Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Chemical neurotransmitter – in a moped : DOPAMINE

5-across – Crustacean on the side-walk? : CRAB

9-across – Archaic : DATED

10-across – Dance party : SHINDIG

11-across – Charity : PHILANTHROPY

13-across – Outcast : PARIAH

14-across – Turkish city : ANKARA

17-across – Incautious : DEVILMAYCARE

20-across – Eyelash thickener : MASCARA

21-across – From Cusco,once? : INCAN

22-across – Bottle stopper : CORK

23-across – Unusually high : FALSETTO

1-down – Bird once on Mauritius : DODO

2-down – Wine or water jug? : PITCHER

3-down – Tiny tracks and rolling stock : MODELRAILWAY

4-down – Sticking hooter in : NOSING

6-down – Programme transmitter : RADIO

7-down – Bugaboo bloke? : BOGEYMAN

8-down – Traditional things in the newspaper once? : FISHANDCHIPS

12-down – Dim piece : EPIDEMIC

15-down – Type of fruit : APRICOT

16-down – Tomorrow – or never? : MANANA

18-down – Brim – tennis player’s wear : VISOR

19-down – Facts : INFO

1-across – Rider : POSTSCRIPT

7-across – Less than intellectual : LOWBROW

8-across – North African capital : TUNIS

10-across – Bludgeon : COSH

11-across – Clamour : BALLYHOO

13-across – Ordering of words : SYNTAX

15-across – Starry : ASTRAL

17-across – Acquire by flattery : INVEIGLE

18-across – Gobble : WOLF

21-across – Slice into two equal parts : HALVE

22-across – Bony arrangement : RIBCAGE

23-across – Chill! : TAKEITEASY

1-down – Welshpool’s county : POWYS

2-down – Nippy : SPRY

3-down – That doesn’t matter! : SOWHAT

4-down – Unsparing : RUTHLESS

5-down – Wild feline : PANTHER

6-down – Anvil user : BLACKSMITH

9-down – Retail thief : SHOPLIFTER

12-down – Language in Denpasar : BALINESE

14-down – Short book : NOVELLA

16-down – Broccoli part : FLORET

19-down – Egg producer : OVARY

20-down – Eurovision winners 1974,in Brighton : ABBA

1-across – Plant rolling in the wind : TUMBLEWEED

7-across – No simmer : MISNOMER

8-across – Trudge : PLOD

9-across – Blue : LUBE

10-across – Coal container : SCUTTLE

12-across – Boiled sweet : BARLEYSUGAR

14-across – Sloping track for launching ships : SLIPWAY

16-across – Sheepshank,e.g. : KNOT

19-across – Froth – Bolly? : FIZZ

20-across – Romantic : QUIXOTIC

21-across – Temporary race leader : PACESETTER

1-down – Hearing : TRIAL

2-down – A little cooler? : MINIBAR

3-down – Farm animal symbolic of meekness : LAMB

4-down – Tom’s craw : WORMCAST

5-down – Someone settling abroad : EXPAT

6-down – Yell : HOLLER

11-down – French game where metal balls thrown : PETANQUE

12-down – Northern sea : BALTIC

13-down – Military ship : GUNBOAT

15-down – Circular food in large square box? : PIZZA

17-down – One who strives : TRIER

18-down – Energetic swing music dance : JIVE

1-across – Mush : PULP

3-across – Precariousness : JEOPARDY

8-across – Bawl : ROAR

9-across – Quiet : TRANQUIL

11-across – Gear with toggles : DUFFELCOAT

14-across – Get on hands and knees : GROVEL

15-across – Rising balloon gas : HELIUM

17-across – Nobs : UPPERCRUST

20-across – Eager hit : HERITAGE

21-across – Group : BEVY

22-across – Truncate : CUTSHORT

23-across – Test : STET

1-down – Typical example : PARADIGM

2-down – Playground game : LEAPFROG

4-down – Add to : ENRICH

5-down – Unteach pet : PENTATEUCH

6-down – Thrashing : ROUT

7-down – Protein and fat nourishing embryonic bird : YOLK

10-down – Intense level of excitement : FEVERPITCH

12-down – Toxic : VIRULENT

13-down – My hat set : AMETHYST

16-down – Church attendant : VERGER

18-down – Dapper : CHIC

19-down – Run gently : TROT

1-across – Portable seat for walkers : SHOOTINGSTICK

8-across – Annihilate : DRUB

9-across – Lavish : SQUANDER

10-across – 10 cubic centimetres : CENTILITRE

12-across – Term derived from ‘Association football’ : SOCCER

14-across – Quite : RATHER

15-across – Dice game with triangles on a board : BACKGAMMON

19-across – A printer : TERRAPIN

20-across – Butty’s spud bit? : CHIP

21-across – Jelly and ice cream celebration? : BIRTHDAYPARTY

2-down – Stable on wheels? : HORSEBOX

3-down – Path around : ORBIT

4-down – Urinals : INSULAR

5-down – Hog’s utterance : GRUNT

6-down – Touching line : TANGENT

7-down – Masticate : CHEW

11-down – Nosh diet : HEDONIST

13-down – All-singing,all-dancing show? : CABARET

14-down – Period between reigns : REGENCY

16-down – Matchmaking archer : CUPID

17-down – Coffee type : MOCHA

18-down – Half-home? : SEMI