Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Man or mouse? : TRAP

3-across – Tent’s outer part : FLYSHEET

8-across – Direction of travel : PATH

9-across – One holds a sword : SCABBARD

11-across – Protective eyewear : SUNGLASSES

14-across – One’s badly behaved : RASCAL

15-across – Victorian undergarment : BUSTLE

17-across – Mormon religious building : TABERNACLE

20-across – Not probable : UNLIKELY

21-across – Part of a doorframe : JAMB

22-across – Slump : DOWNTURN

23-across – It’s said to be very dry : BONE

1-down – Pretty as : TAPESTRY

2-down – Inspire awe : ASTONISH

4-down – Type of grasshopper : LOCUST

5-down – Later – UN bequests : SUBSEQUENT

6-down – And more besides : ETAL

7-down – Large : TIDY

10-down – It sells second-hand goods : FLEAMARKET

12-down – Toccatas : STACCATO

13-down – Look like : RESEMBLE

16-down – Wine collection : CELLAR

18-down – Large amount : FUND

19-down – Weak spot : FLAW

1-across – Nicholas urges : SOULSEARCHING

8-across – Open-air swimming pool : LIDO

9-across – Every twelve months : ANNUALLY

10-across – Philanthropic : BENEFICENT

12-across – Magic,vicious or crop : CIRCLE

14-across – Ancient writer : STYLUS

15-across – Cut short : ABBREVIATE

19-across – Imaginary : NOTIONAL

20-across – Awkward individual : DORK

21-across – Squeaky-clean – pub ale machine : UNIMPEACHABLE

2-down – Staple of Mediterranean cooking : OLIVEOIL

3-down – Free – and easy : LOOSE

4-down – Probe : EXAMINE

5-down – Roam : RANGE

6-down – Good for you : HEALTHY

7-down – Without value : NULL

11-down – Throaty : GUTTURAL

13-down – Brainbox? : CRANIUM

14-down – Insect-derived resin,used to make varnish : SHELLAC

16-down – Eat,drink or watch a lot of something : BINGE

17-down – Hindu weather god : INDRA

18-down – Before long : SOON

1-across – Tomb of slate : FALSEBOTTOM

9-across – Most important : NUMBERONE

10-across – Expressed – place : PUT

11-across – Illegitimately seize : USURP

13-across – Failed to finish on time : OVERRAN

14-across – Nautical fellows : SEAMEN

15-across – Bogus : PSEUDO

18-across – Unnecessary bureaucracy : REDTAPE

20-across – Book store? : SHELF

21-across – Shocking thing to say? : BOO

22-across – Suggestive suggestions : INNUENDOS

24-across – Unbiased : INDEPENDENT

2-down – Candy or rest : ARM

3-down – Church tower : STEEPLE

4-down – Daft mistake : BOOBOO

5-down – Leitmotif : THEME

6-down – Fitting – on to upper : OPPORTUNE

7-down – Come off a mailing list : UNSUBSCRIBE

8-down – Danish toffs : STANDOFFISH

12-down – Variable : UPANDDOWN

16-down – Stop : SUSPEND

17-down – Woolly hat : BEANIE

19-down – Unrelated comment : ASIDE

23-down – Racket : DIN

1-across – Unofficial : WILDCAT

8-across – Rattle : UNNERVE

9-across – Shopping trips,say : ERRANDS

10-across – Willowy : SLENDER

11-across – Urban open space : PLAZA

13-across – Writers’ alternative reference book? : THESAURUS

15-across – National park in Tanzania : SERENGETI

18-across – Prone : GIVEN

21-across – Stirred up : INCITED

22-across – Arriving : INBOUND

23-across – Severe storm : TYPHOON

24-across – : GREATER

1-down – Young dog : WHELP

2-down – Young insect : LARVA

3-down – Chain of events – i.e. cannot act on : CONCATENATION

4-down – Fight : TUSSLE

5-down – Tireless – if debating ale : INDEFATIGABLE

6-down – One buys and sells : TRADER

7-down – There’s sometimes a string of these : PEARLS

12-down – Face,count or heart? : LOSE

14-down – Inclination : URGE

15-down – Annoyed : SHIRTY

16-down – Cook’s guide : RECIPE

17-down – Final part : ENDING

19-down – Store at the bank : VAULT

20-down – Extreme low : NADIR

1-across – Feature of Russian Orthodox church architecture : ONIONDOME

8-across – One foretells the future : SEER

9-across – Sunset _____,1950 film directed by Billy Wilder : BOULEVARD

10-across – Split : GULF

13-across – Undergrowth : SCRUB

15-across – Inspire : EXCITE

16-across – Unthinkingly repeat : PARROT

17-across – E-cigarette users take it in : VAPOUR

19-across – Shelter in the garden : CLOCHE

20-across – Paris,____,1984 film directed by Wim Wenders : TEXAS

21-across – Labour : TOIL

24-across – Dirtying – unlit pool : POLLUTION

25-across – Lifeless – like some ducks? : DEAD

26-across – They’re secretly on board : STOWAWAYS

2-down – Sheltered spot : NOOK

3-down – Covered in grease : OILY

4-down – Gizmo : DEVICE

5-down – Difference between the cost and sale price : MARKUP

6-down – Bring back to life : RESURRECT

7-down – Exploit a situation to make money : PROFITEER

11-down – Subjugation : SERVITUDE

12-down – Doubting : SCEPTICAL

13-down – Strong – Guinness : STOUT

14-down – Bowler’s target : BAILS

18-down – Turn a computer off and on : REBOOT

19-down – Inexperienced,naive : CALLOW

22-down – Simmer slowly : STEW

23-down – Curtis or Bennett? : TONY