Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – NYPD or Met? : POLICE

4-across – Of a clan : TRIBAL

9-across – Medicinal immersion in wet dirt : MUDBATH

10-across – Indistinct : FUZZY

11-across – Insolence : CHEEK

12-across – List : REELOFF

13-across – Tanzanian city : DARESSALAAM

18-across – Global circumference line : EQUATOR

20-across – Zany : WACKY

22-across – Bulgarian city : SOFIA

23-across – Most gorgeous – most just : FAIREST

24-across – Not often : RARELY

25-across – Washed-up stuff : JETSAM

1-down – Polishing agent : PUMICE

2-down – Soup server : LADLE

3-down – Bonfire sound : CRACKLE

5-down – Plunder : RIFLE

6-down – Gun firing small rockets : BAZOOKA

7-down – Make redundant : LAYOFF

8-down – Lack of sympathy and attention : SHORTSHRIFT

14-down – Tapped-into water-bearing rock : AQUIFER

15-down – Slimeball : LOWLIFE

16-down – Spouting hot spring : GEYSER

17-down – Organised set of rules : SYSTEM

19-down – Catch fish in a large net : TRAWL

21-down – Pungent garnish : CRESS

1-across – It’s a sign of something : SYMBOL

4-across – Quantity of paper : QUIRE

7-across – : CATNAP

8-across – Tax on imports : TARIFF

9-across – Alcohol intake – idler : SLUG

10-across – Official record : REGISTER

12-across – 1970 film starring Mick Jagger and James Fox : PERFORMANCE

17-across – Posters,flyers,postcards etc : EPHEMERA

19-across – Evergreen flowering shrub – daughter of Zeus : HEBE

20-across – Exceptional ability : GENIUS

21-across – Mischievous : IMPISH

22-across – Rough woollen material : TWEED

23-across – Ingratiating : SMARMY

1-down – Traffic jam : SNARLUP

2-down – Football boss : MANAGER

3-down – Deliberately : ONPURPOSE

4-down – Almost : QUASI

5-down – Silly : IDIOTIC

6-down – Try hard to make one of these? : EFFORT

11-down – Fitness centre : GYMNASIUM

13-down – Boost : ENHANCE

14-down – Useless individual : NOHOPER

15-down – Diplomatic HQ : EMBASSY

16-down – Influence : WEIGHT

18-down – Silbury Hill,for instance : MOUND

1-across – Advertisement that’s getting worn? : SANDWICHBOARD

8-across – Figure : NUMERAL

9-across – Jousting arena – itemizes : LISTS

10-across – It’s a deal : DONE

11-across – Mr Hyde to Dr Jekyll? : ALTEREGO

13-across – Grain-eating beetle : WEEVIL

14-across – Sister’s headgear : WIMPLE

17-across – Imminent : UPCOMING

19-across – The three of diamonds,say : TREY

21-across – Condescend : DEIGN

22-across – Mix : MELANGE

24-across – Routinely approved : RUBBERSTAMPED

1-down – Error : SIN

2-down – One’s in the running for an award : NOMINEE

3-down – Raise the alarm : WARN

4-down – Without a fuss : CALMLY

5-down – News report : BULLETIN

6-down – Gap in the supermarket shelves : AISLE

7-down – Revelation : DISCOVERY

10-down – Australia and New Zealand : DOWNUNDER

12-down – Decorated with fake sparklers : DIAMANTE

15-down – Root vegetable : PARSNIP

16-down – Hostile feeling : ANIMUS

18-down – Get to the top : CLIMB

20-down – Earnest entreaty : PLEA

23-down – The ___,1969 Beatles song : END

5-across – First : INAUGURAL

8-across – Bald or beauty? : SPOT

9-across – In all likelihood : PROBABLY

10-across – Builder’s binder : CEMENT

11-across – Hopeless : ABJECT

13-across – Secretly follow : SHADOW

15-across – <i>___ Paradiso</i><span>,1988 film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore</span> : CINEMA

16-across – Big party : JAMBOREE

18-across – Flexible sword : FOIL

19-across – Where justice is done : COURTROOM

1-down – From start to finish : ENDTOEND

2-down – Punch or Pinocchio? : PUPPET

3-down – Small dome : CUPOLA

4-down – Computer programming language – densely populated island : JAVA

6-down – School prizegiving event : SPEECHDAY

7-down – 1929 Hitchcock film : BLACKMAIL

12-down – It’s not part of a healthy diet : JUNKFOOD

14-down – Something to rally the troops : WARCRY

15-down – Tomato or picker? : CHERRY

17-down – Squander : BLOW

5-across – No doubt UFO’s : OUTOFBOUNDS

7-across – Pavement edge : KERB

8-across – Proper,legitimate : RIGHTFUL

9-across – Publisher’s brand : IMPRINT

11-across – Go bad : DECAY

13-across – Surge : BURST

14-across – Increased in size : DILATED

16-across – Toxic gas,Cl : CHLORINE

17-across – Cross in church : ROOD

18-across – Critical reaction? : DISAPPROVAL

1-down – Unsurrendered part of a ticket : STUB

2-down – Something offensive : AFFRONT

3-down – Formally make : LODGE

4-down – A mean hat : ANATHEMA

5-down – Gaping : OPENMOUTHED

6-down – Meat and pastry snack : SAUSAGEROLL

10-down – Comeback : RESPONSE

12-down – Portable weapon : FIREARM

15-down – Bitingly cold : NIPPY

17-down – Wander about : ROVE