Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Ducked : EVADED

4-across – Determined in advance : FATED

7-across – Go – and make good : REPAIR

8-across – Lennon or Assange? : JULIAN

9-across – Vital quality : ZING

10-across – One commandeers a vehicle : HIJACKER

12-across – Unchallenging environment : COMFORTZONE

17-across – Novel : UNCOMMON

19-across – Sweet – and mushy? : PEAS

20-across – Cover for house or head : THATCH

21-across – Take advantage of someone : IMPOSE

22-across – Not clear : MUDDY

23-across – Had a careful look : PEERED

1-down – Mournful : ELEGIAC

2-down – Blend : AMALGAM

3-down – Soil-dwelling invertebrate : EARTHWORM

4-down – Flora’s usual companion? : FAUNA

5-down – Get set? : THICKEN

6-down – Restaurant customers : DINERS

11-down – Aircraft propeller? : JETENGINE

13-down – Fruitful environment? : ORCHARD

14-down – Theoretically : ONPAPER

15-down – : ELAPSED

16-down – Made to order : CUSTOM

18-down – Indecent : MUCKY

1-across – Having the necessary expertise – will feed quail : WELLQUALIFIED

8-across – Honour : DIGNIFY

9-across – Chiromancer’s reading material? : PALMS

10-across – Noisy – and garish : LOUD

11-across – Manual worker : LABOURER

13-across – Ride or run very quickly : GALLOP

14-across – Bottom of the ocean : SEABED

17-across – Well-organised : TOGETHER

19-across – Court order : WRIT

21-across – Retch : HEAVE

22-across – Deliberate : STUDIED

24-across – Campaigning organisation – pursues groper : PRESSUREGROUP

1-down – Bundle : WAD

2-down – Hoax : LEGPULL

3-down – Give up : QUIT

4-down – Regardless : ANYWAY

5-down – Unseemly : IMPROPER

6-down – Layabout : IDLER

7-down – Smear : DISCREDIT

10-down – Navigation aid to other vessels : LIGHTSHIP

12-down – Solo bet’s : BOOTLESS

15-down – Filled tortilla : BURRITO

16-down – Not so great : LESSER

18-down – Plot in the churchyard : GRAVE

20-down – Level : RUNG

23-down – Decline – party food : DIP

5-across – Newly-committed to a cause or idea : BORNAGAIN

8-across – Tea maker? : LEAF

9-across – Optician’s letters : EYECHART

10-across – Nelson’s : COLUMN

11-across – Actor’s words : SCRIPT

13-across – Puppet or pet : LAPDOG

15-across – Mull over : PONDER

16-across – Declining : DOWNWARD

18-across – More than ___ : THIS

19-across – Open to interpretation : AMBIGUOUS

1-down – Mix up : CONFOUND

2-down – Without being noticed : UNSEEN

3-down – Departure : EGRESS

4-down – Soap or satellite : DISH

6-down – Use it to have a blast? : DETONATOR

7-down – Nostradamus aspired to be so : PROPHETIC

12-down – Sound right : RINGTRUE

14-down – At no cost : GRATIS

15-down – Platform : PODIUM

17-down – Tom, Dick or Harry : NAME

5-across – Person who did the job before : PREDECESSOR

7-across – Where to get hold of a sword? : HILT

8-across – Concern for others : ALTRUISM

9-across – Hidden : STASHED

11-across – Craftiness : WILES

13-across – Subsequently : AFTER

14-across – Restless : FIDGETY

16-across – Fire starter? : KINDLING

17-across – Ambience : VIBE

18-across – Parts of society : WALKSOFLIFE

1-down – Abandoned – socialists : LEFT

2-down – Passed on : RELAYED

3-down – Pier : JETTY

4-down – If : ASSUMING

5-down – Perspective : POINTOFVIEW

6-down – Decent : RESPECTABLE

10-down – Delays it : STEADILY

12-down – End a call : RINGOFF

15-down – To begin with : FIRST

17-down – Blank space : VOID

1-across – Involving more than one : PLURAL

4-across – Circus setting : BIGTOP

8-across – The pub down the road : LOCAL

9-across – It’s deceptive when pulled : FASTONE

10-across – One’s done a bunk : RUNAWAY

11-across – Like a feather : LIGHT

12-across – Feelings of intense longing : YEARNINGS

17-across – Film industry bigwig : MOGUL

19-across – Party, wedding or town : PLANNER

21-across – Declare unfit : CONDEMN

22-across – Unfairly hike prices : GOUGE

23-across – Guarantee : SURETY

24-across – High : STONED

1-down – Insignificant : PALTRY

2-down – Mysterious and hard to explain : UNCANNY

3-down – Let : ALLOW

5-down – Blood sugar-regulating hormone : INSULIN

6-down – Revealing underwear : THONG

7-down – Sitting this way, one’s very comfortable : PRETTY

9-down – Equipment used on the stove top : FRYINGPAN

13-down – What’s wrong with you? : AILMENT

14-down – Damage caused by ultraviolet radiation : SUNBURN

15-down – Hits : SMACKS

16-down – False, fair-weather or furry : FRIEND

18-down – One’s on the way out : GONER

20-down – Language of certain groups : ARGOT