Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Append its : STANDPIPE

8-across – Be miserable : MOPE

9-across – Domestic threshold? : FRONTDOOR

10-across – : ESPY

13-across – Drop off – rest : SLEEP

15-across – Film,human or civil : RIGHTS

16-across – Athlete – and a gun/drug smuggler : RUNNER

17-across – Scottish sweet – a medicinal dose : TABLET

19-across – Boil down : REDUCE

20-across – Extraterrestrial robot explorer : ROVER

21-across – Defrost : THAW

24-across – Space – and freedom : ELBOWROOM

25-across – Eating habits : DIET

26-across – What’s next after adolescence? : ADULTHOOD

2-down – Old Celtic jewellery with a twist : TORC

3-down – Beatles’ Revolution number : NINE

4-down – Travels by bicycle : PEDALS

5-down – Fitting : PROPER

6-down – All agree when it’s been reached : CONSENSUS

7-down – <span>US magazine : NEWYORKER

11-down – Appreciative feeling : GRATITUDE

12-down – A whisker? : EGGBEATER

13-down – Take the wheel : STEER

14-down – Not so contaminated : PURER

18-down – Worked hard : TOILED

19-down – Pull back : RECOIL

22-down – Marble or Wellington? : ARCH

23-down – Not possible : NOGO

1-across – Louis minus pal : PUSILLANIMOUS

8-across – Below this is worse than usual : PAR

9-across – Reprimanded : UPBRAIDED

10-across – Sending of scam emails : PHISHING

11-across – Eye up : OGLE

13-across – : GEEZER

14-across – River horses : HIPPOS

16-across – Central London district,known for its nightlife : SOHO

17-across – Every year in ancient Rome? : PERANNUM

20-across – Get meaner : AGREEMENT

21-across – Plastic or metal contraceptive : IUD

22-across – Creative freedom – on Celtic piece : POETICLICENCE

1-down – Make livelier : PEPUP

2-down – Extra cost of eating out? : SERVICECHARGE

3-down – Comic effect? : LAUGHTER

4-down – New York State capital : ALBANY

5-down – Fabric made with tie-dyed yarn : IKAT

6-down – Brits get it in later life : OLDAGEPENSION

7-down – Tragic effect? : SADNESS

12-down – Morally instructive : DIDACTIC

13-down – Old-fashioned light source : GASLAMP

15-down – Tell : REVEAL

18-down – Gnat-like creature : MIDGE

19-down – Stubbs or Strauss? : LEVI

1-across – Parisian love triangle : MENAGEATROIS

9-across – Figurative turn of phrase : IDIOM

10-across – Every cloud has a silver lining,say : PROVERB

11-across – Stage : DAIS

12-across – Miner’s workplace : COALFACE

14-across – Grated spice : NUTMEG

15-across – One may be attached to a vehicle : TOWBAR

18-across – Unclear situation : GREYAREA

20-across – One’s manipulated : PAWN

22-across – Not so quiet : NOISIER

23-across – <span>Scarlett in </span><i>Gone with the Wind</i> : OHARA

24-across – Oaf lost teeth : ATHLETESFOOT

2-down – For the few,not the many : ELITIST

3-down – Sally or Dad’s? : ARMY

4-down – Put to work : EMPLOY

5-down – Old-fashioned farewell : TOODLEOO

6-down – Rock,soap or comic : OPERA

7-down – Like hell : SUBTERRANEAN

8-down – Ulterior motive – nigh a dead end : HIDDENAGENDA

13-down – No answer? : NEGATIVE

16-down – Show of courage : BRAVADO

17-down – Extent : DEGREE

19-down – Wharton or Sitwell? : EDITH

21-down – : YOOF

1-across – Disgrace : INFAMY

4-across – Stumble : TRIPUP

9-across – Slight cold : SNIFFLE

10-across – Cover : DRAPE

11-across – A : DEKKO

12-across – Put right : CORRECT

13-across – Composure : EQUILIBRIUM

18-across – Not pro : AGAINST

20-across – Slice into pieces : CUTUP

22-across – Revered object : TOTEM

23-across – Private view? : OPINION

24-across – Waterlogged,like some land : MARSHY

25-across – Firmly committed : WEDDED

1-down – Lane,leg or job : INSIDE

2-down – Pat : FRISK

3-down – Mob members : MAFIOSI

5-down – Performer’s demanding schedule? : RIDER

6-down – High plain : PLATEAU

7-down – More than enough : PLENTY

8-down – CID’s pointer : DESCRIPTION

14-down – Half a half : QUARTER

15-down – Welcome – experience : RECEIVE

16-down – A little chicken? : BANTAM

17-down – Unsealed : OPENED

19-down – Shepherd’s partner – nature goddess : NYMPH

21-down – Heard in court : TRIED

1-across – Serving size for tea,perhaps : CUPFUL

4-across – Whippersnapper : SCAMP

7-across – Post-AI : PATOIS

8-across – Absent-minded – like some cubicles : VACANT

9-across – Rod’s counterpart in the eye : CONE

10-across – Damaging precipitation with low pH : ACIDRAIN

12-across – Feeling involving obligation : SENSEOFDUTY

17-across – Quartz variety : AMETHYST

19-across – Meat-and-tomato pasta sauce : RAGU

20-across – One born in the years following WW2 : BOOMER

21-across – Antagonism – hostility : ANIMUS

22-across – Last Greek letter : OMEGA

23-across – Bidding : BEHEST

1-down – Goat – yellowy brown – car-washing leather : CHAMOIS

2-down – Radio show with often angry participants : PHONEIN

3-down – Ashley pun : UNSHAPELY

4-down – UK’s tallest building,The ___ : SHARD

5-down – Intransigent – resolute : ADAMANT

6-down – Green sheen on a metal : PATINA

11-down – Enamour : INFATUATE

13-down – Carbuncle : EYESORE

14-down – Country which declared independence in 1990,recognized 1991 : UKRAINE

15-down – Ingredient of tzatziki and raita : YOGHURT

16-down – Giant woody grass : BAMBOO

18-down – Cackling carnivore : HYENA