Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Idiot : IGNORAMUS

8-across – Perch : ROOST

9-across – Delicacy and skill : FINESSE

10-across – Police vehicle : PANDACAR

11-across – Rabbit tail : SCUT

13-across – ‘Born is the king of ___’ : ISRAEL

14-across – Hot stuff : CHILLI

16-across – Went : NEWT

17-across – Leftover : RESIDUAL

19-across – Decamp : VAMOOSE

20-across – Greek character : ALPHA

21-across – Former name of St Petersburg : LENINGRAD

1-down – Online network for authorised users : INTRANET

2-down – Over my dead body! : NOFEAR

3-down – Weak piglet : RUNT

4-down – Children’s party game : MUSICALBUMPS

5-down – Dianthus : SWEETWILLIAM

6-down – Comic-strip-style book : GRAPHICNOVEL

7-down – Female from a rural place : COUNTRYWOMAN

12-down – Southeast Asian land : THAILAND

15-down – Thin decorative covering : VENEER

18-down – Blown instrument : HORN

1-across – Intense promotion : HYPE

3-across – Range of wavelengths : SPECTRUM

9-across – William Tell composer : ROSSINI

10-across – Block on which metal shaped : ANVIL

11-across – Whipped food : CREAM

12-across – Former pupil : OLDBOY

14-across – Journalistic award : PULITZERPRIZE

17-across – Former pupils : ALUMNI

19-across – Expression of shock and alarm : YIKES

22-across – Load – contribution : INPUT

23-across – Start-up valued at a billion dollars : UNICORN

24-across – Alpine singer : YODELLER

25-across – Deliver an over : BOWL

1-down – Print-off of data etc : HARDCOPY

2-down – Gang : POSSE

4-down – Right of inheritance to the eldest son : PRIMOGENITURE

5-down – Beet with white leaf stalks : CHARD

6-down – Packed pasta : RAVIOLI

7-down – Soya or coconut liquid? : MILK

8-down – Destiny : KISMET

13-down – Individual : PERSONAL

15-down – Floating leaf : LILYPAD

16-down – Expert in treatment of sports injuries : PHYSIO

18-down – Drive-in inn : MOTEL

20-down – Japanese capital until 1868 : KYOTO

21-down – Piddling : TINY

1-across – Be a couch potato : VEGETATE

5-across – Low-toned : BASS

9-across – Prospect : VISTA

10-across – Atlanta’s state : GEORGIA

11-across – Plunging chair for offenders : DUCKINGSTOOL

13-across – Bumpy : UNEVEN

14-across – Stimulating drink : BRACER

17-across – Christmas performance : NATIVITYPLAY

20-across – Pungent gas : AMMONIA

21-across – Irritating : ITCHY

22-across – Rising and falling toy : YOYO

23-across – Author, The Long Goodbye : CHANDLER

1-down – Long live! : VIVA

2-down – Wave, say : GESTURE

3-down – Phew! : THANKHEAVENS

4-down – N African cooking pot : TAGINE

6-down – Problems and difficulties : AGGRO

7-down – Unimportant person : SMALLFRY

8-down – Compulsory enlistment : CONSCRIPTION

12-down – Dilemma : QUANDARY

15-down – Altar area : CHANCEL

16-down – Connect : ATTACH

18-down – Belly : TUMMY

19-down – Person colouring clothes : DYER

1-across – Cement and stones wall covering : PEBBLEDASH

7-across – Icing paste : FONDANT

8-across – Pale purple : MAUVE

10-across – Suit : EXEC

11-across – Lightness : BUOYANCY

13-across – Turin sheet? : SHROUD

15-across – Sweetened curds – celebration : JUNKET

17-across – Rival : OPPOSING

18-across – Sphere – party : BALL

21-across – Yellowish-brown : KHAKI

22-across – Trial : HEARING

23-across – Microscopic? : TEENYWEENY

1-down – Nib pasta : PENNE

2-down – Whippersnapper : BRAT

3-down – Acid test substance : LITMUS

4-down – Practice : DUMMYRUN

5-down – Russian artificial satellite : SPUTNIK

6-down – Subsequent tremor : AFTERSHOCK

9-down – Study of pyramids etc : EGYPTOLOGY

12-down – Cross-examine : QUESTION

14-down – Put back : REPLACE

16-down – Haphazardly : ANYHOW

19-down – Friendship : AMITY

20-down – Mist : HAZE

1-across – Italian cream cheese : MASCARPONE

7-across – Loaf holder : BREADBIN

8-across – Grub : FOOD

9-across – See : ESPY

10-across – Area for group of twelve : JURYBOX

12-across – On-hand entertainer? : GLOVEPUPPET

14-across – Cause to show effects of exhaustion : FRAZZLE

16-across – Locks tidier : COMB

19-across – Factory : MILL

20-across – Submissive : OBEDIENT

21-across – Paste gem : RHINESTONE

1-down – Come together : MERGE

2-down – Locks washer : SHAMPOO

3-down – Order for unruly teenager : ASBO

4-down – Grandfather clock swinger : PENDULUM

5-down – Stylish : NIFTY

6-down – Group with similar characteristics : COHORT

11-down – Used too often? : WELLWORN

12-down – Pungent bulb : GARLIC

13-down – Condition : PROVISO

15-down – Zero : ZILCH

17-down – Head : BONCE

18-down – Olympian god : ZEUS