Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – But it’s a large amount of money! : SMALLFORTUNE

9-across – Oz : OUNCE

10-across – Overkill : TOOMUCH

11-across – Pane : NEAP

12-across – Nonconformist – initial : ORIGINAL

14-across – Fire-breather? : DRAGON

15-across – Astronomical length – scrape : PARSEC

18-across – Feral feline : ALLEYCAT

20-across – Book’s wording : TEXT

22-across – Social climber or parvenu : UPSTART

23-across – Likewise : DITTO

24-across – House of Lords referred to in the Commons,or vice-versa : ANOTHERPLACE

2-down – Northwestern US state : MONTANA

3-down – Welsh vegetable? : LEEK

4-down – Fullness of time : FUTURE

5-down – Police outfit worn when controlling unruly crowds : RIOTGEAR

6-down – Complete change of opinion : UTURN

7-down – Bat’s navigation technique : ECHOLOCATION

8-down – Noble vampire? : COUNTDRACULA

13-down – Intellectual in various fields : POLYMATH

16-down – Cynic : SCEPTIC

17-down – Negotiate : BARTER

19-down – Horse catcher? : LASSO

21-down – Lido : IDOL

1-across – Resistant to breakdown : ROBUST

4-across – Internet company : DOTCOM

9-across – Vixen’s brush : FOXTAIL

10-across – Customer : BUYER

11-across – Signal of indifference : SHRUG

12-across – Mesmerise : BEWITCH

13-across – American football player : QUARTERBACK

18-across – Droll : AMUSING

20-across – Comedian – in the pack? : JOKER

22-across – : BEADY

23-across – Start of twilight : SUNDOWN

24-across – Fifty-fifty : EVENLY

25-across – Betting agent : BOOKIE

1-down – Litter : REFUSE

2-down – Sparring partner? : BOXER

3-down – Play to the crowd : SWAGGER

5-down – River’s meander : OXBOW

6-down – Descriptive of mysterious puzzle? : CRYPTIC

7-down – Quaggy : MARSHY

8-down – Dumbfound : FLABBERGAST

14-down – Howl loud and long : ULULATE

15-down – Good Lord! : BYJINGO

16-down – Sing like a songbird : WARBLE

17-down – Alloy figurine? : BRONZE

19-down – Garden of Eden? : IDYLL

21-down – Booth : KIOSK

1-across – Releases : LETSGO

4-across – Storehouse : DEPOT

7-across – Sovereign state in Borneo : BRUNEI

8-across – Complain incessantly : KVETCH

9-across – Arctic fish – hired help : CHAR

10-across – Take away : SUBTRACT

12-across – A firework : ROMANCANDLE

17-across – Reduce speed : SLOWDOWN

19-across – Well ventilated : AIRY

20-across – Smoothly effortless : FLUENT

21-across – Particularly handsome young man : ADONIS

22-across – Get stuck – branch of a society : LODGE

23-across – Asian river : MEKONG

1-down – Unsteady dog? : LURCHER

2-down – Fit of temper : TANTRUM

3-down – Musical slide – sing loads : GLISSANDO

4-down – Relax at home on a day named for this : DUVET

5-down – Unsuspected difficulty : PITFALL

6-down – Island in French Polynesia : TAHITI

11-down – Bright idea : BRAINWAVE

13-down – Sonorous – grandiloquent : OROTUND

14-down – Spinning top : DIABOLO

15-down – Stud,drop or hoop : EARRING

16-down – Fit for purpose : USEFUL

18-down – Charles or Charleston : DANCE

1-across – According to Sod’s Law,this will land messily : BUTTEREDTOAST

8-across – Live internet programme : WEBCAST

9-across – Long white radish-flavoured root : MOOLI

10-across – Kitty : PUSS

11-across – Blindly in love : BESOTTED

13-across – Wilting : DROOPY

14-across – SA country,capital Lusaka : ZAMBIA

17-across – Attractive : MAGNETIC

19-across – Brought up : BRED

21-across – Long lock : TRESS

22-across – Bond’s tipple : MARTINI

24-across – Cutlery used by owl and pussycat – pencil or bonus : RUNCIBLESPOON

1-down – Dicky or cross? : BOW

2-down – Hot pepper sauce : TABASCO

3-down – Jacob’s twin brother : ESAU

4-down – Starter in Australia or main course in America? : ENTREE

5-down – Relating to time – lobe in brain : TEMPORAL

6-down – Happening – third of a yard? : AFOOT

7-down – Obtained via two intermediaries : THIRDHAND

10-down – Step counter : PEDOMETER

12-down – Winter fun : APRESSKI

15-down – Filled tortilla : BURRITO

16-down – Gloomy : DISMAL

18-down – Inexperienced : GREEN

20-down – Coloured part of the eye : IRIS

23-down – Electrically charged particle : ION

5-across – Result of a few too many? : BEERBELLY

8-across – Lose it : SNAP

9-across – Kapok,e.g. : STUFFING

10-across – Organ – ill-humour : SPLEEN

11-across – Being : ENTITY

13-across – Dung beetle : SCARAB

15-across – Straight away : PRONTO

16-across – Melba one : BONEMEAL

18-across – Greek letter : IOTA

19-across – Beatles song – 24 hours ago : YESTERDAY

1-down – Quadrennial event : LEAPYEAR

2-down – <span>Author,</span><i>Notes from a Small Island</i> : BRYSON

3-down – Say no – rubbish! : REFUSE

4-down – Treble or bass symbol : CLEF

6-down – ___ Gadget or Gerri : INSPECTOR

7-down – Establish : INSTITUTE

12-down – Characteristic of Cancer or Capricorn? : TROPICAL

14-down – The bar : BREATH

15-down – Meagre : PALTRY

17-down – Certainly not odd : EVEN