Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Headlong charge : STAMPEDE

5-across – Put one’s foot down? : STEP

9-across – Butterfly – clause divider : COMMA

10-across – Hindu sage : MAHATMA

11-across – Leaving no room for ambiguity : CRYSTALCLEAR

13-across – Quiver contents : ARROWS

14-across – Greek goddess of the soul : PSYCHE

17-across – Haughty : SUPERCILIOUS

20-across – Zeppelin, say : AIRSHIP

21-across – Famous : NOTED

22-across – Crinkly-leaved vegetable : KALE

23-across – French law enforcement officer : GENDARME

1-down – Whack : SOCK

2-down – Fan : ADMIRER

3-down – Commendable : PRAISEWORTHY

4-down – Cheapen : DEMEAN

6-down – Old tax : TITHE

7-down – Colour of the owl and the pussy-cat’s boat : PEAGREEN

8-down – Impervious to criticism : THICKSKINNED

12-down – In which a lost needle is hard to find? : HAYSTACK

15-down – Jumbled mass of objects : CLUTTER

16-down – Hollow in the face : DIMPLE

18-down – Jeopardy : PERIL

19-down – Disinclined towards effort : IDLE

1-across – A bad ad bias : ADDISABABA

7-across – Nitrogen and hydrogen compound : AMMONIA

8-across – Level quayside area : WHARF

10-across – Circular current : EDDY

11-across – Kind of rum or sugar from Guyana : DEMERARA

13-across – Top – athlete : JUMPER

15-across – Splodge : BLOTCH

17-across – Discoloured, like old paper : YELLOWED

18-across – Revered figure : IDOL

21-across – Heron : EGRET

22-across – At a brisk tempo : ALLEGRO

23-across – Tinned food : BAKEDBEANS

1-down – Ready to fight – like certain bandits? : ARMED

2-down – Depression – lexicographer Susie : DENT

3-down – In a funk : SCARED

4-down – Happening either 2 or 8 times every 28 days : BIWEEKLY

5-down – Glaring : BLATANT

6-down – Modernist author : JAMESJOYCE

9-down – Effect of heavy rain : FLASHFLOOD

12-down – Person expelled from a country : DEPORTEE

14-down – Disease transmitted by insects : MALARIA

16-down – Paint crudely : BEDAUB

19-down – Painter known for pictures of dancers : DEGAS

20-down – Supplication : PLEA

1-across – Arctic coke : COCKATRICE

7-across – Chinese city with a name meaning ‘on the sea’ : SHANGHAI

8-across – Near : NIGH

9-across – Bleak, crime-ridden genre of fiction : NOIR

10-across – Idler : SLACKER

12-across – Sussex resort : BOGNORREGIS

14-across – Sequester : SECLUDE

16-across – Two-dimensional measurement : AREA

19-across – Palindromic word for ‘look’ : PEEP

20-across – Utopian : IDEALIST

21-across – Relish : ENTHUSIASM

1-down – Leonard or Sacha Baron? : COHEN

2-down – Sly : CUNNING

3-down – Yearn : ACHE

4-down – Friendly teasing : RAILLERY

5-down – One with a pessimistic view of human nature : CYNIC

6-down – Says yes : AGREES

11-down – Creature proverbially associated with poor memory : GOLDFISH

12-down – Maker of alcoholic drinks : BREWER

13-down – Primate : GORILLA

15-down – Flower – Maurice Leblanc’s gentleman thief : LUPIN

17-down – Tea named after an Indian state : ASSAM

18-down – Optical aid – urban centre of the Pas-de-Calais coal basin : LENS

1-across – Attitudinise : POSE

3-across – Someone who drifts around in search of pleasure : GADABOUT

8-across – Sudden attack : RAID

9-across – Australian state : VICTORIA

11-across – Presumptuousness : EFFRONTERY

14-across – Car-free city : VENICE

15-across – Greek consonant : LAMBDA

17-across – Preliminary preparation : GROUNDWORK

20-across – Manly behaviour : MACHISMO

21-across – Expert : GURU

22-across – Guarantee : WARRANTY

23-across – Fondled – fabric : FELT

1-down – Notice : PERCEIVE

2-down – Top-hole! : SPIFFING

4-down – Fly : AVIATE

5-down – Subsequently : AFTERWARDS

6-down – Edible pods : OKRA

7-down – Hard wood : TEAK

10-down – Squeeze box : CONCERTINA

12-down – Unqualified : ABSOLUTE

13-down – Belly up : BANKRUPT

16-down – Peak : SUMMIT

18-down – Diving duck : SMEW

19-down – Cake decorator : ICER

1-across – Legal system or theory : JURISPRUDENCE

8-across – Lofty – improbable : TALL

9-across – Form of infidelity : ADULTERY

10-across – Material for recycling? : WASTEPAPER

12-across – Old-fashioned jacket : JERKIN

14-across – Hardened skin : CALLUS

15-across – Give a new lease of life to : REJUVENATE

19-across – Meddlesome philanthropist : DOGOODER

20-across – Harvest : REAP

21-across – Shrewd or unscrupulous operator : WHEELERDEALER

2-down – In a state of ignorance : UNAWARES

3-down – Small piece of land : ISLET

4-down – Child’s enclosure : PLAYPEN

5-down – Seize unlawfully : USURP

6-down – Fascinate : ENTHRAL

7-down – Horse-drawn vehicle : CART

11-down – Travelling bag : SUITCASE

13-down – Bar or nightclub entertainment : KARAOKE

14-down – Insured : COVERED

16-down – Arbiter : JUDGE

17-down – Tragic opera by Bellini : NORMA

18-down – Wonga : DOSH