Author name: crosswordanswers

5-across – Vortex : WHIRLPOOL

8-across – Red or white : VINO

9-across – Tramp : VAGABOND

10-across – Little bag : SACHET

11-across – Crockery item : TEACUP

13-across – Dash : VIGOUR

15-across – Tusked animal : WALRUS

16-across – Shoot-out : GUNFIGHT

18-across – Caprine animal : GOAT

19-across – Rosebush cutters : SECATEURS

1-down – Toddler’s train? : CHOOCHOO

2-down – Neckerchief : CRAVAT

3-down – Valve – to pigs : SPIGOT

4-down – A fortune – incendiary device? : BOMB

6-down – Bubbly : VIVACIOUS

7-down – First : INAUGURAL

12-down – Narrative with broader message : ALLEGORY

14-down – Jamaican music : REGGAE

15-down – Shrivel : WITHER

17-down – Run away : FLEE

5-across – Food to take to school or work : PACKEDLUNCH

7-across – Sexy : RACY

8-across – Stinging animal : SCORPION

9-across – Swimming glasses : GOGGLES

11-across – Lucifer : SATAN

13-across – Marsh : SWAMP

14-across – Shiftless : WORKSHY

16-across – Congregation : BRETHREN

17-across – Grains in a castle? : SAND

18-across – Spur-of the-moment feeling : SPONTANEITY

1-down – Horrid and sticky! : ICKY

2-down – Tough plastic used instead of glass for windows : PERSPEX

3-down – Sailboat : SLOOP

4-down – Hiker’s bag : KNAPSACK

5-down – Funny use of language : PLAYONWORDS

6-down – Toff : HOORAYHENRY

10-down – Wisdom – moxie : GUMPTION

12-down – Ante meridiem hours : MORNING

15-down – Throb : BROTH

17-down – Error : SLIP

1-across – Don’t hurry : DAWDLE

4-across – Shake : SHIVER

8-across – Unsteady on one’s feet : DIZZY

9-across – Small and dirty : SQUALID

10-across – Extended period – marathon? : LONGRUN

11-across – First passage : INTRO

12-across – Stubborn type : DOGMATIST

17-across – Leg bone : TIBIA

19-across – From St Petersburg,say : RUSSIAN

21-across – Working agricultural community : KIBBUTZ

22-across – Game – metal stick : POKER

23-across – Aid : RELIEF

24-across – Dapper : JAUNTY

1-down – Cheat : DIDDLE

2-down – Wrinkled by shrinkage : WIZENED

3-down – Early : LAYER

5-down – Escape artist : HOUDINI

6-down – Man’s personal male assistant : VALET

7-down – Scorching : REDHOT

9-down – City in California : SANTACRUZ

13-down – Bit of gravy,say : GRANULE

14-down – Kitchen : THICKEN

15-down – Fire loader : STOKER

16-down – Pep : ENERGY

18-down – City of confusing languages : BABEL

20-down – Cuttlefish : SEPIA

1-across – Bounteous : PLENTIFUL

8-across – Big vessel : AORTA

9-across – Cloth by the kitchen sink : DISHRAG

10-across – Summer garment that exposes the arms : SUNDRESS

11-across – Lemon’s outer skin : ZEST

13-across – O : OXYGEN

14-across – Capital,Rwanda : KIGALI

16-across – V : FIVE

17-across – Sunny side up or down breakfast? : FRIEDEGG

19-across – Perturb : UNNERVE

20-across – Freight : CARGO

21-across – Nomad : TRAVELLER

1-down – Vegetable shade? : PEAGREEN

2-down – Most senior : ELDEST

3-down – Stuff and nonsense : TOSH

4-down – Act of God? : FORCEMAJEURE

5-down – Conductor – test of criticism : LIGHTNINGROD

6-down – Purple or yellow Brazilian food : PASSIONFRUIT

7-down – Romanian region : TRANSYLVANIA

12-down – Gun attachment : SILENCER

15-down – Traumatic experience : ORDEAL

18-down – Loyal : TRUE

1-across – Computing language – world’s most populous island : JAVA

3-across – Long key : SPACEBAR

9-across – Cinema or restaurant for motorists : DRIVEIN

10-across – Gas in layer : OZONE

11-across – Interweave : PLAIT

12-across – : INKIND

14-across – Mug shot collection : ROGUESGALLERY

17-across – Satisfy : QUENCH

19-across – Nothing at all : ZILCH

22-across – Proclaim the glory of : EXALT

23-across – Flying staff : AIRCREW

24-across – Complete disbeliever : NIHILIST

25-across – Tax : LEVY

1-down – Rider’s garment : JODHPURS

2-down – I present this to you! : VOILA

4-down – Zigzag-edged cutters : PINKINGSHEARS

5-down – Sleeveless overgarment : CLOAK

6-down – Chocolate treat – trainee girl guide? : BROWNIE

7-down – Great Barrier ledge? : REEF

8-down – Backbone : METTLE

13-down – I almost forgot to say : BYTHEWAY

15-down – Budapest stew? : GOULASH

16-down – Reptile : LIZARD

18-down – Of birth : NATAL

20-down – Prodigious : LARGE

21-down – Evil : MEAN