Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Spoken exam : VIVA

3-across – Yolk and white mixer : EGGWHISK

9-across – Dish with grains : RISOTTO

10-across – Void : EMPTY

11-across – Glutamate taste : UMAMI

12-across – Rich : YUPPIE

14-across – Sliding wind instrument : SWANEEWHISTLE

17-across – Those keeping strides up : BRACES

19-across – 1940s US jazz : BEBOP

22-across – Fit out : EQUIP

23-across – Air blot : ORBITAL

24-across – British __,arm of international humanitarian movement : REDCROSS

25-across – Plough pullers : OXEN

1-down – Brilliant player : VIRTUOSO

2-down – Prospect : VISTA

4-down – Overly virtuous type? : GOODYTWOSHOES

5-down – Puppy – impudent youth : WHELP

6-down – Name of publisher,time and place of publication of a book : IMPRINT

7-down – Fight’s final fall : KAYO

8-down – Sifter : STRIFE

13-down – Airship : ZEPPELIN

15-down – Onto the shore : AGROUND

16-down – Drink : IMBIBE

18-down – Skip : CAPER

20-down – Neurotoxic protein used cosmetically : BOTOX

21-down – Catcall : JEER

1-across – Country without a monarch : REPUBLIC

5-across – Folk tale : MYTH

9-across – Great expanse of water : OCEAN

10-across – Aquatic red-billed bird : MOORHEN

11-across – No jack of all trades! : ONETRICKPONY

13-across – Catcher of fish : ANGLER

14-across – Evergreen shrub : MYRTLE

17-across – Hesitate : SHILLYSHALLY

20-across – Or trees : RESTORE

21-across – Typed : KEYED

22-across – I’m off! : TATA

23-across – Binge eating : GLUTTONY

1-down – Chess bird? : ROOK

2-down – Old German coin : PFENNIG

3-down – Drink : BENDTHEELBOW

4-down – __ pentameter,poetic rhythm : IAMBIC

6-down – Boor – hooray! : YAHOO

7-down – Hive hummer? : HONEYBEE

8-down – Worker’s garment : DONKEYJACKET

12-down – Classical Indian language : SANSKRIT

15-down – Call when hunting fox : TALLYHO

16-down – On top : ASWELL

18-down – Stein : INSET

19-down – Whirlpool : EDDY

1-across – Haughty : HOITYTOITY

7-across – From Tehran,e.g. : IRANIAN

8-across – Garbage : TRASH

10-across – Bird – flying toy : KITE

11-across – Leaper’s cry : GERONIMO

13-across – Item inserted into gun-barrel : RAMROD

15-across – Small device attached to computer : DONGLE

17-across – Lavatory : WASHROOM

18-across – Dyke builder : OFFA

21-across – Humid : MOIST

22-across – Yemeni,e.g. : ARABIAN

23-across – Small ornament : KNICKKNACK

1-down – Red card : HEART

2-down – Heron relative : IBIS

3-down – Far distance : YONDER

4-down – Conventional : ORTHODOX

5-down – Melting : THAWING

6-down – Win or lose due to one’s own efforts : SINKORSWIM

9-down – Folk music concert : HOOTENANNY

12-down – __ irony,feigning ignorance to expose ignorance of others : SOCRATIC

14-down – Assignment : MISSION

16-down – Punk’s hairdo : MOHAWK

19-down – Search of person for weapons etc. : FRISK

20-down – Old story : SAGA

1-across – Raw vegetables : RABBITFOOD

7-across – Dreadful – or marvellous : TERRIFIC

8-across – Hired thug : GOON

9-across – Stretching discipline : YOGA

10-across – Deeply in love : SMITTEN

12-across – Level pegging : HONOURSEVEN

14-across – Boastful or self-important : POMPOUS

16-across – Matrix : GRID

19-across – Laze : ZEAL

20-across – Youth : JUVENILE

21-across – Feller : LUMBERJACK

1-down – Shrill : REEDY

2-down – Automatic : BURPGUN

3-down – Dubious : IFFY

4-down – Mud veil on mug? : FACEMASK

5-down – Should : OUGHT

6-down – Preside over : GOVERN

11-down – Sting : PUTUPJOB

12-down – Dancer : HOOFER

13-down – Terrace : VERANDA

15-down – I,Paul : PILAU

17-down – <i>Doctor Who</i><span> adversary</span> : DALEK

18-down – At any time : EVER

1-across – Vagabond : HOBO

3-across – Hiker’s bag : KNAPSACK

8-across – Trouncing : ROUT

9-across – Move to smaller place : DOWNSIZE

11-across – Rom-com,disparagingly : CHICKFLICK

14-across – Well-built : STURDY

15-across – Comprised of blooms : FLORAL

17-across – Mushy : LOVEYDOVEY

20-across – From an Indonesian island : JAVANESE

21-across – Loosen : UNDO

22-across – Call sound : RINGTONE

23-across – Consider : DEEM

1-down – Notes and coins : HARDCASH

2-down – Posh store : BOUTIQUE

4-down – Pasta strand : NOODLE

5-down – Type of cocktail : PINACOLADA

6-down – Central line : AXIS

7-down – Ship’s underside part : KEEL

10-down – Mark my words! : IKIDYOUNOT

12-down – e.g. Newfoundland and Labrador : PROVINCE

13-down – Where toys toyed with? : PLAYROOM

16-down – Individual : PERSON

18-down – Slightly open : AJAR

19-down – All square : EVEN