Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Hotel vegetable? : SAVOYCABBAGE

9-across – Foretell from signs : AUGUR

10-across – Using more words than necessary : VERBOSE

11-across – Herb : DILL

12-across – What in the US is called a sidewalk : PAVEMENT

14-across – Frantically busy : HECTIC

15-across – Buzz cut,bun or braids perhaps : HAIRDO

18-across – Support and strengthen from below : UNDERPIN

20-across – Precious stone : OPAL

22-across – Willingly fulfilling obligations : DUTIFUL

23-across – Taylor or bird? : SWIFT

24-across – Happy and significant occasion : REDLETTERDAY

2-down – Kind and beautiful – like Gabriel,perhaps? : ANGELIC

3-down – Man-eating giant : OGRE

4-down – Warning : CAVEAT

5-down – Canal boat crew bloke : BARGEMAN

6-down – Regained complete consciousness : AWOKE

7-down – Coat metal using current to transfer ions : ELECTROPLATE

8-down – Emergency motorway stopping area : HARDSHOULDER

13-down – Rail fire : AIRRIFLE

16-down – Very accurate copy : REPLICA

17-down – Flower – colour : VIOLET

19-down – Old-fashioned – accompanied romantically : DATED

21-down – Operator : USER

1-across – Hat or Canal : PANAMA

4-across – Quick and skilful : ADROIT

9-across – Flat sheet of frozen sea water : ICEFLOE

10-across – Wash oneself in water : BATHE

11-across – Large S American aquatic rodent : COYPU

12-across – Exhausting,competitive lifestyle : RATRACE

13-across – Seashore treasure seeker : BEACHCOMBER

18-across – Pensioners’ home perhaps? : CHELSEA

20-across – Slender graceful woman : SYLPH

22-across – Accepted practice : USAGE

23-across – Everlasting : ETERNAL

24-across – Literary art : POETRY

25-across – Educational institution : LYCEUM

1-down – JK Rowling’s Half-Blood one? : PRINCE

2-down – In a state of poverty : NEEDY

3-down – Slug or snail,eg : MOLLUSC

5-down – First public performance : DEBUT

6-down – Unused film clip : OUTTAKE

7-down – Tent – sounding like two letters : TEEPEE

8-down – Lost value : DEPRECIATED

14-down – Raise : ELEVATE

15-down – Outstanding expertise and control : MASTERY

16-down – Steal apples : SCRUMP

17-down – Biological classification : PHYLUM

19-down – Blaspheme : SWEAR

21-down – Prick : LANCE

1-across – Sharp tooth : CANINE

4-across – Discourage : DETER

7-across – Astronomical dust and gas cloud : NEBULA

8-across – Tricky bit of bowling : GOOGLY

9-across – One sticks out at the seaside : PIER

10-across – First-rate : TOPNOTCH

12-across – Assistance : HELPINGHAND

17-across – Clarify : UNTANGLE

19-across – Poisonous metal – tip : LEAD

20-across – Relaxing room : LOUNGE

21-across – 1ac type of sharp bend : DOGLEG

22-across – Rope holder on board : CLEAT

23-across – Deft : ADROIT

1-down – Hold dear : CHERISH

2-down – Beige,for instance : NEUTRAL

3-down – It came close to happening : NEARTHING

4-down – Die like Ophelia : DROWN

5-down – Get tense : TIGHTEN

6-down – I Got ____,1930 song by George and Ira Gershwin : RHYTHM

11-down – Swinishly stubborn? : PIGHEADED

13-down – Rave : ENTHUSE

14-down – : ALLEGRO

15-down – Most precious : DEAREST

16-down – Common – people : PUBLIC

18-down – When to retire? : NIGHT

1-across – Peak : HIGHWATERMARK

8-across – Difficult situation : PROBLEM

9-across – Kilometres per hour,say : SPEED

10-across – Short – or rough – cut : HACK

11-across – Feud : VENDETTA

13-across – Find them on Instagram : PHOTOS

14-across – Wildly impractical : MADCAP

17-across – Home movie format : CINEFILM

19-across – Shiner? : STAR

21-across – Bathroom dryer : TOWEL

22-across – Flight deck occupants : AIRCREW

24-across – Kedgeree ingredient : HARDBOILEDEGG

1-down – Bitter ingredient : HOP

2-down – Cigar-smoking Marx brother : GROUCHO

3-down – Collapse through lack of water : WILT

4-down – Interfere : TAMPER

5-down – Leftover : RESIDUAL

6-down – Head off : AVERT

7-down – Hostage taker : KIDNAPPER

10-down – Game played in squares : HOPSCOTCH

12-down – Iron or wood? : GOLFCLUB

15-down – Exclusive group : COTERIE

16-down – The opposite to an acid : ALKALI

18-down – More modern : NEWER

20-down – Timber producer : TREE

23-down – Footballer’s partner : WAG

5-across – Saunter in : SATURNINE

8-across – Long journey : TREK

9-across – Euphoric : BLISSFUL

10-across – Set fire to : IGNITE

11-across – Part – share : DIVIDE

13-across – Fantastic : UNREAL

15-across – Puzzling is one – form of a verb : GERUND

16-across – Customer or slope? : SLIPPERY

18-across – It’s sometimes measured in square metres : AREA

19-across – Late bagel : BAGATELLE

1-down – : BACKFIRE

2-down – Unassuming : HUMBLE

3-down – Mean : UNKIND

4-down – Responsibility : ONUS

6-down – Long-bodied insect with iridescent wings : DRAGONFLY

7-down – Fine example : HUMDINGER

12-down – It’s subject to change : VARIABLE

14-down – Wriggle room : LEEWAY

15-down – It spouts hot water : GEYSER

17-down – French course : PLAT