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1-across – Thin pasta : VERMICELLI

7-across – Mouth salve : LIPBALM

8-across – Call of puss : MIAOW

10-across – Mentor : GURU

11-across – Gin knots : STONKING

13-across – Romantic entanglement : AFFAIR

15-across – Ten to the power of a hundred : GOOGOL

17-across – Chinese restaurant dish : CHOPSUEY

18-across – Again : OVER

21-across – Stair part : RISER

22-across – Fast and energetic : ALLEGRO

23-across – Transparent wrapper : CELLOPHANE

1-down – Serpent : VIPER

2-down – Stroll : ROAM

3-down – Patient – lag : INMATE

4-down – Canadian city : EDMONTON

5-down – Foremost : LEADING

6-down – Dutch hoofer? : CLOGDANCER

9-down – Flexibility : WIGGLEROOM

12-down – Travelling musician,once : MINSTREL

14-down – Under-the-table flirting : FOOTSIE

16-down – Act of revision : REVAMP

19-down – Fashion : VOGUE

20-down – Arm bone : ULNA

1-across – Reconsider or hesitate : THINKTWICE

7-across – European capital : HELSINKI

8-across – Fe : IRON

9-across – Garment paired with sporran etc : KILT

10-across – Jazz or folk music played on washboards etc. : SKIFFLE

12-across – Oily dressing : VINAIGRETTE

14-across – Fruit field : ORCHARD

16-across – Tee-to-green game : GOLF

19-across – Rally : DEMO

20-across – Extinct elephant-like beast : MASTODON

21-across – Lap of luxury : EASYSTREET

1-down – Dance provocatively : TWERK

2-down – Hormone produced in pancreas : INSULIN

3-down – Southern English county : KENT

4-down – Bearded and moustachioed? : WHISKERY

5-down – Rock face : CLIFF

6-down – Sheepdog : COLLIE

11-down – Card game : GINRUMMY

12-down – Whirling mass of fluid or air : VORTEX

13-down – In a pair of shades? : TWOTONE

15-down – Disturbance and noise : HOOHA

17-down – Ice crystals – American poet : FROST

18-down – Oi,listen! : PSST

1-across – Arctic Circle native : LAPP

3-across – Careless : SLAPDASH

8-across – Tool with prongs : FORK

9-across – Considerably : INSPADES

11-across – Setter of meter in vehicle : TAXIDRIVER

14-across – French lady? : MADAME

15-across – Dose up : PSEUDO

17-across – One born during a period following WW2 : BABYBOOMER

20-across – Measurer of small quantities of food and liquids : TEASPOON

21-across – Bart : BRAT

22-across – Date : GOSTEADY

23-across – Race : ACER

1-down – Extant span? : LIFETIME

2-down – Lightener of hair : PEROXIDE

4-down – Soaked pulse : LENTIL

5-down – Punch and Judy performance? : PUPPETSHOW

6-down – Helper : AIDE

7-down – Dry seed covering : HUSK

10-down – Thyroid cartilage projection : ADAMSAPPLE

12-down – Yellow flavouring : TURMERIC

13-down – Author of same book : COWRITER

16-down – Familiar saying – example : BYWORD

18-down – Male : STAG

19-down – Girl : LASS

1-across – Open to gales etc : WINDSWEPT

8-across – Nil : ZERO

9-across – Food fish : REDMULLET

10-across – Eye part : IRIS

13-across – Oral – forthright : VOCAL

15-across – Comment on : REVIEW

16-across – Hollow grass plant : BAMBOO

17-across – Be in accord : CONCUR

19-across – Pour in order to separate sediment : DECANT

20-across – Dakota people : SIOUX

21-across – Insult : SNUB

24-across – Trickery : CHICANERY

25-across – Flair : ELAN

26-across – Stick in the mouth? : TOOTHPICK

2-down – Mountain goat : IBEX

3-down – Rounded vault : DOME

4-down – Tree with catkins : WILLOW

5-down – ‘Made beforehand’ building : PREFAB

6-down – Charon’s vessel? : FERRYBOAT

7-down – Follower of rules,even when unwise or inconvenient : JOBSWORTH

11-down – Chicken or veal dish served in white sauce : FRICASSEE

12-down – Friendly – like an uncle : AVUNCULAR

13-down – Beauty : VENUS

14-down – Rubber tree liquid : LATEX

18-down – That’s fine : RIGHTO

19-down – Sweet : DULCET

22-down – Card game : SNAP

23-down – Reptile : CROC

1-across – Electrify : EXCITE

4-across – <span>Speak </span><i>sotto voce</i> : MURMUR

9-across – Bari bairn? : BAMBINO

10-across – Bamboo muncher : PANDA

11-across – Broad in the beam : STOUT

12-across – Mishmash : FARRAGO

13-across – Scottish island dog : SKYETERRIER

18-across – Montmorency relative? : MORELLO

20-across – E,e.g : VOWEL

22-across – Speak : ORATE

23-across – Oval : ELLIPSE

24-across – Expedite : HASTEN

25-across – Island with official languages Greek and Turkish : CYPRUS

1-down – Raise in relief : EMBOSS

2-down – Band – amalgam : COMBO

3-down – Spiky plant : THISTLE

5-down – Top : UPPER

6-down – Combination of pictures : MONTAGE

7-down – Rationality : REASON

8-down – Stuck-up : TOFFEENOSED

14-down – East Asians : KOREANS

15-down – Partying : REVELRY

16-down – Effortless : SMOOTH

17-down – Gripper with serrated jaws : PLIERS

19-down – Feudal superior : LIEGE

21-down – Sponge or napkin? : WIPER

5-across – Equine titular star of Anna Sewell’s novel : BLACKBEAUTY

7-across – Title of Russian emperor : TSAR

8-across – Fictional doctor,he talks to the animals : DOLITTLE

9-across – Heating or locking : CENTRAL

11-across – Gain access to computer : LOGON

13-across – In front : AHEAD

14-across – Thick ropes or cables for mooring : HAWSERS

16-across – Hiker’s bag : RUCKSACK

17-across – Group – alcoholic drink with various alternative spellings : BEVY

18-across – Rapper : DOORKNOCKER

1-down – Young salmon – Henry’s last of six? : PARR

2-down – <span>Sad pink : SKIDPAN

3-down – Baby,bean or fish : JELLY

4-down – Shining : LUSTROUS

5-down – The soda buns : BASSETHOUND

6-down – Chinese flower ? : YELLOWRIVER

10-down – I’m grateful : THANKYOU

12-down – Large cash prize,often accumulated : JACKPOT

15-down – Slightly sticky – in poor taste : TACKY

17-down – Cook in the oven : BAKE

1-across – Sample of material : SWATCH

4-across – Bleach : WHITEN

8-across – Be worthy of : MERIT

9-across – Wait here for public transport : BUSSTOP

10-across – Place with very warm climate – patch on a star : SUNSPOT

11-across – Subject matter : THEME

12-across – Social-media app – go-between : MESSENGER

17-across – Wales : CYMRU

19-across – Shoo cat : CAHOOTS

21-across – Root vegetable : PARSNIP

22-across – <span>Ancient city in Jordan – first </span><i>Blue Peter</i><span> dog</span> : PETRA

23-across – Mountain range – Ford : SIERRA

24-across – Cross : HYBRID

1-down – Small triangular spicy pastry : SAMOSA

2-down – e.g. CAPTCHA or SCUBA : ACRONYM

3-down – Deeply distressed – snip into pieces : CUTUP

5-down – Symbol – label on weed? : HASHTAG

6-down – Tax,tenth part : TITHE

7-down – Small child – crab? : NIPPER

9-down – Yellow meadow flower : BUTTERCUP

13-down – Knocked out by this dazzlingly attractive person? : STUNNER

14-down – UK dialect / N American term for adult male chicken : ROOSTER

15-down – Checks out extensively : SCOPES

16-down – Baffin or Barry : ISLAND

18-down – Inspector – code : MORSE

20-down – Joyful,as Larry? : HAPPY

1-across – Bottle opener : CORKSCREW

8-across – Cosy Nordic feeling : HYGGE

9-across – Plate perforated with a design,often lettering : STENCIL

10-across – Australian island state : TASMANIA

11-across – Petty quarrel : SPAT

13-across – It makes me sick! : EMETIC

14-across – Have an ambitious plan : ASPIRE

16-across – Thank goodness for that : PHEW

17-across – Climax of a knockout tournament : CUPFINAL

19-across – Viewpoint : OPINION

20-across – Sticky substance exuded by trees : RESIN

21-across – Oft duet it : FITTEDOUT

1-down – Lace mist : CLEMATIS

2-down – Pastoral – charmingly unsophisticated : RUSTIC

3-down – Attempt to find : SEEK

4-down – Meeter and greeter : RECEPTIONIST

5-down – Undergo a former maritime punishment : WALKTHEPLANK

6-down – Resistant to breaking : SHATTERPROOF

7-down – Breakfast dish usually featuring muffins and hollandaise sauce : EGGSBENEDICT

12-down – Invite trouble : ASKFORIT

15-down – Board funded by central government,which also appoints its members : QUANGO

18-down – V : FIVE

1-across – Italian city with much-visited tower : PISA

3-across – Citrus fruit or language : MANDARIN

9-across – First in new field of enterprise : PIONEER

10-across – Arched roof or ceiling – leap : VAULT

11-across – Bellini opera – ___ Jean : NORMA

12-across – Catch in e.g. snare : ENTRAP

14-across – Fear of spiders : ARACHNOPHOBIA

17-across – Art of growing dwarf trees : BONSAI

19-across – Gentle push : NUDGE

22-across – More frosty : ICIER

23-across – Flat pie : FLEAPIT

24-across – Chest rub : SCHUBERT

25-across – Artificially coloured : DYED

1-down – Conceited,excessively talkative person : POPINJAY

2-down – Scrub hard – search thoroughly : SCOUR

4-down – Politely accept opposing views : AGREETODIFFER

5-down – Small piece of turf removed by golf club : DIVOT

6-down – Stalks cooked like fruit,often with custard : RHUBARB

7-down – Bolts’ partners : NUTS

8-down – Unfasten and remove : DETACH

13-down – Naturally gifted; particularly skilled : TALENTED

15-down – Put an end to permanently : ABOLISH

16-down – Gretel’s brother in fairy tale : HANSEL

18-down – Bush : SHRUB

20-down – Groggy – one of seven? : DOPEY

21-down – Sound made by disapproving audience or snake : HISS

1-across – Catty sin : SANCTITY

5-across – Hermit or soft-shell : CRAB

9-across – : DITTO

10-across – Civilian soldiers : MILITIA

11-across – Unintelligible official jargon : GOBBLEDYGOOK

13-across – : UPKEEP

14-across – Place to watch films : CINEMA

17-across – Classic British takeaway : FISHANDCHIPS

20-across – Harsh unfair treatment : RAWDEAL

21-across – Currently operational : INUSE

22-across – Small mountain lake : TARN

23-across – Climbed : ASCENDED

1-down – Bread,water or baking : SODA

2-down – Form business contacts with people on social basis : NETWORK

3-down – One who disturbs the peace : TROUBLEMAKER

4-down – Theme P : TEMPEH

6-down – Proportion : RATIO

7-down – Witch’s companion – Bagheera,e.g.? : BLACKCAT

8-down – Take foolish risks – likely to have fingers burned? : PLAYWITHFIRE

12-down – Attempt to escape – or catch a bus? : RUNFORIT

15-down – Present in detail and make clear : EXPOUND

16-down – These are fully grown and mature : ADULTS

18-down – Underground waste channel : SEWER

19-down – Bank,drill or potato : SEED