Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Sounds familiar : RINGSABELL

7-across – Dr. Alice : RADICLE

8-across – Cow? : LOWER

10-across – Largest island of Inner Hebrides : SKYE

11-across – Unfair bias towards family and friends : NEPOTISM

13-across – Mass departure,biblical : EXODUS

15-across – Move rapidly out of control : CAREER

17-across – Rare metallic element – W : TUNGSTEN

18-across – Star increasing in brightness : NOVA

21-across – Faint – or a fainting fit : SWOON

22-across – Pressurized can : AEROSOL

23-across – Open these to remove all restrictions : FLOODGATES

1-down – Reddish : RUDDY

2-down – Enjoyable French resort : NICE

3-down – Ancient weight and Middle Eastern currency : SHEKEL

4-down – Royal residence : BALMORAL

5-down – Rotter : LOWLIFE

6-down – Booklet describing academic institution : PROSPECTUS

9-down – Noteworthy : REMARKABLE

12-down – Meets by chance : RUNSINTO

14-down – It’s scored by mistake : OWNGOAL

16-down – GP Anne : PENANG

19-down – Rock band – found in desert? : OASIS

20-down – Legal document : WRIT

1-across – Biblical patriarch – eight bottles in one : METHUSELAH

7-across – Stack of logs : WOODPILE

8-across – Responsibility : ONUS

9-across – College – mess : ETON

10-across – Loathing : DISGUST

12-across – Race curls up : CREPUSCULAR

14-across – Rugby position – a wing and three legs? : FLYHALF

16-across – Solo in opera : ARIA

19-across – Rabbit tail : SCUT

20-across – Abstract speculation – body of political ideas : IDEOLOGY

21-across – Aerial pigs : PLAGIARISE

1-down – Short-sighted person : MYOPE

2-down – Larva of a frog or toad : TADPOLE

3-down – Single item : UNIT

4-down – Part of an optical instrument : EYEPIECE

5-down – Surrounded by : AMONG

6-down – Treasurer : BURSAR

11-down – Remote from the centre : OUTLYING

12-down – : CALICO

13-down – Siren of the Rhine : LORELEI

15-down – Phonetic alphabet H : HOTEL

17-down – Fish : ANGLE

18-down – Greek cheese : FETA

1-across – Bankrupt : BUST

3-across – Smart cow : WORMCAST

8-across – Food – thick-coated dog : CHOW

9-across – Gaseous element : NITROGEN

11-across – These can be vital : STATISTICS

14-across – <span>Minnie or </span><i>Baby</i> : DRIVER

15-across – Mussolini : ILDUCE

17-across – List of words : VOCABULARY

20-across – Hitchcock film : THEBIRDS

21-across – Disreputable place : DIVE

22-across – Favourite food of silkworms : MULBERRY

23-across – Count votes : TELL

1-down – Posterior : BACKSIDE

2-down – Landlocked European country : SLOVAKIA

4-down – Substance with sedative properties : OPIATE

5-down – Unbelievably amazing : MIRACULOUS

6-down – Seaweed,e.g. : ALGA

7-down – Hue – change or influence slightly : TINT

10-down – Dolly’s eight hour day? : NINETOFIVE

12-down – Commonly supposed to be : PUTATIVE

13-down – OK – in excellent health : VERYWELL

16-down – Look or glance : GANDER

18-down – Stalk : STEM

19-down – Greenish-blue : TEAL

1-across – US novelist – bent chin jokes : JOHNSTEINBECK

8-across – Brand : SEAR

9-across – Pre-Christmas task? : WRAPPING

10-across – Not BC : ANNODOMINI

12-across – Tenant : LESSEE

14-across – Strict disciplinarian : RAMROD

15-across – Pregnant woman : MOTHERTOBE

19-across – Most memorably exciting moment : HIGHSPOT

20-across – Gripe : BEEF

21-across – 1939 film – Australian magician? : THEWIZARDOFOZ

2-down – Evergreen shrub – reloaned : OLEANDER

3-down – Drug dealer : NARCO

4-down – It’s used to pull : TOWROPE

5-down – Japanese porcelain : IMARI

6-down – Religious ceremony : BAPTISM

7-down – Head or nose : CONK

11-down – Mexican hat : SOMBRERO

13-down – One way or another : SOMEHOW

14-down – Come in again : REENTER

16-down – Precious stone : TOPAZ

17-down – Forbidden : TABOO

18-down – Significance – ___ ball or helmet : PITH

1-across – Family member – type of clock : GRANDFATHER

9-across – NOT LIKE THIS : LOWERCASE

10-across – Black and white bird : PIE

11-across – Russian spirit : VODKA

13-across – Dead skin at edge of nails : CUTICLE

14-across – Variety of apple : RUSSET

15-across – Item used by mountaineers to cut footholds : ICEAXE

18-across – ___ cushion : WHOOPEE

20-across – Game of numbers : LOTTO

21-across – Bath ___ University : SPA

22-across – Sly leaver : SEVERALLY

24-across – Prehistoric reptile – protect lady : PTERODACTYL

2-down – Bitterly cold : RAW

3-down – Give a running commentary on : NARRATE

4-down – Complete failure : FIASCO

5-down – English river : TRENT

6-down – Waiting for something : EXPECTANT

7-down – Dickens novel : OLIVERTWIST

8-down – Be in full agreement : SEEEYETOEYE

12-down – Lacking in harmony : DISSONANT

16-down – Relating to heat : CALORIC

17-down – Having burning desire : FERVID

19-down – Puzzling question : POSER

23-down – Supposed straight line between landscape features : LEY