Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Part of the brain : HIPPOCAMPUS

9-across – From a volcanic island : ICELANDIC

10-across – <i>Talk to </i><span>__,psychological drama film</span> : HER

11-across – Panache : ECLAT

13-across – Weakness : FRAILTY

14-across – Pay : INCOME

15-across – Newspaper boss : EDITOR

18-across – Fool : HALFWIT

20-across – Hater : EARTH

21-across – Time : ERA

22-across – Horizontal : LANDSCAPE

24-across – Take the initiative : BLAZEATRAIL

2-down – Fury : IRE

3-down – Ghost : PHANTOM

4-down – Formulate : CODIFY

5-down – Central place of worship : MECCA

6-down – Pad,stuff and cover furniture : UPHOLSTER

7-down – Conflagration tackler : FIREFIGHTER

8-down – Buddhist’s spinner? : PRAYERWHEEL

12-down – Phone communication made to a neighbour? : LOCALCALL

16-down – Furniture item : DRESSER

17-down – Division of poem : STANZA

19-down – Ballroom dance : WALTZ

23-down – Cassius Clay,later : ALI

1-across – Top : MAXIMUM

8-across – Egg-shaped instrument : OCARINA

9-across – Surmount or defeat : CONQUER

10-across – Background : AMBIENT

11-across – Lifting device : WINCH

13-across – Joke : WISECRACK

15-across – Frippery : BAGATELLE

18-across – Razor sharpener … : STROP

21-across – … 18 Across : TANTRUM

22-across – Sink unblocker : PLUNGER

23-across – Align : ARRANGE

24-across – Ruby or Shrove time of the week? : TUESDAY

1-down – Parrot : MACAW

2-down – Noble gas,symbol Xe : XENON

3-down – Delicious : MOUTHWATERING

4-down – Tangle : MORASS

5-down – Dip for ribs? : BARBECUESAUCE

6-down – The pictures : CINEMA

7-down – Hungarian composer : BARTOK

12-down – Midwestern US state : IOWA

14-down – Hi and bye : CIAO

15-down – Caped crusader : BATMAN

16-down – Landed types? : GENTRY

17-down – Type of mollusc : LIMPET

19-down – Stiff : RIGID

20-down – Cold : PARKY

1-across – Old gun : FLINTLOCK

8-across – Sound system : HIFI

9-across – Abnormal; sans serif : GROTESQUE

10-across – Tea or dinner? : MEAL

13-across – Jeopardy : PERIL

15-across – Put right : REPAIR

16-across – Brain cell : NEURON

17-across – Public square : PIAZZA

19-across – Crumb : MORSEL

20-across – Pinny : APRON

21-across – Fluid-holding receptacle or tank : SUMP

24-across – Water off Greece : IONIANSEA

25-across – Sty sound : OINK

26-across – Unkind and spiteful : OBNOXIOUS

2-down – Master : LORD

3-down – A,B,C,D,E,F or G? : NOTE

4-down – Inferior : LESSER

5-down – Relative : COUSIN

6-down – Squeezer in Chardonnay-making process : WINEPRESS

7-down – With aggression : VIOLENTLY

11-down – Spherical projectile : GRAPESHOT

12-down – Breath-freshening flavour? : SPEARMINT

13-down – Four seasons,say : PIZZA

14-down – Citrus fruit : LEMON

18-down – Self-confidence and calm : APLOMB

19-down – Cuban cocktail : MOJITO

22-down – Enemy : ANTI

23-down – Lover : BEAU

1-across – That is the question! : TOBEORNOTTOBE

8-across – Ruin : MAR

9-across – Yellow bloom : BUTTERCUP

10-across – Recognisably different : DISTINCT

11-across – Maharishi? : GURU

13-across – Frozen period : ICEAGE

14-across – Look! : BEHOLD

16-across – So long : TATA

17-across – Striking difference : CONTRAST

20-across – No-one lives there anymore! : GHOSTTOWN

21-across – Positively charged atom : ION

22-across – Mary Tourtel’s ursine adventurer : RUPERTTHEBEAR

1-down – As a mouse? : TIMID

2-down – Chinese delicacy : BIRDSNESTSOUP

3-down – From either of two UK universities : OXBRIDGE

4-down – Ad : NOTICE

5-down – Long arduous walk : TREK

6-down – Tale’s opener : ONCEUPONATIME

7-down – Explain in depth : EXPOUND

12-down – Writing unit : SENTENCE

13-down – Whole number : INTEGER

15-down – Step down : BOWOUT

18-down – Copier fluid : TONER

19-down – Twinkler? : STAR

1-across – Fraudulent online ploy : PHISHINGSCAM

9-across – Feather – smoke : PLUME

10-across – Soldiers’ subdivision : PLATOON

11-across – Treble,tenor or bass symbol? : CLEF

12-across – Badly affected : STRICKEN

14-across – Home county : SURREY

15-across – Yay! : HURRAH

18-across – Outside : ALFRESCO

20-across – Soother – Tiger,perhaps? : BALM

22-across – Rorschach smudge? : INKBLOT

23-across – Pachyderm : RHINO

24-across – e.g. Little Jack Horner : NURSERYRHYME

2-down – Loftiness : HAUTEUR

3-down – Cook : STEW

4-down – Ascribe : IMPUTE

5-down – Goodness! : GRACIOUS

6-down – Catch sight of : CLOCK

7-down – Facial image perceived on satellite : MANINTHEMOON

8-down – Manned craft in orbit : SPACESTATION

13-down – Wake-up call : REVEILLE

16-down – Mailers : REALISM

17-down – Absent-minded : SCATTY

19-down – Religious ascetic living on charity : FAKIR

21-down – Chief : ARCH