Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Wild West rider : COWBOY

4-across – Malmo’s country : SWEDEN

8-across – Dole out : ALLOT

9-across – Leading : PREMIER

10-across – Where workers aren’t allowed in : LOCKOUT

11-across – Mild curry : KORMA

12-across – Restaurant : TRATTORIA

17-across – Prank : ANTIC

19-across – My good man : OLDBEAN

21-across – Antipathy : RANCOUR

22-across – Pic : PHOTO

23-across – Human ‘tail’ : COCCYX

24-across – Sequence – smear : STREAK

1-down – Origin – bed : CRADLE

2-down – Lynx,e.g. : WILDCAT

3-down – Cap : OUTDO

5-down – Saboteur : WRECKER

6-down – Rider : DRIER

7-down – Stock – well-adjusted : NORMAL

9-down – Tiny cake or biscuit : PETITFOUR

13-down – Pizza fish : ANCHOVY

14-down – Amazeballs! : AWESOME

15-down – Textile : FABRIC

16-down – Open : UNCORK

18-down – Splash with gin? : TONIC

20-down – Opted : DEPOT

1-across – Effervescent : VIVACIOUS

8-across – Duplicity : LYING

9-across – <span>Release that – song from </span><i>Frozen</i> : LETITGO

10-across – From southeast Germany : BAVARIAN

11-across – Emotional sensitivity – person : SOUL

13-across – Job worth a few bob : EARNER

14-across – Wash one’s hands of : DISOWN

16-across – Tear to pieces : MAUL

17-across – Storytelling through dolls : PUPPETRY

19-across – Free : UNLOOSE

20-across – Suffer : INCUR

21-across – Car with rear-end door : HATCHBACK

1-down – Vicissitudes : VAGARIES

2-down – <i>Star Trek</i><span> logician</span> : VULCAN

3-down – Quote : CITE

4-down – Correction of teeth : ORTHODONTICS

5-down – Old name for Met HQ : SCOTLANDYARD

6-down – Gasbag : BLABBERMOUTH

7-down – Straightforward solution – werewolf killer? : SILVERBULLET

12-down – Little puncture : PINPRICK

15-down – Archimedes’ cry : EUREKA

18-down – Food : NOSH

1-across – Shakespeare,e.g. : BARD

3-across – Country,capital Harare : ZIMBABWE

9-across – Make : RAMHOME

10-across – Titled : NOBLE

11-across – 19 across : SCOLD

12-across – Bit of a bee? : THORAX

14-across – Sydney’s state : NEWSOUTHWALES

17-across – Treat as a pet : COSSET

19-across – Mouselike mammal : SHREW

22-across – Oneness : UNITY

23-across – Rome bag : EMBARGO

24-across – Braggadocio : BIGMOUTH

25-across – Cobalt colour : BLUE

1-down – Twittering : BIRDSONG

2-down – Sly Stallone action film franchise : RAMBO

4-down – Illegal use of another’s personal information : IDENTITYTHEFT

5-down – Instrument in lute family : BANJO

6-down – Docked end part : BOBTAIL

7-down – At any time : EVER

8-down – Serpent-worship etc. : VOODOO

13-down – All things considered : ASAWHOLE

15-down – US state with the lowest population : WYOMING

16-down – Root as raw fish accompaniment : WASABI

18-down – Authoritative decision : SAYSO

20-down – Agricultural : RURAL

21-down – Feeling nothing : NUMB

1-across – Irresponsible and ineffectual : FECKLESS

5-across – Penalty taker’s mark : SPOT

9-across – Doctrine held to be true : TENET

10-across – Merged : UNIFIED

11-across – Mannequin : TAILORSDUMMY

13-across – Refine : RAREFY

14-across – Slip : BOOBOO

17-across – Flapping messenger? : HOMINGPIGEON

20-across – Prudent : UPTREND

21-across – Toughen : INURE

22-across – Real : EARL

23-across – Worm? : WRIGGLER

1-down – Kismet : FATE

2-down – Half man half horse : CENTAUR

3-down – Dinky pinkie : LITTLEFINGER

4-down – Spurt – whippersnapper : SQUIRT

6-down – Light refractor? : PRISM

7-down – Rocker lad : TEDDYBOY

8-down – Staggering : MINDBOGGLING

12-down – Old Austrian royal : ARCHDUKE

15-down – Engine driver made from plants – I be foul : BIOFUEL

16-down – Arachnid – on the snooker table? : SPIDER

18-down – Measurer : METER

19-down – Stag or doe? : DEER

1-across – Crook : LAWBREAKER

7-across – Ham it up : OVERACT

8-across – Numpty : TWERP

10-across – Peril : RISK

11-across – Rumpus : BROUHAHA

13-across – Funny,relationship-based flick : ROMCOM

15-across – Judge : ASSESS

17-across – April toy : POLARITY

18-across – Spanish wine : CAVA

21-across – Kiss – stirrer : SPOON

22-across – Giveaway : FREEBIE

23-across – Gobstopper : JAWBREAKER

1-down – UK city with Kirkgate Market : LEEDS

2-down – Thaw : WHAT

3-down – Come back – type of ticket : RETURN

4-down – Muralist : ALTRUISM

5-down – Boost : ELEVATE

6-down – Fruit-like bitterness? : SOURGRAPES

9-down – Go ____,go wrong : PEARSHAPED

12-down – Turner,on entry? : DOORKNOB

14-down – Landlocked Balkan country : MOLDOVA

16-down – Suppress : STIFLE

19-down – Bream : AMBER

20-down – Fool – pull suddenly : JERK