Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – White barrels : WELSHRAREBIT

9-across – Not evenly? : ODDLY

10-across – Sieved raw tomatoes : PASSATA

11-across – Moist : DAMP

12-across – Unable to perceive differences in musical pitch : TONEDEAF

14-across – Jeer disruptively : HECKLE

15-across – Concerning nations or races : ETHNIC

18-across – ET column : UNCLETOM

20-across – Capital of Norway : OSLO

22-across – Underground prison : DUNGEON

23-across – Considerably overweight : OBESE

24-across – Venetian spanner? : RIALTOBRIDGE

2-down – Found in a particular geographic region : ENDEMIC

3-down – Puts into words : SAYS

4-down – Bird of prey : RAPTOR

5-down – Regards with esteem : RESPECTS

6-down – Inferno : BLAZE

7-down – Used for guiding diverted vehicles – witches’ hats : TRAFFICCONES

8-down – Show this when intentionally ignoring – chilly joint? : COLDSHOULDER

13-down – Most smooth and glossy : SLEEKEST

16-down – Savings,perhaps by a bird? : NESTEGG

17-down – Mix socially with rich and famous – biscuit : HOBNOB

19-down – Single-file dance : CONGA

21-down – Bear – one who practices downward dogs etc : YOGI

1-across – Woman’s tight-fitting garment – ___-ripper : BODICE

4-across – Gain freedom : ESCAPE

9-across – Treatment that has no active properties : PLACEBO

10-across – Card used in fortune-telling : TAROT

11-across – One of seven deadly sins : SLOTH

12-across – Thick chunky soup,often including clams : CHOWDER

13-across – Sooty or Sweep,e.g. : GLOVEPUPPET

18-across – Group of senior ministers – cupboard : CABINET

20-across – Bewildered – on the ocean : ATSEA

22-across – Alarm,screen or signal : SMOKE

23-across – Couple : TWOSOME

24-across – Snooker player or boy wizard : POTTER

25-across – Snowmobile : SKIDOO

1-down – Road avoiding e.g. congested area : BYPASS

2-down – A cord : DRACO

3-down – <i>The Cherry Orchard</i><span>’s Russian playwright</span> : CHEKHOV

5-down – Fight or argument : SETTO

6-down – Shorten – bag ride : ABRIDGE

7-down – Restaurant or cafe : EATERY

8-down – King Edward lounging on sofa? : COUCHPOTATO

14-down – Scientist’s protective garment : LABCOAT

15-down – Bird : PEACOCK

16-down – Behaves badly : ACTSUP

17-down – Summerhouse offering a view : GAZEBO

19-down – Female relative : NIECE

21-down – Weapon – e.g. Excalibur : SWORD

1-across – Sturgeon caviar : BELUGA

4-across – Prejudiced towards the young? : AGEIST

9-across – Stop the flow of – steadfast : STAUNCH

10-across – Trembling poplar – napes : ASPEN

11-across – Acts as a parent to – jumps up in alarm : REARS

12-across – Future frog : TADPOLE

13-across – Chirping jumping creature : GRASSHOPPER

18-across – Motorcycle adjunct : SIDECAR

20-across – <i>Frasier</i><span> surname – tall building-site sight</span> : CRANE

22-across – <span>___ </span><i>Written in a Country Churchyard</i> : ELEGY

23-across – Area that I do like to be beside : SEASIDE

24-across – Train-station assistant – university caretaker : PORTER

25-across – Of late : RECENT

1-down – Little eatery : BISTRO

2-down – Woolly South American : LLAMA

3-down – Biblical beginning : GENESIS

5-down – Pituitary,sebaceous or lymph : GLAND

6-down – Collapse inwardly : IMPLODE

7-down – A bicycle made for two : TANDEM

8-down – Maggie’s philosophy : THATCHERISM

14-down – Stag or hind named for its colour : REDDEER

15-down – Care ___ or ___ holiday : PACKAGE

16-down – In the land of Nod : ASLEEP

17-down – Sneak off to the other side – flaw : DEFECT

19-down – Glasgow’s river : CLYDE

21-down – Wonderland visitor : ALICE

1-across – Kowtow : BOWANDSCRAPE

9-across – Fashionable again : RETRO

10-across – Bond booze : MARTINI

11-across – ___ apparent : HEIR

12-across – Gives another coat to : REPAINTS

14-across – It stretches from the Atlantic to the Red Sea : SAHARA

15-across – Plane that can fly without an engine : GLIDER

18-across – Classical jurisprudence : ROMANLAW

20-across – One-dimensional : FLAT

22-across – Hone – ideal : PERFECT

23-across – Nasal quality of speech : TWANG

24-across – Hotel-room amenity facilitating smartness : TROUSERPRESS

2-down – Largest living bird : OSTRICH

3-down – Maritime salutation : AHOY

4-down – <span>Dickensian shipping firm owner,or his titular </span><i>Son</i> : DOMBEY

5-down – Panaceas : CUREALLS

6-down – Relating to our feathered friends : AVIAN

7-down – Plan to get out : EXITSTRATEGY

8-down – Source of a musical’s music : ORCHESTRAPIT

13-down – Fairy-tale rescuee,often : PRINCESS

16-down – Currency in Canberra : DOLLARS

17-down – Liquid destined to become a pancake : BATTER

19-down – Italian-named protagonist of Nintendo games : MARIO

21-down – Our sun,e.g. : STAR

1-across – Camel,e.g. : BEASTOFBURDEN

8-across – Part of a circle’s circumference : ARC

9-across – Taverner : INNKEEPER

10-across – Modernity sceptics : LUDDITES

11-across – End of the symphony : CODA

13-across – Start of the working week : MONDAY

14-across – Nearest French port to mainland Britain : CALAIS

16-across – Move with a long swinging stride : LOPE

17-across – Boxes for tots : SANDPITS

20-across – Zorro,e.g. : SWORDSMAN

21-across – Feathers around the neck : BOA

22-across – Common currency among pirates : PIECESOFEIGHT

1-down – Rowdy fight : BRAWL

2-down – Predisposed to mishaps,like Miranda or Gerald Ford : ACCIDENTPRONE

3-down – W Indies island : TRINIDAD

4-down – Yellow-flowered umbelliferous plant providing culinary seeds and leaves : FENNEL

5-down – Manipulates – employs – values : USES

6-down – Where the ambassador may stow secrets : DIPLOMATICBAG

7-down – They effected a Conquest : NORMANS

12-down – Haka,e.g. : WARDANCE

13-down – Weakling : MILKSOP

15-down – Begin to appreciate : WARMTO

18-down – Jump – dawn : START

19-down – Jigsaw piece often tackled early on : EDGE