Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Airport shop : DUTYFREE

5-across – In this way : THUS

9-across – Oxeye / Michaelmas flower : DAISY

10-across – Having lost weight – painter’s fluid : THINNER

11-across – Poled illumination source : STANDARDLAMP

13-across – Attack by surprise : AMBUSH

14-across – I am disappointed! : DEARME

17-across – Fond of arguing : DISPUTATIOUS

20-across – Belonging to times long past : ANCIENT

21-across – Music genre – ingrained dirt : GRIME

22-across – Word sometimes confused with ‘fewer’ : LESS

23-across – Develop as an acquaintance : BEFRIEND

1-down – Clumsy extinct Mauritian : DODO

2-down – Type of washing machine : TWINTUB

3-down – So-called variety of UFO : FLYINGSAUCER

4-down – Bonuses – those in crowd scenes : EXTRAS

6-down – Reddish pigment : HENNA

7-down – Removed paint or clothing : STRIPPED

8-down – Raising this is rude : MIDDLEFINGER

12-down – Hold this while ascending the stairs : HANDRAIL

15-down – Comic’s act – humdrum : ROUTINE

16-down – <i>Being and Nothingness</i><span> writer</span> : SARTRE

18-down – Items for school-fête races : SACKS

19-down – Unit of sweat : BEAD

5-across – What an alchemist sought to turn to gold : BASEMETAL

8-across – Church fixture – typeface : FONT

9-across – ‘Sin City’ : LASVEGAS

10-across – Waldorf salad ingredient : CELERY

11-across – Scientific journal since 1869 : NATURE

13-across – Cat who’ll catch vermin : MOUSER

15-across – Eucalyptus munchers : KOALAS

16-across – Mare / stag : MEGASTAR

18-across – Vichyssoise vegetable : LEEK

19-across – 14 Feb figure : VALENTINE

1-down – Sleep on it! : MATTRESS

2-down – Multiple songs in one : MEDLEY

3-down – Battle of the Nile Rear-Admiral : NELSON

4-down – <i>I Got You,___</i><span> or </span><i>It Ain’t Me,___</i> : BABE

6-down – One to emulate : ROLEMODEL

7-down – One performs part of the service but is not ordained : LAYREADER

12-down – Bangkok’s country : THAILAND

14-down – Apple,borough or luck : ROTTEN

15-down – Pogues pal MacColl,e.g. : KIRSTY

17-down – <i>Moby-Dick</i><span> captain</span> : AHAB

1-across – Manchester’s Hallé or ABC Sinfonia,e.g. : ORCHESTRA

8-across – 1977 orphan musical : ANNIE

9-across – Latin American instrument resembling a xylophone : MARIMBA

10-across – Peeper cosmetic : EYELINER

11-across – Spice – club : MACE

13-across – Taiwan capital : TAIPEI

14-across – ‘SOS!’ : MAYDAY

16-across – <i>Murder on the Orient Express </i><span>actor Penélope</span> : CRUZ

17-across – Spew hope : PEEPSHOW

19-across – Heraldic beast symbolising Scotland : UNICORN

20-across – Axis,bear or opposite : POLAR

21-across – Inserts AI : SANITISER

1-down – Unfair – unilateral : ONESIDED

2-down – PC Mole : COMPEL

3-down – Cross-the-Channel currency : EURO

4-down – After-hours rate,sometimes : TIMEANDAHALF

5-down – Oscar : ACADEMYAWARD

6-down – They seek new entertainers or sportspeople : TALENTSCOUTS

7-down – Invite landau : ANTEDILUVIAN

12-down – Audible Scot : BAGPIPER

15-down – <i>Neighbours</i><span>’ Stefan or the </span><i>Beano</i><span>’s menace</span> : DENNIS

18-down – Usain – what he does : BOLT

1-across – Diagonally-moving chess piece : BISHOP

4-across – Aussies’ airline : QANTAS

8-across – ___ apso : LHASA

9-across – Word before ‘plaster’ or ‘pack’ – or,with a hyphen,one less famous than a 5d : BLISTER

10-across – Periodic pecuniary allowance : STIPEND

11-across – Number of stumps in a wicket : THREE

12-across – She’s in charge : MATRIARCH

17-across – Old saying or proverb : ADAGE

19-across – Alexandra Feodorovna,e.g. : TSARINA

21-across – Inhabitant of Tehran,e.g. : IRANIAN

22-across – Type of wheat in a health food shop : SPELT

23-across – Papua New ___ : GUINEA

24-across – ‘Et tu’ emperor : CAESAR

1-down – Displaying a lot of nerve : BALLSY

2-down – e.g. Arsenal’s Emirates : STADIUM

3-down – Speechify : ORATE

5-down – One in celebrity’s top tier : ALISTER

6-down – One giving private lessons : TUTOR

7-down – Shrill cry : SHRIEK

9-down – Racket sport : BADMINTON

13-down – We / their : THEWIRE

14-down – She rise : HEIRESS

15-down – ___ to go : RARING

16-down – Trade by exchange : BARTER

18-down – Expensive violin or cello : AMATI

20-down – Lost – in the Black,perhaps! : ATSEA

5-across – One purporting to see the future : CLAIRVOYANT

7-across – Inhabitant of Copenhagen,e.g. : DANE

8-across – Raspberry ripple,e.g. : ICECREAM

9-across – Dash to pieces : SHATTER

11-across – One was named for Edmund Halley : COMET

13-across – Sidle – tell-tale : SNEAK

14-across – Rowing fellow : OARSMAN

16-across – ‘Clunk click’ car-user’s safety device : SEATBELT

17-across – Canal in the news in 1956 : SUEZ

18-across – e.g. sirloin,Yorkshire puddings,spuds etc : SUNDAYROAST

1-down – Title awarded to Maggie Smith : DAME

2-down – Rue ribs : BRUISER

3-down – <span>Nickname of </span><i>Casablanca</i><span>’s Humphrey</span> : BOGEY

4-down – Process ending in baldness? : HAIRLOSS

5-down – They keep your clothes in shape : COATHANGERS

6-down – Once-common consultee regarding holidays : TRAVELAGENT

10-down – Browning – honouring : TOASTING

12-down – Oriental : EASTERN

15-down – Painter of many a ballet dancer : DEGAS

17-down – Sewn junction : SEAM