Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Risk-taker : DAREDEVIL

8-across – Insensitive : CRASS

9-across – Youngster’s all-in-one : BABYGRO

10-across – Add water : IRRIGATE

11-across – Calf-length : MIDI

13-across – Less sophisticated : NAFFER

14-across – Belt with a place for valuables : BUMBAG

16-across – Intense longing : ACHE

17-across – Involving the arts : CULTURAL

19-across – Winding : KIDDING

20-across – Encounters : MEETS

21-across – One’s sometimes attached to a pet : DOGCOLLAR

1-down – Take issue : DISAGREE

2-down – It’s due for money overpaid : REBATE

3-down – Wipes – fingerprints : DABS

4-down – Meat-free fast food : VEGGIEBURGER

5-down – One gives a mirror image : LOOKINGGLASS

6-down – Full of excitement : ACTIONPACKED

7-down – I forgot he had : HAIROFTHEDOG

12-down – One may be awkward – or cool : CUSTOMER

15-down – Big stick : CUDGEL

18-down – Missile store : SILO

1-across – Straying : ERRANT

4-across – Lubricated : OILED

7-across – Unimportant facts : TRIVIA

8-across – Pertaining to the flesh : CARNAL

9-across – Old-fashioned means of resolving a dispute : DUEL

10-across – Einstein : BRAINBOX

12-across – Amateur sleuth : FATHERBROWN

17-across – A long shot in a competition : UNDERDOG

19-across – Askew : AWRY

20-across – Deprived of companionship : LONELY

21-across – Abhorrent : ODIOUS

22-across – Righteousness : PIETY

23-across – Computer key : ESCAPE

1-down – Winter warmer, one of a pair : EARMUFF

2-down – Slender stream : RIVULET

3-down – Curry accompaniment : NAANBREAD

4-down – Animal resembling a giraffe : OKAPI

5-down – Weapon of the English in the Hundred Years War : LONGBOW

6-down – Sumptuous : DELUXE

11-down – Equivocal : AMBIGUOUS

13-down – As pasta should be : ALDENTE

14-down – Small wind instrument : OCARINA

15-down – Cultivate : NURTURE

16-down – Come to a halt – reprimand : PULLUP

18-down – Drum up : RALLY

1-across – Coyly feign a lack of interest : PLAYHARDTOGET

8-across – Presage : PORTEND

9-across – Digger : MINER

10-across – Horse with a darker coat and some white hairs : ROAN

11-across – Duplicators of documents : COPYISTS

13-across – Cite as evidence : ADDUCE

14-across – Breakfast food : MUESLI

17-across – Coaching : TRAINING

19-across – Fictional corporation making e.g. exploding tennis balls : ACME

21-across – Avid : EAGER

22-across – Blot out : OBSCURE

24-across – Sympathy : FELLOWFEELING

1-down – Narrowly beat : PIP

2-down – Attack from on high : AIRRAID

3-down – Pay attention to : HEED

4-down – Very popular : REDHOT

5-down – Automatic weapon – The Clash song : TOMMYGUN

6-down – Taxonomic group : GENUS

7-down – Revolving gate : TURNSTILE

10-down – Traditional Sunday fare : ROASTBEEF

12-down – Plot outline : SCENARIO

15-down – Female demons : SUCCUBI

16-down – Unrepeated event : ONEOFF

18-down – Financial backer : ANGEL

20-down – Man, perhaps : ISLE

23-down – Unit of work : ERG

5-across – Decorate – exaggerate : EMBROIDER

8-across – German form of address : HERR

9-across – The Big Sleep author : CHANDLER

10-across – Wading birds : IBISES

11-across – Royal Galas, e.g. : APPLES

13-across – Pertaining to a major religion : JUDAIC

15-across – Outlaw : BANDIT

16-across – More complex : KNOTTIER

18-across – Hirsute figure in Genesis : ESAU

19-across – Defining or limiting factor – a mere part : PARAMETER

1-down – Divine food : AMBROSIA

2-down – Elastic straps to hold clothing up : BRACES

3-down – Noisy insect : CICADA

4-down – Action : DEED

6-down – City hosting the Australian Open : MELBOURNE

7-down – Dissenting from the orthodox view : HERETICAL

12-down – Glasses without arms : PINCENEZ

14-down – Decisive moment : CLIMAX

15-down – Argument : BARNEY

17-down – Unfreeze : THAW

5-across – Risible individual : FIGUREOFFUN

7-across – Ignoble : BASE

8-across – Ghastly : GRUESOME

9-across – Chain of amino acids : PEPTIDE

11-across – ___ as a judge : SOBER

13-across – Slang : ARGOT

14-across – Varied : DIVERSE

16-across – Dismiss – expel : THROWOUT

17-across – Bluish shade : CYAN

18-across – 13-a-side sport : RUGBYLEAGUE

1-down – Stare at : OGLE

2-down – Cathartic literary work? : TRAGEDY

3-down – Kind of book for kids or window online : POPUP

4-down – At sea, away from the coast : OFFSHORE

5-down – Scientific ignoramus : FLATEARTHER

6-down – Illegal lottery often run by the Mafia : NUMBERSGAME

10-down – Meticulous : THOROUGH

12-down – ‘Sweet’ age? : SIXTEEN

15-down – Capital city formerly called Edo : TOKYO

17-down – American composer of 4’33” : CAGE