Author name: crosswordanswers

5-across – Bunny box : RABBITHUTCH

7-across – Contract : FLEX

8-across – Famed : HISTORIC

9-across – Expect nothing more, nothing less! : WYSIWYG

11-across – Tiny bone – metal block : ANVIL

13-across – Wintry : SNOWY

14-across – Caribbean song : CALYPSO

16-across – Pincered stinger : SCORPION

17-across – Advertise : PLUG

18-across – US National Park : YELLOWSTONE

1-down – Asian and Ethiopian goat : IBEX

2-down – Describing a curved camera lens : FISHEYE

3-down – Luvvie : THESP

4-down – Lawyer : ATTORNEY

5-down – ‘We can do it!’, for example : RALLYINGCRY

6-down – Spicy soybean liquid : HOISINSAUCE

10-down – Toward oneself : INWARDLY

12-down – Sharing : GARNISH

15-down – Highly-prized and cute : BIJOU

17-down – Trudge : PLOD

1-across – Effect – moment of collision : IMPACT

4-across – Slow walker – thriller writer Eric, d. 1998 : AMBLER

8-across – Geek : DWEEB

9-across – Bind : BANDAGE

10-across – Thug : GORILLA

11-across – Fuming : IRATE

12-across – Moment : TWINKLING

17-across – Emasculate : UNMAN

19-across – ‘Gunners’ from London : ARSENAL

21-across – Hovering hunter : KESTREL

22-across – Sliver : FLAKE

23-across – Sullen : MOROSE

24-across – Warning : CAVEAT

1-down – Rainbow colour : INDIGO

2-down – French figure of pantomime : PIERROT

3-down – Coterie : CABAL

5-down – One-piece swimming costume : MANKINI

6-down – Pack animal : LLAMA

7-down – Double-breasted coat : REEFER

9-down – Shut out : BLACKBALL

13-down – Viscera : INNARDS

14-down – Upper edge of ship’s side : GUNWALE

15-down – Tommyrot : BUNKUM

16-down – Person using another’s services : CLIENT

18-down – Scrooge : MISER

20-down – European capital : SOFIA

1-across – 100% : FULLMARKS

8-across – Durable wood : EBONY

9-across – Quickly take : SNAFFLE

10-across – Gone over again : RETRACED

11-across – Gale or breeze : WIND

13-across – Very happy : ELATED

14-across – Narrow squeal? : SQUEAK

16-across – Greasy : OILY

17-across – Drug loosening muscles : RELAXANT

19-across – Inflatable life jacket : MAEWEST

20-across – Sing softly : CROON

21-across – Jewish holiday : YOMKIPPUR

1-down – Insect catcher : FLYPAPER

2-down – Tenant : LESSEE

3-down – Edible flesh : MEAT

4-down – Kitchen appliance : REFRIGERATOR

5-down – Quick sliding sport : SPEEDSKATING

6-down – Banjolele-playing star of the 1930s and ‘40s : GEORGEFORMBY

7-down – Liverpool or Everton, say : FOOTBALLTEAM

12-down – Vehicle on patrol : SQUADCAR

15-down – Tabloid : REDTOP

18-down – Joined home : SEMI

1-across – Annoying insect or person : PEST

3-across – Ultimately : AFTERALL

9-across – Bovine leather : COWHIDE

10-across – Icy : GELID

11-across – Lord’s or Oval position : MIDON

12-across – Cloth : CLERGY

14-across – Baby to mum attachment : UMBILICALCORD

17-across – Metropolis on the west coast of India : MUMBAI

19-across – Light wood : BALSA

22-across – Extremist : ULTRA

23-across – Hand joint : KNUCKLE

24-across – Remedy : ANTIDOTE

25-across – Swarming fly : GNAT

1-down – Tonic – translation of ‘tiramisu’ : PICKMEUP

2-down – Broadcast : SOWED

4-down – Game where a soft ball is thrown at the legs : FRENCHCRICKET

5-down – Birdie better than a birdie! : EAGLE

6-down – 1970s Austin car – at a brisk speed : ALLEGRO

7-down – Pool : LIDO

8-down – Aligns : SIGNAL

13-down – Immediately next door : ADJACENT

15-down – Bird – but tile : BLUETIT

16-down – Work : LABOUR

18-down – Burned identification : BRAND

20-down – Compare : LIKEN

21-down – Brass instrument : TUBA

1-across – Sake? : RICEWINE

5-across – Copy : CRIB

9-across – Fixation : MANIA

10-across – Indian title of love and respect : MAHATMA

11-across – : WRITERSBLOCK

13-across – Cash and credit card holder : WALLET

14-across – Flat side of the head : TEMPLE

17-across – It’s impossible to say for sure : YOUNEVERKNOW

20-across – Swarming pile? : ANTHILL

21-across – Top lot : ELITE

22-across – Merit : EARN

23-across – Forty : TWOSCORE

1-down – Spanish Steps capital : ROME

2-down – Jurisdiction : CONTROL

3-down – Infernal expression of surprise? : WHATTHEDEVIL

4-down – Gone : NOMORE

6-down – Proportion : RATIO

7-down – Strike-breaker : BLACKLEG

8-down – Brilliant – as apian joints? : THEBEESKNEES

12-down – Fixture on another ground : AWAYGAME

15-down – Qualification : PROVISO

16-down – Dulcet – relax : MELLOW

18-down – Say : UTTER

19-down – Gala : FETE