Author name: crosswordanswers

7-across – Look after the shop : HOLDTHEFORT

8-across – Patron saint of Norway : OLAV

9-across – Paper version of something created electronically : HARDCOPY

10-across – Strait of ——- separates Sicily from mainland Italy : MESSINA

12-across – Legislate: carry out : ENACT

14-across – Means of restarting play in rugby : SCRUM

16-across – Narrow footway over a stage : CATWALK

19-across – Fleet of : FLOTILLA

20-across – Verdi opera : AIDA

22-across – Guiding : TAKINGINTOW

1-down – Indian dish made of legumes, mainly lentils : DHAL

2-down – First king to unite the Franks in 509 : CLOVIS

3-down – Get inch? : ETCHING

4-down – Put down : DECRY

5-down – Bird known for its large colourful bill : TOUCAN

6-down – Irregular; unusual : ATYPICAL

11-down – Intensify; step up : ESCALATE

13-down – Mosquito-transmitted disease : MALARIA

15-down – Understanding; learning : UPTAKE

17-down – Apparition; phantom : WRAITH

18-down – Russian buckwheat pancake : BLINI

21-down – Ulster county : DOWN

1-across – Sharpness of vision : ACUITY

4-across – Isaac —— : ASIMOV

9-across – Outlaw; bandit : BRIGAND

10-across – Deceive; swindle : COZEN

11-across – Nationality of which 64% are Bohemian : CZECH

12-across – N American beaver-like aquatic rodent with dark glossy fur : MUSKRAT

13-across – Orchestral suite by Aaron Copland : APPALACHIAN

18-across – City of New York state; bison, colloquially : BUFFALO

20-across – Relish or delight; use tongue to eat or drink : LAPUP

22-across – Inflammatory, often suppurating skin lesion : ULCER

23-across – Find fee : EFFENDI

24-across – Walk uncertainly like the very young : TODDLE

25-across – Travelling a route regularly : PLYING

1-down – Jurisdiction of a Father or Mother Superior : ABBACY

2-down – Join forces : UNITE

3-down – Windpipe : TRACHEA

5-down – Divisions; dissenting cliques : SECTS

6-down – Polish dance in triple time : MAZURKA

7-down – Affectation; self-love : VANITY

8-down – Very common; of little value : ADIMEADOZEN

14-down – Humourless in expression : POFACED

15-down – Being of assistance to someone : HELPFUL

16-down – Shanghai : ABDUCT

17-down – See 13 Across : SPRING

19-down – Pertaining to the ear : AURAL

21-down – Charles —–, infamous US fraudster : PONZI

7-across – Lose impetus : RUNOUTOFSTEAM

8-across – Professional charges : FEES

9-across – Programme for a definite course of action; strategy : PLANNING

10-across – Circlet, small crown or garland: of the head : CORONAL

12-across – Athenian Greek of old : ATTIC

14-across – Pyrenean region known for its creamy sauce : BEARN

15-across – Pluck; fortitude : COURAGE

17-across – Questioned the truth or validity of; disputed : GAINSAID

18-across – John —- : CAGE

20-across – French name for Aachen, Charlemagne’s capital : AIXLACHAPELLE

1-down – Scottish island, largest town Rothesay : BUTE

2-down – Easily finished, that’s all there is to it! : BOBSYOURUNCLE

3-down – Temporary substitute; makeshift : STOPGAP

4-down – Edible animal innards : OFFAL

5-down – That’s just not fair! : ITSNOTCRICKET

6-down – Thug, Nina : HAUNTING

11-down – Extravagantly theatrical; histrionic : OPERATIC

13-down – Car journey aid: 9 document : ROADMAP

16-down – Cedar-like conifer but with deciduous leaves : LARCH

19-down – Big blow : GALE

1-across – Advancing in amount or intensity : MOREANDMORE

8-across – Enthusiast; fancier : AMATEUR

9-across – Replace or repair equipment as part of a general overhaul : REFIT

10-across – Fashion; mode : STYLE

11-across – Flat-topped upland : PLATEAU

12-across – Compact; concordat : TREATY

14-across – Latinised abbreviation for Cambridge : CANTAB

17-across – Instance : EXAMPLE

19-across – Deposit: cabin : LODGE

21-across – Get the better of : OUTDO

22-across – Of an Asian people or language : AFGHANI

23-across – : FACTSOFLIFE

1-down – Substantial : MEATY

2-down – Lt Reece? : REELECT

3-down – Sudden; brusque : ABRUPT

4-down – Deep inner layer of the skin; corium : DERMA

5-down – Eccentric; quirky : OFFBEAT

6-down – Act submissively and apologetically, admitting an error : EATHUMBLEPIE

7-down – Get very angry: make a lot of noise : RAISETHEROOF

13-down – Adaptable; flexible : ELASTIC

15-down – Composer of the Miserere Mozart famously wrote down from memory : ALLEGRI

16-down – Interest; sake : BEHALF

18-down – Devout : PIOUS

20-down – Steak —–: thinly sliced with Worcestershire sauce : DIANE

1-across – Terminable : FINITE

4-across – Irrational fear : PHOBIA

9-across – Laughable : RISIBLE

10-across – Muslim god : ALLAH

11-across – Correspondence of word sounds : RHYME

12-across – Corpse : CADAVER

13-across – Secret weapon : TRUMPCARD

17-across – Chinese cabbage : PAKCHOI

19-across – Add : TOTUP

21-across – Broadcasting : ONAIR

22-across – Reading desk : LECTERN

23-across – Interfere : TAMPER

24-across – Deprived of : BEREFT

1-down – Commotion : FURORE

2-down – Inquisitive : NOSEY

3-down – Representation : TABLEAU

5-down – Stockpile : HOARD

6-down – Inamorata : BELOVED

7-down – Cling : ADHERE

8-down – Tangible : PERCEPTIBLE

13-down – Target : TAKEAIM

14-down – Diplomatic official : ATTACHE

15-down – Choose not to participate : OPTOUT

16-down – Harpsichord-like instrument : SPINET

18-down – Large crowd : HORDE

20-down – Motif : THEME