Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Overwhelming victory – Mary’s Bert after a bath? : CLEANSWEEP

7-across – Very fine film of cobwebs : GOSSAMER

8-across – Eructation : BURP

9-across – Seaweed : KELP

10-across – Sycophant : CRAWLER

12-across – Green climbers of wigwams : RUNNERBEANS

14-across – Swindler – crab – or Nero? : FIDDLER

16-across – Put away securely : STOW

19-across – Three-masted schooner – long-winged aquatic bird : TERN

20-across – Chose to be excluded : OPTEDOUT

21-across – Pooch pedal : CEPHALOPOD

1-down – Peg out : CROAK

2-down – Greek letter : EPSILON

3-down – Pixar’s clownfish : NEMO

4-down – Item of bedroom furniture : WARDROBE

5-down – ___ grease : ELBOW

6-down – Eg lime,mint and bottle : GREENS

11-down – Great beast : BEHEMOTH

12-down – Curtain,hair or fund : RAISER

13-down – Misbehaved : ACTEDUP

15-down – Thick : DENSE

17-down – Meandered – laceration : WOUND

18-down – And others : ETAL

1-across – Cover,sheet or jacket : DUST

3-across – Likely to irritate or offend : ABRASIVE

8-across – Weather-wise,it’s often a cock : VANE

9-across – Possibly cardigans or pullovers : KNITWEAR

11-across – Worn thin; old and shabby : THREADBARE

14-across – New pupils : INTAKE

15-across – Japanese emperor in a comic opera : MIKADO

17-across – Make superfine distinctions : SPLITHAIRS

20-across – Living animal or plant : ORGANISM

21-across – E Asian boat – with 18d it’s not good for you : JUNK

22-across – <span>Irish-associated ballad set to </span><i>Londonderry Air</i> : DANNYBOY

23-across – Inert gas : NEON

1-down – Woodworking joint – feathered end? : DOVETAIL

2-down – Spanish Miss : SENORITA

4-down – AKA pygmy chimpanzee : BONOBO

5-down – Thin chocolate mint – nine? : AFTEREIGHT

6-down – Notion : IDEA

7-down – Receptacles for buds? : EARS

10-down – Funny business – illicit love affair : HANKYPANKY

12-down – Freedom from restraint : LATITUDE

13-down – Ranks foe : FORSAKEN

16-down – Utter shambles : FIASCO

18-down – Nourishment : FOOD

19-down – Gone : OGEN

1-across – Hot drink served immediately? : INSTANTCOFFEE

8-across – Troublesome situation – Brunswick or Irish : STEW

9-across – Overindulged,cosseted : PAMPERED

10-across – Praise effusively – Ruby melodious? : WAXLYRICAL

12-across – Wind,sun or silver : SCREEN

14-across – Annoy persistently : BADGER

15-across – Where you may find prisoners or mixologists : BEHINDBARS

19-across – <span>Hears din : SHERIDAN

20-across – Move slowly and gradually : INCH

21-across – People in their eighties : OCTOGENARIANS

2-down – Small bird with sharp bill : NUTHATCH

3-down – Tea,beach or Turkish : TOWEL

4-down – Horn pen : NEPHRON

5-down – Humorous entertainer : COMIC

6-down – Stoked up : FUELLED

7-down – Former partners : EXES

11-down – Fuel container : JERRYCAN

13-down – Stoppage of trade by authority : EMBARGO

14-down – Sudden rush of wealth or good fortune : BONANZA

16-down – Fund,hog or row : HEDGE

17-down – Small buckwheat pancakes : BLINI

18-down – Smart and fashionable : CHIC

1-across – Know-all – smart shoes? : CLEVERCLOGS

9-across – Obtaining money through force : EXTORTION

10-across – Drowned river valley : RIA

11-across – Japanese noodles in broth : RAMEN

13-across – Waif eel : ALEWIFE

14-across – Rope used in ranching : LARIAT

15-across – Shun : ESCHEW

18-across – Radioactive element : URANIUM

20-across – Song fondly remembered: golden ___ : OLDIE

21-across – Pod,cock or souper : PEA

22-across – Postal delivery service – used by Brian? : SNAILMAIL

24-across – Eg seat belts – those who sieve again ? : RESTRAINERS

2-down – Tennis obstruction : LET

3-down – Roofed platform connected to house : VERANDA

4-down – Relating to the nose : RHINAL

5-down – Thrusting forward movement : LUNGE

6-down – Adorned : GARNISHED

7-down – Fuel dispensers : PETROLPUMPS

8-down – Simple turbine-like devices : WATERWHEELS

12-down – Paddington’s favourite sandwich filling : MARMALADE

16-down – Engorged : SWOLLEN

17-down – African antelope : IMPALA

19-down – Stein : INSET

23-down – Tune – played on the G string? : AIR

1-across – Florence gallery : UFFIZI

9-across – Preview : TRAILER

10-across – X X X : CROSSES

11-across – One occurs when sun,moon and Earth align : ECLIPSE

12-across – Marine,violet or vox? : ULTRA

14-across – Iron a fuse : NEFARIOUS

16-across – Moisturiser : FACECREAM

19-across – Circumferential measure of thickness : GIRTH

22-across – Almond biscuit : RATAFIA

23-across – Bird – gulp : SWALLOW

24-across – Malevolent glare thought to cause harm : EVILEYE

25-across – Soak : DRENCH

2-down – Drift about aimlessly – plasterer’s tool : FLOAT

3-down – Hot drink – without delay? : INSTANTCOFFEE

4-down – Stifle : ITSELF

5-down – Lose favour – dropped by Kelly,Jones or Dent? : FALLFROMGRACE

6-down – Syrian city : ALEPPO

7-down – Instructions – pants : BRIEFS

8-down – Unbleached linen : ECRU

13-down – Hot issue : LAVA

15-down – Single element : UNIT

16-down – Domesticated polecat – diligent investigator : FERRET

17-down – Hanging,flowering spike of hazel : CATKIN

18-down – Rubbed out : ERASED

20-down – Memorial of antiquity : RELIC

21-down – Bird of prey – plasterer’s tool : HAWK