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1-across – Someone liable to change political allegiance between elections : FLOATINGVOTER

8-across – Overly studious pupil : SWOT

9-across – Person hiding in a lifeboat? : STOWAWAY

10-across – Mixed vegetables in a mustard sauce : PICCALILLI

12-across – Dealer in fine cloth : MERCER

14-across – Charity sporting event : FUNRUN

15-across – Light one fag after another : CHAINSMOKE

19-across – Camellia : JAPONICA

20-across – Yule : XMAS

21-across – Gooey, sugary dairy product in a tin : CONDENSEDMILK

2-down – Moses, for example : LAWGIVER

3-down – Upper room : ATTIC

4-down – Aloof – like an island : INSULAR

5-down – Noise of an angry dog : GROWL

6-down – : OVATION

7-down – Dash : ELAN

11-down – Circulars : JUNKMAIL

13-down – Man cheated on by his wife : CUCKOLD

14-down – Ceremonial trumpet flourish : FANFARE

16-down – Little green man, perhaps : ALIEN

17-down – Brief expression of a general principle : MAXIM

18-down – Saint’s overhead ring of light : HALO

1-across – Old musket : BLUNDERBUSS

9-across – Collection of fourteen Old Testament books : APOCRYPHA

10-across – Fuss : ADO

11-across – Term of respect to a Hindu teacher : SWAMI

13-across – Awry – untrustworthy : CROOKED

14-across – Pampas cowboy : GAUCHO

15-across – Swiss holiday home : CHALET

18-across – Fencing counterattack : RIPOSTE

20-across – Received and understood! : ROGER

21-across – Pasture : LEA

22-across – Animal : GUINEAPIG

24-across – February 1 2003 for the Chinese : NEWYEARSDAY

2-down – Star sign of one born on August 1 : LEO

3-down – East Anglian city : NORWICH

4-down – Anticipate : EXPECT

5-down – Well done, old chap! : BRAVO

6-down – Electrical device in a car’s cylinder head : SPARKPLUG

7-down – Pork and pastry snack : SAUSAGEROLL

8-down – Preservation at low temperatures : COLDSTORAGE

12-down – Ride board behind a speedboat : AQUAPLANE

16-down – Straps fitted to a horse : HARNESS

17-down – Queen : REGINA

19-down – Heavy and moist with liquid : SOGGY

23-down – Pod vegetable : PEA

1-across – Easily shocked by blood and gore : SQUEAMISH

8-across – Hawaiian dance : HULA

9-across – Shrove Tuesday festival : MARDIGRAS

10-across – Smutty : LEWD

13-across – Poison – spite : VENOM

15-across – Young foreign person offering domestic help in exchange for lodgings : AUPAIR

16-across – Furry, literary Wimbledon Common resident : WOMBLE

17-across – Barrack : HECKLE

19-across – Mountain range : SIERRA

20-across – Walk leisurely : AMBLE

21-across – Member of a South African tribe : ZULU

24-across – Deliverance from evil : SALVATION

25-across – Piccadilly hotel : RITZ

26-across – Device emitting a thick cloud when let off : SMOKEBOMB

2-down – One of four of the same birth : QUAD

3-down – Swirl of water : EDDY

4-down – Violent street thief : MUGGER

5-down – Dark shape : SHADOW

6-down – German printer of a 15th century Bible : GUTENBERG

7-down – Kind of moustache : HANDLEBAR

11-down – At random : HAPHAZARD

12-down – Guess without knowing the facts : SPECULATE

13-down – Musical instrument Twelfth Night character : VIOLA

14-down – Film : MOVIE

18-down – Preserve a body : EMBALM

19-down – Native of Bratislava, for instance : SLOVAK

22-down – End of a cheque or a cigarette : STUB

23-down – Period of prosperity – explosive sound – sailing boat’s spar : BOOM

1-across – Voice-throwing : VENTRILOQUISM

8-across – Jerky movement : TIC

9-across – Lively and free musical piece : CAPRICCIO

10-across – Final warning before going on stage : LASTCALL

11-across – Girl’s name – Jane Austen novel : EMMA

13-across – Playful : FRISKY

14-across – Dung : MANURE

16-across – Seep : LEAK

17-across – Clarinets and oboes etc : WOODWIND

20-across – Enforced once more : REIMPOSED

21-across – Chopper : AXE

22-across – Fungus with hallucinogenic properties : MAGICMUSHROOM

1-down – Essential : VITAL

2-down – Causing a need : NECESSITATING

3-down – Baked tooth-breaker? : ROCKCAKE

4-down – Parts of collars : LAPELS

5-down – Pound : QUID

6-down – Unable to talk to others : INCOMMUNICADO

7-down – Charge for tying up a ship : MOORAGE

12-down – Affectedly posh : LAHDIDAH

13-down – Pivotal point : FULCRUM

15-down – Japanese island : HONSHU

18-down – Reverie : DREAM

19-down – Great work : EPIC

1-across – Negligent : REMISS

4-across – Sordid : SLEAZY

9-across – Polish national dance : MAZURKA

10-across – US author Mark, attributed with the quote golf is a good walk spoiled : TWAIN

11-across – Compare : LIKEN

12-across – Cold-blooded beast : REPTILE

13-across – Branch of medicine concerned with the skin : DERMATOLOGY

18-across – Numbers on a US envelope : ZIPCODE

20-across – Group of African languages : BANTU

22-across – Extended time in bed in the morning : LIEIN

23-across – Mercury alloy – combination : AMALGAM

24-across – Solution : ANSWER

25-across – Grammatical arrangement : SYNTAX

1-down – Sound of thunder or a hungry stomach – discover : RUMBLE

2-down – Piped shopping mall entertainment : MUZAK

3-down – South American republic, capital Paramaribo : SURINAM

5-down – Abatement : LETUP

6-down – Incredible : AMAZING

7-down – Northern soldier in the US Civil War : YANKEE

8-down – Take the responsibility : CARRYTHECAN

14-down – Verbalise – train : EXPRESS

15-down – Book-lending establishment : LIBRARY

16-down – Rhododendron : AZALEA

17-down – Oaf : LUMMOX

19-down – Small weight : OUNCE

21-down – Hours of darkness : NIGHT

1-across – Wooden shoes : SABOTS

4-across – Falsify – soft sweet : FUDGE

7-across – Angles : SLANTS

8-across – Fundamental code of Jewish law : TALMUD

9-across – Fairy : PERI

10-across – British comedian, star of the 17 : MILLIGAN

12-across – They produce skin moisture : SWEATGLANDS

17-across – Be put on display : GOONSHOW

19-across – Part of the foot : ARCH

20-across – Fourscore : EIGHTY

21-across – Money earned : INCOME

22-across – Authority : SAYSO

23-across – Cowardly boy or man : JESSIE

1-down – British actor, star of the 17 : SELLERS

2-down – British comedian, star of the 17 : BENTINE

3-down – International sports encounter : TESTMATCH

4-down – Easily shattered : FRAIL

5-down – A lesser deity : DEMIGOD

6-down – Conclusion : ENDING

11-down – Pure – irreproachable : LILYWHITE

13-down – In error : WRONGLY

14-down – Shades of meaning : NUANCES

15-down – British comedian and singer, star of the 17 : SECOMBE

16-down – Departure – exit : EGRESS

18-down – Argument : SETTO

1-across – 9 16’s first moves : OPENINGGAMBIT

8-across – See 12 : DEFENCE

9-across – Magnificent : GRAND

10-across – Change : VARY

11-across – Fragments of shell : SHRAPNEL

13-across – Belief – trust – favourable acknowledgment : CREDIT

14-across – Woman’s name – Christian hymn praising God : GLORIA

17-across – Untouched – old keyboard instrument : VIRGINAL

19-across – Rim – move gradually : EDGE

21-across – Religious teacher : RABBI

22-across – Licensed passenger vehicle : TAXICAB

24-across – We learn trills : ALLINWRESTLER

1-down – Aged : OLD

2-down – Give effect to : ENFORCE

3-down – Island of the Inner Hebrides : IONA

4-down – German poet and dramatist : GOETHE

5-down – Doubtful – plausible : ARGUABLE

6-down – Organ of the intellect : BRAIN

7-down – Large movement : TIDALWAVE

10-down – The other way round : VICEVERSA

12-down – A possible 1 across : SICILIAN

15-down – Fundamental : RADICAL

16-down – Lord – controller – teacher : MASTER

18-down – Non-conformist : REBEL

20-down – Centre of rotation : AXIS

23-down – Length of wood or metal – drinking place : BAR

1-across – Instructive experience : OBJECT

4-across – See 1 : LESSON

8-across – Italian poet, 1265-1321 : DANTE

9-across – Derivation from an ancestor – going down : DESCENT

10-across – Atmospheric booms : THUNDER

11-across – Mistake : ERROR

12-across – Idle person : LAZYBONES

17-across – Divine messenger : ANGEL

19-across – Public sale – type of bridge : AUCTION

21-across – Exalted : GLORIED

22-across – Rot : ADDLE

23-across – One falls, all fall : DOMINO

24-across – See 23 : EFFECT

1-down – Strange occurrence, person or thing : ODDITY

2-down – Species of narcissus : JONQUIL

3-down – System of beliefs : CREED

5-down – American-born British sculptor : EPSTEIN

6-down – Downright – deviation : SHEER

7-down – The external, untouched world : NATURE

9-down – Target found in pubs : DARTBOARD

13-down – Very large number : ZILLION

14-down – Cheat : SWINDLE

15-down – Made or performed unevenly : RAGGED

16-down – Purpose : INTENT

18-down – Partial darkness : GLOOM

20-down – Light banter – husks from corn : CHAFF

1-across – Pilgrim Fathers’ vessel : MAYFLOWER

8-across – Love affair – loved one : AMOUR

9-across – Exact copy : REPLICA

10-across – Volume containing lyrics, hymns, etc : SONGBOOK

11-across – Ladies’ fingers : OKRA

13-across – Herbal infusion : TISANE

14-across – Stiff – cold – formal : FRIGID

16-across – Glimpse : ESPY

17-across – He painted his mother : WHISTLER

19-across – Inner nature : ESSENCE

20-across – Jean Paul, French revolutionary, murdered in his bath : MARAT

21-across – Any dosser : DRYSEASON

1-down – Stagnant – dying : MORIBUND

2-down – Strong-scented creeping plant, once used in herbal medicine : YARROW

3-down – See 18 : LOPE

4-down – Humorous Compton Mackenzie novel : WHISKYGALORE

5-down – Be literate : READANDWRITE

6-down – Make a lot of noise : RAISETHEDEAD

7-down – West Country speciality food : CORNISHPASTY

12-down – First-year undergraduate : FRESHMAN

15-down – Good Health! : CHEERS

18-down – Hoofed mammal : ANTE

1-across – Trinket : KNICKKNACK

7-across – Why a dropped slice of bread will always land butter side down, perhaps : SODSLAW

8-across – Gift from the Wise Men – sweet cicely : MYRRH

10-across – Snug : COSY

11-across – Excessive eater and drinker : GOURMAND

13-across – Lizard : IGUANA

15-across – Mad – layer of eggs in another bird’s nest : CUCKOO

17-across – Huge : THUMPING

18-across – Gem : OPAL

21-across – Formative years : YOUTH

22-across – Dilapidated : RUNDOWN

23-across – Lightning war : BLITZKRIEG

1-down – Prestige : KUDOS

2-down – Indolent : IDLE

3-down – Behave obsequiously : KOWTOW

4-down – Ever so many : NUMEROUS

5-down – Where one goes into space! : CARPARK

6-down – Trick cyclist’s profession? : PSYCHIATRY

9-down – Skim across water at high speed : HYDROPLANE

12-down – Informal photograph : SNAPSHOT

14-down – Curious : UNUSUAL

16-down – Coat : ANORAK

19-down – Tine : PRONG

20-down – Someone opposed : ANTI