Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Diamond in April, say? : BIRTHSTONE

7-across – England, Scotland and Wales : BRITAIN

8-across – Particularly : EXTRA

10-across – Wisecrack : QUIP

11-across – Aeroplane lever : JOYSTICK

13-across – Line on map containing points of equal pressure : ISOBAR

15-across – Strong outdoor shoe : BROGUE

17-across – Surreptitiously : ONTHESLY

18-across – Move towards take-off : TAXI

21-across – Velvety leather : SUEDE

22-across – Feat on motorbike : WHEELIE

23-across – Uh-oh! : OOPSADAISY

1-down – Pancakes served with caviar and sour cream : BLINI

2-down – Existent : REAL

3-down – Two-wheeled carriage : HANSOM

4-down – State funds : TREASURY

5-down – All that’s in a vacuum! : NOTHING

6-down – Ever-present : UBIQUITOUS

9-down – Pesky kid : ANKLEBITER

12-down – Anonymous : FACELESS

14-down – Hard at work : ONTHEGO

16-down – Inaccurate : FLAWED

19-down – Metal mix : ALLOY

20-down – Himalayan monster : YETI

1-across – Date : ENGAGEMENT

7-across – Closing remark : LASTWORD

8-across – Brad : NAIL

9-across – Practical or oral? : EXAM

10-across – Nervous : JITTERY

12-across – Pugilist’s underwear? : BOXERSHORTS

14-across – Caller when it’s time for prayer : MUEZZIN

16-across – Wrongful : EVIL

19-across – Advantage : PLUS

20-across – High voice : FALSETTO

21-across – Definitely : BYALLMEANS

1-down – Exhilarate : ELATE

2-down – Cakes : GATEAUX

3-down – Blunder : GOOF

4-down – Start and end of day : MIDNIGHT

5-down – Three trios : NONET

6-down – Describing oranges and lemons : CITRUS

11-down – Productive : FRUITFUL

12-down – Piece of cheap jewellery : BAUBLE

13-down – Cannes to La Spezia stretch? : RIVIERA

15-down – Piquant : ZESTY

17-down – Water lily : LOTUS

18-down – Tennis or bridge achievement? : SLAM

1-across – Jute bag? : SACK

3-across – Programme where celebrities interviewed : CHATSHOW

8-across – Costume : GARB

9-across – Cold Spanish soup : GAZPACHO

11-across – Paid solver : PRIVATEEYE

14-across – Uncanny : SPOOKY

15-across – ‘Inner Light’ Christian : QUAKER

17-across – Yawn of a town? : DULLSVILLE

20-across – Tea set? : CROCKERY

21-across – Burning substance : ACID

22-across – All included : EVERYONE

23-across – Active in one’s later years : SPRY

1-down – Pointer : SIGNPOST

2-down – Railway carriage passageway : CORRIDOR

4-down – Elysium : HEAVEN

5-down – Head over heels : TOPSYTURVY

6-down – White : HOCK

7-down – : WOOD

10-down – Get down to the nitty-gritty : TALKTURKEY

12-down – Jewish headgear : SKULLCAP

13-down – Warm : FRIENDLY

16-down – Old 10p : FLORIN

18-down – 0.405 hectares : ACRE

19-down – Crack – prank : JOKE

1-across – Stimulating drink – a caffeine boar : ARABIANCOFFEE

8-across – Refusal of permission : VETO

9-across – Mexican folk musician : MARIACHI

10-across – Happy medium : GOLDENMEAN

12-across – Dry material such as kindling : TINDER

14-across – Bolster : PILLOW

15-across – England fan : ANGLOPHILE

19-across – Spanish city on the eastern coast of the Iberian peninsula : VALENCIA

20-across – Tub – city : BATH

21-across – Sondheim/Bernstein musical : WESTSIDESTORY

2-down – Reich rot : RHETORIC

3-down – Family – stew : BROOD

4-down – Person distributing charity money : ALMONER

5-down – Slice up Sunday roast : CARVE

6-down – Face wiper : FLANNEL

7-down – Resound : ECHO

11-down – Person collecting public opinion data : POLLSTER

13-down – Local variety of language : DIALECT

14-down – Unholy : PROFANE

16-down – Maurizio __, former head of fashion empire : GUCCI

17-down – Acquired behaviour pattern : HABIT

18-down – Hollow in hill or earth – like Fingal’s? : CAVE

1-across – Dolt : KNUCKLEHEAD

9-across – Manoeuvre : STRATAGEM

10-across – Gosh! : GEE

11-across – Furry sea or river mammal : OTTER

13-across – Anti-nuclear agreement : TESTBAN

14-across – At hole : LOATHE

15-across – Croatian capital on the Sava : ZAGREB

18-across – Bone in middle of leg : KNEECAP

20-across – Unhealthy breakfast? : FRYUP

21-across – Distinctive practice : ISM

22-across – Shoe part : INNERSOLE

24-across – Constant – pitiless : UNRELENTING

2-down – Negative word : NOR

3-down – Nose and throat inflammation : CATARRH

4-down – Ambassador : LEGATE

5-down – Decomposed matter : HUMUS

6-down – Trouble : ARGYBARGY

7-down – Play with Rosalind and Touchstone : ASYOULIKEIT

8-down – Pop concert screamer : TEENYBOPPER

12-down – Male businessperson : TRADESMAN

16-down – In the opening moments : ATFIRST

17-down – Cadge : SPONGE

19-down – __ of India, Governor of Bengal – __ Dunn, Dad’s Army actor : CLIVE

23-down – Personal : OWN