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1-across – Cement and stones wall covering : PEBBLEDASH

7-across – Icing paste : FONDANT

8-across – Pale purple : MAUVE

10-across – Suit : EXEC

11-across – Lightness : BUOYANCY

13-across – Turin sheet? : SHROUD

15-across – Sweetened curds – celebration : JUNKET

17-across – Rival : OPPOSING

18-across – Sphere – party : BALL

21-across – Yellowish-brown : KHAKI

22-across – Trial : HEARING

23-across – Microscopic? : TEENYWEENY

1-down – Nib pasta : PENNE

2-down – Whippersnapper : BRAT

3-down – Acid test substance : LITMUS

4-down – Practice : DUMMYRUN

5-down – Russian artificial satellite : SPUTNIK

6-down – Subsequent tremor : AFTERSHOCK

9-down – Study of pyramids etc : EGYPTOLOGY

12-down – Cross-examine : QUESTION

14-down – Put back : REPLACE

16-down – Haphazardly : ANYHOW

19-down – Friendship : AMITY

20-down – Mist : HAZE

1-across – Don’t beat about the bush! : CUTTOTHECHASE

8-across – Burn : CHAR

9-across – Put your legs on either side of : BESTRIDE

10-across – Balderdash : MUMBOJUMBO

12-across – Exhaustion after long-haul flight : JETLAG

14-across – Friend known through writing : PENPAL

15-across – Sauce-carrying transport on which easy money earnt? : GRAVYTRAIN

19-across – Whose course never did run smooth, according to Shakespeare? : TRUELOVE

20-across – Dip biscuit in tea : DUNK

21-across – Nine days’ wonder : FLASHINTHEPAN

2-down – Without accommodation : UNHOUSED

3-down – Broth : THROB

4-down – Vessel resembling a pipe-smoking, hat-wearing man : TOBYJUG

5-down – Poems : EPSOM

6-down – Spear : HARPOON

7-down – Carbonated water : SODA

11-down – Plantation : HACIENDA

13-down – Drunk – without pins? : LEGLESS

14-down – Money due : PAYMENT

16-down – Mayo seasoned with garlic : AIOLI

17-down – Elongated region of high barometric pressure : RIDGE

18-down – Verbal : ORAL

1-across – A muesli clone’s : MISCELLANEOUS

8-across – Unable to decide : DITHERY

9-across – Start work : SETTO

10-across – Latin god : DEUS

11-across – Well-heeled : AFFLUENT

13-across – Forgetful : SCATTY

14-across – Make : ENABLE

17-across – On the cards : EXPECTED

19-across – Wee drink : DRAM

21-across – Fill with horror : APPAL

22-across – Dependent : RELIANT

24-across – Resumption of friendly relations : RAPPROCHEMENT

1-down – Sticky stuff? : MUD

2-down – Traditional stocking-filler : SATSUMA

3-down – Former partners : EXES

4-down – Stop being annoying : LAYOFF

5-down – One’s not yet fully fledged : NESTLING

6-down – Flamboyantly eccentric : OUTRE

7-down – Not permanent : SHORTTERM

10-down – Dilapidation : DISREPAIR

12-down – One’s particular about how things are done : STICKLER

15-down – Mass : BARRAGE

16-down – Containing iron : FERRIC

18-down – Online advertisement : POPUP

20-down – Delight : GLEE

23-down – Poor-quality items : TAT

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 – Woody plant with multiple stems : BUSH

3-across – Heat-resistant fibrous fabric : ASBESTOS

8-across – Defined area : ZONE

9-across – Not guilty : INNOCENT

11-across – Dog – shrew logic : WELSHCORGI

14-across – Withdraw opinion : RECANT

15-across – Accompany : ESCORT

17-across – Shrink’s area of expertise : PSYCHIATRY

20-across – Crowded : POPULOUS

21-across – Tibetan leader : LAMA

22-across – Inaccurately convey : MISSTATE

23-across – Pale : PEAL

1-down – Current : BUZZWORD

2-down – Liquid protecting lover of rays : SUNBLOCK

4-down – Nosier : SENIOR

5-down – I’ll stop right there! : ENOUGHSAID

6-down – Come down hard : TEEM

7-down – Eats : SATE

10-down – I’m very grateful : THANKSALOT

12-down – Housebuyer’s debt : MORTGAGE

13-down – Triangular sheet on ship – I say salt : STAYSAIL

16-down – Find not guilty : ACQUIT

18-down – Tinned meat : SPAM

19-down – Work : OPUS

1-across – Instances of bad behaviour : MISDEMEANOURS

8-across – Heave : LUG

9-across – Ralph, Enid : PHILANDER

10-across – One’s passed on : HEIRLOOM

11-across – Let go of : DROP

13-across – Left : EXITED

14-across – Having levels : TIERED

16-across – A quantity of paper : REAM

17-across – Assess : PREJUDGE

20-across – Maximum : UTTERMOST

21-across – Smoking remains? : ASH

22-across – Spaceships? US clergy is fan : FLYINGSAUCERS

1-down – Gardener’s ground cover : MULCH

2-down – In a meaningful way : SIGNIFICANTLY

3-down – Trained fruit tree – pearlies : ESPALIER

4-down – Newspaper boss : EDITOR

5-down – Orderly : NEAT

6-down – University student : UNDERGRADUATE

7-down – Like a humbug? : STRIPED

12-down – Japanese martial art : JIUJITSU

13-down – Hearing protector : EARMUFF

15-down – Armed forces : TROOPS

18-down – Attitudes and ideas associated with a people or organisation : ETHOS

19-down – Cheshire Cat’s abiding characteristic : GRIN

1-across – Strike it rich : HITTHEJACKPOT

8-across – Ancient writing surface : PAPYRUS

9-across – Consumed : EATEN

10-across – Aquatic bird to which the ‘follicly challenged’ may be likened : COOT

11-across – Wedge-shaped, central part of an arch : KEYSTONE

13-across – XC : NINETY

14-across – Smear e.g. with paint : BEDAUB

17-across – Polished and courteous behaviour : URBANITY

19-across – Pinnacle : APEX

21-across – Adult stage of an insect’s development : IMAGO

22-across – Fortune-teller, a chiromancer : PALMIST

24-across – Anticipate with pleasure : LOOKFORWARDTO

1-down – With it : HIP

2-down – Violent wind : TYPHOON

3-down – Greek goddess, the sister and wife of Zeus : HERA

4-down – Opaque, often reddish gemstone : JASPER

5-down – 32 men and a board : CHESSSET

6-down – Often paved, outdoor area : PATIO

7-down – Potentially explosive situation : TINDERBOX

10-down – Relating to marriage – Cuban lion : CONNUBIAL

12-down – Deadlock : STANDOFF

15-down – Practical rather than theoretical : APPLIED

16-down – Dazed, lethargic state : STUPOR

18-down – Appreciative cry : BRAVO

20-down – Guilty or not guilty? : PLEA

23-down – A brace : TWO

1-across – Suitable compromise : HAPPYMEDIUM

9-across – Preliminary paintwork : UNDERCOAT

10-across – Be unwell : AIL

11-across – Asian country which has the world’s only non-rectangular national flag : NEPAL

13-across – Snookers : STYMIES

14-across – Corrupt – Johnny? : ROTTEN

15-across – Rectangular : OBLONG

18-across – Tried : REHEARD

20-across – Intense light beam : LASER

21-across – Menagerie : ZOO

22-across – Diluted espresso : AMERICANO

24-across – It opens a lot of doors : SKELETONKEY

2-down – Coordinating conjunction : AND

3-down – One released from prison conditionally : PAROLEE

4-down – Admirer of China’s ‘Great Helmsman’ : MAOIST

5-down – Eccentric : DOTTY

6-down – In complete agreement : UNANIMOUS

7-down – Award picked up by Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor : TURNERPRIZE

8-down – Action hero, adversary of Ming the Merciless : FLASHGORDON

12-down – Farmer’s implement : PITCHFORK

16-down – E.g. gold ingots : BULLION

17-down – Yearly period which has its own calendar : ADVENT

19-down – Help : AVAIL

23-down – Shock and ___ : AWE

1-across – Brownish spot : FRECKLE

8-across – Wind from the Sahara : SIROCCO

9-across – Canonical work : CLASSIC

10-across – Jane Eyre, say : HEROINE

11-across – Puccini opera set in Rome : TOSCA

13-across – Source of up-to-date information : NEWSPAPER

15-across – Obsession : MONOMANIA

18-across – One who’s paid their debt to society : EXCON

21-across – Author of Pnin and Pale Fire : NABOKOV

22-across – Hostility : ICINESS

23-across – Oyster, for example : MOLLUSC

24-across – Unending : ETERNAL

1-down – Aspect : FACET

2-down – Assessments of knowledge : EXAMS

3-down – Reconcile : KISSANDMAKEUP

4-down – Steer clear of : ESCHEW

5-down – Painter such as Rossetti : PRERAPHAELITE

6-down – Be parsimonious : SCRIMP

7-down – Show-off : POSEUR

12-down – Greek alcohol flavoured with aniseed : OUZO

14-down – Nymph who fell foul of Hera : ECHO

15-down – Musical notes worth two crotchets : MINIMS

16-down – Bite delicately : NIBBLE

17-down – Noob : NOVICE

19-down – Off drugs : CLEAN

20-down – Kind of consonant sound such as ‘m’, ‘n’ or ‘ng’ : NASAL

1-across – Brood : MOPE

3-across – Chinwag : SCHMOOZE

9-across – Cultivation : TILLAGE

10-across – Piece of chicken : THIGH

11-across – Fox : VIXEN

12-across – Discharge : DEFRAY

14-across – Movement of person from spaceship onto planet? : TELEPORTATION

17-across – Soak : DRENCH

19-across – Musical opening : INTRO

22-across – Late rest early in the day : LIEIN

23-across – Fatigue : EXHAUST

24-across – Insect-trapping strip : FLYPAPER

25-across – Pallid : ASHY

1-down – Encourage or inspire : MOTIVATE

2-down – Butterfly-attracting perennial or annual North American plant : PHLOX

4-down – Somerset food : CHEDDARCHEESE

5-down – Design : MOTIF

6-down – Folding : ORIGAMI

7-down – Answer : ECHO

8-down – Kip : CATNAP

13-down – Not deserving : UNWORTHY

15-down – Stealing : LARCENY

16-down – Burning : ALIGHT

18-down – Stealthy assassin : NINJA

20-down – Strap : TRUSS

21-down – Stave symbol : CLEF