Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Greek tragedy : OEDIPUSREX

7-across – A year : PERANNUM

8-across – Elliptical shape : OVAL

9-across – Feeling of discomfort : ACHE

10-across – Kernel : ESSENCE

12-across – Safety equipment for a biker, say : CRASHHELMET

14-across – Perform tricks : CONJURE

16-across – Prickly seed case : BURR

19-across – Squad : TEAM

20-across – Impasse : DEADLOCK

21-across – Mess : DOGSDINNER

1-down – Greek letter : OMEGA

2-down – Greek money, formerly : DRACHMA

3-down – Small and weak : PUNY

4-down – Academic term : SEMESTER

5-down – Call up : EVOKE

6-down – Surgical knife : LANCET

11-down – Parlour game : CHARADES

12-down – Bragged : CROWED

13-down – Schmaltzy : MAUDLIN

15-down – Huge : JUMBO

17-down – Fast car or fast driver : RACER

18-down – Travellers who followed a star : MAGI

1-across – Scandalous gossip : DIRT

3-across – Magnificent : GLORIOUS

8-across – Rippling : WAVY

9-across – Waste : SQUANDER

11-across – Complex and problematic situation : CANOFWORMS

14-across – Semiconscious state : STUPOR

15-across – Aberration : ODDITY

17-across – Made dull and ineffective : STULTIFIED

20-across – Come together : CONVERGE

21-across – Store for fodder : SILO

22-across – Facing : OPPOSITE

23-across – It’s bent when genuflecting : KNEE

1-down – Glum : DOWNCAST

2-down – Craving food : RAVENOUS

4-down – Strong drink : LIQUOR

5-down – Team known as Los Blancos : REALMADRID

6-down – What bookies provide : ODDS

7-down – Nimble : SPRY

10-down – Very easy : EFFORTLESS

12-down – Non-combatant : CIVILIAN

13-down – Combination of symptoms : SYNDROME

16-down – Get off : ALIGHT

18-down – Parrot : ECHO

19-down – Card game – lose one’s self-control : SNAP

1-across – A ‘take it or leave it’ situation : HOBSONSCHOICE

8-across – Stand for a coffin – Oktoberfest serving? : BIER

9-across – Diluted alcoholic drink : SPRITZER

10-across – Leeway : WIGGLEROOM

12-across – Judgment : RATING

14-across – Transfer e.g. onto the internet : UPLOAD

15-across – Improvised : OFFTHECUFF

19-across – US politician : DEMOCRAT

20-across – Couple : ITEM

21-across – Respond in the face of provocation : RISETOTHEBAIT

2-down – Novel : ORIGINAL

3-down – Expression of doubt or ignorance : SHRUG

4-down – Savings fund : NESTEGG

5-down – Transported goods : CARGO

6-down – Best : OPTIMAL

7-down – It may be treble, alto, tenor or bass : CLEF

11-down – Indian curry dish : JALFREZI

13-down – Rocks or minerals yielding metal : IRONORE

14-down – Unfasten : UNHITCH

16-down – Relinquish : FORGO

17-down – Ascend : CLIMB

18-down – Kind of house or sporting fixture : SEMI

1-across – An attempt to shirk responsibility : BUCKPASSING

9-across – Keyboard instrument : REEDORGAN

10-across – Semi-solid substance : GEL

11-across – Spear-carrier : EXTRA

13-across – Ostensible : SEEMING

14-across – Time-honoured : AGEOLD

15-across – Trial : ORDEAL

18-across – Stimulate – breathe in : INSPIRE

20-across – Flatbread : PITTA

21-across – Melody : AIR

22-across – Dissect – A-Team is on : ANATOMISE

24-across – Footballer turned actor : ERICCANTONA

2-down – Function : USE

3-down – Pompous so-and-so : KNOWALL

4-down – Dignified : AUGUST

5-down – Smell, say : SENSE

6-down – Careless : NEGLIGENT

7-down – Unstable atom – railcard fee : FREERADICAL

8-down – Whipped : FLAGELLATED

12-down – Financial officer : TREASURER

16-down – Good relationship : RAPPORT

17-down – State bordering Idaho and Oregon : NEVADA

19-down – Son of Abraham : ISAAC

23-down – Charged particle : ION

1-across – 3.14159, say : DECIMAL

8-across – Oily fruit : AVOCADO

9-across – Hairstyle : CREWCUT

10-across – Give the right : ENTITLE

11-across – Caribbean dance : LIMBO

13-across – Received opinion : ORTHODOXY

15-across – Run down : DENIGRATE

18-across – River flowing from Switzerland to the North Sea : RHINE

21-across – 1950s and ‘60s non-conformist : BEATNIK

22-across – Warship : FRIGATE

23-across – Spicy sauce : TABASCO

24-across – Fazed : RATTLED

1-down – Pertaining to a nobleman : DUCAL

2-down – Elite – 1960s supergroup : CREAM

3-down – Bacterium, for example : MICROORGANISM

4-down – Present but not active : LATENT

5-down – Jean-François Lyotard or bell hooks, say : POSTMODERNIST

6-down – Drumbeat : TATTOO

7-down – Old-fashioned word meaning pretty or suitable : COMELY

12-down – Concerning : INRE

14-down – Chinese city known for the Terracotta Army : XIAN

15-down – War of words : DEBATE

16-down – In the vicinity : NEARBY

17-down – Request : ASKFOR

19-down – With everything included : INALL

20-down – Make corrections to : EMEND