Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Deal : COPE

3-across – Sequence of events : SCENARIO

9-across – National Park in California,home to the world’s largest trees : SEQUOIA

10-across – Smokes – and gets angry : FUMES

11-across – Casting,cleaning or estate? : AGENT

12-across – Prime : HEYDAY

14-across – Enjoyable diversion : ENTERTAINMENT

17-across – Like the Lion of Saint Mark : WINGED

19-across – Put two and two together : ADDUP

22-across – Repeatedly : OFTEN

23-across – It’s impossible : NOCANDO

24-across – One’s not expected : SURPRISE

25-across – Lacking flavour – or force : WEAK

1-down – Poured down : CASCADED

2-down – Resentful feeling : PIQUE

4-down – Pilots may be forced to make them : CRASHLANDINGS

5-down – Ingenious : NIFTY

6-down – Fit of destruction : RAMPAGE

7-down – Turn out : OUST

8-down – Beatrix or Dennis? : POTTER

13-down – Where to turn in a plumbing emergency? : STOPCOCK

15-down – X’s old name : TWITTER

16-down – Subtle distinction : NUANCE

18-down – One’s toast : GONER

20-down – Tea or tap? : DANCE

21-down – Decide what to do with a coin : TOSS

1-across – Not shop-bought : HOMEMADE

5-across – Stick with it : GLUE

9-across – <i>Peanuts</i><span> thumb-sucker</span> : LINUS

10-across – Refuse : DECLINE

11-across – In a pleading way : BESEECHINGLY

13-across – Firmly state one’s case : INSIST

14-across – Levels of society : STRATA

17-across – One likes to be in charge : CONTROLFREAK

20-across – More polished : SLICKER

21-across – Really : TRULY

22-across – Thin bit of glass? : STEM

23-across – Equal treatment : FAIRNESS

1-down – Bingo or baggage? : HALL

2-down – Polite way : MANNERS

3-down – Genius move : MASTERSTROKE

4-down – What Sherlock Holmes did : DEDUCE

6-down – Dishonest behaviour : LYING

7-down – Habitual : EVERYDAY

8-down – Author working in television,cinema or radio : SCRIPTWRITER

12-down – Travelling shows : CIRCUSES

15-down – In general : ASARULE

16-down – Estefan or Steinem? : GLORIA

18-down – Easily fooled : NAIVE

19-down – ‘Yes’ voters : AYES

1-across – Free from obligation : OFFTHEHOOK

7-across – What one looks for in a thesaurus : SYNONYM

8-across – Coffee,tea or water? : TABLE

10-across – : OOPS

11-across – Non-committal about an issue : AGNOSTIC

13-across – Get some air? : INHALE

15-across – Safe place : ASYLUM

17-across – Defector : TURNCOAT

18-across – Trail in water : WAKE

21-across – Ambitious quality : DRIVE

22-across – Pebbles on the beach : SHINGLE

23-across – An action’s unintended consequences : BYPRODUCTS

1-down – Come clean : OWNUP

2-down – Stupidly optimistic – indulgent : FOND

3-down – It’s paid out of respect : HOMAGE

4-down – Give youngsters an intensive education : HOTHOUSE

5-down – Like the M25? : ORBITAL

6-down – Accompanying – Satie’s coda : ASSOCIATED

9-down – Saddled : ENCUMBERED

12-down – Sign that danger’s passed : ALLCLEAR

14-down – Scare : HORRIFY

16-down – Pedals : LAPSED

19-down – Protection : AEGIS

20-down – Metal used to make brass : ZINC

1-across – Way to avoid a court case,sometimes : SETTLEMENT

7-across – Saw or walk? : CIRCULAR

8-across – It’s set to catch one out : TRAP

9-across – Night in Paris : NUIT

10-across – Hesitant : DITHERY

12-across – Vital sign : RESPIRATION

14-across – Move off in different directions : SCATTER

16-across – Swindle : SCAM

19-across – Conflict between the Montagues and Capulets,for example : FEUD

20-across – Troublemaker : HOOLIGAN

21-across – Onlooker : EYEWITNESS

1-down – Young family member : SCION

2-down – Game plan : TACTICS

3-down – Allen or Tomlin? : LILY

4-down – Nutty cake decorator : MARZIPAN

5-down – As you would expect : NATCH

6-down – Way to avoid congestion : RATRUN

11-down – Entertaining distraction : SIDESHOW

12-down – Material wealth : RICHES

13-down – Gradient : INCLINE

15-down – Hot drink? : TODDY

17-down – Grumbles : MOANS

18-down – Bowl – word-processing choice : FONT

1-across – Activity centre? : HIVE

3-across – Cleaned up : REFORMED

8-across – Change direction : TURN

9-across – Disparage : BELITTLE

11-across – Contrite : APOLOGETIC

14-across – One has an independent existence : ENTITY

15-across – Prickly pear,perhaps : CACTUS

17-across – In-person : FACETOFACE

20-across – Allay concerns : REASSURE

21-across – Cut : SNUB

22-across – Sweet – circular window : BULLSEYE

23-across – Bank’s counterpart in the Scottish countryside : BRAE

1-down – Bathtime essential for most : HOTWATER

2-down – Martini essential : VERMOUTH

4-down – Bootlace holder : EYELET

5-down – Person who started it : ORIGINATOR

6-down – Common misconception : MYTH

7-down – Fight for satisfaction? : DUEL

10-down – Cassoulets : LOSTCAUSES

12-down – Make tea with it : STRAINER

13-down – Line up : ASSEMBLE

16-down – Not quite : NEARLY

18-down – Pub food : GRUB

19-down – Play it to be helpful : BALL