Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – It dupes other birds into raising its young : CUCKOO

4-across – Ditches : DUMPS

7-across – Never to be repeated : ONEOFF

8-across – Mixture of pancakes and Yorkshire puddings : BATTER

9-across – Blow-up device? : BOMB

10-across – : CLENCHED

12-across – Generous : MAGNANIMOUS

17-across – Against the current : UPSTREAM

19-across – Poker player’s revealing habit : TELL

20-across – Whatchamacallit : DOOBRY

21-across – Street or radio : TWOWAY

22-across – Miniature copy : MODEL

23-across – Skin complaint : ECZEMA

1-down – Fit in : CONFORM

2-down – Portable chiller : COOLBAG

3-down – Preside at a ceremony : OFFICIATE

4-down – Water carrier? : DRAIN

5-down – Walter ____, US film and theatre actor, died 2000 : MATTHAU

6-down – Step : STRIDE

11-down – Mysterious : ENIGMATIC

13-down – Run off : ABSCOND

14-down – Democratically defeat : OUTVOTE

15-down – Dried fruit : SULTANA

16-down – Bullet which expands on impact : DUMDUM

18-down – Bucolic : RURAL

1-across – A muesli clone’s : MISCELLANEOUS

8-across – Unable to decide : DITHERY

9-across – Start work : SETTO

10-across – Latin god : DEUS

11-across – Well-heeled : AFFLUENT

13-across – Forgetful : SCATTY

14-across – Make : ENABLE

17-across – On the cards : EXPECTED

19-across – Wee drink : DRAM

21-across – Fill with horror : APPAL

22-across – Dependent : RELIANT

24-across – Resumption of friendly relations : RAPPROCHEMENT

1-down – Sticky stuff? : MUD

2-down – Traditional stocking-filler : SATSUMA

3-down – Former partners : EXES

4-down – Stop being annoying : LAYOFF

5-down – One’s not yet fully fledged : NESTLING

6-down – Flamboyantly eccentric : OUTRE

7-down – Not permanent : SHORTTERM

10-down – Dilapidation : DISREPAIR

12-down – One’s particular about how things are done : STICKLER

15-down – Mass : BARRAGE

16-down – Containing iron : FERRIC

18-down – Online advertisement : POPUP

20-down – Delight : GLEE

23-down – Poor-quality items : TAT

5-across – Warning involving a threat : ULTIMATUM

8-across – Mind – acre : CARE

9-across – Pay attention : TAKENOTE

10-across – And that’s the end of it : PERIOD

11-across – Steep-sided valley : RAVINE

13-across – Wider at the bottom : FLARED

15-across – Prominence : RENOWN

16-across – Victory for Nelson at Trafalgar, say : FLAGSHIP

18-across – Coast, coin or card? : GOLD

19-across – Random : ARBITRARY

1-down – Concealed : ULTERIOR

2-down – Able : GIFTED

3-down – A safe bet : BANKER

4-down – Pull a face : GURN

6-down – Pond flower : WATERLILY

7-down – Refuse to answer questions so as to delay or prevent something : STONEWALL

12-down – Like a sour-tasting wine? : VINEGARY

14-down – Brightly-coloured flower, grown from a tuber : DAHLIA

15-down – Sound of gunfire : REPORT

17-down – The start : GERM

5-across – Reason one’s red-blooded : HAEMOGLOBIN

7-across – Eton hairstyle : CROP

8-across – Main : DOMINANT

9-across – Rotated : TWIRLED

11-across – Japanese noodle dish : RAMEN

13-across – Work hard : GRAFT

14-across – Remedy : NOSTRUM

16-across – Any time : WHENEVER

17-across – Brandenburg or Notting Hill? : GATE

18-across – Airborne 2 : PARATROOPER

1-down – Have a quick look : PEEP

2-down – Eat it with a soft-boiled egg : SOLDIER

3-down – Sudden decline : SLUMP

4-down – Plentiful : ABUNDANT

5-down – Adulation : HEROWORSHIP

6-down – It bears no relation to what’s just been said : NONSEQUITUR

10-down – Oil processing plant : REFINERY

12-down – Whisky – and a biscuit : BOURBON

15-down – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, first produced in 1978 : EVITA

17-down – Signs of absence : GAPS

1-across – Repudiate one’s association with : DISOWN

4-across – Hamper : IMPEDE

8-across – Flower part : PETAL

9-across – Sleeveless underwear : SINGLET

10-across – Outline : CONTOUR

11-across – Spinning part of a machine : ROTOR

12-across – One sings in the stalls : CHORISTER

17-across – Abdominal pain, particularly in infants : COLIC

19-across – Wishy-washy : INSIPID

21-across – Planet or prize? : MERCURY

22-across – Beautiful ____ title track of a Neil Diamond album : NOISE

23-across – Half-a-dozen musicians : SEXTET

24-across – Positive : UPBEAT

1-down – Portray : DEPICT

2-down – Like the devil : SATANIC

3-down – Response from the cockpit : WILCO

5-down – Tower of a mosque : MINARET

6-down – Brilliance : ECLAT

7-down – Get : EXTORT

9-down – Submissive fawning : SERVILITY

13-down – Block : OCCLUDE

14-down – Animal with scales : REPTILE

15-down – Rascals : SCAMPS

16-down – Breaktime viewing on TV : ADVERT

18-down – Fabric made with metallic thread : LUREX

20-down – Start of the day : SUNUP