Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Sport where salt is thrown : SUMOWRESTLING

8-across – Goon : THUG

9-across – Wriggly lover of literature? : BOOKWORM

10-across – Expert : PASTMASTER

12-across – Streaked glass ball : MARBLE

14-across – Effluence : SEWAGE

15-across – Caribbean archipelago : GUADELOUPE

19-across – Decorative carvings in wood/metal : FRETWORK

20-across – Fencing sword : FOIL

21-across – Flip-top bottle substance – people only pry : POLYPROPYLENE

2-down – State of disturbance : UPHEAVAL

3-down – Tough : OUGHT

4-down – Bony structure : RIBCAGE

5-down – Nose : SNOUT

6-down – Having no pretensions to intellect : LOWBROW

7-down – Rend : NERD

11-down – From Alexandria? : EGYPTIAN

13-down – Intolerance : BIGOTRY

14-down – I can’t hear you! : SPEAKUP

16-down – Love : AMOUR

17-down – Refuse : OFFAL

18-down – Rice-shaped pasta : ORZO

1-across – Little dog – ex-England wicket keeper : JACKRUSSELL

9-across – Letters container – shade of red? : PILLARBOX

10-across – Pinnacle : TOP

11-across – Grumble : WHINE

13-across – Go back on a deal : RENEGUE

14-across – Human ‘tail’ : COCCYX

15-across – Consent : ACCORD

18-across – Cassava pudding grains : TAPIOCA

20-across – Steer : RESET

21-across – World wide network? : WEB

22-across – Unthinking person / machine : AUTOMATON

24-across – Conditions study : METEOROLOGY

2-down – The lot : ALL

3-down – Hanky-panky : KNAVERY

4-down – Embryonic : UNBORN

5-down – : SAXON

6-down – Contentious : LITIGIOUS

7-down – Suffolk team : IPSWICHTOWN

8-down – Event where many singles hardly get to know one another : SPEEDDATING

12-down – Inept : INCAPABLE

16-down – Yellow-brown : CARAMEL

17-down – Really get to grips with : MASTER

19-down – Speak : ORATE

23-down – Ticket : TAG

1-across – Thieving crow : JACKDAW

8-across – Carvings etc – figures of speech : IMAGERY

9-across – Hydrogen/methane fuel : COALGAS

10-across – Worker looking down in the mouth : DENTIST

11-across – Stringed instrument : BANJO

13-across – Talk of past things : REMINISCE

15-across – Racket sport : BADMINTON

18-across – Come in : ENTER

21-across – Constant : NONSTOP

22-across – Oh dear,poor little thing! : DIDDUMS

23-across – Playful third movement? : SCHERZO

24-across – Cucumber relative : GHERKIN

1-down – Buyer of Esau’s birthright : JACOB

2-down – Necklace with links : CHAIN

3-down – WWII Ministry of Agriculture campaign : DIGFORVICTORY

4-down – Intelligence – old comedian Norman : WISDOM

5-down – Mending tool with a big hole : DARNINGNEEDLE

6-down – Clever clogs : GENIUS

7-down – Shrub – termly : MYRTLE

12-down – Vibe : AURA

14-down – Earth’s centre : CORE

15-down – Send away : BANISH

16-down – Inflatable boat : DINGHY

17-down – Head honcho : TOPDOG

19-down – Tree supporter? : TRUNK

20-down – Risen : RESIN

1-across – Descriptive term : ADJECTIVE

8-across – Type of metal : ZINC

9-across – : QUARTERLY

10-across – Old Cusco citizen : INCA

13-across – Evil spirit : GHOUL

15-across – Bawdy : RISQUE

16-across – Are you sure? : REALLY

17-across – Veer : SWERVE

19-across – Cheerlessness : DOLOUR

20-across – Shattered : ALLIN

21-across – The first and the second : BOTH

24-across – Kind-hearted – as a relative? : AVUNCULAR

25-across – Mate : TEAM

26-across – Gauche : INELEGANT

2-down – Splatter or smear : DAUB

3-down – Husband of a countess : EARL

4-down – Grow choppers : TEETHE

5-down – Velvety : VELOUR

6-down – Building from which points are controlled : SIGNALBOX

7-down – Where metal items discarded : SCRAPYARD

11-down – Bodily damage due to extreme cold : FROSTBITE

12-down – Critical : ESSENTIAL

13-down – Yellow fruit with pink or white flesh : GUAVA

14-down – Zesty yellow fruit : LEMON

18-down – Cricket team : ELEVEN

19-down – Bavarian dress : DIRNDL

22-down – Stopper : BUNG

23-down – Farm building : BARN

1-across – Lurid Victorian paperback : PENNYDREADFUL

8-across – Sighting formally called a UAP : UFO

9-across – Extra run from poor fielding : OVERTHROW

10-across – Dishes of stuffed vine leaves : DOLMADES

11-across – Voice : ALTO

13-across – Ayurveda spiritual centre : CHAKRA

14-across – Lingo : JARGON

16-across – Level : RANK

17-across – Antiquated : OUTDATED

20-across – Replica : IMITATION

21-across – Devil : IMP

22-across – Adrenalin-fuelled response : FIGHTORFLIGHT

1-down – £ : POUND

2-down – Not much to look at – in a gallery? : NOOILPAINTING

3-down – Small freeholders : YEOMANRY

4-down – Pot ciggy : REEFER

5-down – Cast : ACTS

6-down – Utensil-shaped flash? : FORKLIGHTNING

7-down – Info : LOWDOWN

12-down – RC official : CARDINAL

13-down – Welsh city : CARDIFF

15-down – Subordinate : JUNIOR

18-down – Opted : DEPOT

19-down – NaCl,say : SALT