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1-across – Unconvincing : FARFETCHED

7-across – Health examination : CHECKUP

8-across – Messaging device : PAGER

10-across – What cake-makers do : BAKE

11-across – Amount by which imports exceed exports : TRADEGAP

13-across – Musical compositions to practise specific skills : ETUDES

15-across – Artist’s workplace : STUDIO

17-across – Dish of rice, eggs and fish : KEDGEREE

18-across – Curved line on a musical score : SLUR

21-across – Less common : RARER

22-across – Large house : MANSION

23-across – Blood sport : FOXHUNTING

1-down – Small mark : FLECK

2-down – Dissolute man : RAKE

3-down – British or Brittas ___ : EMPIRE

4-down – Avarice : CUPIDITY

5-down – Hired : ENGAGED

6-down – Activity to get strangers talking : ICEBREAKER

9-down – Very exciting : RIPROARING

12-down – What academics do : RESEARCH

14-down – Cook insufficiently : UNDERDO

16-down – Sycophants : YESMEN

19-down – Mendacious : LYING

20-down – Opposed to : ANTI

5-across – Shaman : WITCHDOCTOR

7-across – Five hundred sheets of quality paper : REAM

8-across – Sing : SERENADE

9-across – Prison : SLAMMER

11-across – Native of Mosul? : IRAQI

13-across – Hard close-grained tree with a syrupy sap : MAPLE

14-across – Transparent plastic paint : ACRYLIC

16-across – Unstoppable rapid decline : FREEFALL

17-across – Toasting or pitching implement? : FORK

18-across – Without any concealment or deception : WARTSANDALL

1-down – Thing : ITEM

2-down – Irish spirit : WHISKEY

3-down – Forgive me : SORRY

4-down – Fish with a venomous tail : STINGRAY

5-down – Garden carrier : WHEELBARROW

6-down – Rodent less common than its grey variety in the UK : REDSQUIRREL

10-down – Dark purple blackberry-like fruit : MULBERRY

12-down – Nordic country : ICELAND

15-down – Small flower : DAISY

17-down – Bubbles : FOAM

1-across – Easy to control or influence : TRACTABLE

8-across – Less common : RARER

9-across – Italian ‘Mrs’ : SIGNORA

10-across – Half-year division of an academic year : SEMESTER

11-across – Wound, but not fatally : WING

13-across – Engraved : ETCHED

14-across – Look sullen : GLOWER

16-across – Heart of the matter : CORE

17-across – Excluded as a possibility : RULEDOUT

19-across – Plunge : IMMERSE

20-across – Spanish friend : AMIGO

21-across – Money granted for a purpose : ALLOWANCE

1-down – Beaten soundly : THRASHED

2-down – Supermarket sections : AISLES

3-down – Labels : TAGS

4-down – Style of blues played on piano : BOOGIEWOOGIE

5-down – Hyperbole : EXAGGERATION

6-down – Fine porcelain from Germany : DRESDENCHINA

7-down – Baked custard dessert : CREMECARAMEL

12-down – Become affected by open sores — late cure : ULCERATE

15-down – Deep dish for serving soup : TUREEN

18-down – Bird’s pouch for storing food : CRAW

1-across – Suspension of sensibility : STUPOR

4-across – Sleeve folds : CUFFS

7-across – Perforate with gunshot — poser : RIDDLE

8-across – Plague — nocturnal animal : BADGER

9-across – Pole — box : SPAR

10-across – Obliterated : WIPEDOUT

12-across – Smallest US state : RHODEISLAND

17-across – Expression of disdain or unhappiness : HARRUMPH

19-across – Place — zit : SPOT

20-across – Odd type : WEIRDO

21-across – Eccentric : SCREWY

22-across – Less common : RARER

23-across – Gift of property by will : LEGACY

1-down – Captain — small butterfly : SKIPPER

2-down – Experience : UNDERGO

3-down – Swamp — have a strong emotional effect on : OVERWHELM

4-down – Bird — lifting device : CRANE

5-down – Ship warner : FOGHORN

6-down – Elf : SPRITE

11-down – With great speed : POSTHASTE

13-down – Dog — bird : HARRIER

14-down – Country of Graz and Linz : AUSTRIA

15-down – Entrance to a room : DOORWAY

16-down – Washing facility — worthless lot : SHOWER

18-down – Governed by : UNDER

1-across – Pub : HOSTELRY

5-across – Phone — demand : CALL

9-across – Visual display of information : CHART

10-across – Filthiness : SQUALOR

11-across – Person known slightly : ACQUAINTANCE

13-across – Root vegetable : TURNIP

14-across – Great river of Mesopotamia : TIGRIS

17-across – Without hesitation : UNRESERVEDLY

20-across – In deep thought : PENSIVE

21-across – Routine — clothing : HABIT

22-across – Utensil : TOOL

23-across – Cell block for those due to be executed : DEATHROW

1-down – Horse’s ankle : HOCK

2-down – Less common : SCARCER

3-down – Full of fervour : ENTHUSIASTIC

4-down – Country of eastern Europe and northern Asia : RUSSIA

6-down – Jiggered : ALLIN

7-down – Generosity : LARGESSE

8-down – Out of the blue : JUSTLIKETHAT

12-down – Lady of disrepute : STRUMPET

15-down – Safety frame used on motor sport vehicles : ROLLBAR

16-down – Wall decoration : FRIEZE

18-down – Musical composition with a recurring theme : RONDO

19-down – Fret : STEW

1-across – Fool — Jim Henson creation : MUPPET

4-across – Flier with wax wings : ICARUS

8-across – Less common : RARER

9-across – Kind of narcissus : JONQUIL

10-across – Guitarist Jimi : HENDRIX

11-across – Confuse : ADDLE

12-across – Hairstyle associated with a mistress of Louis XV : POMPADOUR

17-across – Carrying a gun : ARMED

19-across – Strong public condemnation : OBLOQUY

21-across – Moulding between ceiling and top of a wall : CORNICE

22-across – Culpability : GUILT

23-across – Offspring of a multiple birth : LITTER

24-across – Peak : CLIMAX

1-down – Irish potato : MURPHY

2-down – Plant with edible white root : PARSNIP

3-down – Boo-boo : ERROR

5-down – Brand of Italian vermouth : CINZANO

6-down – Set of drinks — set of holes : ROUND

7-down – Join two metal surfaces, using an alloy : SOLDER

9-down – Place alongside for comparison : JUXTAPOSE

13-down – Delivery woman? : MIDWIFE

14-down – Mass for the departed : REQUIEM

15-down – Strike out : CANCEL

16-down – Sentence structure : SYNTAX

18-down – Worth : MERIT

20-down – Above board : LEGAL

1-across – Pretty good — not naked : DECENT

4-across – Congregate : GATHER

9-across – Using few words : LACONIC

10-across – Backless couch : DIVAN

11-across – Larceny : THEFT

12-across – Tell a story : NARRATE

13-across – Scapegoat : WHIPPINGBOY

18-across – Bountiful : LIBERAL

20-across – Court or parliamentary official : USHER

22-across – Thespian : ACTOR

23-across – Rising current of warm air : THERMAL

24-across – Sixth planet from the sun : SATURN

25-across – Thomas Hardy country : WESSEX

1-down – Tailed : DILATE

2-down – Repeated series of events : CYCLE

3-down – Round-the-clock : NONSTOP

5-down – Tree whose bark is used in tanning : ALDER

6-down – Try : HAVEAGO

7-down – Milk curdling substance : RENNET

8-down – Twinkle — sparkle : SCINTILLATE

14-down – Natural environment : HABITAT

15-down – Swiss cheese with small holes : GRUYERE

16-down – Constantly : ALWAYS

17-down – Long-winded : PROLIX

19-down – Less common : RARER

21-down – Songs of praise : HYMNS

1-across – Programming language — named choice : MACHINECODE

9-across – By that very act : IPSOFACTO

10-across – Wildebeest : GNU

11-across – Claptrap : HOKUM

13-across – See 15 : SEYMOUR

14-across – Verdict : RULING

15-across – Best Actor Oscar winner 2005, for Capote : PHILIP

18-across – Round flat liquorice sweet — Asian food fish : POMFRET

20-across – Less common : RARER

21-across – Not at home : OUT

22-across – Shoulder decoration : EPAULETTE

24-across – Ability to make fortunate discoveries by accident : SERENDIPITY

2-down – Donkey — fool : ASS

3-down – See 15 : HOFFMAN

4-down – Most pleasing : NICEST

5-down – Friend : CRONY

6-down – Canine or clerical accessory : DOGCOLLAR

7-down – See 19 : WITHERSPOON

8-down – Trainee journalist : CUBREPORTER

12-down – 0.621 of a mile : KILOMETRE

16-down – Facial disfigurement : HARELIP

17-down – Yarn — thread : STRAND

19-down – Best Actress Oscar winner 2005, for Walk The Line : REESE

23-down – Add : TOT

1-across – Feeble and spineless : NAMBYPAMBY

7-across – Parliamentary official : BLACKROD

8-across – See 12 down : SALE

9-across – Require : NEED

10-across – Egyptian king or astronomer : PTOLEMY

12-across – Extreme point of Britain : JOHNOGROATS

14-across – Add strength or details to : AMPLIFY

16-across – Male beast : STAG

19-across – Tribe : CLAN

20-across – Other extreme from 12 : LANDSEND

21-across – Former home of hack writers : GRUBSTREET

1-down – Synthetic material : NYLON

2-down – Thane of 6 : MACBETH

3-down – Story : YARN

4-down – Relating to hearing : AUDITORY

5-down – Boy’s name – herb : BASIL

6-down – Scottish castle : GLAMIS

11-down – Sporting association – implement : GOLFCLUB

12-down – Fund-raising event less common in affluent society : JUMBLE

13-down – Performer : ARTISTE

15-down – Solitary person : LONER

17-down – : GENET

18-down – Join with needles : KNIT

1-across – Satirical imitation : PARODY

4-across – Ogre : GIANT

7-across – Permeable to liquids : POROUS

8-across – Fly larva : MAGGOT

9-across – Leander’s lover – a person of courage : HERO

10-across – Complete outfit – group of musicians : ENSEMBLE

12-across – American sporting headgear : BASEBALLCAP

17-across – Over the moon : EUPHORIC

19-across – Step on ladder : RUNG

20-across – Windy skiing event : SLALOM

21-across – Proceed casually : TOOTLE

22-across – Chock : WEDGE

23-across – Spirit distilled from wine : BRANDY

1-down – Saying : PROVERB

2-down – Boisterous and unrestrained : RIOTOUS

3-down – Tear limb from limb : DISMEMBER

4-down – Solemn : GRAVE

5-down – Branch of generalised arithmetic : ALGEBRA

6-down – Rope restricting animal’s movement : TETHER

11-down – Lawyer : SOLICITOR

13-down – Clap : APPLAUD

14-down – Comical drawing : CARTOON

15-down – Punishment : PENALTY

16-down – Playground ride : SEESAW

18-down – Less common form of oxygen : OZONE