Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Hop from programme to programme : CHANNELSURF

7-across – Gen : INFO

8-across – Cut of meat : LAMBCHOP

9-across – Cloth worn around the neck or head : BANDANNA

10-across – Per person : EACH

12-across – Period between reigns or regimes : INTERREGNUM

15-across – Impressive exploit : FEAT

16-across – Destructive or disruptive person : SABOTEUR

19-across – Pertaining to very young children : NEONATAL

21-across – Metal fastener : NAIL

22-across – Where livestock are raised using industrial methods : FACTORYFARM

1-down – In a singing style – balance it : CANTABILE

2-down – So as to be heard : ALOUD

3-down – Synthetic material : NYLON

4-down – Fruit-based drink : LIMEADE

5-down – Soiled : UNCLEAN

6-down – To and ___ : FRO

11-down – Theory of societal organisation : COMMUNISM

13-down – 1997 disaster film : TITANIC

14-down – Rice dish : RISOTTO

17-down – Intimidate : BULLY

18-down – South Pacific country : TONGA

20-down – Sprite : ELF

6-across – Shrub with sword-shaped leaves : YUCCA

8-across – Ascot, e.g. : NECKTIE

10-across – Having grand plans : AMBITIOUS

11-across – Farm animal noise : MOO

12-across – Walk cockily : STRUT

13-across – Colourful flowering plant : BEGONIA

15-across – Endeavour : ATTEMPT

17-across – City famous for mustard making : DIJON

19-across – ___ and sympathy : TEA

20-across – Piece of fabric used in worship : PRAYERRUG

21-across – Direct one’s weapon : TAKEAIM

22-across – Majestic : ROYAL

1-down – Road around a town : BYPASS

2-down – One does many different jobs : FACTOTUM

3-down – Bury : ENTOMB

4-down – Book of the New Testament : ACTS

5-down – Hat with a brim : FEDORA

7-down – Crime carried out by hackers : CYBERATTACK

9-down – Cartoon antagonists : TOMANDJERRY

14-down – Electronic devices collectively : GADGETRY

15-down – Shrewd : ASTUTE

16-down – Severe emotional suffering : TRAUMA

18-down – Criticise over petty details : NIGGLE

20-down – Partially decayed vegetable matter : PEAT

7-across – Confuse : BEWILDER

8-across – Run with long strides : LOPE

9-across – Reveal : BRINGTOLIGHT

10-across – Enthusiastic supporter : PARTISAN

13-across – Plant embryo : SEED

14-across – Wind instrument : OBOE

15-across – Narrow escape : NEARMISS

16-across – Infuriating : EXASPERATING

20-across – Sound reverberation : ECHO

21-across – Meant : INTENDED

1-down – Equal – aristocrat : PEER

2-down – Literary sketch : VIGNETTE

3-down – Prepare for publication : EDIT

4-down – Island nation in Asia : SRILANKA

5-down – Advertise : PLUG

6-down – Perfectly clean : SPOTLESS

11-down – Atmosphere – manic bee : AMBIENCE

12-down – Summary : SYNOPSIS

13-down – Interval from B to C or E to F : SEMITONE

17-down – Division of geological time : AEON

18-down – Assess – speed : RATE

19-down – Festive season – one of the Gallaghers : NOEL

1-across – Virtuosi – cards : ACES

4-across – Barrier – inveighing : RAILING

9-across – Vain : USELESS

10-across – Committee : PANEL

11-across – Take place : OCCUR

12-across – Rod for spinning wool – concerning women : DISTAFF

14-across – Kindling : TINDER

16-across – Population survey : CENSUS

18-across – David Cameron or Boris Johnson, say : ETONIAN

19-across – Pulsate : THROB

20-across – Animal with a woolly coat : LLAMA

22-across – Thus far : UPTONOW

23-across – Distance within which hearing is possible : EARSHOT

24-across – Looked at : EYED

2-down – Increase in loudness : CRESCENDO

3-down – Express scorn : SNEER

4-down – Dwell : RESIDE

5-down – Stalemate : IMPASSE

6-down – Particle with an electrical charge : ION

7-down – Situation with no privacy : GOLDFISHBOWL

8-down – Unexpectedly : OUTOFTHEBLUE

13-down – Guarantee – poise : ASSURANCE

15-down – Memorial inscription : EPITAPH

17-down – Sense instinctively : INTUIT

19-down – E.g. doctor, duchess or grandmaster : TITLE

21-down – Melody : AIR

1-across – Dickens novel partly narrated by Esther Summerson : BLEAKHOUSE

7-across – Mars, say : WARGOD

8-across – Fairy king : OBERON

9-across – Similar : AKIN

10-across – Unfit for consumption : INEDIBLE

11-across – Untidy and shambolic : RAGTAG

13-across – In a frenzied manner : WILDLY

14-across – Atypical : ABNORMAL

16-across – Fulminate : RANT

17-across – Standing : STATUS

18-across – A shedload : OODLES

19-across – Well-off : PROSPEROUS

1-down – Heavy metal band from Birmingham : BLACKSABBATH

2-down – Encourage : EGGON

3-down – Joking : KIDDING

4-down – Triatomic form of oxygen : OZONE

5-down – Particular : SPECIAL

6-down – Defoe character born in Newgate prison : MOLLFLANDERS

12-down – Animal’s foot – Del or Rodney? : TROTTER

13-down – Receive : WELCOME

15-down – Leader of the Israelites : MOSES

16-down – Event involving roping and riding : RODEO