Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Policy U-turns : FLIPFLOPS

8-across – Seberg or Shrimpton? : JEAN

9-across – Journey there and back : ROUNDTRIP

10-across – Gradually leak : SEEP

13-across – Bull riding event : RODEO

15-across – Rats and fleas, say : VERMIN

16-across – Thin portion : SLIVER

17-across – Beat : RHYTHM

19-across – Injury : LESION

20-across – Mood : TENOR

21-across – It goes with this and the other : THAT

24-across – Calculated : STRATEGIC

25-across – Remaining : TOGO

26-across – In an unlawful way : ILLEGALLY

2-down – Closed circle : LOOP

3-down – Around half a litre : PINT

4-down – Balsam or balm : LOTION

5-down – Nobel and Booker, for example : PRIZES

6-down – Pool : RESERVOIR

7-down – Merciless : UNSPARING

11-down – E.g. protest too much : OVERSTATE

12-down – Quarrelling : ARGYBARGY

13-down – One’s entitled to it : RIGHT

14-down – Senior : OLDER

18-down – Intellectual : MENTAL

19-down – Setting : LOCALE

22-down – Greek salad ingredient : FETA

23-down – Publicise – draft legislation : BILL

1-across – Alas : UNFORTUNATELY

8-across – What a male customer’s called : SIR

9-across – Already taken : SPOKENFOR

10-across – Sudden downwards spiral : TAILSPIN

11-across – Tiny brown bird : WREN

13-across – Vet films, for instance : CENSOR

14-across – : DURESS

16-across – Breathe heavily : PUFF

17-across – Spirit, appliance or gown : SURGICAL

20-across – I tailored : EDITORIAL

21-across – Seize : NAB

22-across – It’s in the hands of the motorist : STEERINGWHEEL

1-down – Disturbed : UPSET

2-down – Diplomatic UK government department : FOREIGNOFFICE

3-down – Electrical component controlling current flow : RESISTOR

4-down – An ideal world : UTOPIA

5-down – Top spot : APEX

6-down – Fizz : EFFERVESCENCE

7-down – Old man’s underpants : YFRONTS

12-down – Single-storey home : BUNGALOW

13-down – A conifer : CYPRESS

15-down – Blend : FUSION

18-down – It lists the contents : LABEL

19-down – ___ Mother Should Know, 1967 Beatles song : YOUR

1-across – Where a design takes shape : DRAWINGBOARD

9-across – Blacksmiths have a bash at it : ANVIL

10-across – Sound of burning wood : CRACKLE

11-across – Part played : ROLE

12-across – Irresponsible : FECKLESS

14-across – Study of plant life : BOTANY

15-across – Ease : LOOSEN

18-across – Group of performers : ENSEMBLE

20-across – Bend over – and collapse : FOLD

22-across – Sceptical individual : DOUBTER

23-across – U-shaped lake : OXBOW

24-across – Sewing supplies : HABERDASHERY

2-down – Little stream : RIVULET

3-down – Possessing guile : WILY

4-down – Pinched – and scratched : NICKED

5-down – Key aircraft part for accident investigators : BLACKBOX

6-down – It’s easily sprained : ANKLE

7-down – Wrings sodden : DRESSINGDOWN

8-down – Bash it harder : HAIRSBREADTH

13-down – Nick Park or Oliver Postgate? : ANIMATOR

16-down – Drool : SLOBBER

17-down – Gaynor or Swanson? : GLORIA

19-down – Baby bird : SQUAB

21-down – Twaddle : TOSH

1-across – Pronouncement : DICTUM

4-across – Had a nibble : GNAWED

9-across – Game designed to test one’s nerve : CHICKEN

10-across – Poisonous : TOXIC

11-across – Brothel keeper : MADAM

12-across – Mobile phone operating system : ANDROID

13-across – Underhand schemes designed to smear an opponent : DIRTYTRICKS

18-across – Occupy : INHABIT

20-across – Swollen : PUFFY

22-across – Game of kings and queens : CARDS

23-across – Most desirable : OPTIMAL

24-across – Loathe : DETEST

25-across – They’re quietly spoken : ASIDES

1-down – Leave suddenly : DECAMP

2-down – Love, wild or poster? : CHILD

3-down – Dishevelled : UNKEMPT

5-down – Made a record : NOTED

6-down – Celebrity model? : WAXWORK

7-down – Unscramble : DECODE

8-down – Charming words? : INCANTATION

14-down – Receive a legacy : INHERIT

15-down – Push : IMPETUS

16-down – Flinched with pain or embarrassment : WINCED

17-down – Revolutionary movements : CYCLES

19-down – Foundation : BASIS

21-down – Well-known : FAMED

1-across – Bowl, bath or pan : DUST

3-across – Taken in : ABSORBED

9-across – Flat-bladed kitchen utensil : SPATULA

10-across – Fallible : HUMAN

11-across – Lacking originality : BANAL

12-across – Vehement : FERVID

14-across – Dishonest, but legal, business methods : SHARPPRACTICE

17-across – Anticlimactic change in tone : BATHOS

19-across – First performance : DEBUT

22-across – Salad or sandwich ingredient : CRESS

23-across – Unsophisticated : ARTLESS

24-across – Deadly individual : MURDERER

25-across – Similar : AKIN

1-down – Tell : DISABUSE

2-down – Dye : STAIN

4-down – Absolute farce : BEAUFORTSCALE

5-down – Different : OTHER

6-down – Italian youngsters : BAMBINI

7-down – It’s a deal! : DONE

8-down – At capacity : FULLUP

13-down – Throw overboard : JETTISON

15-down – One’s unpaid : AMATEUR

16-down – Military or police trainees : CADETS

18-down – Urgency : HASTE

20-down – Bit of luck : BREAK

21-down – Surface impurities : SCUM