Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Upper legislative chamber : SENATE

4-across – Irrational fear : PHOBIA

9-across – Glaze : LACQUER

10-across – Surgery light? : LASER

11-across – Aerodynamic : SLEEK

12-across – Small mounted telescope,for navigation : SEXTANT

13-across – Nemesis of Mr McGregor : PETERRABBIT

18-across – Fortify : TOUGHEN

20-across – Crested or dwarf lizard? : GECKO

22-across – Assurance : NERVE

23-across – Barracks lav : LATRINE

24-across – Amateur chap : LAYMAN

25-across – Asininity : IDIOCY

1-down – Sensational news feature – created by diver? : SPLASH

2-down – Mother-of-pearl : NACRE

3-down – Cheese wheel : TRUCKLE

5-down – Corkscrew object or shape : HELIX

6-down – Rice type : BASMATI

7-down – Run oxygen through : AERATE

8-down – Santa : KRISKRINGLE

14-down – Head of state’s attendant : EQUERRY

15-down – Intolerant : BIGOTED

16-down – Without a key : ATONAL

17-down – Volley : LOVELY

19-down – Spotted Asian and African carnivore : HYENA

21-down – Trousers fabric : CHINO

1-across – Cockchafer : MAYBUG

4-across – Thick-skinned orange : JAFFA

7-across – Skeleton’s home? : CLOSET

8-across – Hold up : HIJACK

9-across – Mite : ITEM

10-across – Due : EXPECTED

12-across – Money requested : ASKINGPRICE

17-across – Pair of pincers : TWEEZERS

19-across – Cherished : DEAR

20-across – Hanging ornamental cover : CANOPY

21-across – Cryptic : OPAQUE

22-across – Delish : YUMMY

23-across – Watch it! : BEWARE

1-down – Territorials : MILITIA

2-down – Veil : YASHMAK

3-down – Sweeten the pot : UPTHEANTE

4-down – Squash – petrol : JUICE

5-down – Feverish : FRANTIC

6-down – Aid oik : AIKIDO

11-down – Tailpiece of cooked chicken – pontiff’s hooter? : POPESNOSE

13-down – Chest bone : STERNUM

14-down – Midwestern US state : INDIANA

15-down – Civilian escaping dangerous place : EVACUEE

16-down – Tacky : STICKY

18-down – Quick : ZIPPY

1-across – Expression of incredulity : WHATDOYOUKNOW

8-across – Best possible : OPTIMUM

9-across – Sanctum : HAVEN

10-across – Hammer – what’s hammered! : NAIL

11-across – Engraved design – ligation : INTAGLIO

13-across – Crime : FELONY

14-across – Tree with swollen trunk : BAOBAB

17-across – Tin-opener? : RINGPULL

19-across – Core : CRUX

21-across – Vigour : OOMPH

22-across – Daytime : DIURNAL

24-across – Drinking game : SPINTHEBOTTLE

1-down – Seek the hand of : WOO

2-down – Heap of insects : ANTHILL

3-down – Plonk : DUMP

4-down – From an Arabian republic : YEMENI

5-down – Disruption : UPHEAVAL

6-down – New – book : NOVEL

7-down – Apartment’s tiny garden? : WINDOWBOX

10-down – Wicked : NEFARIOUS

12-down – Image taken without fuss : SNAPSHOT

15-down – One brat : BARONET

16-down – Snow vehicle on runners : SLEDGE

18-down – Dark clouds : NIMBI

20-down – Sport with Nage Waza throwing techniques : JUDO

23-down – Porky : LIE

5-across – Spiteful : VITRIOLIC

8-across – Sauce – county : MAYO

9-across – Mexican resort city : ACAPULCO

10-across – Cagebird : CANARY

11-across – Marley’s music : REGGAE

13-across – Odious : HORRID

15-across – Pale and flabby : DOUGHY

16-across – Memory aid : MNEMONIC

18-across – Amphibian – in the hole? : TOAD

19-across – Tea garden : GREATDANE

1-down – Is around : DINOSAUR

2-down – Gruff : CROAKY

3-down – Angora goat yarn : MOHAIR

4-down – Place : LIEU

6-down – Supreme : PARAMOUNT

7-down – Tip : SCRAPHEAP

12-down – Deadly sin : GLUTTONY

14-down – Of choppers : DENTAL

15-down – Crack : DECODE

17-down – Karl or Harpo? : MARX

5-across – Yes,absolutely! : WITHBELLSON

7-across – White fat : LARD

8-across – Honoured,and crowned with leaves : LAUREATE

9-across – Drug dispenser : CHEMIST

11-across – Phonograph material : VINYL

13-across – Anterior – audacity : FRONT

14-across – Pewter mug? : TANKARD

16-across – Sport with underarm pitching : SOFTBALL

17-across – Backside – rain collector : BUTT

18-across – Nelson’s final order? : KISSMEHARDY

1-down – Dust : STUD

2-down – Capital city of Georgia : TBILISI

3-down – Hard blow – influence : CLOUT

4-down – Star : ASTERISK

5-down – Vane : WEATHERCOCK

6-down – Meat and potatoes : NITTYGRITTY

10-down – Convert into currency : MONETISE

12-down – Hunt cry : TALLYHO

15-down – Mild and pleasant : BALMY

17-down – <span>Idiot : BERK