Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – £ : POUNDSIGN

8-across – Native of South Africa : ZULU

9-across – Africa,e.g. : CONTINENT

10-across – Musical set during Vietnam War : HAIR

13-across – Bees in flight? : SWARM

15-across – Night club music player : DEEJAY

16-across – Yay! : YIPPEE

17-across – In haphazard manner – no matter what : ANYHOW

19-across – Felt both ways : MUTUAL

20-across – Skye I : YIKES

21-across – Father : SIRE

24-across – Tedious business : RIGMAROLE

25-across – Top : APEX

26-across – Sob sister’s officemate? : AGONYAUNT

2-down – Orchestral instrument : OBOE

3-down – Final : NETT

4-down – Tough and fibrous : SINEWY

5-down – Bridging framework : GANTRY

6-down – Darling – sweet : SUGARPLUM

7-down – Periodical published around every ninety days : QUARTERLY

11-down – More than one can stomach : ADNAUSEAM

12-down – Big Apple resident : NEWYORKER

13-down – Cabbage type – hotel : SAVOY

14-down – Con : MINUS

18-down – Installation of electrical cables : WIRING

19-down – Fishy chap? : MERMAN

22-down – District : AREA

23-down – Quiche,e.g. : FLAN

1-across – Animal native to central Asian steppes : BACTRIANCAMEL

8-across – Vase : URN

9-across – Box with stiff paper items for reference : CARDINDEX

10-across – Scolding speech : HARANGUE

11-across – Group of united nations : BLOC

13-across – Champers : BUBBLY

14-across – <i>Sir ___ and the Green Knight.</i> : GAWAIN

16-across – Banish : OUST

17-across – Cartoon pizza lover – former US president : GARFIELD

20-across – Bouillon polyhedron? : STOCKCUBE

21-across – Choler : IRE

22-across – Long-necked reptile : MONITORLIZARD

1-down – Turn a shade of beetroot : BLUSH

2-down – Woodwind instrument : CONTRABASSOON

3-down – Not far back : RECENTLY

4-down – Chamber : ATRIUM

5-down – Copy : CRIB

6-down – US heartland : MIDDLEAMERICA

7-down – Word reference : LEXICON

12-down – Curry made with chillies : JALFREZI

13-down – Flower : BLOSSOM

15-down – Wild cat : JAGUAR

18-down – Adder : DREAD

19-down – Parody : SKIT

1-across – Out-of-this-world holidays? : SPACETOURISM

9-across – Indian,e.g. : OCEAN

10-across – Condemned – belittled : DECRIED

11-across – Mediterranean selection of dishes : MEZE

12-across – Reacting badly : ALLERGIC

14-across – Long confection : ECLAIR

15-across – Needle keeping bonnet on head : HATPIN

18-across – Studhorse : STALLION

20-across – Cold-shoulder : SNUB

22-across – Forbidden : ILLEGAL

23-across – Peer : EQUAL

24-across – Mazy : LABYRINTHINE

2-down – Knotty snack? : PRETZEL

3-down – <span>Subgroup’s jargon – </span><i>Play School</i><span>’s Brian</span> : CANT

4-down – Wee – slightly sozzled : TIDDLY

5-down – US : UNCLESAM

6-down – Cake topper : ICING

7-down – Sphere used for strengthening exercises : MEDICINEBALL

8-down – Of a romance : BOYMEETSGIRL

13-down – Resident of hamlet : VILLAGER

16-down – Batman’s adversary – biscuit – waddler : PENGUIN

17-down – Ugly little creature : GOBLIN

19-down – Bald I : ADLIB

21-down – Net fabric : MESH

1-across – Absent-minded : SCATTY

4-across – Manipulating person? : PHYSIO

9-across – Portion : QUANTUM

10-across – Micronesian country and microstate : NAURU

11-across – Playwright – bines : IBSEN

12-across – Deceiver – double-crosser : TRAITOR

13-across – Hexagonal meshed fence material : CHICKENWIRE

18-across – Lift : UPRAISE

20-across – Stony debris : SCREE

22-across – Taken away slices? : PIZZA

23-across – King’s Lynn’s county : NORFOLK

24-across – Fourteen lines : SONNET

25-across – Overcoat – historic Irish province : ULSTER

1-down – Spangle : SEQUIN

2-down – Stockpile : AMASS

3-down – Monumental : TITANIC

5-down – Reddish-brown : HENNA

6-down – Stroll : SAUNTER

7-down – Creative work : OEUVRE

8-down – Tiny pieces : SMITHEREENS

14-down – Vanishing point : HORIZON

15-down – Squanderer : WASTREL

16-down – Furore : RUMPUS

17-down – Cup : BEAKER

19-down – Infuriated : IRATE

21-down – Branch for resting birds : ROOST

1-across – Charlotte,Emily or Anne? : BRONTE

4-across – Horrendous : AWFUL

7-across – Surroundings : MILIEU

8-across – Seducer or fancy man : GIGOLO

9-across – Hindu ruler : RAJA

10-across – Ranch homestead,in Spanish style : HACIENDA

12-across – Cow breeder? : DAIRYFARMER

17-across – Divine denunciation – bane : ANATHEMA

19-across – Satisfying : NICE

20-across – Beauty treatment : FACIAL

21-across – Swiftly : PRONTO

22-across – Limerick,e.g. : RHYME

23-across – Doghouse : KENNEL

1-down – Bandit : BRIGAND

2-down – Japanese art : ORIGAMI

3-down – Write with feeling? : TOUCHTYPE

4-down – Defence : ALIBI

5-down – Strut : FLOUNCE

6-down – Back scrubber : LOOFAH

11-down – Bitter fruit : CRABAPPLE

13-down – Chaos : ANARCHY

14-down – Wet season : MONSOON

15-down – Soloist’s performance? : RECITAL

16-down – Boss : GAFFER

18-down – Yank to move along : HEAVE