Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Reflective attraction? : HALLOFMIRRORS

8-across – Ice cream or bran container? : TUB

9-across – Person looking after holy objects – stains car : SACRISTAN

10-across – Wimp : POLTROON

11-across – Spring : LEAP

13-across – Ale artisan? : BREWER

14-across – Silver-white metal : COBALT

16-across – Putter’s nerves : YIPS

17-across – Nonsense : COBBLERS

20-across – Beautifully made : EXQUISITE

21-across – Douglas tree? : FIR

22-across – Vessel with a teat : FEEDINGBOTTLE

1-down – Highly excited : HETUP

2-down – Era of artistic and cultural refinement : LABELLEEPOQUE

3-down – Paper – spectator : OBSERVER

4-down – Millionth of a metre : MICRON

5-down – Banister : RAIL

6-down – Seemingly : ONTHEFACEOFIT

7-down – Dip ants : SANDPIT

12-down – That which might go to a Mexican’s head : SOMBRERO

13-down – Dried piece of laurel : BAYLEAF

15-down – Southpaw’s sport : BOXING

18-down – Outpouring : SURGE

19-down – Fruit – bird : KIWI

1-across – Hangover cure – flea’s warm home? : HAIROFTHEDOG

9-across – Burma : UMBRA

10-across – Drum up : SOLICIT

11-across – Real : EARL

12-across – Thrown sweets : CONFETTI

14-across – Willowy : SVELTE

15-across – Bather : BREATH

18-across – One side of a triangle : ADJACENT

20-across – In __, appropriately positioned : SITU

22-across – Smelly fruits : DURIANS

23-across – Short close-fitting coat : TUNIC

24-across – Vocal range : MEZZOSOPRANO

2-down – French inn : AUBERGE

3-down – Bring up : REAR

4-down – Melting together of different cuisines? : FUSION

5-down – Punishment for sinners : HELLFIRE

6-down – Old gold or silver coin : DUCAT

7-down – Of a scheme promising easy earnings : GETRICHQUICK

8-down – Very great fame : SUPERSTARDOM

13-down – Sharply detached : STACCATO

16-down – City in SE France : AVIGNON

17-down – Cultural branch of the UN : UNESCO

19-down – Home of sherry : JEREZ

21-down – Begin to awaken : STIR

1-across – Stamp : EMBOSS

4-across – Otherworldly : MYSTIC

9-across – Reddish-tinged metal : BISMUTH

10-across – Bulb part : CLOVE

11-across – Less stimulating : DECAF

12-across – Starter from seeds? : PEASOUP

13-across – Versatile opener? : SKELETONKEY

18-across – Red Arrows display? : AIRSHOW

20-across – Can go : CONGA

22-across – Intelligible : LUCID

23-across – Continuation after a stop : RENEWAL

24-across – Make light : WHITEN

25-across – Lovely : VOLLEY

1-down – Personify : EMBODY

2-down – Rudimentary : BASIC

3-down – Deep : SOULFUL

5-down – US or Mexican plant : YUCCA

6-down – Tango group? : TWOSOME

7-down – Chilling : CREEPY

8-down – Union member of factory staff liaising between managers and employees : SHOPSTEWARD

14-down – Port in Pakistan : KARACHI

15-down – Don’t ask me! : NOCANDO

16-down – Indulge : WALLOW

17-down – Cereal crop : BARLEY

19-down – Living boundary : HEDGE

21-down – Supporting pillar : NEWEL

1-across – Due to an oversight – ate TV dinner : INADVERTENT

9-across – Elected head of state : PRESIDENT

10-across – Bigwig : VIP

11-across – Unbending : RIGID

13-across – Italian astronomer and mathematician, died 1642 : GALILEO

14-across – See the world : TRAVEL

15-across – Drug user : ADDICT

18-across – Copy : EMULATE

20-across – Fire-raiser’s crime : ARSON

21-across – Fish which breeds in the Sargasso Sea : EEL

22-across – Best part : HIGHPOINT

24-across – Make happen at the same time : SYNCHRONISE

2-down – No, not in Scotland : NAE

3-down – Shrink : DWINDLE

4-down – Stamina : ENERGY

5-down – Complete – sum : TOTAL

6-down – I’ve stolen : NOVELTIES

7-down – Use it to check a surface is horizontal : SPIRITLEVEL

8-down – Chance : OPPORTUNITY

12-down – Bit by bit : GRADUALLY

16-down – Expressionless : DEADPAN

17-down – Accounts book : LEDGER

19-down – Established for a particular purpose : ADHOC

23-down – Possessive determiner : ITS

1-across – Tool used to cut metal : HACKSAW

8-across – Shabby : IGNOBLE

9-across – Van which takes passengers : MINIBUS

10-across – Drenching : DOUSING

11-across – It’s used to hang a door : HINGE

13-across – Part of something : COMPONENT

15-across – Endorse : RECOMMEND

18-across – Beneath : INFRA

21-across – Headgear worn by Catholic priests : BIRETTA

22-across – Pop-up appliance : TOASTER

23-across – Offensive : OBSCENE

24-across – Eastern German city, heavily bombed in the Second World War : DRESDEN

1-down – Dissatisfied expression : HUMPH

2-down – An author’s works : CANON

3-down – Theme : SUBJECTMATTER

4-down – Solomon was known for it : WISDOM

5-down – Rebellious – diatribes on UN : INSUBORDINATE

6-down – Do what’s asked : OBLIGE

7-down – Distance from top to bottom : HEIGHT

12-down – French notion : IDEE

14-down – : NEAR

15-down – It’s cut at the opening ceremony : RIBBON

16-down – Woman’s respectful gesture : CURTSY

17-down – On cloud nine : ELATED

19-down – Foul-smelling : FETID

20-down – Cook’s cover-up? : APRON