Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Pitcher, flask : CARAFE

4-across – Gripping tool : PLIERS

9-across – Rider’s foot holder : STIRRUP

10-across – Maxim. saying : MOTTO

11-across – Confused : ATSEA

12-across – Highly concentrated : INTENSE

13-across – Wrinkles around the eyes : CROWSFEET

17-across – Pallid. lacking in colour : ANAEMIC

19-across – Manage, cope : GETBY

21-across – Enlist : ENROL

22-across – Disregard : NEGLECT

23-across – Shawl-like garment : PONCHO

24-across – Newspaper head : EDITOR

1-down – Informal, off-hand : CASUAL

2-down – Remains of an old building : RUINS

3-down – Confused mixture : FARRAGO

5-down – Extent : LIMIT

6-down – No longer in existence : EXTINCT

7-down – Oral : SPOKEN

8-down – Very brief moment : SPLITSECOND

13-down – Annoyance. vexation : CHAGRIN

14-down – Affianced : ENGAGED

15-down – Cosmetic : MAKEUP

16-down – Bivalve mollusc : OYSTER

18-down – Soil-enriching material : MULCH

20-down – Minister to, tend : TREAT

1-across – Oral means of relaying information : WORDOFMOUTH

9-across – Acknowledgement : ADMISSION

10-across – Nothing, zero : NIL

11-across – Vacillate : HAVER

13-across – Public bar : TAPROOM

14-across – Gentle breeze : ZEPHYR

15-across – Literary term for England : ALBION

18-across – Bureaucracy, officialdom : REDTAPE

20-across – Spanish accent : TILDE

21-across – Sheltered side : LEE

22-across – Unimportant matter : BAGATELLE

24-across – Contagious disease transmitted by parrots : PSITTACOSIS

2-down – Unit of electrical resistance : OHM

3-down – Demolish : DESTROY

4-down – Spirited, lively : FEISTY

5-down – Confess : OWNUP

6-down – Relating to hairdressing : TONSORIAL

7-down – In an unsystematic manner : HAPHAZARDLY

8-down – Rude, boorish : ILLMANNERED

12-down – Blandness, insipidity : VAPIDNESS

16-down – Choose not to react : LETITGO

17-down – Literary device linking two unrelated terms : ZEUGMA

19-down – Head of an abbey : ABBOT

23-down – Floral garland : LEI

1-across – Come to pass : TRANSPIRE

8-across – Crowd of vigilantes : LYNCHMOB

9-across – Object of abuse or ridicule : BUTT

10-across – Ballet skirt : TUTU

11-across – Vigorous campaign : CRUSADE

13-across – Pun : PLAYONWORDS

15-across – Climbing aid : CRAMPON

17-across – Rebuff or spurn : SNUB

20-across – Follow : TAIL

21-across – Compulsive fasting : ANOREXIA

22-across – Hard grey metal, atomic no 4 : BERYLLIUM

2-down – Italian cheese : RICOTTA

3-down – Deprived of sensation : NUMB

4-down – Tour of multiple hostelries : PUBCRAWL

5-down – Picture-based puzzle : REBUS

6-down – Growth, abscess : CYST

7-down – In disagreement : ATODDS

12-down – Having one spouse : MONOGAMY

13-down – Outcast : PARIAH

14-down – Poem with only two rhymes throughout : RONDEAU

16-down – Confused scuffle : MELEE

18-down – Enticement, lure : BAIT

19-down – Trick or deceive : FOOL

1-across – Skilled, accomplished : EXPERT

4-across – Leisurely walk : STROLL

8-across – Laxative : ENEMA

9-across – Assemble and arrange : MARSHAL

10-across – Muslim veil : YASHMAK

11-across – Discharge, expel : EJECT

12-across – Fatty extremity of a cooked chicken etc. : POPESNOSE

17-across – Projecting strip of stage : APRON

19-across – Dunk, submerge : IMMERSE

21-across – Minor role : BITPART

22-across – Indecision, uncertainty : DOUBT

23-across – South Pacific island : TAHITI

24-across – Articulate : FLUENT

1-down – 17th century diarist : EVELYN

2-down – Keep-fit exercise : PRESSUP

3-down – Kingdom : REALM

5-down – Submarine missile : TORPEDO

6-down – Pale brown earthy pigment : OCHRE

7-down – Sexually precocious young girl : LOLITA

9-down – Temporary substitute : MAKESHIFT

13-down – Hanging : PENDANT

14-down – On the way : ENROUTE

15-down – Stratagem, manoeuvre : GAMBIT

16-down – Group of seven : SEPTET

18-down – Gag, almost vomit : RETCH

20-down – Decoration, award : MEDAL

5-across – Discontented, aggrieved : DISGRUNTLED

7-across – Novice, beginner : TYRO

8-across – Concede defeat : BACKDOWN

9-across – Thankless person : INGRATE

11-across – Social class : CASTE

13-across – Pleasantly clement : BALMY

14-across – Recreational discus : FRISBEE

16-across – Authoritatively opinionated : DOGMATIC

17-across – Brusque : CURT

18-across – From that point onward : THENCEFORTH

1-down – Norwegian capital : OSLO

2-down – Honesty : PROBITY

3-down – Aptitude : KNACK

4-down – Finery, Sunday best : GLADRAGS

5-down – Again and again : DAYINDAYOUT

6-down – Pragmatic : DOWNTOEARTH

10-down – Call to mind : REMEMBER

12-down – Severely criticize : CRUCIFY

15-down – Chimney : STACK

17-down – Heart, centre : CORE