Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Drawback : SNAG

3-across – Enduring : IMMORTAL

8-across – A very long time : AEON

9-across – Obscure : ESOTERIC

11-across – Product discounted to attract customers : LOSSLEADER

14-across – Tight : STINGY

15-across – That’s irrelevant : SOWHAT

17-across – Tells Clara : SALTCELLAR

20-across – Understood – Lear dies : REALISED

21-across – Nepalese dumpling with reduplicative name : MOMO

22-across – Beadsmen : BEAMENDS

23-across – : STAT

1-down – Continuous : SEAMLESS

2-down – Non-electric : ACOUSTIC

4-down – Lose : MISLAY

5-down – Correct : ONTHEMONEY

6-down – Weight of an empty vehicle or container : TARE

7-down – Bit of guitar music – or paint : LICK

10-down – Knock off – I sip a lager : PLAGIARISE

12-down – Relax … : CHILLOUT

13-down – … begin : STARTOUT

16-down – Listen up – wait on : ATTEND

18-down – Suddenly take hold of : GRAB

19-down – Art movement formed in Zurich during the first world war : DADA

1-across – It prevents the release of fossil fuel emissions into the atmosphere : CARBONCAPTURE

8-across – ‘Well’ and ‘good’ in France : BIEN

9-across – 1982 Michael Morpurgo novel,later a play and film : WARHORSE

10-across – Hatless : BAREHEADED

12-across – Be : SEETHE

14-across – Ruin : BANJAX

15-across – Backward : RETROGRADE

19-across – Greek skewered meat dish : SOUVLAKI

20-across – Desire : NEED

21-across – Deep-seated : DYEDINTHEWOOL

2-down – Perky,like Peppa Pig? : ANIMATED

3-down – Bout of over-indulgence : BINGE

4-down – Getting here means there’s no progress : NOWHERE

5-down – Bitter : ACRID

6-down – Stepped : TRODDEN

7-down – Sudden surge – hasten : RUSH

11-down – City on southern California’s Pacific coast : SANDIEGO

13-down – Did well : THRIVED

14-down – Literary : BOOKISH

16-down – Milk,mail or mule? : TRAIN

17-down – Extend : RENEW

18-down – Prying : NOSY

1-across – Dismissive reaction : SHORTSHRIFT

9-across – Digital record of when something happened : TIMESTAMP

10-across – ___ of Us,Beatles song released in 1970 : TWO

11-across – Enthusiasm : GUSTO

13-across – Toothed whale : DOLPHIN

14-across – Put one out to gauge opinion : FEELER

15-across – East African country,capital Kampala : UGANDA

18-across – Temporary : INTERIM

20-across – Large body of water : OCEAN

21-across – House,harrier or night? : HEN

22-across – Characteristically cross : IRASCIBLE

24-across – I vend baker’s : BREADKNIVES

2-down – Sandwich,radio or actor? : HAM

3-down – Give back : RESTORE

4-down – Bits of pottery : SHARDS

5-down – Ward off – disgust : REPEL

6-down – That won’t happen! : FATCHANCE

7-down – Performance anxiety : STAGEFRIGHT

8-down – Old-fashioned writer? : FOUNTAINPEN

12-down – Sugar substitute : SWEETENER

16-down – Pasta that may be made with mashed potato : GNOCCHI

17-down – Get on board : EMBARK

19-down – Yoghurt-based Indian side dish : RAITA

23-down – Kept insect : BEE

1-across – Sleep – or sit – on it : SOFABED

8-across – Produce an egg : OVULATE

9-across – Kerosene,say : LAMPOIL

10-across – Self-inflicted harm : OWNGOAL

11-across – Hard-wearing wool cloth : SERGE

13-across – Getting thinner : NARROWING

15-across – Unbound : LOOSELEAF

18-across – Vacant : EMPTY

21-across – Exposed rock formation : OUTCROP

22-across – Opening : ORIFICE

23-across – Confused : UNCLEAR

24-across – Switched between options on a computer : TOGGLED

1-down – Bath,Epsom or smelling? : SALES

2-down – Longest bone in the human body : FEMUR

3-down – Grief-stricken – bothered Karen : BROKENHEARTED

4-down – Grief : DOLOUR

5-down – Overcooked food : BURNTOFFERING

6-down – English actor Derek ___,b,1938 : JACOBI

7-down – One consequence of air travel : JETLAG

12-down – Repeat : ECHO

14-down – Undiluted : NEAT

15-down – Get better : LOOKUP

16-down – : OPTICS

17-down – Sell abroad : EXPORT

19-down – Medicine bottle : PHIAL

20-down – Give up : YIELD

1-across – Give money back to : REIMBURSE

8-across – Jerk,drop or pad? : KNEE

9-across – Hear poems : SEMAPHORE

10-across – Be flexible – diagonal shield line : BEND

13-across – Piece of land : TRACT

15-across – Buy in goods from another country : IMPORT

16-across – German emperor : KAISER

17-across – Kitchen appliance,sometimes slow : COOKER

19-across – Modern reading material : EBOOKS

20-across – Pass on : RELAY

21-across – Dexterous : DEFT

24-across – Foxglove plant group : DIGITALIS

25-across – Thread holder : REEL

26-across – Non-upright piano : BABYGRAND

2-down – Square – and fair : EVEN

3-down – Defensive channel : MOAT

4-down – In one piece : UNHURT

5-down – Hit : STRUCK

6-down – Change of order or position : INVERSION

7-down – It’s worn on top : HEADDRESS

11-down – Inky,unlit : PITCHDARK

12-down – Teach in a way that discourages independent thought : SPOONFEED

13-down – More accurate : TRUER

14-down – Cat with striped fur : TABBY

18-down – Back of the eye : RETINA

19-down – Without difficulty : EASILY

22-down – Something cut and dried? : HAIR

23-down – Facial expression : MIEN