Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Starry Little Bear ? : URSAMINOR

8-across – Greek cheese : FETA

9-across – Pouched mammal,e.g. kangaroo : MARSUPIAL

10-across – Gripping tool – immoral habit : VICE

13-across – Less than zero : MINUS

15-across – Owl or nose : HOOTER

16-across – In a strangely frightening way : EERILY

17-across – Person or item supposed to bring good luck : MASCOT

19-across – Road often bordered by trees : AVENUE

20-across – Mother-of-pearl – crane : NACRE

21-across – Haze intensified by pollutants : SMOG

24-across – Meanie doc : MACEDOINE

25-across – Cereal grain – Anneka or Tim : RICE

26-across – Newspaper article : EDITORIAL

2-down – Behind : REAR

3-down – Domed or vaulted recess in church : APSE

4-down – Damage or weaken : IMPAIR

5-down – Impervious to light : OPAQUE

6-down – Lacking : DEFICIENT

7-down – Precautionary measure in the event of a fall : SAFETYNET

11-down – Science – attraction between people : CHEMISTRY

12-down – Playground game involving numbered squares : HOPSCOTCH

13-down – Galia,water or cantaloupe : MELON

14-down – Deliver the first ball of a point : SERVE

18-down – Sleeveless tunic – outer dress of a medieval peasant : TABARD

19-down – Take into custody : ARREST

22-down – Grapes,puss or dough : SOUR

23-down – <span>___ Sewell,</span><i>Black Beauty</i><span> author</span> : ANNA

1-across – Hairstyling service : CUTANDBLOWDRY

8-across – Silent – mother : MUM

9-across – Sheer riot : THEORISER

10-across – Clouding of eye lens – waterfall : CATARACT

11-across – Member of S American people of Peru before Spanish conquest : INCA

13-across – Descriptive of hat at a jaunty angle – like a garden tool? : RAKISH

14-across – Render defenceless : DISARM

16-across – Strike with the head – fag end : BUTT

17-across – Trees,e.g. pine and Douglas fir : CONIFERS

20-across – Polynesian people – hat isn’t AI : TAHITIANS

21-across – Female sheep : EWE

22-across – A,for example – London landlord? : CAPITALLETTER

1-down – <span>e,g,</span><i>The Beano</i><span> – strip or relief</span> : COMIC

2-down – Condiment,red and saucy? : TOMATOKETCHUP

3-down – One that may reveal all : NATURIST

4-down – To make pale or white : BLEACH

5-down – Fairytale baddie : OGRE

6-down – Mutual withdrawal from a position – gas end meeting : DISENGAGEMENT

7-down – ‘The sun is over the ___’ : YARDARM

12-down – Key question – magazine supporting homeless : BIGISSUE

13-down – Performed by machine not person : ROBOTIC

15-down – Illegal delivery in cricket : NOBALL

18-down – Move vehicle in desired direction – young ox : STEER

19-down – Restore after marking for deletion : STET

1-across – White barrels : WELSHRAREBIT

9-across – Not evenly? : ODDLY

10-across – Sieved raw tomatoes : PASSATA

11-across – Moist : DAMP

12-across – Unable to perceive differences in musical pitch : TONEDEAF

14-across – Jeer disruptively : HECKLE

15-across – Concerning nations or races : ETHNIC

18-across – ET column : UNCLETOM

20-across – Capital of Norway : OSLO

22-across – Underground prison : DUNGEON

23-across – Considerably overweight : OBESE

24-across – Venetian spanner? : RIALTOBRIDGE

2-down – Found in a particular geographic region : ENDEMIC

3-down – Puts into words : SAYS

4-down – Bird of prey : RAPTOR

5-down – Regards with esteem : RESPECTS

6-down – Inferno : BLAZE

7-down – Used for guiding diverted vehicles – witches’ hats : TRAFFICCONES

8-down – Show this when intentionally ignoring – chilly joint? : COLDSHOULDER

13-down – Most smooth and glossy : SLEEKEST

16-down – Savings,perhaps by a bird? : NESTEGG

17-down – Mix socially with rich and famous – biscuit : HOBNOB

19-down – Single-file dance : CONGA

21-down – Bear – one who practices downward dogs etc : YOGI

1-across – Woman’s tight-fitting garment – ___-ripper : BODICE

4-across – Gain freedom : ESCAPE

9-across – Treatment that has no active properties : PLACEBO

10-across – Card used in fortune-telling : TAROT

11-across – One of seven deadly sins : SLOTH

12-across – Thick chunky soup,often including clams : CHOWDER

13-across – Sooty or Sweep,e.g. : GLOVEPUPPET

18-across – Group of senior ministers – cupboard : CABINET

20-across – Bewildered – on the ocean : ATSEA

22-across – Alarm,screen or signal : SMOKE

23-across – Couple : TWOSOME

24-across – Snooker player or boy wizard : POTTER

25-across – Snowmobile : SKIDOO

1-down – Road avoiding e.g. congested area : BYPASS

2-down – A cord : DRACO

3-down – <i>The Cherry Orchard</i><span>’s Russian playwright</span> : CHEKHOV

5-down – Fight or argument : SETTO

6-down – Shorten – bag ride : ABRIDGE

7-down – Restaurant or cafe : EATERY

8-down – King Edward lounging on sofa? : COUCHPOTATO

14-down – Scientist’s protective garment : LABCOAT

15-down – Bird : PEACOCK

16-down – Behaves badly : ACTSUP

17-down – Summerhouse offering a view : GAZEBO

19-down – Female relative : NIECE

21-down – Weapon – e.g. Excalibur : SWORD

1-across – Sturgeon caviar : BELUGA

4-across – Prejudiced towards the young? : AGEIST

9-across – Stop the flow of – steadfast : STAUNCH

10-across – Trembling poplar – napes : ASPEN

11-across – Acts as a parent to – jumps up in alarm : REARS

12-across – Future frog : TADPOLE

13-across – Chirping jumping creature : GRASSHOPPER

18-across – Motorcycle adjunct : SIDECAR

20-across – <i>Frasier</i><span> surname – tall building-site sight</span> : CRANE

22-across – <span>___ </span><i>Written in a Country Churchyard</i> : ELEGY

23-across – Area that I do like to be beside : SEASIDE

24-across – Train-station assistant – university caretaker : PORTER

25-across – Of late : RECENT

1-down – Little eatery : BISTRO

2-down – Woolly South American : LLAMA

3-down – Biblical beginning : GENESIS

5-down – Pituitary,sebaceous or lymph : GLAND

6-down – Collapse inwardly : IMPLODE

7-down – A bicycle made for two : TANDEM

8-down – Maggie’s philosophy : THATCHERISM

14-down – Stag or hind named for its colour : REDDEER

15-down – Care ___ or ___ holiday : PACKAGE

16-down – In the land of Nod : ASLEEP

17-down – Sneak off to the other side – flaw : DEFECT

19-down – Glasgow’s river : CLYDE

21-down – Wonderland visitor : ALICE