Author name: crosswordanswers

6-across – Power-dressing 1980s figure of fun : YUPPIE

8-across – Newport-born actor Michael : SHEEN

9-across – Deal : LEDA

10-across – Cold H20 : ICEWATER

11-across – Assorted – multiform : DIVERSE

13-across – Young hero in Swiss fiction : HEIDI

15-across – It’ll show you the world : ATLAS

17-across – Cobbler,e.g. : DESSERT

20-across – Turning into – appropriate : BECOMING

21-across – Artist Salvator or activist Parks : ROSA

23-across – Emanate – publication : ISSUE

24-across – Home of the young Barack Obama : HAWAII

1-down – Item torn in triumph after a driving test : LPLATE

2-down – Maximally spooky : EERIEST

3-down – To date : ASYET

4-down – Event with ayes and nays : DEBATE

5-down – Beget : ENGENDER

7-down – ‘ … making good ___ of the things that we find … ’ : USE

12-down – Undaunted,like some adventurers : INTREPID

14-down – Expression of boredom,resignation or jollity : HEIGHHO

16-down – Awaken : AROUSE

18-down – Doctor’s handwriting,typically : SCRAWL

19-down – Apple product : CIDER

22-down – Go downhill fast? : SKI

1-across – Molten iron produced in these industrial structures : BLASTFURNACES

8-across – Anything in Yorkshire : OWT

9-across – Female relative : GREATAUNT

10-across – Swimmer – member of religious community? : MONKFISH

11-across – Actual existence : ESSE

13-across – Free and easy : CASUAL

14-across – Courageous : PLUCKY

16-across – Recognition,scanning or Murdoch : IRIS

17-across – Token of devotion : LOVEKNOT

20-across – A bell gate : BAGATELLE

21-across – Strange : RUM

22-across – No free parking here : PAYANDDISPLAY

1-down – Flower – Orlando : BLOOM

2-down – To my great surprise : ASTONISHINGLY

3-down – Pulling contest : TUGOFWAR

4-down – Discomfort – apprehension : UNEASE

5-down – Crazy : NUTS

6-down – Speed regulator – Tom in charge? : CRUISECONTROL

7-down – Repletion : SATIETY

12-down – Ignorant – 1995 comedy : CLUELESS

13-down – Head for the summit : CLIMBUP

15-down – Shop-___ : SOILED

18-down – Ache,button or tuck : TUMMY

19-down – Anagram of 5d : STUN

1-across – Such lenses adapt to light conditions : PHOTOCHROMIC

9-across – Fire-raising : ARSON

10-across – Pepper – capital of French Guiana : CAYENNE

11-across – Most important man on the square? : KING

12-across – Outbuilding for garden implements : TOOLSHED

14-across – This may contain leaves – amusement park ‘vehicle’ : TEACUP

15-across – Working cat : MOUSER

18-across – Bits and pieces : ODDMENTS

20-across – Aniseed liqueur : OUZO

22-across – Fab flea : AFFABLE

23-across – Immoral : WRONG

24-across – Judge too highly : OVERESTIMATE

2-down – Exclamation of praise to God : HOSANNA

3-down – Dome,bell or oxygen : TENT

4-down – Clock bird? : CUCKOO

5-down – 11ac might watch from here – Charles’s TV? : ROYALBOX

6-down – Chew – Norwegian painter : MUNCH

7-down – Somerset tourist destination – where cheese is scoffed? : CHEDDARGORGE

8-down – 11ac Edward that may be baked unpeeled : JACKETPOTATO

13-down – Buzzy dominating female : QUEENBEE

16-down – Extinguish : STUBOUT

17-down – Food,light or level : STREET

19-down – Jermain,Willem or Daniel : DEFOE

21-down – Sink or ___ : SWIM

1-across – Chaos – turn-up this month? : MAYHEM

4-across – Dog – or,when paired with 18ac,loudspeaker : WOOFER

9-across – Pope : PONTIFF

10-across – Demand and obtain : EXACT

11-across – Beginning : ONSET

12-across – Good health : SLAINTE

13-across – Dollar abode : LABRADOODLE

18-across – Bird – or,when paired with 4ac,loudspeaker : TWEETER

20-across – Scrooge : MISER

22-across – 44th US president : OBAMA

23-across – Cradle-song : LULLABY

24-across – Smallest two-digit prime number : ELEVEN

25-across – Stockholm is its capital : SWEDEN

1-down – Toyland policeman : MRPLOD

2-down – Long time : YONKS

3-down – Eg light bulb or radiator : EMITTER

5-down – Greek letter : OMEGA

6-down – Facecloth – soft-soap : FLANNEL

7-down – Johnny – decayed : ROTTEN

8-down – Goals disallowed if this is breached : OFFSIDERULE

14-down – Mean,mode or median : AVERAGE

15-down – Owl mash : OHMSLAW

16-down – In : ATHOME

17-down – Wax stick : CRAYON

19-down – Gently comb : TEASE

21-down – Sharp-edged piece of broken glass : SHARD

1-across – Ran after : CHASED

4-across – Collar companions? : CUFFS

7-across – Quick – reminder : PROMPT

8-across – Piece of cake – eat it outdoors : PICNIC

9-across – Cosy home : NEST

10-across – To order : ONDEMAND

12-across – Did : PERPETRATED

17-across – Cited fen : INFECTED

19-across – Main,square or microwave? : MEAL

20-across – Make a concerted effort : STRIVE

21-across – Small suitcase : VALISE

22-across – Enchanting words? : SPELL

23-across – Take it and run : FLIGHT

1-down – Partition : CARVEUP

2-down – Instrument for measuring electric current : AMMETER

3-down – Vex rotter : EXTROVERT

4-down – Sound as a bell? : CHIME

5-down – Sound of trumpets : FANFARE

6-down – Break away : SECEDE

11-down – One loves taking risks : DAREDEVIL

13-down – Impose : ENFORCE

14-down – Interval between two related events : TIMELAG

15-down – Resolved : DEADSET

16-down – Newspaper stands : KIOSKS

18-down – Quibble : CAVIL