Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Thoughtless selfish motorist : ROADHOG

8-across – At once I : ACONITE

9-across – Withdraw : RETRACT

10-across – Parliamentary record : HANSARD

11-across – Italian cured pork fat : LARDO

13-across – Consummate : VERITABLE

15-across – Ability to put up with something : TOLERANCE

18-across – Drink – with Rosie ? : CIDER

21-across – Flat elevated tract of land : PLATEAU

22-across – Chimney site : ROOFTOP

23-across – Kneecap : PATELLA

24-across – With great enthusiasm : LIKEMAD

1-down – Relating to the countryside : RURAL

2-down – Essential oil : ATTAR

3-down – Completely in love – somersault : HEADOVERHEELS

4-down – Draw threads through cloth to pleat : GATHER

5-down – Lasting through day and night : ROUNDTHECLOCK

6-down – Raising agent : BICARB

7-down – Annoy – gramophone part : NEEDLE

12-down – To be played with the bow : ARCO

14-down – Fast Olympic toboggan : LUGE

15-down – Amounts added to return to original level : TOPUPS

16-down – Propped-up shed : LEANTO

17-down – Relating to bodily bundles of fibre : NEURAL

19-down – Piece of information more often referred to in the plural : DATUM

20-down – ___ eye movement : RAPID

1-across – Huffy electricity producers? : WINDFARMS

8-across – Bones – Greek mountain : OSSA

9-across – Figurine : STATUETTE

10-across – Fruit – NZ bird : KIWI

13-across – Red pigment used as hair dye : HENNA

15-across – Hard glossy coating : ENAMEL

16-across – Forge : SMITHY

17-across – Long high-backed bench – Yorkshire town : SETTLE

19-across – Coin – pig or fowl? : GUINEA

20-across – Happen : OCCUR

21-across – Fool – what twoo follows at night? : TWIT

24-across – Water-smacking dive : BELLYFLOP

25-across – Cornish Project : EDEN

26-across – What a fairy swaps for cash : BABYTOOTH

2-down – Enthusiastic about : INTO

3-down – Show excessive love : DOTE

4-down – Qualification : ALEVEL

5-down – Service of morning prayer : MATINS

6-down – Aide : ASSISTANT

7-down – Chap dedicated to his wife and children : FAMILYMAN

11-down – Socially prominent glamorous traveller : JETSETTER

12-down – Like some warblers and flycatchers : FANTAILED

13-down – UK magazine since 1988 : HELLO

14-down – Loved one : AMOUR

18-down – Skin condition : ECZEMA

19-down – Culpable : GUILTY

22-down – Hairstyle : AFRO

23-down – Part of a poem or a sewing machine : FOOT

1-across – Carrot or parsnip,e.g. : ROOTVEGETABLE

8-across – Mythical bird : ROC

9-across – Auditory perception : LISTENING

10-across – Informer – piglet : SQUEALER

11-across – Ancient Scandinavian book : EDDA

13-across – Raised for discussion : MOOTED

14-across – Fry,kiss or toast? : FRENCH

16-across – Cheese-making town northeast of Amsterdam : EDAM

17-across – Capable of errors : FALLIBLE

20-across – Sporting competition : TRIATHLON

21-across – Blade : OAR

22-across – Trading place : OPENAIRMARKET

1-down – Some ferries : ROROS

2-down – Top of a tale : ONCEUPONATIME

3-down – Inhabitant of small community : VILLAGER

4-down – Set of principles – absolute truth ? : GOSPEL

5-down – Three in cards or dice : TREY

6-down – Unit of construction : BUILDINGBLOCK

7-down – It’s used to brush pastry : EGGWASH

12-down – Asian country : SRILANKA

13-down – Distinguished musician : MAESTRO

15-down – US writer – poster : MAILER

18-down – White heron : EGRET

19-down – Sicilian hotspot : ETNA

1-across – Manual or automatic : TRANSMISSION

9-across – <span>They were </span><i>Little </i><span>in literature</span> : WOMEN

10-across – Hole,tail or dive : SWALLOW

11-across – NZ tree – fast-moving shark : MAKO

12-across – Dodge : SIDESTEP

14-across – Unlearned : INNATE

15-across – Portable personal computer : LAPTOP

18-across – Ruler of state,province etc : GOVERNOR

20-across – Frost : HOAR

22-across – OK Alice : OILCAKE

23-across – King or AC : COBRA

24-across – Paper knife : LETTEROPENER

2-down – Small baking dish : RAMEKIN

3-down – Peter Pan dog : NANA

4-down – Fine soft cotton fabric : MUSLIN

5-down – It’s found on a keyboard – where astronauts drink? : SPACEBAR

6-down – Key,perhaps – one of Langerhans’? : ISLET

7-down – Male journalist : NEWSPAPERMAN

8-down – Lido,e.g. : SWIMMINGPOOL

13-down – Look up on a clear night : STARGAZE

16-down – Spot,shoot or maker : TROUBLE

17-down – Grapefruit-like fruit : POMELO

19-down – S African grassland : VELDT

21-down – Highest point : ACME

1-across – European river that’s Blue in music : DANUBE

4-across – Slow C16/17 formal dance : PAVANE

9-across – Sunshade – type of mushroom : PARASOL

10-across – Relating to the widest section of the hipbone : ILIAC

11-across – Final letter in Greek alphabet : OMEGA

12-across – Dash hurriedly – coal basket : SCUTTLE

13-across – Significant date – rainy ravens : ANNIVERSARY

18-across – Huge : TITANIC

20-across – Fisted or lipped : TIGHT

22-across – Shakespearean quantity of flesh? : POUND

23-across – Miser : SCROOGE

24-across – French physicist : AMPERE

25-across – Seed-case of legume : PEAPOD

1-down – Bring into : DEPLOY

2-down – Audacity : NERVE

3-down – Long-grained rice : BASMATI

5-down – Farewell : ADIEU

6-down – Earhart or Lindbergh? : AVIATOR

7-down – <span>Cake – </span><i>Goon Show</i><span> character</span> : ECCLES

8-down – Fracture covering : PLASTERCAST

14-down – Bridge bid – Donald absent? : NOTRUMP

15-down – Liberate : SETFREE

16-down – Perfect imaginary state : UTOPIA

17-down – Be present at : ATTEND

19-down – Lowest point : NADIR

21-down – Bubble slowly – Augustus : GLOOP