Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Rich taste of wine : BODY

3-across – Not serious : FLIPPANT

8-across – Highly positive review : RAVE

9-across – Take stock : EVALUATE

11-across – Not selfish : ALTRUISTIC

14-across – In an intense way : KEENLY

15-across – Bread with a filling : SARNIE

17-across – Tasteless – do on cruise : INDECOROUS

20-across – Drink before eating : APERITIF

21-across – Farm building : BARN

22-across – Legislative oversight some exploit : LOOPHOLE

23-across – Honeyed libation : MEAD

1-down – Soldiers’ home : BARRACKS

2-down – Fans : DEVOTEES

4-down – Extravagant : LAVISH

5-down – Butterfly or bee,say : POLLINATOR

6-down – Go,give or get : AWAY

7-down – Us vs. ____ : THEM

10-down – Oddball – haunts lido : OUTLANDISH

12-down – Comment on a text : ANNOTATE

13-down – Long-serving – added flavour : SEASONED

16-down – Nailed : DENIAL

18-down – Get out of jail money : BAIL

19-down – Block : VETO

1-across – Gossipy individual : SCANDALMONGER

8-across – Ale,estate or tennis? : REAL

9-across – ___ Sun,1969 song by Nick Drake : SATURDAY

10-across – Style associated with Tiffany and Lalique : ARTNOUVEAU

12-across – Have no more : RUNOUT

14-across – Nearly a dozen : ELEVEN

15-across – Fair : EVENHANDED

19-across – Routinely sober : TEETOTAL

20-across – Surprise attack : RAID

21-across – One can be very kind – or very cruel : JEKYLLANDHYDE

2-down – Straightforward : CLEARCUT

3-down – Synthetic fibre : NYLON

4-down – Course or rifle? : ASSAULT

5-down – Approximately 39.37 inches : METRE

6-down – Environmental factors : NURTURE

7-down – French state : ETAT

11-down – Jeer amid : JEREMIAD

13-down – In an obvious way : OVERTLY

14-down – Level : ECHELON

16-down – Laud : EXTOL

17-down – Girl from the ___ Country,1963 Bob Dylan song : NORTH

18-down – Present – in this location : HERE

1-across – Ray scenting : ASTRINGENCY

9-across – Divine nut : UNINVITED

10-across – Badly – unwell : ILL

11-across – Happen – come to the mind of : OCCUR

13-across – In the main : LARGELY

14-across – A terse : TEASER

15-across – Lackey : MINION

18-across – Make people obey : ENFORCE

20-across – Buy or button? : PANIC

21-across – Copy : APE

22-across – Patient transport? : STRETCHER

24-across – Author’s workplace : WRITINGDESK

2-down – Lift,run and jump : SKI

3-down – Opposite : REVERSE

4-down – Its leaves are used to make tea : NETTLE

5-down – Its flowers are used to make cordial : ELDER

6-down – Standard by which something is judged : CRITERION

7-down – Off the beaten track : OUTOFTHEWAY

8-down – Find one in a pack : PLAYINGCARD

12-down – Parker in Thunderbirds,for instance : CHAUFFEUR

16-down – Attributed : IMPUTED

17-down – Nervous system cell : NEURON

19-down – Take : RESIT

23-down – Her male equivalent : HIS

1-across – It’s imperative : COMMAND

8-across – EU Green : RENEGUE

9-across – Old and collectable : ANTIQUE

10-across – Intransigent : DIEHARD

11-across – It’s spoken in Iran : FARSI

13-across – Returned to office : REELECTED

15-across – Lacking winter greenery : DECIDUOUS

18-across – Collect : AMASS

21-across – Tolkien wizard : GANDALF

22-across – Acronym letter : INITIAL

23-across – Brackets together : EQUATES

24-across – : HAYWIRE

1-down – Wheat husk,for instance : CHAFF

2-down – Driving force? : MOTOR

3-down – It grows on one : ACQUIREDTASTE

4-down – Remove material from the river bed : DREDGE

5-down – Insanely curse : UNNECESSARILY

6-down – Stunned,and not in a good way : AGHAST

7-down – Fixed – like healed bones : MENDED

12-down – Poker player’s preliminary bet : ANTE

14-down – See if they’re open : EYES

15-down – Grimly persistent : DOGGED

16-down – Agree : CONCUR

17-down – Clumsy : OAFISH

19-down – It may put one in the clear : ALIBI

20-down – Crack : SOLVE

1-across – Vivid recollection : FLASHBACK

8-across – Digital assistant : SIRI

9-across – Hands-on : PRACTICAL

10-across – Sound of a gun : BANG

13-across – Carefully consider : WEIGH

15-across – Make less effective : IMPAIR

16-across – That’s the answer! : EUREKA

17-across – Dugong,for instance : SEACOW

19-across – Hair lightener : BLEACH

20-across – Making them is disruptive : WAVES

21-across – This might ring a bell : PULL

24-across – Wear casual clothes : DRESSDOWN

25-across – Fish or fuel : TANK

26-across – Educational body : INSTITUTE

2-down – Animal fat : LARD

3-down – Drink with a straw : SUCK

4-down – Source of domestic hot water : BOILER

5-down – Small,sea or step : CHANGE

6-down – Miracle ab : BICAMERAL

7-down – <span>Boswell’s </span><i>Life of Johnson</i><span>,for instance</span> : BIOGRAPHY

11-down – Gradually vanish : DISSIPATE

12-down – Shockingly bad : APPALLING

13-down – Bereaved spouse : WIDOW

14-down – Prepares : HULLS

18-down – Mitchell or Beatty? : WARREN

19-down – Sleeping and living quarters combined : BEDSIT

22-down – Polish text : EDIT

23-down – Hit the buzzer? : SWAT