EXTRAVERT

4-down – Board used in seances : OUIJA

5-down – Of little consequence : TRIVIAL

6-down – Expelled : OUSTED

11-down – Dog trained to pick up game : RETRIEVER

13-down – Anonymous : UNNAMED

14-down – Fine plain-weave cotton fabric : BATISTE

15-down – Entwined : ENLACED

16-down – One keeping count of points earned : SCORER

18-down – Follow as a result : ENSUE

1-across – Area for beginners when skiing : NURSERYSLOPES

8-across – Widespread : GENERAL

9-across – Water vapour : STEAM

10-across – Fate : DOOM

11-across – Prophesy : FORETELL

13-across – Yearly : ANNUAL

14-across – Period of instruction : LESSON

17-across – Ranch in Latin America : HACIENDA

19-across – Existence – biography : LIFE

21-across – Ring-shaped coral island : ATOLL

22-across – Fall back : RELAPSE

24-across – Envelope containing fertilised shark eggs : MERMAIDSPURSE

1-down – Constantly scold – small horse : NAG

2-down – Exhausted : RUNDOWN

3-down – Deserve : EARN

4-down – Cowardly – colour : YELLOW

5-down – One enjoying radio broadcast : LISTENER

6-down – Fragment : PIECE

7-down – Appearance : SEMBLANCE

10-down – Thin dividing membrane : DIAPHRAGM

12-down – Ornamental shrub : CAMELLIA

15-down – Light shoe : SLIPPER

16-down – Worshipped : ADORED

18-down – Band of singers : CHOIR

20-down – Smack : SLAP

23-down – Day before : EVE

5-across – Large, voracious seabird : CORMORANT

8-across – Prejudice : BIAS

9-across – Provide comments for : ANNOTATE

10-across – Bordeaux wine : CLARET

11-across – Arouse : EXCITE

13-across – Port in Belgium : OSTEND

15-across – Vague – pensive : DREAMY

16-across – Idle person : SLUGGARD

18-across – Ice for skating on : RINK

19-across – Place of entertainment open late : NIGHTCLUB

1-down – Keep – jam : CONSERVE

2-down – Collision : IMPACT

3-down – Dazed state : TRANCE

4-down – Bend – one nautical mile per hour : KNOT

6-down – Without apparent purpose : AIMLESSLY

7-down – Account : STATEMENT

12-down – Light-hearted : CHEERFUL

14-down – Unit of weight : DRACHM

15-down – Subtract : DEDUCT

17-down – Forbidding : GRIM