Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Collide with force or violence : BUMP

3-across – Seasickness : MALDEMER

9-across – Male ballet dancer, partner of a ballerina : DANSEUR

10-across – Device or control that is very useful for a particular job : GIZMO

11-across – Long : YEARN

12-across – Slowly, from a conductor : ADAGIO

14-across – Repeated bursts of activity : FITSANDSTARTS

17-across – Pace of a horse between trot and gallop : CANTER

19-across – Shibboleth : MOTTO

22-across – One of the ten Arabic numerals, 0-9 : DIGIT

23-across – Castle : CHATEAU

24-across – Uses seam : MASSEUSE

25-across – Portuguese traditional dance and doleful song : FADO

1-down – In dire straits financially : BADLYOFF

2-down – Craze : MANIA

4-down – Affectations of a ‘lady’, perhaps : AIRSANDGRACES

5-down – Doctrine laid down with authority : DOGMA

6-down – More confused : MUZZIER

7-down – Castle : ROOK

8-down – Breaking of an organ through its lining : HERNIA

13-down – Italian meal of veal knuckle cooked with olive oil, wine and tomatoes : OSSOBUCO

15-down – Anti-riot weapon : TEARGAS

16-down – Male animal: US Navy fighter plane : TOMCAT

18-down – Proprietorship : TITLE

20-down – Letter before iota : THETA

21-down – Dutch market town famous for its cheese : EDAM

1-across – Native American war-axe : TOMAHAWK

5-across – Scottish west coast fishing and ferry port : OBAN

9-across – Send, as payment : REMIT

10-across – 1920s and 30s style of art and architecture : ARTDECO

11-across – Oxford college originally named after its founder, Cardinal Wolsey : CHRISTCHURCH

13-across – Allot : ASSIGN

14-across – Canny : ADROIT

17-across – Succeeds in a particular field; reaches the summit : GETSTOTHETOP

20-across – Overly-filled : BRIMFUL

21-across – Artist’s stand : EASEL

22-across – Extensions to buildings at right angles: archaic cloth measurements : ELLS

23-across – Scholarly: hypothetical : ACADEMIC

1-down – Mountain pool: French department : TARN

2-down – Name of city at different times overlooking the Nile and Mississippi? : MEMPHIS

3-down – Being naturally friendly or well-suited : HITTINGITOFF

4-down – Ghost-like apparition : WRAITH

6-down – Of music played without referring to a written score : BYEAR

7-down – Apprentice; newcomer to a religion, job, society, etc… : NEOPHYTE

8-down – …and where he/she may be thrown in? : ATTHEDEEPEND

12-down – Bleating? : TANGIBLE

15-down – American and Australian marsupial, often with the first letter dropped : OPOSSUM

16-down – Print style used for emphasis, titles of books, etc : ITALIC

18-down – Fabric woven to produce a surface of diagonal parallel ridges : TWILL

19-down – Political or economic confederation : BLOC

1-across – Fare better than all the rest : COMEOFFBEST

8-across – Willow for basket-making : OSIER

9-across – Sniped : DARTED

10-across – Pardon : REPRIEVE

11-across – Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’: famous piece written for this ensemble : TRIO

12-across – Stretch of water between the North Sea and the English Channel : STRAITOFDOVER

15-across – Establishments where alcoholic drinks are served : BARS

17-across – Introductory section of an oration or discourse : EXORDIUM

19-across – One hundred centimos : PESETA

20-across – For all to see : OVERT

21-across – Factor or action decisive to an outcome : MAKEORBREAK

2-down – Bracing air of old; now seen as potentially toxic : OZONE

3-down – African country, capital Asmara : ERITREA

4-down – Used a strategy in a race to tire out opponents : FORCEDTHEPACE

5-down – Token of distinction in a particular field; proudly displayed wound or injury bravely taken : BADGEOFHONOUR

6-down – Herring of the east North Atlantic : SPRAT

7-down – City and former republic in NE Italy : VENICE

13-down – ‘The Rose of ——‘: song/film title featuring a town in County Kerry, Ireland : TRALEE

14-down – Patronising term for an elderly woman : OLDDEAR

16-down – Queen in the Bible unnamed except for her country; Balkis or Bilkis in the Quran : SHEBA

18-down – Extreme : ULTRA

1-across – Medicinal amount : DOSE

3-across – Christened : BAPTISED

8-across – European flatfish : SOLE

9-across – Decorate with colours : EMBLAZON

11-across – Lad shoutin’ : OUTLANDISH

14-across – Diverse : VARIED

15-across – Act in accordance with someone’s rules, commands or wishes : COMPLY

17-across – Making legitimate : LEGALISING

20-across – Around midday : NOONTIME

21-across – Volcanic flow : LAVA

22-across – Seed pod pulp eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved in curries and chutneys : TAMARIND

23-across – Ancient Greek god, son of Rhea and Cronus : ZEUS

1-down – Cause to go into a solution : DISSOLVE

2-down – Containing or bringing a timely : SALUTARY

4-down – Naval fighting force : ARMADA

5-down – : TELESCOPIC

6-down – Magnitude : SIZE

7-down – Low hill of sand, called in a desert a barkhan : DUNE

10-down – Leading light in one’s field, eg fashion, sport, arts : PACESETTER

12-down – Material wasted : SPOILAGE

13-down – Monocle, or spectacles in plural : EYEGLASS

16-down – Abel ——, Dutch discoverer of New Zealand : TASMAN

18-down – Biting pest : GNAT

19-down – Rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand, clay and decaying organic materials : LOAM

1-across – Distant past, beyond memory : TIMEOUTOFMIND

8-across – Male lover of a girl or young woman : BEAU

9-across – Proceed enthusiastically or thoroughly : GOTOTOWN

10-across – Stadium for horse shows or horse races : HIPPODROME

12-across – Euphemism for a caffe latte with skimmed : SKINNY

14-across – Commonest type of solidified lava; dense, dark grey and fine-grained : BASALT

15-across – Barbarities, inhuman acts : SAVAGERIES

19-across – Chart with blocks, their lengths proportional to quantities : BARGRAPH

20-across – Look furtively or voyeuristically : PEEP

21-across – Acted without a plan; went off the cuff, ad-libbed : PLAYEDITBYEAR

2-down – Freezer accoutrements : ICEPICKS

3-down – Fit out : EQUIP

4-down – Characterised by iniquity : UNGODLY

5-down – Better : OUTDO

6-down – Occupations for which one is well suited; fortes : METIERS

7-down – Small often colourful salamander of the Northern Hemisphere : NEWT

11-down – Mediterranean plant whose thick leaves give off a soothing juice : ALOEVERA

13-down – Gone, say : NOSEGAY

14-down – Important influential person : BIGSHOT

16-down – Meat; article of food : VIAND

17-down – Settle a score : REPAY

18-down – Name given for ancient France from Celtic times : GAUL