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1-across – Full of bravado : SWASHBUCKLING

8-across – Band of three : TRIO

9-across – Long-standing group members, set in their ways : OLDGUARD

10-across – Food made with bleached wheat flour : WHITEBREAD

12-across – : CLIMAX

14-across – Typing area on an electronic device : KEYPAD

15-across – In great confusion : TOPSYTURVY

19-across – Reddish brown : CHESTNUT

20-across – Take apart : UNDO

21-across – Our language, correctly spoken : QUEENSENGLISH

2-down – Space made by burrowing limbless creature : WORMHOLE

3-down – Porker’s hooter? : SNOUT

4-down – Ghetto blaster : BOOMBOX

5-down – Sponge : CADGE

6-down – Washing : LAUNDRY

7-down – Average : NORM

11-down – Apple brandy : CALVADOS

13-down – French painter, Henri, d.1954 : MATISSE

14-down – Inert gas, Kr : KRYPTON

16-down – Useless : PANTS

17-down – Very common : USUAL

18-down – The old you! : THOU

1-across – Finally : ONCEANDFORALL

8-across – Leave out : OMIT

9-across – Spend wastefully : SQUANDER

10-across – Decorative : ORNAMENTAL

12-across – Aromatic spice : NUTMEG

14-across – Pancake mixture : BATTER

15-across – Talkative : LOQUACIOUS

19-across – Don’t mention it : NOTATALL

20-across – Cut of meat from between the ribs and the rump : LOIN

21-across – Somewhat deaf : HARDOFHEARING

2-down – Many : NUMEROUS

3-down – Accessory : EXTRA

4-down – Savings : NESTEGG

5-down – Flaw — defect : FAULT

6-down – Curling lock of hair : RINGLET

7-down – Sediment in wine : LEES

11-down – Citizen of Lima, perhaps : PERUVIAN

13-down – Common wild duck : MALLARD

14-down – Liberal : BRAILLE

16-down – Drink in large draughts : QUAFF

17-down – Less well : ILLER

18-down – Whisky mixer : SODA

1-across – Angler’s equipment : FISHINGROD

7-across – Frenchman : MONSIEUR

8-across – Fibre from a plant with blue flowers, used to make linen : FLAX

9-across – Use needles and wool : KNIT

10-across – Bare-breasted : TOPLESS

12-across – Painting style using dots and small strokes, associated with Georges Seurat in late 19th-century France : POINTILLISM

14-across – Given to discussing scandal : GOSSIPY

16-across – Cried : WEPT

19-across – Narcissistic : VAIN

20-across – Extra hours worked : OVERTIME

21-across – Noisy conversation : YACKETYYAK

1-down – Dress : FROCK

2-down – Japanese raw fish dish — his aims : SASHIMI

3-down – Flash of inspiration? : IDEA

4-down – Ugly spouting face? : GARGOYLE

5-down – Butcher’s leftovers : OFFAL

6-down – Fragrant resin used in medicine and perfumes : BALSAM

11-down – It controls the flow of fluid through a pipe : STOPCOCK

12-down – Common antidepressant drug : PROZAC

13-down – In an incompetent manner : INEPTLY

15-down – Present bringer : SANTA

17-down – Industrial city of southern Siberia — one of the Wombles : TOMSK

18-down – Enthusiasm — grated lemon peel : ZEST

1-across – Penniless pie seeker : SIMPLE

4-across – See 1 : SIMON

7-across – Swallow up : ENGULF

8-across – Arranged in layers : TIERED

9-across – Network : GRID

10-across – : CATHOLIC

12-across – One making a controlled descent : PARACHUTIST

17-across – Of weddings, ruby : FORTIETH

19-across – Lose one’s cool — reverse side : FLIP

20-across – Forgive — allow to pass — plea : EXCUSE

21-across – Over-decorated : ORNATE

22-across – Tenth part once paid as tax : TITHE

23-across – Boy’s name : EDWARD

1-down – Sheltered spot out of the shade : SUNTRAP

2-down – Decay gradually : MOULDER

3-down – Process eg from egg to imago to egg … : LIFECYCLE

4-down – Common family name : SMITH

5-down – Small spheres of glass — statuary : MARBLES

6-down – I refuse to play! : NODICE

11-down – Make superstitious gesture : TOUCHWOOD

13-down – Orange-coloured fruit : APRICOT

14-down – Spanish princess : INFANTA

15-down – Tortuous — deformed : TWISTED

16-down – Accomplish — result : EFFECT

18-down – Result — children : ISSUE

1-across – Ruthlessly : INCOLDBLOOD

9-across – Odd owners : DOWONDERS

10-across – Silvery-white metallic element : TIN

11-across – Ascend : CLIMB

13-across – Portentous : FATEFUL

14-across – Push forcefully : THRUST

15-across – Marine : REMAIN

18-across – Canadian province : ONTARIO

20-across – Common forest tree : BEECH

21-across – Priest’s long white sleeved vestment : ALB

22-across – Writer of malicious anonymous letters : POISONPEN

24-across – Heroine — gaily landed : LEADINGLADY

2-down – Modern : NEW

3-down – Collection of related works reprinted in one volume : OMNIBUS

4-down – Become extinct : DIEOFF

5-down – Pianist and composer Cockneys associate with Brahms : LISZT

6-down – Obsolete : OUTOFDATE

7-down – A docile aunt : EDUCATIONAL

8-down – Resolute : UNFLINCHING

12-down – Peevish : IRRITABLE

16-down – Involve in dispute : EMBROIL

17-down – Healing drink : POTION

19-down – Swift : RAPID

23-down – Fruit of a legume : POD

1-across – Natural and unavoidable catastrophe : ACTOFGOD

5-across – Bag-like growth containing diseased matter : CYST

9-across – Calm — even so : STILL

10-across – Wiping out — English pop duo : ERASURE

11-across – Ability to speak effortlessly : GIFTOFTHEGAB

13-across – Savoury mouthful : CANAPE

14-across – Impure : UMPIRE

17-across – Dog commonly used for herding sheep : BORDERCOLLIE

20-across – Do trace : ARTDECO

21-across – Ancient Greek philosopher : PLATO

22-across – Dispense with — sink : DROP

23-across – Ignorant : CLUELESS

1-down – Part of a church : APSE

2-down – Coaching : TUITION

3-down – Left as police : FALLTOPIECES

4-down – Unique person or occurrence : ONEOFF

6-down – Offspring : YOUNG

7-down – Vibrating device often used as a fuse : TREMBLER

8-down – Admit one’s mistakes : EATHUMBLEPIE

12-down – Holder for a bladed weapon : SCABBARD

15-down – Take as a model : IMITATE

16-down – Where 2 takes place : SCHOOL

18-down – A trio : RATIO

19-down – Sleep : DOSS

1-across – Unit of electromotive force : VOLT

3-across – Instant record of an event : SNAPSHOT

8-across – Weakest animal in a litter : RUNT

9-across – Shocked : STARTLED

11-across – Stop work : CALLITADAY

14-across – Common British songbird : THRUSH

15-across – Capital of Lebanon : BEIRUT

17-across – Faultless : IMPECCABLE

20-across – Forever : ETERNITY

21-across – Large pointed tooth : FANG

22-across – Menace : THREATEN

23-across – Become engaged : MESH

1-down – Truthfulness : VERACITY

2-down – Publican : LANDLORD

4-down – Passable : NOTBAD

5-down – Indestructibility : PERMANENCE

6-down – Any one of three F1 driving champions : HILL

7-down – Uncluttered : TIDY

10-down – Alcoholism — so dim a pain : DIPSOMANIA

12-down – Card game : CRIBBAGE

13-down – Exhaustively : ATLENGTH

16-down – North Yorkshire town : SETTLE

18-down – Handy : DEFT

19-down – Shakespearean king : LEAR

1-across – Pointed end — division between signs of the zodiac : CUSP

3-across – Young male bird : COCKEREL

9-across – Amazing or unexplained occurrence : MIRACLE

10-across – Fulcrum : PIVOT

11-across – : DINER

12-across – Baby’s toy — conductor : RATTLE

14-across – Midlands town : WOLVERHAMPTON

17-across – Artist’s workplace : STUDIO

19-across – Gatehouse : LODGE

22-across – Multitude : HORDE

23-across – One whose time is past : HASBEEN

24-across – On one’s own : SOLITARY

25-across – By : ORAL

1-down – Loss of position or status : COMEDOWN

2-down – Hooter : SIREN

4-down – Either of two : ONEORTHEOTHER

5-down – Broken and useless : KAPUT

6-down – Small stream : RIVULET

7-down – Thin strip of wood : LATH

8-down – Uncommon : SCARCE

13-down – Hellish : INFERNAL

15-down – Word for word : LITERAL

16-down – Interfere with : MOLEST

18-down – Put much stress : DWELT

20-down – Dull and tedious : DREAR

21-down – So : THUS

1-across – Magician : ILLUSIONIST

9-across – Chatting away : NATTERING

10-across – Dove’s call : COO

11-across – Joint : ANKLE

13-across – Black magic : SORCERY

14-across – Songbird : THRUSH

15-across – Occupying the right position : INSITU

18-across – Move heavily, as if on wheels : TRUNDLE

20-across – Name letters of a word : SPELL

21-across – Away : OFF

22-across – Throw a party : CELEBRATE

24-across – Common seabird : HERRINGGULL

2-down – Destiny — biblical character — Polish national airline : LOT

3-down – Not worth a jot : USELESS

4-down – Most slippery : ICIEST

5-down – West African republic : NIGER

6-down – Reticent : SECRETIVE

7-down – 20 across : INCANTATION

8-down – Muscular poser : BODYBUILDER

12-down – Commotion : KERFUFFLE

16-down – Container for a horse’s dinner : NOSEBAG

17-down – Magician of legend — falcon : MERLIN

19-down – Kitchen cutting implement — person taking great risks : DICER

23-down – Tool for piercing holes in leather : AWL

1-across – Latin American-style cloak : PONCHO

4-across – Roman god of love : CUPID

7-across – Mend : REPAIR

8-across – Church official – canoed : DEACON

9-across – Splendid – financial penalty : FINE

10-across – All and sundry : EVERYONE

12-across – Shaman : WITCHDOCTOR

17-across – Burial ground : CEMETERY

19-across – Common sense : NOUS

20-across – Commotion : UPROAR

21-across – Grow choppers : TEETHE

22-across – Yorkshire city : LEEDS

23-across – Where 3s were made and fitted : SMITHY

1-down – Advance showing before general release : PREVIEW

2-down – Closest : NEAREST

3-down – What a farrier fits : HORSESHOE

4-down – Unobstructed : CLEAR

5-down – Small flute : PICCOLO

6-down – Peril : DANGER

11-down – Community of organisms and their environment : ECOSYSTEM

13-down – Plunge into liquid : IMMERSE

14-down – Line touching curve : TANGENT

15-down – Approximately : ROUGHLY

16-down – Real : ACTUAL

18-down – Tailless amphibians : TOADS