Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Wicket,fingers or end? : STICKY

4-across – Formal approval : ASSENT

8-across – Unsociable individual : LONER

9-across – Feeling of resolution : CLOSURE

10-across – Bun ingredient : CURRANT

11-across – More mature : RIPER

12-across – Cocktail of vodka,cranberry and grapefruit juice : SEABREEZE

17-across – Spring flower : TULIP

19-across – Item which may be genuine – or definite : ARTICLE

21-across – Not analogue : DIGITAL

22-across – Bar or line? : GRAPH

23-across – Beginning : OUTSET

24-across – Gruelling experience : ORDEAL

1-down – Exclusive : SELECT

2-down – Guts : INNARDS

3-down – Cosmic payback : KARMA

5-down – Creator of much suffering : SCOURGE

6-down – Provide : EQUIP

7-down – Conspiracy,chaos or string? : THEORY

9-down – Howl : CATERWAUL

13-down – Sarah Bernhardt or Frida Kahlo,for instance : AMPUTEE

14-down – Valence : ENCLAVE

15-down – Artist’s room : STUDIO

16-down – Deadly : LETHAL

18-down – Authentic : LEGIT

20-down – Booming : TIGER

1-across – Cold-shoulder – ‘cos I stare : OSTRACISE

8-across – Highway network components : ROADS

9-across – One’s competing : ENTRANT

10-across – Angry and indignant : OUTRAGED

11-across – : SCAR

13-across – Hardly ever : RARELY

14-across – : KISSER

16-across – Hitchhiker’s goal : LIFT

17-across – Sea songs – thin seas : SHANTIES

19-across – Measure of voter participation : TURNOUT

20-across – Home to La Scala and the San Siro : MILAN

21-across – Warship which escorts larger vessels : DESTROYER

1-down – Race or course? : OBSTACLE

2-down – Move unsteadily : TEETER

3-down – US car : AUTO

4-down – Remote : INACCESSIBLE

5-down – Full of initiative : ENTERPRISING

6-down – A Trump ordeal : ARMOURPLATED

7-down – University qualification – for a smart set : MASTEROFARTS

12-down – Unsuitable name : MISNOMER

15-down – Talkative : CHATTY

18-down – Knock at the door during bingo? : FOUR

1-across – Smoking debris? : BUTT

3-across – Evening tipple : NIGHTCAP

9-across – Very busy : CROWDED

10-across – Japanese martial arts expert : NINJA

11-across – Bit of a drama? : SCENE

12-across – Division caused by doctrinal differences : SCHISM

14-across – Messy situation – bad for gaskets : DOGSBREAKFAST

17-across – Camp under it : CANVAS

19-across – Difficulties : AGGRO

22-across – The Kiss sculptor : RODIN

23-across – Illegal copy : BOOTLEG

24-across – Soap,bubble bath etc : SMELLIES

25-across – Cheese-making by-product : WHEY

1-down – Something to sit on? : BACKSIDE

2-down – Recurring theme : TROPE

4-down – Inedible snaps : INDISPENSABLE

5-down – Gut feeling : HUNCH

6-down – Card game similar to rummy : CANASTA

7-down – Soil-like material made from decaying plants : PEAT

8-down – Truly,madly or deeply – grammatically : ADVERB

13-down – Very much : STRONGLY

15-down – Derange : GRANDEE

16-down – Buster,Diane or Michael : KEATON

18-down – Open to bribery : VENAL

20-down – Steep-sided valley in the US : GULCH

21-down – French grey : GRIS

1-across – Friendly – hint : INTIMATE

5-across – Scour : COMB

9-across – Input : ENTER

10-across – Expose : LAYBARE

11-across – Insect expert : ENTOMOLOGIST

13-across – Descend using a rope : ABSEIL

14-across – The swinging sixties,say : DECADE

17-across – Northeastern US state,known for its granite formations : NEWHAMPSHIRE

20-across – Heartfelt : SINCERE

21-across – Fingers or feet? : ITCHY

22-across – : ANAL

23-across – Find it under the mattress? : BEDSTEAD

1-down – Holly genus : ILEX

2-down – Nervous system disease caused by an infected wound : TETANUS

3-down – What may be seen in the looking glass : MIRRORIMAGES

4-down – Candle-maker? : TALLOW

6-down – Forest-dwelling giraffe relative : OKAPI

7-down – Take one and have a rest : BREATHER

8-down – A spectacular display of skill – cry Chopin set : PYROTECHNICS

12-down – Substance used as an antacid and laxative : MAGNESIA

15-down – Upper chamber of the heart : AURICLE

16-down – Field of operation : SPHERE

18-down – : WONGA

19-down – Not a natural colour? : DYED

1-across – Isolate to prevent infection : QUARANTINE

7-across – Silvery metal,Nb,used in MRI scanners : NIOBIUM

8-across – Small,two-masted sailing boat : KETCH

10-across – Slight coughing sound : AHEM

11-across – For : INFAVOUR

13-across – Orchard fruits – how do you like them? : APPLES

15-across – Given a job : TASKED

17-across – Clumsy or amateur : INEXPERT

18-across – That’s annoying! : DRAT

21-across – Work by David Sedaris : ESSAY

22-across – Faint sign : GLIMMER

23-across – Driving restriction : SPEEDLIMIT

1-down – Repeat another’s words : QUOTE

2-down – I doubt it! : ASIF

3-down – Frangipane flavour : ALMOND

4-down – Key thing to remember : TAKEAWAY

5-down – Make business contacts : NETWORK

6-down – Individually : ONEATATIME

9-down – Genetically transmitted : HEREDITARY

12-down – Newbie : NEOPHYTE

14-down – Arm and chest exercise : PRESSUP

16-down – Careful with money : FRUGAL

19-down – Brief : REMIT

20-down – Unswerving : FIRM