Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Astaire and Rogers musical : TOPHAT

4-across – Guerrilla warfare technique : AMBUSH

8-across – Clerical headdress : MITRE

9-across – Sport with masked participants : FENCING

10-across – Roar : THUNDER

11-across – Angler’s basket : CREEL

12-across – Aggressive insect : KILLERBEE

17-across – Patissier’s decoration : ICING

19-across – Workshop where leather is made : TANNERY

21-across – Hue and cry : CLAMOUR

22-across – Grind : GNASH

23-across – Surreptitious : SNEAKY

24-across – Purloined : STOLEN

1-down – Fruit you wouldn’t put in a fruit salad : TOMATO

2-down – A situation dependent on chance : POTLUCK

3-down – Up : AHEAD

5-down – Hired conveyance : MINICAB

6-down – Band together : UNITE

7-down – Partner of mightily? : HIGHLY

9-down – Circus performer : FIREEATER

13-down – Written record : LOGBOOK

14-down – Stare at : EYEBALL

15-down – Someone born on March 1st, say : PISCES

16-down – Programming language : PYTHON

18-down – Fatuous : INANE

20-down – Time when people retire? : NIGHT

1-across – Fashionable item in 1950s China : MAOJACKET

8-across – Halfwit : IDIOT

9-across – Fix the boundaries of : DELIMIT

10-across – Travellers pay to use it : TOLLROAD

11-across – Object of worship : IDOL

13-across – Unpleasant person : RATBAG

14-across – Believe : CREDIT

16-across – Pinnacle : APEX

17-across – Cock-a-hoop : JUBILANT

19-across – Spear : TRIDENT

20-across – Online nuisance : TROLL

21-across – Kind of theatre or theatre company : REPERTORY

1-down – Relevant : MATERIAL

2-down – A horde : OHDEAR

3-down – Friendly nation : ALLY

4-down – World’s largest lizard : KOMODODRAGON

5-down – Gossip : TITTLETATTLE

6-down – Light tapping : PITTERPATTER

7-down – Phosphorescent glow : WILLOTHEWISP

12-down – Creative skill : ARTISTRY

15-down – Exactly! : JUSTSO

18-down – Approach : NEAR

1-across – Snooty individual : SNOB

3-across – SI unit : KILOGRAM

9-across – 1990s music genre : BRITPOP

10-across – Rice dish : SUSHI

11-across – Array : RANGE

12-across – Bumpkin : RUSTIC

14-across – Interrogate again : CROSSQUESTION

17-across – Cover with e.g. paint : BEDAUB

19-across – Era : EPOCH

22-across – Nincompoop : TWERP

23-across – Rocket launcher : BAZOOKA

24-across – Basil Fawlty, say : HOTELIER

25-across – Magritte or Descartes, e.g. : RENE

1-down – Take away : SUBTRACT

2-down – It might make you cry : ONION

4-down – Very composed : IMPERTURBABLE

5-down – 9 Across group : OASIS

6-down – Prolific Italian composer : ROSSINI

7-down – Armour : MAIL

8-down – Stimulants : UPPERS

13-down – Incipient and not yet fully formed : INCHOATE

15-down – Pig out : OVEREAT

16-down – Sternutation : SNEEZE

18-down – Horrify : APPAL

20-down – Allotrope of oxygen : OZONE

21-down – Engrave : ETCH

1-across – City on the River Garonne : TOULOUSE

5-across – Remnant of physical or psychological damage : SCAR

9-across – Recurrent idea in an artwork : MOTIF

10-across – Kind of coffee : ARABICA

11-across – School equipment : EXERCISEBOOK

13-across – Bring about : INDUCE

14-across – Amble : STROLL

17-across – Concerning : WITHREGARDTO

20-across – Whilst travelling : ENROUTE

21-across – Clear away : MOPUP

22-across – Sediment left in wine : LEES

23-across – Judge : ASSESSOR

1-down – Volume : TOME

2-down – Duty-free, say : UNTAXED

3-down – West End junction : OXFORDCIRCUS

4-down – Immobile : STATIC

6-down – African capital : CAIRO

7-down – An animal struck by a car : ROADKILL

8-down – I assure you : TAKEITFROMME

12-down – Fairground attraction : BIGWHEEL

15-down – Edible mollusc : OCTOPUS

16-down – The act of coming out : EGRESS

18-down – Wasting no words : TERSE

19-down – Pole – box : SPAR

1-across – Speaker of Old English : ANGLOSAXON

7-across – So-so : AVERAGE

8-across – Genesis character : JACOB

10-across – White cheese : FETA

11-across – Folkloric figure of diminutive stature : TOMTHUMB

13-across – Extent : DEGREE

15-across – Ailing : UNWELL

17-across – Excessive enthusiasm : ZEALOTRY

18-across – Swear : AVOW

21-across – Credulous : NAIVE

22-across – Gothic novel : DRACULA

23-across – Skive : PLAYTRUANT

1-down – Operative : AGENT

2-down – Eat at : GNAW

3-down – Spouse of Titania : OBERON

4-down – Officer’s assistant : ADJUTANT

5-down – Obscure or obstruct : OCCLUDE

6-down – 6 : HALFADOZEN

9-down – Packing material : BUBBLEWRAP

12-down – Convalescence : RECOVERY

14-down – Bitterly cold : GLACIAL

16-down – Dealer : TRADER

19-down – Storage room : VAULT

20-down – Facts and figures : DATA