Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Place to walk on board : PROMENADEDECK

8-across – More amusing : DROLLER

9-across – Lumberjack shirt material : PLAID

10-across – Appearance – butcher’s : LOOK

11-across – Work by Gilbert and Sullivan,say : OPERETTA

13-across – Moth or mosquito? : INSECT

14-across – Wheel protection : HUBCAP

17-across – Make : COMPOUND

19-across – Chicken or camera? : FEED

21-across – Ancient : OLDEN

22-across – French composer,died 1963 : POULENC

24-across – Pell-mell : HELTERSKELTER

1-down – Container of peas : POD

2-down – Having a strong smell : ODOROUS

3-down – They’re famously slippery : EELS

4-down – Plain-spoken : ABRUPT

5-down – Big – or specialist – shop : EMPORIUM

6-down – Praise : EXALT

7-down – Taken hostage : KIDNAPPED

10-down – Hip clothing item? : LOINCLOTH

12-down – Get something for nothing : SCROUNGE

15-down – Merciful – stormless : CLEMENT

16-down – Attacks verbally : SNIPES

18-down – Olympian’s goal : MEDAL

20-down – Make better – preserve : CURE

23-down – That’s surprising : COR

5-across – One’s a fake : CHARLATAN

8-across – Storyteller : LIAR

9-across – Dorothy wore ruby ones : SLIPPERS

10-across – Too small : MEASLY

11-across – Scrape : ABRADE

13-across – Repeatedly annoy : HARASS

15-across – So far : TODATE

16-across – Cranesbill : GERANIUM

18-across – Rule : LURE

19-across – Abandoned child : FOUNDLING

1-down – Personal magnetism : CHARISMA

2-down – Poor-quality,cheap : TRASHY

3-down – Heads of ancient Rome? : CAPITA

4-down – Stupidly stare : GAWP

6-down – Reveals if : LIFESAVER

7-down – Exploitative : PREDATORY

12-down – Suggestive : REDOLENT

14-down – : SKINNY

15-down – Opportune : TIMELY

17-down – Excited and curious : AGOG

5-across – Home appliance store? : UTILITYROOM

7-across – Healthy – water source : WELL

8-across – Numerous : MULTIPLE

9-across – UK Scots : TUSSOCK

11-across – Remove clothes – and paint : STRIP

13-across – James ____,US film director : IVORY

14-across – Dot of colour : SPECKLE

16-across – Timetable : SCHEDULE

17-across – ___ point : MOOT

18-across – Science of words and speech : LINGUISTICS

1-down – Note – what one owes : BILL

2-down – One’s attention-seeking : GIMMICK

3-down – Recurring sequence of events : CYCLE

4-down – Describing an approach which looks at the bigger picture : HOLISTIC

5-down – Absolutely clear : UNEQUIVOCAL

6-down – Sweet-sounding : MELLIFLUOUS

10-down – Bilko was one : SERGEANT

12-down – Pacify : APPEASE

15-down – Study intensively : MUGUP

17-down – Chief – water source : MAIN

1-across – Angry reaction : FURORE

4-across – Nasa moon mission : APOLLO

8-across – In a fitting manner : APTLY

9-across – One’s furious when on it : WARPATH

10-across – Dog,call or baggage? : HANDLER

11-across – Perfect spot : IDYLL

12-across – Human in a sci-fi story : EARTHLING

17-across – Incendiary attack : ARSON

19-across – One shuns society : RECLUSE

21-across – Cleanliness : HYGIENE

22-across – Prepared to shoot : AIMED

23-across – Underline : STRESS

24-across – Put one on a pedestal : STATUE

1-down – Flamboyant and vulgar : FLASHY

2-down – Train – attendants : RETINUE

3-down – Mint,jelly or icing? : ROYAL

5-down – They’re sometimes called ceps or penny buns : PORCINI

6-down – Not watertight : LEAKY

7-down – Suspended : ONHOLD

9-down – One’s industrious : WORKHORSE

13-down – Jogger,carpet strip and messenger? : RUNNERS

14-down – High-quality : GOURMET

15-down – Sudden switch from the serious to the silly : BATHOS

16-down – Sell : PEDDLE

18-down – Blood,brown or fruit? : SUGAR

20-down – Rhythmically repeat : CHANT

1-across – French breakfast pastry : CROISSANT

8-across – Consent : AGREE

9-across – Keyboard instrument piece showcasing the player’s skills : TOCCATA

10-across – Office – party : FUNCTION

11-across – Mother,tall or jump? : SHIP

13-across – Demonstrate : ACTOUT

14-across – Not in fashion : UNCOOL

16-across – Dressed : CLAD

17-across – Obsessive interest : FIXATION

19-across – A good sailor has them : SEALEGS

20-across – Factional groups : CAMPS

21-across – Unmanageable : OUTOFHAND

1-down – Old,horse or water? : CHESTNUT

2-down – Choice : OPTION

3-down – Put one’s foot in it? : SOCK

4-down – They’re outdated : ANACHRONISMS

5-down – Limps to train : TRAMPOLINIST

6-down – <span>Setting for the </span><i>Tales of the City</i><span> novels</span> : SANFRANCISCO

7-down – Hal rang,ditto : GRINDTOAHALT

12-down – Made better : ENHANCED

15-down – Bad atmosphere : MIASMA

18-down – Bound labourer : SERF