Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Country,capital Maputo : MOZAMBIQUE

7-across – Venation : INNOVATE

8-across – Flimflam : HOAX

9-across – Granny or Gordian? : KNOT

10-across – Pseudoscientific transmutations : ALCHEMY

12-across – Rapid-response unit : FLYINGSQUAD

14-across – Variable : UNKNOWN

16-across – Getting on a bit : AGED

19-across – Coarse matting fibre : JUTE

20-across – Gun firing shot after shot … : REPEATER

21-across – … without a gun? : WEAPONLESS

1-down – Capital of Belarus : MINSK

2-down – Animal kingdom study : ZOOLOGY

3-down – Spiced honey and water drink,also called hydromel : MEAD

4-down – Tied sail : IDEALIST

5-down – Yeah : UHHUH

6-down – Source of Jewish religious law : TALMUD

11-down – White flower : SNOWDROP

12-down – Mildew,e.g. : FUNGUS

13-down – Promote : UPGRADE

15-down – Relative : NIECE

17-down – Worst bits – of society? : DREGS

18-down – Frank : OPEN

1-across – Gulp : SWIG

3-across – Representation of stats by box height : BARCHART

8-across – Dodgy : IFFY

9-across – Soldier quickly attacking enemy areas : COMMANDO

11-across – Go too soon : JUMPTHEGUN

14-across – Irritable in old age – like bread? : CRUSTY

15-across – Essence : ELIXIR

17-across – Finally : ATLONGLAST

20-across – Set of bell tower’s bells : CARILLON

21-across – Pound coins and tenners etc. : CASH

22-across – Collaboration : TEAMWORK

23-across – Gusto – piquancy : ZEST

1-down – Tuna type : SKIPJACK

2-down – Notorious and vile : INFAMOUS

4-down – Bird emblematic of the RSPB : AVOCET

5-down – Disguise : CAMOUFLAGE

6-down – Tuna : AUNT

7-down – Supporter of extreme left – horse’s pace : TROT

10-down – Tautest awl : STATUTELAW

12-down – Uncover : EXCAVATE

13-down – Two quavers : CROTCHET

16-down – Complexion : COLOUR

18-down – Glaswegian,e.g. : SCOT

19-down – Royal Opera House performance? : ARIA

1-across – Hitter through hoop – flamingo for the Queen of Hearts! : CROQUETMALLET

8-across – Pass accompanying passport : VISA

9-across – Strange – solving crosswords? : PUZZLING

10-across – Reinforced item of clothing : FLAKJACKET

12-across – Away from the bow : ASTERN

14-across – Court clown : JESTER

15-across – Ruction : HURLYBURLY

19-across – String : SEQUENCE

20-across – 14 across : FOOL

21-across – Comparison between two contrasting things : JUXTAPOSITION

2-down – Dry : RAINLESS

3-down – Charlatan : QUACK

4-down – Justify : EXPLAIN

5-down – Supermarket compositions? : MUZAK

6-down – Novice drivers’ attachments : LPLATES

7-down – Active volcano : ETNA

11-down – Moneyed : WELLTODO

13-down – Drain : EXHAUST

14-down – Bleak : JOYLESS

16-down – Approach : RUNUP

17-down – Out of condition : UNFIT

18-down – All you can eat? : MENU

1-across – Everywhere at the same time : OMNIPRESENT

9-across – Explosive combination : TINDERBOX

10-across – Crosspiece : BAR

11-across – Lease : EASEL

13-across – Allegiance : LOYALTY

14-across – Flowers – of the valley? : LILIES

15-across – Hunting puss : MOUSER

18-across – Chucklesome : JOCULAR

20-across – Hater : EARTH

21-across – 15 across : CAT

22-across – Dump : CASTASIDE

24-across – 2,say,but not 4 or 6? : PRIMENUMBER

2-down – Hombre : MAN

3-down – Floating sheet : ICEFLOE

4-down – Masonry remnants : RUBBLE

5-down – LX : SIXTY

6-down – Sprayer – blue rinse : NEBULISER

7-down – Chimney/tall structure climber : STEEPLEJACK

8-down – Tibetan turner? : PRAYERWHEEL

12-down – Legal advisor : SOLICITOR

16-down – Bowling method : OVERARM

17-down – Calaboose : PRISON

19-down – Stand-in doctor : LOCUM

23-down – Decorate,in a way : ICE

1-across – Philistine : HEATHEN

8-across – Great circle : EQUATOR

9-across – Flying post : AIRMAIL

10-across – Whet : SHARPEN

11-across – Hooray! : YAHOO

13-across – Absolve : VINDICATE

15-across – Comprehensive in coverage : PANORAMIC

18-across – Berkshire racecourse : ASCOT

21-across – Benumb : STUPEFY

22-across – The rain : HAIRNET

23-across – Louis __,inventor of reading system : BRAILLE

24-across – Natural gas constituent : METHANE

1-down – Nightclub bouncer? : HEAVY

2-down – I’m maddened for a moment! : AARGH

3-down – Recklessly and completely : HEADOVERHEELS

4-down – Horatio? : NELSON

5-down – Backstabber : JUDASISCARIOT

6-down – Paradise : UTOPIA

7-down – Tan : BRONZE

12-down – Tajikistan’s continent : ASIA

14-down – Folded Mexican snack : TACO

15-down – Outstrip – ignore : PASSBY

16-down – Of the nerves : NEURAL

17-down – Pandemonium : MAYHEM

19-down – Dancing line : CONGA

20-down – Sir or madam? : TITLE