Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Bric-a-brac? : BITSANDPIECES

8-across – Rowing boat steerer : OAR

9-across – Arranged again : REORDERED

10-across – Nicking : THIEVERY

11-across – Yellowfin fish? : TUNA

13-across – Statistic : FIGURE

14-across – Humorous show : SITCOM

16-across – Slick : GLIB

17-across – Daybreak : COCKCROW

20-across – Chilli sauce topped,filled tortilla : ENCHILADA

21-across – East to West mover : SUN

22-across – Rested,raring to go – and blooming? : FRESHASADAISY

1-down – Augment : BOOST

2-down – Space needed by vehicle to spin round : TURNINGCIRCLE

3-down – Feeder on termites : AARDVARK

4-down – Thingummyjig – by door : DOOBRY

5-down – Motor racing type : INDY

6-down – Festival on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday : CORPUSCHRISTI

7-down – Weapon worn on the belt : SIDEARM

12-down – Young lady making butter and cheese : MILKMAID

13-down – Sticking plaster to hide modesty? : FIGLEAF

15-down – Swamp : MORASS

18-down – Blustery : WINDY

19-down – Familiar people : KITH

1-across – Jittery : HIGHLYSTRUNG

9-across – Made of a particular wood : OAKEN

10-across – Top voice : SOPRANO

11-across – Void partner? : NULL

12-across – Music recorder – in the 1980s? : TAPEDECK

14-across – To vary : VOTARY

15-across – Good : ACUMEN

18-across – More than peckish! : RAVENOUS

20-across – Mastery – hold tight! : GRIP

22-across – Persistently annoying : NAGGING

23-across – Amalgamate : UNITE

24-across – Radio set : WALKIETALKIE

2-down – Test smudge? : INKBLOT

3-down – Goose sound : HONK

4-down – Bootlicker : YESMAN

5-down – Very little money : TUPPENCE

6-down – Employment : USAGE

7-down – Struck instrument : GLOCKENSPIEL

8-down – It could just happen! : YOUNEVERKNOW

13-down – Adriatic seaport – toast : BRINDISI

16-down – Gin and dry vermouth : MARTINI

17-down – Precious lump : NUGGET

19-down – Prayer period to keep? : VIGIL

21-down – Taurus charger : BULL

1-across – Yours truly’s kicker? – Absolutely not! : MYFOOT

4-across – Blackcurrant drink : CASSIS

9-across – Casting factory : FOUNDRY

10-across – Delightful silence : PEACE

11-across – Compare : LIKEN

12-across – Pilot’s domain : COCKPIT

13-across – As an armoured car? : BULLETPROOF

18-across – Do away with : ABOLISH

20-across – Chine : NICHE

22-across – Lab bottle : PHIAL

23-across – Waxing crescent : NEWMOON

24-across – Old : SENIOR

25-across – Of a bouquet? : FLORAL

1-down – Wrap in something warm : MUFFLE

2-down – Fail at college : FLUNK

3-down – First or second,e.g. : ORDINAL

5-down – Lab jelly : ASPIC

6-down – Mop cleaner? : SHAMPOO

7-down – Willowy : SVELTE

8-down – Tending to attract attention : EYECATCHING

14-down – Perfect : UTOPIAN

15-down – Continuation : RENEWAL

16-down – Uni buildings : CAMPUS

17-down – Yellow-flowered parsley relative : FENNEL

19-down – Arctic abode : IGLOO

21-down – Ichor : CHOIR

1-across – Fractious : CRABBY

4-across – Dip – wash : BATHE

7-across – Boat powered by the feet : PEDALO

8-across – Water down : DILUTE

9-across – On the house : FREE

10-across – Fly close to the ground : HEDGEHOP

12-across – Soldier who jumps from planes : PARATROOPER

17-across – I’m sorry : EXCUSEME

19-across – Talent – present : GIFT

20-across – Caribbean magic : VOODOO

21-across – Critter : ANIMAL

22-across – Herb : THYME

23-across – Snake – called Monty? : PYTHON

1-down – Snap out of it! : CHEERUP

2-down – Unpaid sportsperson : AMATEUR

3-down – Skewer : BROCHETTE

4-down – Showy jewellery : BLING

5-down – Difficult question : TOUGHIE

6-down – Excuse from a rule : EXEMPT

11-down – Camel : DROMEDARY

13-down – Salty fish : ANCHOVY

14-down – Greedy : PIGGISH

15-down – Stop : REFRAIN

16-down – Downy antler skin : VELVET

18-down – Push rudely : SHOVE

1-across – Cunning and unscrupulous : MACHIAVELLIAN

8-across – Propose to give : PROFFER

9-across – Affair : FLING

10-across – Tramp : HOBO

11-across – Try very,very hard : BUSTAGUT

13-across – Interview to canvass opinion : VOXPOP

14-across – S African antelope : IMPALA

17-across – An irritation : ANNOYING

19-across – Weasel-like animal : MINK

21-across – Greetings : ALOHA

22-across – Tapering end of mast’s beam : YARDARM

24-across – Small country : LIECHTENSTEIN

1-down – Chart : MAP

2-down – Container at low temperature : COOLBOX

3-down – Dope : INFO

4-down – Up against : VERSUS

5-down – Extent of existence : LIFETIME

6-down – Topper? : ICING

7-down – Person awake during hours of darkness : NIGHTHAWK

10-down – Make whoopee : HAVEABALL

12-down – Variously intellectual : POLYMATH

15-down – Enliven : ANIMATE

16-down – Catalyst : ENZYME

18-down – Not a soul : NOONE

20-down – Eye part : IRIS

23-down – Dude : MAN