Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Secondary entertainment? : SIDESHOW

5-across – Monarch of the Glen animal? : STAG

9-across – Slip : GAFFE

10-across – Windy City : CHICAGO

11-across – Italian trifle : ZUPPAINGLESE

13-across – A third of thirty-three : ELEVEN

14-across – Posh type : ARISTO

17-across – From a former central European country : CZECHOSLOVAK

20-across – Peek : LOOKSEE

21-across – Feeling of melancholia : ENNUI

22-across – Pallid : ASHY

23-across – In parts : EPISODIC

1-down – Ho hum,never mind : SIGH

2-down – Spread : DIFFUSE

3-down – Horse race : STEEPLECHASE

4-down – Flower – light bluish-red : ORCHID

6-down – Kid : TEASE

7-down – Hand warmers container : GLOVEBOX

8-down – Tap-dancing star : GINGERROGERS

12-down – I am to blame : MEACULPA

15-down – Instead : STAINED

16-down – Please : ASLEEP

18-down – Age : EPOCH

19-down – Zn : ZINC

1-across – Nail bar employee : MANICURIST

7-across – Tedious : OUTSIDE

8-across – Beano or Dandy? : COMIC

10-across – Cranny’s partner? : NOOK

11-across – Chinese metropolis : SHANGHAI

13-across – Child’s drawer? : CRAYON

15-across – Detonate : BLOWUP

17-across – Tinned fish : PILCHARD

18-across – Principal : MAIN

21-across – See you later! : ADIEU

22-across – Infantile : PUERILE

23-across – Avoiding meat products : VEGETARIAN

1-down – Maxim : MOTTO

2-down – Large tack : NAIL

3-down – Day nursery : CRECHE

4-down – In the last few days? : RECENTLY

5-down – By hook or by crook? : SOMEHOW

6-down – Horn of Plenty : CORNUCOPIA

9-down – Ape : CHIMPANZEE

12-down – Kennel for naughty pups? : DOGHOUSE

14-down – Unsurpassed to this day : ALLTIME

16-down – Italian spirit : GRAPPA

19-down – Put in order : ALIGN

20-down – Elusive Himalayan ‘monster’ : YETI

1-across – Illustrious selection of people : HALLOFFAME

7-across – Of an extended flight : LONGHAUL

8-across – 1,000 – you : THOU

9-across – You betcha! : YEAH

10-across – Tad : SMIDGEN

12-across – Young follower of trends : TEENYBOPPER

14-across – Plot-driving concept : PREMISE

16-across – Teacher : PROF

19-across – Questionable : IFFY

20-across – Indebted : GRATEFUL

21-across – Particle-separating spinner : CENTRIFUGE

1-down – Bunk : HOOEY

2-down – Suitcases : LUGGAGE

3-down – Mineral consisting of silica : OPAL

4-down – Phenomenon howled at by werewolves? : FULLMOON

5-down – Quietened : MUTED

6-down – Peeping Tom : VOYEUR

11-down – Power of seeing : EYESIGHT

12-down – Duty : TARIFF

13-down – Arriviste : PARVENU

15-down – Conceivably : MAYBE

17-down – Stroke of luck : FLUKE

18-down – Threesome bearing frankincense etc? : MAGI

1-across – Bring a boat in : DOCK

3-across – Bird that can climb down trees headfirst : NUTHATCH

8-across – Say that again? : WHAT

9-across – Unwavering : STALWART

11-across – Upside-down : TOPSYTURVY

14-across – Sing : WARBLE

15-across – Excellent : SLAPUP

17-across – Breakfast maker : WAFFLEIRON

20-across – Trousers material? : CORDUROY

21-across – Hailed vehicle : TAXI

22-across – Act of beseeching : ENTREATY

23-across – Sea bird : SHAG

1-down – Lower in the city,or in the central business district : DOWNTOWN

2-down – Bubbly : CHAMPERS

4-down – Like fake news? : UNTRUE

5-down – Shot just after the bounce : HALFVOLLEY

6-down – 8 Across : THAW

7-down – Loathe : HATE

10-down – I’m delighted to help! : MYPLEASURE

12-down – Run-in : APPROACH

13-down – ___ new – corporal punishment : SPANKING

16-down – Successfully launched : AFLOAT

18-down – Came : ACME

19-down – Walk briskly : TROT

1-across – One ‘doing’ another? : IMPRESSIONIST

8-across – Door opener? : KNOB

9-across – Flying : AVIATION

10-across – Beneficial – take a bow! : GOODFORYOU

12-across – Fish-eating hawk : OSPREY

14-across – Boss – of the kennel club? : TOPDOG

15-across – Mouth tissue : SOFTPALATE

19-across – France or the USA,but not the UK : REPUBLIC

20-across – Part : ROLE

21-across – No-longer-runny breakfast? : HARDBOILEDEGG

2-down – Carnivorous mammal : MONGOOSE

3-down – Fanatical : RABID

4-down – Nefarious – enigmatic : SHADOWY

5-down – In an aloof manner : ICILY

6-down – Bridge call? : NOTRUMP

7-down – Chimney dirt : SOOT

11-down – Yomp : FOOTSLOG

13-down – Reverberate : RESOUND

14-down – In the news : TOPICAL

16-down – Sheet : FOLIO

17-down – Trashy : LURID

18-down – Greek salad cheese : FETA