Author name: crosswordanswers

7-across – One in command or very successful : KINGOFTHEHILL

8-across – Kidnap for naval service; press : SHANGHAI

9-across – Piece next to a knight on a chessboard : ROOK

10-across – Ashes: stays : REMAINS

12-across – Accustomed; par : USUAL

14-across – Rate: central nervous system stimulant : SPEED

16-across – In accord with the latest fad; stylish : VOGUISH

19-across – Support for a coffin : BIER

20-across – Island in San Francisco Bay, once a prison : ALCATRAZ

22-across – Extremely disappointed and/or frustrated : SICKASAPARROT

1-down – Quintessence; significance : PITH

2-down – African country, capital Kampala : UGANDA

3-down – Casually thoughtless or inconsiderate : OFFHAND

4-down – Part of a church in front of the altar often separated from the nave by a screen or rail : CHOIR

5-down – One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World : PHAROS

6-down – Numbers unsuccessfully competing in a race : ALSORANS

11-down – I exit PLC? : EXPLICIT

13-down – Extractor used to deliver babies : FORCEPS

15-down – Interjection announcing a great discovery : EUREKA

17-down – Improvement: throw over : UPTURN

18-down – Gounod opera, primarily on Marlowe’s play : FAUST

21-down – Old Testament minor prophet and book : AMOS

1-across – Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation : PEATBOG

5-across – Iraqi oil port : BASRA

8-across – Set in iron? : INSERTION

9-across – Priest’s robe : ALB

10-across – Place, site : LOCUS

12-across – Not in a solid or liquid state : GASEOUS

13-across – Stay calm in a difficult situation : KEEPACOOLHEAD

15-across – Thin, sheer fabric traditionally made from silk : ORGANZA

17-across – Slender antelope of southern Africa : NYALA

19-across – Goal; target : AIM

20-across – String-playing musician : VIOLINIST

22-across – Material made from the fibres of flax : LINEN

23-across – Adult; of age : GROWNUP

1-down – Small glass bottle, used for samples, potions, etc : PHIAL

2-down – Dope; blockhead : ASS

3-down – One trained in the making/serving of coffees : BARISTA

4-down – Selling very cheaply : GOINGFORASONG

5-down – Welcome unexpected event: additional emolument : BONUS

6-down – Kitchen-sink drama : SOAPOPERA

7-down – Third Caliphate of Islam in the 8th and 9th centuries : ABBASID

11-down – 9-wearing individual : CLERGYMAN

13-down – Clever Dick : KNOWALL

14-down – Small brownish spot : LENTIGO

16-down – David —–, suave British post-war film star : NIVEN

18-down – Misbehave badly : ACTUP

21-down – Auberge : INN

1-across – Literary supporter? : BOOKSHELF

8-across – Icon: personal façade : IMAGE

9-across – Black-headed small European songbird : COALTIT

10-across – Jumps farther than : OUTLEAPS

11-across – Important river of South Wales : TAFF

13-across – Deserved; brought in : EARNED

14-across – Citizen of a former Soviet republic : KAZAKH

16-across – Give off; expel : EMIT

17-across – Quantity of precipitation for a given area in a given time : RAINFALL

19-across – Creatures of folklore : FAIRIES

20-across – Cheat or trick : COZEN

21-across – French wine merchant : NEGOTIANT

1-down – Traveller’s guide book : BAEDEKER

2-down – Take or hold possession of : OCCUPY

3-down – Counterfeit; imposter : SHAM

4-down – Lavish display : EXTRAVAGANZA

5-down – Best that is obtainable : FATOFTHELAND

6-down – Personally take a defensive position in a trench or other redoubt : DIGONESELFIN

7-down – Debasing; corrupting : BASTARDISING

12-down – Ascot win? : WAINSCOT

15-down – Biliousness; loathing : NAUSEA

18-down – Nub; real point of a legal action : GIST

1-across – Sets a limit to what one might do : DRAWSTHELINE

8-across – Unexpected explosive device : BOOBYTRAP

9-across – Nothing at all : NIL

10-across – Common black European thrush : OUZEL

12-across – Israel’s administrative capital : TELAVIV

13-across – Sport involving curved sticks a ball and goals : HOCKEY

14-across – Narrow triangular fork-tailed standard : PENNON

17-across – One with a record of failing; loser : NOHOPER

19-across – Hieronymous —–, Dutch painter : BOSCH

20-across – Last : ULT

21-across – Medium sweet, semi-sparkling Italian wine : LAMBRUSCO

23-across – Issue raised during a parliamentary motion : POINTOFORDER

1-down – Something owed which is morally binding : DEBTOFHONOUR

2-down – Opposite of hence : AGO

3-down – Colours of both Manchester City and Coventry City : SKYBLUE

4-down – To this place : HERETO

5-down – Continuation of a coat collar: kind of badge or pin : LAPEL

6-down – Occasions which don’t live up to expectation : NONEVENTS

7-down – Latest possible moment : ELEVENTHHOUR

11-down – Small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy : ZUCCHETTO

15-down – Eg, Rambo? : EMBARGO

16-down – Principal city of Arctic Norway : TROMSO

18-down – Power lines tower : PYLON

22-down – Surface layer of ground with grass roots : SOD

1-across – Garden plot : FLOWERBED

8-across – Savoury meat or fish jelly : ASPIC

9-across – In music, brisk lively movements : SCHERZI

10-across – Gas forming 78% of the air : NITROGEN

11-across – Beginnings of a whirlwind or maelstrom : EDDY

13-across – Defile : BEFOUL

14-across – Gold-coloured alloy in furniture decoration : ORMOLU

16-across – Position : ROLE

17-across – Ewers: they deliver to batters! : PITCHERS

19-across – Most intense; most profound : DEEPEST

20-across – Pertaining to the ear : AURAL

21-across – In another place : ELSEWHERE

1-down – Jack of all Trades : FACTOTUM

2-down – Edible marine mollusc : OYSTER

3-down – Nymph in love with Narcissus : ECHO

4-down – Extremely wearied by tediousness : BOREDTOTEARS

5-down – Fold your ties! : DOITYOURSELF

6-down – Dickens novel aka A Tale of the Riots of Eighty : BARNABYRUDGE

7-down – State of malice : SPITEFULNESS

12-down – Debris : WRECKAGE

15-down – Soupçon : LITTLE

18-down – Crying sound of an animal : MEOW