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1-across – State of uproar : MADHOUSE

5-across – Suspend : HANG

9-across – Clear : LUCID

10-across – Stupid : ASININE

11-across – Tactless deed : INDISCRETION

13-across – Pandemonium : MAYHEM

14-across – Speak indistinctly : MUMBLE

17-across – On which an earthquake is measured : RICHTERSCALE

20-across – Seedy : SQUALID

21-across – Thespian : ACTOR

22-across – Uppermost tip : APEX

23-across – Prepare for a stage production : REHEARSE

1-down – Naevus – burrowing mammal – spy : MOLE

2-down – Propriety : DECENCY

3-down – Belief, often erroneous, passed on by word of mouth : OLDWIVESTALE

4-down – Grab suddenly : SNATCH

6-down – A defence : ALIBI

7-down – Generate : GREENTEA

8-down – Never-never : HIREPURCHASE

12-down – Legendary food bringing immortality : AMBROSIA

15-down – Strengthen – long pillow : BOLSTER

16-down – Cooler : FRIDGE

18-down – Inclined channel for rubbish, laundry etc : CHUTE

19-down – Genuine : TRUE

1-across – Engaged : BUSY

3-across – Beetle whose female bears luminescent green organs : GLOWWORM

8-across – Greek aniseed-flavoured spirit : OUZO

9-across – Sycophantic – oily : UNCTUOUS

11-across – Bedtime conversation : PILLOWTALK

14-across – German tank : PANZER

15-across – Tell : INFORM

17-across – Pretence : MASQUERADE

20-across – Idle reverie : DAYDREAM

21-across – Miles Davis music : JAZZ

22-across – Person who prefers solitude : LONEWOLF

23-across – Largest island of the Inner Hebrides : SKYE

1-down – Tube through which a poisoned dart may be shot : BLOWPIPE

2-down – Noise of oil in a hot pan : SIZZLING

4-down – Extent : LENGTH

5-down – Depressing non-participant – soggy covering : WETBLANKET

6-down – Oxfordshire, postally : OXON

7-down – Strong-smelling secretion used in perfumery – type of melon : MUSK

10-down – Fatty network of connective tissue : BONEMARROW

12-down – Brave’s arm : TOMAHAWK

13-down – Take fraudulently : EMBEZZLE

16-down – Sudden strong wind : SQUALL

18-down – Revered person : IDOL

19-down – Song of praise : HYMN

1-across – Spreader of gossip : SCANDALMONGER

8-across – Notes and coins : CASH

9-across – Ribbon-like parasite inhabiting the gut : TAPEWORM

10-across – Vim : GETUPANDGO

12-across – Having loose fat : FLABBY

14-across – Deep tropical forest : JUNGLE

15-across – Passionate snog : FRENCHKISS

19-across – Large statue : COLOSSUS

20-across – Blessing : BOON

21-across – Children’s party game : BLINDMANSBUFF

2-down – Daddy-longlegs : CRANEFLY

3-down – First prime minister of India : NEHRU

4-down – Insurance company statistician : ACTUARY

5-down – Sulked – vehicle : MOPED

6-down – Narrow waxing crescent : NEWMOON

7-down – Male equivalent of a countess : EARL

11-down – Moment of launch : BLASTOFF

13-down – Fool : BUFFOON

14-down – Seventh US president Andrew – actress turned politician Glenda – singers Michael and Janet etc : JACKSON

16-down – Derby and Oaks racecourse : EPSOM

17-down – Skewered dish : KEBAB

18-down – Striker’s aim : GOAL

1-across – Siren : FEMMEFATALE

9-across – Ruler : POTENTATE

10-across – Shout of disapproval : BOO

11-across – Of the nose : NASAL

13-across – Red pepper seasoning : PAPRIKA

14-across – Not a soul : NOBODY

15-across – Potential danger : HAZARD

18-across – Dire straits : TROUBLE

20-across – Overweight : OBESE

21-across – Parent – shtoom : MUM

22-across – Mafia boss? : GODFATHER

24-across – Pun : PLAYONWORDS

2-down – Dine : EAT

3-down – Mutilated – pressed clothes through a machine : MANGLED

4-down – : FRAPPE

5-down – Tether : TIEUP

6-down – Apply oil : LUBRICATE

7-down – When the first pint can be pulled : OPENINGTIME

8-down – Cat and mouse cartoon capers : TOMANDJERRY

12-down – Of low intelligence : SUBNORMAL

16-down – Alligator pear : AVOCADO

17-down – Make numb : DEADEN

19-down – Vehicle for baby, golfer or moon explorer : BUGGY

23-down – Brick carrier : HOD

1-across – Load-carrying animal … : BEASTOFBURDEN

8-across – … such as this : ASS

9-across – Spinning top : WHIRLIGIG

10-across – Three wickets taken by a bowler with consecutive balls : HATTRICK

11-across – Help : ABET

13-across – Study of plants : BOTANY

14-across – Like Cheshire : CHEESY

16-across – Pare : TRIM

17-across – Anatomical model – dwarf – child : MANNIKIN

20-across – Irish county, a long way off in song : TIPPERARY

21-across – Say further : ADD

22-across – Person attending the January sales, perhaps : BARGAINHUNTER

1-down – Stretch of coastline : BEACH

2-down – Someone taking over companies and selling them on piecemeal : ASSETSTRIPPER

3-down – Very tall : TOWERING

4-down – Draw back in shock : FLINCH

5-down – Hideous : UGLY

6-down – Mess : DOGSBREAKFAST

7-down – Regularly during the hours of darkness : NIGHTLY

12-down – Ta! : THANKYOU

13-down – Vessel for ablutions : BATHTUB

15-down – Israelites’ Promised Land : CANAAN

18-down – Lowest point : NADIR

19-down – Second Greek letter : BETA

1-across – Smart and tidy – tree : SPRUCE

4-across – Former European coin : DUCAT

7-across – Haphazard : RANDOM

8-across – Single marksman in concealed place : SNIPER

9-across – As well : ALSO

10-across – See 12 : OFVENICE

12-across – Play featuring Shylock : THEMERCHANT

17-across – Put one’s name down in list : REGISTER

19-across – Payment – in pieces : RENT

20-across – Drink, maybe philtre : POTION

21-across – Pensionable condition : OLDAGE

22-across – Remove liquid from : DRAIN

23-across – Agreement : ASSENT

1-down – Colour of embarrassment? : SCARLET

2-down – Comic Relief symbol : REDNOSE

3-down – Integral part : COMPONENT

4-down – Move to music : DANCE

5-down – Heading : CAPTION

6-down – Bird – country : TURKEY

11-down – Substitutionary : VICARIOUS

13-down – Early evening meal : HIGHTEA

14-down – Make a precis of : ABRIDGE

15-down – What follows today : TONIGHT

16-down – Stand for camera etc : TRIPOD

18-down – Item of cutlery : SPOON

1-across – Play – Mrs Ford and Mrs Page : THEMERRYWIVES

8-across – Half a loaf is preferable to this : NOBREAD

9-across – Flower of the primrose family : OXLIP

10-across – Wind instrument : OBOE

11-across – Wintry missile – demonised by 17 : SNOWBALL

13-across – Roll in the mud : WALLOW

14-across – Flower arrangement : WREATH

17-across – Corsican conqueror : NAPOLEON

19-across – Marie Antoinette’s solution to 8 : CAKE

21-across – Nasal cavity : SINUS

22-across – Wander idly : MEANDER

24-across – Great technical skill : ROCKETSCIENCE

1-down – Metal – container : TIN

2-down – Involve : EMBROIL

3-down – Early garden – Cornish project : EDEN

4-down – Animal such as a mouse : RODENT

5-down – Things come crawling out of it : WOODWORK

6-down – Russian river : VOLGA

7-down – Tomb : SEPULCHRE

10-down – See 1 across : OFWINDSOR

12-down – Come together : COALESCE

15-down – Lad with lamp : ALADDIN

16-down – The universe – a daisy : COSMOS

18-down – Terror : PANIC

20-down – Indian dress : SARI

23-down – Grain – whiskey : RYE

5-across – Crisp skin of pork joint : CRACKLING

8-across – Move swiftly and noisily : ZOOM

9-across – Play unpopular with feminists : TAMINGOF

10-across – Sculpture of a person : STATUE

11-across – Provide : SUPPLY

13-across – Puzzle with pieces to assemble : JIGSAW

15-across – Laugh at : DERIDE

16-across – See 9 : THESHREW

18-across – Wild, self-indulgent party : ORGY

19-across – Railway worker : SIGNALMAN

1-down – Characters in the play : DRAMATIS

2-down – Mowing implement : SCYTHE

3-down – Scottish castle, once Macbeth’s : GLAMIS

4-down – Soon – nameless : ANON

6-down – Period of time : FORTNIGHT

7-down – It takes about 3 to 4 minutes : BOILEDEGG

12-down – See 1 : PERSONAE

14-down – Arrangement of electrical connections : WIRING

15-down – Move slowly and lazily : DAWDLE

17-down – : SWIG

5-across – Bird that does a vulture’s job : CARRIONCROW

7-across – Moist : DAMP

8-across – Writing above newspaper article : HEADLINE

9-across – Hall in London for concerts : WIGMORE

11-across – Chance to buy at reduced price? : OFFER

13-across – Recurring set of events : CYCLE

14-across – Exact : PRECISE

16-across – See 2 : THETHIRD

17-across – Eager : ZEAL

18-across – Refusal to accept refusal : PERSISTENCE

1-down – Cut – harvest : CROP

2-down – Play about hunchback : RICHARD

3-down – Telltale : SNEAK

4-down – Abundant in fruit etc : PROLIFIC

5-down – Where customers aid good causes : CHARITYSHOP

6-down – Play featuring pursuit by a bear : WINTERSTALE

10-down – Relating to the army : MILITARY

12-down – Learned : ERUDITE

15-down – Boundary : LIMIT

17-down – Region : ZONE

1-across – False front : FACADE

4-across – : ADDLED

8-across – Put off – disgust : REPEL

9-across – Great big lie : WHOPPER

10-across – Moorland fern : BRACKEN

11-across – Spirit that can grant wishes : GENIE

12-across – PM’s house : NUMBERTEN

17-across – Swiss currency : FRANC

19-across – Distraught : FRANTIC

21-across – Confront : EYEBALL

22-across – College – window : ORIEL

23-across – Home brewing is done here! : TEAPOT

24-across – Mark of disgrace : STIGMA

1-down – George, comedian, 1904-61 : FORMBY

2-down – Skipper : CAPTAIN

3-down – Talking robot : DALEK

5-down – Severe water shortage : DROUGHT

6-down – Flower called after wolf : LUPIN

7-down – English county : DORSET

9-down – Marvellous : WONDERFUL

13-down – Play – unnecessary fuss : MUCHADO

14-down – see 13 : NOTHING

15-down – Cause – result : EFFECT

16-down – Blue flower : SCILLA

18-down – Scene of conflict : ARENA

20-down – See 13 : ABOUT