Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Cool : DISPASSIONATE

8-across – Feathery neckwear : BOA

9-across – There and then : ONTHESPOT

10-across – Electronic devices etc : GADGETRY

11-across – Pepper or pop? : CORN

13-across – Number of schoolboy agent Joe : NINETY

14-across – Feel sorry : REGRET

16-across – A means to an end : TOOL

17-across – Interlock : DOVETAIL

20-across – Pedestrian route beneath a road or railway : UNDERPASS

21-across – McKellen or McShane? : IAN

22-across – Beyond compare : PAREXCELLENCE

1-down – Fix computer errors : DEBUG

2-down – Regular payment : STANDINGORDER

3-down – Cupid : AMORETTO

4-down – Swift work? : SATIRE

5-down – Sign of things to come : OMEN

6-down – Taking something : APPROPRIATION

7-down – Like a passenger pigeon? : EXTINCT

12-down – About-turn : REVERSAL

13-down – Bridge bid : NOTRUMP

15-down – Pay it out of respect : HOMAGE

18-down – Move forward suddenly : LUNGE

19-down – Heart : CRUX

1-across – Places where speculation is widespread? : STOCKMARKETS

9-across – Tooled up : ARMED

10-across – Hot air : BOMBAST

11-across – Entrance : DOOR

12-across – Wearing them means a restricted view : BLINKERS

14-across – Nail polish : ENAMEL

15-across – Rest of the afternoon? : SIESTA

18-across – Implausible story : TALLTALE

20-across – Chelsea or chukka? : BOOT

22-across – Pleased : CHUFFED

23-across – Start of a song : INTRO

24-across – e.g. Google – greenish acne : SEARCHENGINE

2-down – Prize draw : TOMBOLA

3-down – Give over : CEDE

4-down – Suspended decoration : MOBILE

5-down – Lovey-dovey – unrealistic : ROMANTIC

6-down – Blot out : ERASE

7-down – Sense of fulfilment – at NATO’s sci-fi : SATISFACTION

8-down – One of three men in a tub made these : CANDLESTICKS

13-down – Blissfully happy : BEATIFIC

16-down – Reduce : SHORTEN

17-down – Promise : PLEDGE

19-down – Linney or Ingalls Wilder? : LAURA

21-down – Prawn or penguin? : KING

1-across – Well-known saying : BYWORD

4-across – Left in France : GAUCHE

9-across – One’s been sent somewhere safer : EVACUEE

10-across – It drowns out bad language : BLEEP

11-across – Become much-discussed on social media : TREND

12-across – More grumpy – lure sir : SURLIER

13-across – They’re sometimes issued to customers instead of a refund – not discreet : CREDITNOTES

18-across – City founded in 1909 on the outskirts of Jaffa : TELAVIV

20-across – Wiper : TOWEL

22-across – Smallest part of a digital image : PIXEL

23-across – Pot cover – Scot aye : TEACOSY

24-across – Artful or jammy? : DODGER

25-across – Increase : STEPUP

1-down – When out of it, one’s gasping : BREATH

2-down – Moby Dick, for instance : WHALE

3-down – Not angular : ROUNDED

5-down – Light or nectar? : AMBER

6-down – Loose nightdress : CHEMISE

7-down – British or Ottoman? : EMPIRE

8-down – Concern for the feelings of others : SENSITIVITY

14-down – Laid-back : RELAXED

15-down – Pariah : OUTCAST

16-down – Senseless : STUPID

17-down – Give one trouble : PLAYUP

19-down – Open or close it to control the flow of a liquid or gas : VALVE

21-down – Cry of excitement : WHOOP

1-across – March : PARADE

4-across – Range : GAMUT

7-across – Trousers – works lazily : SLACKS

8-across – Rush – professional path : CAREER

9-across – Contents of a magazine? : AMMO

10-across – Gaga : BESOTTED

12-across – Verb form : CONJUGATION

17-across – Hoity-toity : LAHDIDAH

19-across – Award – percussion instrument : GONG

20-across – Environment : MILIEU

21-across – In an ordered fashion : NEATLY

22-across – Counting everything : INALL

23-across – Court activity : TENNIS

1-down – Diatribe : POLEMIC

2-down – Furry mammal with a ringed tail : RACCOON

3-down – Confined to an office : DESKBOUND

4-down – Fertiliser made of bird droppings : GUANO

5-down – Virtuoso : MAESTRO

6-down – Diatribe : TIRADE

11-down – Fundamental shift : SEACHANGE

13-down – Shakespeare character who speaks of ‘the primrose path of dalliance’ : OPHELIA

14-down – Inculcate : INGRAIN

15-down – Discombobulate : NONPLUS

16-down – Former students : ALUMNI

18-down – Unimprovable : IDEAL

1-across – Be made to wait idly : KICKONESHEELS

8-across – What you may do to your thumbs : TWIDDLE

9-across – Pattern of concentric circles : WHORL

10-across – Remunerated : PAID

11-across – Part of the psyche : SUPEREGO

13-across – Brandy : COGNAC

14-across – Oracle location : DELPHI

17-across – Volcanic glass : OBSIDIAN

19-across – Mosque leader : IMAM

21-across – Rule : REIGN

22-across – Evocative language : IMAGERY

24-across – Party game : MUSICALCHAIRS

1-down – Paraphernalia : KIT

2-down – Upper limit : CEILING

3-down – Probability : ODDS

4-down – Greek god of darkness – be sure : EREBUS

5-down – Sharp-sighted : HAWKEYED

6-down – Run off romantically : ELOPE

7-down – Three-part logical argument : SYLLOGISM

10-down – Graphical symbol : PICTOGRAM

12-down – Mocking : SARDONIC

15-down – Roman city that was buried : POMPEII

16-down – Bible book – Elton John song : DANIEL

18-down – Slides – hit the ___ : SKIDS

20-down – Party – whack : BASH

23-down – Affirmative : YES