Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Established customs : HABITS

4-across – Of the 2 in 1967 : PENNY

7-across – Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis : GYRATE

8-across – Delicate and pale in colour : PASTEL

9-across – Deceive : GULL

10-across – Emasculated male singer with a soprano or alto voice : CASTRATO

12-across – Popular symbol of the oldest Christian festival : EASTERBUNNY

17-across – Zoological taxonomic ranks immediately above ‘superclass’ : SUBPHYLA

19-across – See 4 : LANE

20-across – Take into confinement : DETAIN

21-across – Altogether : INTOTO

22-across – Concealed; lie in ambush : PERDU

23-across – Pasture grass often found on golf course putting greens : FESCUE

1-down – Of the 2 in 1968 : HEYJUDE

2-down – Able set? : BEATLES

3-down – Perfidy : TREACHERY

4-down – Intertwine : PLAIT

5-down – Profit : NETGAIN

6-down – Of the 2 in 1966 : YELLOW

11-down – See 6 : SUBMARINE

13-down – Referee : ARBITER

14-down – Group of East African languages : NILOTIC

15-down – Asia’s longest river : YANGTZE

16-down – Exhausted : USEDUP

18-down – Japanese verse form with 17 syllables in three short phrases : HAIKU

5-across – Easily annoyed : IRRITABLE

8-across – 45, eg? : DISC

9-across – Taking responsibility for something wrong : CARRYING

10-across – Keels over : SWOONS

11-across – See 9 : THECAN

13-across – Becoming upset or disconcerted : LOSING

15-across – Begin : SETOUT

16-across – See 13 : ONESCOOL

18-across – Skin condition associated with pimples : ACNE

19-across – Electoral say proportional in magnitude to numbers a delegate represents : BLOCKVOTE

1-down – Cubby ——–, co-founder of the James Bond film franchise : BROCCOLI

2-down – Open-air stadium of antiquity : CIRCUS

3-down – Copycat who does not understand words or acts imitated : PARROT

4-down – Clever tactic : PLOY

6-down – Outlook; opinion : VIEWPOINT

7-down – Himalayan peak; Hindu goddess of plenty : ANNAPURNA

12-down – Theatre or opera break, often with incidental entertainment : ENTRACTE

14-down – Bad-tempered person : GROUCH

15-down – Clear liquid secreted into the mouth : SALIVA

17-down – Horizontal intrusion of igneous rock between sedimentaries, as in much of Hadrian’s Wall : SILL

1-across – Confused mess : DOGSBREAKFAST

8-across – Cultivate : TILL

9-across – Be out of one’s depth : FLOUNDER

10-across – Slightly unwell : OUTOFSORTS

12-across – Savage : BRUTAL

14-across – Fortified wine : SHERRY

15-across – Urchin : RAGAMUFFIN

19-across – Irresolute : HESITANT

20-across – Spoken : ORAL

21-across – Simultaneously : ATTHESAMETIME

2-down – Death notice : OBITUARY

3-down – Volley : SALVO

4-down – Repudiation : REFUSAL

5-down – Love affair : AMOUR

6-down – Adroitness : FINESSE

7-down – Scene of 1956 crisis : SUEZ

11-down – Linked together : ARMINARM

13-down – Taint : TARNISH

14-down – Token : SYMPTOM

16-down – Informer, nark : GRASS

17-down – Show disregard for : FLOUT

18-down – Badgers’ lair : SETT

1-across – Accomplice : ACCESSORY

8-across – Consider : MULLOVER

9-across – Sickly sweet : TWEE

10-across – Stare open-mouthed : GAPE

11-across – Casual : OFFHAND

13-across – Fruitless task : FOOLSERRAND

15-across – Nonplus : FLUMMOX

17-across – Russian ruler : TSAR

20-across – Scoff : JEER

21-across – Derisive : SCORNFUL

22-across – Stamp collecting : PHILATELY

2-down – West Indian rhythm : CALYPSO

3-down – Deadly sin : ENVY

4-down – Dead cert : SUREFIRE

5-down – Gag, near-vomit : RETCH

6-down – Stopper : BUNG

7-down – Pastis : PERNOD

12-down – Backing, support : ESPOUSAL

13-down – Stumble : FALTER

14-down – Weapons store : ARSENAL

16-down – Merriment : MIRTH

18-down – Defeat comprehensively : ROUT

19-down – Inflammatory disease : GOUT

1-across – Margin for error : RISKFACTOR

7-across – Swindler : HUSTLER

8-across – Correct : EMEND

10-across – Smallest of the litter : RUNT

11-across – Incarcerate : IMPRISON

13-across – Decline to participate : OPTOUT

15-across – Office : BUREAU

17-across – Gracefulness : ELEGANCE

18-across – Con trick : SCAM

21-across – Voluminous : ROOMY

22-across – Mythical beast : UNICORN

23-across – Armorial bearings : COATOFARMS

1-down – Violin bow treatment : ROSIN

2-down – Brood : SULK

3-down – Opportunities for discussion : FORUMS

4-down – Definite : CLEARCUT

5-down – Supervise : OVERSEE

6-down – Ben Hur? : CHARIOTEER

9-down – Final resolution : DENOUEMENT

12-down – Collection of Persian poems : RUBAIYAT

14-down – Vocal vibrato : TREMOLO

16-down – Nape : SCRUFF

19-down – Traverse : CROSS

20-down – Rank : TIER