Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Churchill Downs race : KENTUCKYDERBY

8-across – Gateshead native? : GEORDIE

9-across – Sayonara : ADIEU

10-across – Of non-existent value : NULL

11-across – US state of Omaha and Lincoln : NEBRASKA

13-across – Reddish-brown apple : RUSSET

14-across – Netted : SCORED

17-across – Destitute : INDIGENT

19-across – Amend text : EDIT

21-across – Graceful,slender woman : SYLPH

22-across – Wrinkled little thing : SULTANA

24-across – Heated verbal argument : SLANGINGMATCH

1-down – Beer container : KEG

2-down – Chinese dish : NOODLES

3-down – Release : UNDO

4-down – Player between the sticks : KEEPER

5-down – Vehicular test of acceleration : DRAGRACE

6-down – Siren : REINS

7-down – Roger that! : YOUSAIDIT

10-down – Flower associated with vanity? : NARCISSUS

12-down – Spiky visitor to some gardens : HEDGEHOG

15-down – Beaming : RADIANT

16-down – Unions : UNISON

18-down – River mouth landform : DELTA

20-down – Bivalve mollusc : CLAM

23-down – Fine particles of residue : ASH

5-across – Athenian citadel : ACROPOLIS

8-across – Train puller : LOCO

9-across – Single-storey house : BUNGALOW

10-across – Seal – ring – ingest : SIGNET

11-across – Distinction : CACHET

13-across – Yes to that! : AGREED

15-across – Affecting the whole world : GLOBAL

16-across – Trousers,jackets etc? : MENSWEAR

18-across – Crowing bird : COCK

19-across – Adaptable type – unreliable type – lizard : CHAMELEON

1-down – Bum : SCROUNGE

2-down – Dessert like ice cream : SORBET

3-down – Brandy : COGNAC

4-down – High-maintenance singer? : DIVA

6-down – Cinephile : MOVIEGOER

7-down – Marriage for amour only : LOVEMATCH

12-down – Get your skates on! : CHOPCHOP

14-down – Gorgeous : DREAMY

15-down – Rinse mouth : GARGLE

17-down – Central London area : SOHO

5-across – Milky grainy dessert,with nutmeg : RICEPUDDING

7-across – Touch or lean against : ABUT

8-across – Westphalia city : DORTMUND

9-across – Framework for punishment – criticise harshly : PILLORY

11-across – Sweet stuff stuck to comb? : HONEY

13-across – Cut bristles : SHAVE

14-across – Bacterium,say : MICROBE

16-across – Staunch : STALWART

17-across – Long time in politics,according to Harold Wilson : WEEK

18-across – Tiny hovering flier : HUMMINGBIRD

1-down – Flora Macdonald or Lulu? : SCOT

2-down – Small and untidy : SPIDERY

3-down – Radon : ADORN

4-down – Grim,sombre movie : FILMNOIR

5-down – Home for a lop-eared pet? : RABBITHUTCH

6-down – Spicy cake with treacle : GINGERBREAD

10-down – Light with flowing liquid : LAVALAMP

12-down – Quality : VINTAGE

15-down – Unspoken : TACIT

17-down – Lash : WHIP

1-across – Inveigle : CAJOLE

4-across – Slender : SVELTE

8-across – Legal : LICIT

9-across – Critical and causal : PIVOTAL

10-across – Innumerable : UMPTEEN

11-across – Indian garment : LUNGI

12-across – Plonk? : TABLEWINE

17-across – Port city in Andalusia : CADIZ

19-across – Film clip with a mistake,often funny : OUTTAKE

21-across – Derived from element symbol N : NITROUS

22-across – Merging : UNION

23-across – Wine-serving vessel with flared lip : CARAFE

24-across – Oofta! : OHDEAR

1-down – Hardened pad of skin : CALLUS

2-down – Top lotto prize : JACKPOT

3-down – Agile : LITHE

5-down – Composer known as the ‘Red Priest’ : VIVALDI

6-down – Language,originally a dialect in old Lazio : LATIN

7-down – Long cake : ECLAIR

9-down – Graceless and heavy : PONDEROUS

13-down – Sling your hook! : BUZZOFF

14-down – Ambiguous,as avoidance tactics : EVASIVE

15-down – Charming : SCENIC

16-down – Sterling note : TENNER

18-down – Treed : DETER

20-down – Feel : TOUCH

1-across – Hide away : SEQUESTER

8-across – Australian monolith : ULURU

9-across – Hebrew prophet : EZEKIEL

10-across – Presides : DISPERSE

11-across – Trademarked fruit : UGLI

13-across – Lionel Bart musical : OLIVER

14-across – Scummy type : TOERAG

16-across – Coil of twine or hair? : HANK

17-across – Fourth of a disc : QUADRANT

19-across – Earnest : NEAREST

20-across – Detach : UNPIN

21-across – Item worn over only the foot : ANKLESOCK

1-down – Device for cleaning windows or windscreens : SQUEEGEE

2-down – Bilious : QUEASY

3-down – Veer : EVER

4-down – Combative : TRIGGERHAPPY

5-down – What doesn’t gather moss – Jagger? : ROLLINGSTONE

6-down – 1979 film with Mods : QUADROPHENIA

7-down – Reservation : QUESTIONMARK

12-down – Bon chance : GOODLUCK

15-down – Bang on : JUSTSO

18-down – Shared internet image : MEME