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1-across – Hairdressing tool : FINETOOTHCOMB

8-across – Got away : ESCAPED

9-across – Head of a male religious order : PRIOR

10-across – Walk heavily : PLOD

11-across – Dashing, debonair young men : GALLANTS

13-across – Small quake : TREMOR

14-across – Housing area : ESTATE

17-across – Occasionally : OFFANDON

19-across – Rotate continuously : SPIN

21-across – Amundsen or Dahl? : ROALD

22-across – Excavate : UNEARTH

24-across – So : INCONSEQUENCE

1-down – Enemy : FOE

2-down – Well done! : NICEONE

3-down – Gratuities : TIPS

4-down – Severe trial : ORDEAL

5-down – Despairing — pathetic : HOPELESS

6-down – Bulbous vegetable : ONION

7-down – West Side Story composer : BERNSTEIN

10-down – Fragrant mixture : POTPOURRI

12-down – Participated : JOINEDIN

15-down – Common painkiller : ASPIRIN

16-down – Cubic capacity — loudness : VOLUME

18-down – Swiss currency unit : FRANC

20-down – Boyfriend : BEAU

23-down – Hasten : HIE

1-across – Transport for the 9-to-5 brigade? : COMMUTERTRAIN

8-across – In the style of an English romantic poet, d. 1824 : BYRONIC

9-across – Form of address for a woman : MADAM

10-across – Society — card : CLUB

11-across – Caviar fish : STURGEON

13-across – Upshot : RESULT

14-across – Open by drawing back the bar : UNBOLT

17-across – Unexpected : UNTOWARD

19-across – Cow group : HERD

21-across – Load for shipment : CARGO

22-across – Collection of diverse things : COLLAGE

24-across – Wise partner? : ERICMORECAMBE

1-down – Small round loaf — male swan : COB

2-down – French nobleman like de Sade : MARQUIS

3-down – Arm bone : ULNA

4-down – Stimulate : EXCITE

5-down – Large evergreen tropical tree — darn it, Ma! : TAMARIND

6-down – Become rotten : ADDLE

7-down – Chosen : NOMINATED

10-down – Infection larger than a boil : CARBUNCLE

12-down – Grub-like wingless female beetle with luminous organs : GLOWWORM

15-down – How one bowls? : OVERARM

16-down – Restorative drink : BRACER

18-down – Bones of the ankle and foot — sitar : TARSI

20-down – Group of politicians with common objectives? : BLOC

23-down – The day before : EVE

1-across – Autocrat : DICTATOR

5-across – Vulgar and tasteless : NAFF

9-across – Scorch : SINGE

10-across – Saltwater lake in the Jordan valley : DEADSEA

11-across – Male singing voice : COUNTERTENOR

13-across – Sudden and unexpected : ABRUPT

14-across – Shrewdness : ACUMEN

17-across – Still : NEVERTHELESS

20-across – News : TIDINGS

21-across – Poised for action : READY

22-across – Chinese currency : YUAN

23-across – Take no risks : PLAYSAFE

1-down – Period after sunset : DUSK

2-down – Frankness : CANDOUR

3-down – Wondrous : AWEINSPIRING

4-down – Lots and lots : OODLES

6-down – Fire-raising : ARSON

7-down – Very bad : FLAGRANT

8-down – To an uncommon degree : PARTICULARLY

12-down – Chief support : MAINSTAY

15-down – Eye make-up : MASCARA

16-down – Sculptor’s tool : CHISEL

18-down – Spirit used in a Bloody Mary : VODKA

19-down – Embankment to prevent flooding : DYKE

1-across – Duke of 21’s horse at Waterloo — capital city : COPENHAGEN

7-across – Parts of speech — poor nuns : PRONOUNS

8-across – Greek aniseed liqueur : OUZO

9-across – Arrangement for deferred payment : TICK

10-across – Unpaid debts : ARREARS

12-across – Capital city — uneasier sob : BUENOSAIRES

14-across – Interminable : ENDLESS

16-across – Habitual drunk : WINO

19-across – Bonce : HEAD

20-across – Extremely agitated — if recent : FRENETIC

21-across – Kind of boot : WELLINGTON

1-down – French landscape painter, d. 1875 : COROT

2-down – Flamboyant style : PANACHE

3-down – Common sense : NOUS

4-down – Hitler’s nationality pre-1925 : AUSTRIAN

5-down – Bring to mind : EVOKE

6-down – Portuguese North Atlantic islands : AZORES

11-down – Swollen-headed : BOASTFUL

12-down – Decrepit old car : BANGER

13-down – Minaret : RAIMENT

15-down – Provide accommodation for : LODGE

17-down – Pungent vegetable : ONION

18-down – Penny-pinching : MEAN

5-across – Statements about the future : PREDICTIONS

7-across – Wee drop of whisky? : DRAM

8-across – Thin slice of boneless meat : ESCALOPE

9-across – Bound by oath : PLEDGED

11-across – Striped quadruped : ZEBRA

13-across – Fishing vessel : SMACK

14-across – Dull — commonplace : PROSAIC

16-across – Sick headache : MIGRAINE

17-across – Elegantly stylish : CHIC

18-across – Minced meat in pastry snack : SAUSAGEROLL

1-down – Smile radiantly : BEAM

2-down – Magi : WISEMEN

3-down – Lodged : STUCK

4-down – Coal miners : COLLIERS

5-down – International competition for disabled athletes : PARALYMPICS

6-down – Far from thorough : SUPERFICIAL

10-down – Seemly : DECOROUS

12-down – Felt great sorrow : GRIEVED

15-down – King with the golden touch : MIDAS

17-down – Dog — food : CHOW

1-across – Cypriot goat’s or sheep’s milk cheese : HALLOUMI

5-across – Gambling token : CHIP

9-across – Cathedral cleric : CANON

10-across – Commonly used pain-killer : ASPIRIN

11-across – Take what you want : HELPYOURSELF

13-across – Impede : HINDER

14-across – Shake with cold : SHIVER

17-across – Afterwards : SUBSEQUENTLY

20-across – Observed : NOTICED

21-across – Currently employed : INUSE

22-across – Wee : TINY

23-across – Lewd : INDECENT

1-down – Uninspired writer : HACK

2-down – Lamp : LANTERN

3-down – Ubiquity : OMNIPRESENCE

4-down – Pasture : MEADOW

6-down – Throng : HORDE

7-down – Sleeveless apron-like dress : PINAFORE

8-down – Uneasy : APPREHENSIVE

12-down – Stale joke or cliche : CHESTNUT

15-down – Carrion-eating bird : VULTURE

16-down – Encumbrance : BURDEN

18-down – Conductor’s stick : BATON

19-down – Something owed : DEBT

1-across – Lily-livered : SPINELESS

8-across – Veracious : TRUE

9-across – American frontiersman — is on track : KITCARSON

10-across – Floppy : LIMP

13-across – Relinquished : CEDED

15-across – Looking glass : MIRROR

16-across – Long heavy wave approaching the shore : ROLLER

17-across – Large sea bird : GANNET

19-across – Revered : ADORED

20-across – Joan’s old man? : DARBY

21-across – Common sense : NOUS

24-across – Needful : NECESSARY

25-across – Rove : ROAM

26-across – Existing state of affairs : STATUSQUO

2-down – Bodily suffering : PAIN

3-down – Adam’s apple location : NECK

4-down – Bigger : LARGER

5-down – Brief period of rain : SHOWER

6-down – Ordnance : ARTILLERY

7-down – Bandit : DESPERADO

11-down – Illusory : IMAGINARY

12-down – Long-armed ape : ORANGUTAN

13-down – Intimidated : COWED

14-down – Drab : DOWDY

18-down – Special aptitude : TALENT

19-down – Most proficient : ABLEST

22-down – Venomous snakes : ASPS

23-down – Mrs in Germany : FRAU

1-across – Balcony railing : BALUSTRADE

7-across – Ruthlessly crush — nut performed a lot : TRAMPLE

8-across – See 7 : UNDER

10-across – See 7 : FOOT

11-across – Most lewd : BAWDIEST

13-across – Wrestling hold : NELSON

15-across – Supplication : PRAYER

17-across – Sound heard when someone telephones : RINGTONE

18-across – Crawl, say : SWIM

21-across – Discharge : EXUDE

22-across – Teaching : TUITION

23-across – Moment when hostility flares up : FLASHPOINT

1-down – Good show! : BRAVO

2-down – Folds of tissue round the mouth : LIPS

3-down – Playground ride : SEESAW

4-down – Game similar to baseball : ROUNDERS

5-down – Infirm with age : DODDERY

6-down – Senior healthcare professional : STAFFNURSE

9-down – Going to bed? — I met renter : RETIREMENT

12-down – Stronghold : FORTRESS

14-down – Of the tongue : LINGUAL

16-down – Part of the foot : INSTEP

19-down – Card game, often played at a drive : WHIST

20-down – Pacific island member of the Commonwealth, capital Suva : FIJI

1-across – In spite of anything that might happen : COMEWHATMAY

9-across – Profuse — ruthless : UNSPARING

10-across – Frightening word : BOO

11-across – Raul Castro’s elder brother : FIDEL

13-across – Tympanic membrane : EARDRUM

14-across – Scratch : ABRADE

15-across – Eyesight : VISION

18-across – Country in the Horn of Africa : ERITREA

20-across – John Hanning __ , African explorer, d. 1864 : SPEKE

21-across – Label — children’s game : TAG

22-across – Unsafe : DANGEROUS

24-across – Oppressed by people in power : DOWNTRODDEN

2-down – Surgical procedures : OPS

3-down – Made possible : ENABLED

4-down – Young cow : HEIFER

5-down – ___ Woods, golfer : TIGER

6-down – Moussaka ingredient : AUBERGINE

7-down – Campaigner for voting rights for women : SUFFRAGETTE

8-down – Gumption : COMMONSENSE

12-down – Daring deeds : DERRINGDO

16-down – As an alternative : INSTEAD

17-down – Composer honoured in Bayreuth : WAGNER

19-down – Gaseous element, Rn : RADON

23-down – Be indebted : OWE

1-across – Sumptuous and spacious : PALATIAL

5-across – Informal body of friends : GANG

9-across – Professorship : CHAIR

10-across – Limb of a seal : FLIPPER

11-across – Heard very distinctly : CLEARASABELL

13-across – High regard : ESTEEM

14-across – Succulent plant of arid regions : CACTUS

17-across – Not enough : INSUFFICIENT

20-across – Fashion show platform : CATWALK

21-across – Turbulent emotional episode : DRAMA

22-across – Greek god of love : EROS

23-across – Protector : DEFENDER

1-down – Brownish-purple : PUCE

2-down – Circular — flat eel : LEAFLET

3-down – Pretend not to have heard : TURNADEAFEAR

4-down – Breach of the peace : AFFRAY

6-down – Copious : AMPLE

7-down – Lacking initiative : GORMLESS

8-down – In very good health : FITASAFIDDLE

12-down – Commonplace : MEDIOCRE

15-down – Manx parliament : TYNWALD

16-down – Reaping hook : SICKLE

18-down – Argument : SETTO

19-down – Wild animal’s den : LAIR