Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Go against : BUCK

3-across – Volcanic glass-like rock : OBSIDIAN

9-across – Matured : GROWNUP

10-across – Hopeless; bungling : INEPT

11-across – Loosen, as laces : UNTIE

12-across – Write, compose : INDITE

14-across – Understand what is implied by a remark or action : GETTHEMESSAGE

17-across – Conviction : BELIEF

19-across – Inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin : ULCER

22-across – Shinbone : TIBIA

23-across – Weapon that killed Trotsky : ICEPICK

24-across – At an unspecified time : WHENEVER

25-across – German city whose French name gives us a perfume : KOLN

1-down – Resent : BEGRUDGE

2-down – Influence or power : CLOUT

4-down – Initiation ordeal : BAPTISMOFFIRE

5-down – The —–, Homeric epic : ILIAD

6-down – Resistance to change : INERTIA

7-down – Brings home : NETS

8-down – Tangle in 7, perhaps : ENMESH

13-down – Break-ins? : BEARSKIN

15-down – Shiver or jerk quickly : TREMBLE

16-down – Item of crockery : SAUCER

18-down – Asinine : INANE

20-down – Durable cotton fabric : CHINO

21-down – Ragout or burgoo : STEW

1-across – Recollect : CALLTOMIND

7-across – Unwanted discharge of fluid : LEAKAGE

8-across – Clean by rubbing really hard : SCRUB

10-across – District : AREA

11-across – Relax : CHILLOUT

13-across – Temper, as metal : ANNEAL

15-across – Tawdry or vulgar : KITSCH

17-across – Small S American monkey : MARMOSET

18-across – More than willing : GLAD

21-across – Roman goddess equating to Artemis : DIANA

22-across – Dire : PARLOUS

23-across – By some distance : FARANDAWAY

1-down – Box : CRATE

2-down – Pinocchio, at times : LIAR

3-down – Grow gnashers! : TEETHE

4-down – Grab a share of : MUSCLEIN

5-down – Edgy : NERVOUS

6-down – Completely unintelligible : CLEARASMUD

9-down – Came to an unfortunate end : BITTHEDUST

12-down – Am on a par : PANORAMA

14-down – Blissful state : NIRVANA

16-down – Feature used to operate a portable electronic device : KEYPAD

19-down – Eccentric : LOOPY

20-down – Ship’s front : PROW

1-across – Gem-stone with a milky quality : OPAL

4-across – Put : TIDYUP

8-across – To a considerable distance or degree : BYALONGCHALK

10-across – Go, Roy Hilton : ORNITHOLOGY

11-across – Takes the blame : CARRIESTHECAN

14-across – Cocky : SELFASSURED

17-across – Currently : INTHEPRESENT

18-across – Priest, a vicar’s assistant : CURATE

19-across – Norse thunder god : THOR

2-down – —– Casals, cellist : PABLO

3-down – Trainee : LEARNER

5-down – Satisfying generally accepted social or aesthetic standards : INGOODTASTE

6-down – Brutish animal species from Gulliver’s Travels : YAHOO

7-down – Ancient Syrian city, said to be built by Solomon : PALMYRA

9-down – Severely reprimanded by someone in authority : ONTHECARPET

12-down – Element No 33 : ARSENIC

13-down – Down payment : EARNEST

15-down – Franz —–, composer of The Merry Widow : LEHAR

16-down – The same thing : DITTO

1-across – Bring to justice : CALLTOACCOUNT

8-across – Strip of wood : SLAT

9-across – Go-between : EMISSARY

10-across – Humiliation : LOSSOFFACE

12-across – Thickets of brush or briars : BRAKES

14-across – Mentally quick and resourceful : CLEVER

15-across – Inconclusive as to the outcome : NIPANDTUCK

19-across – Winston Smith in Orwell’s 1984, for example : ANTIHERO

20-across – Controvert : DENY

21-across – Gem; exceptional person : ONEINAMILLION

2-down – Hands and knees : ALLFOURS

3-down – —– Eaters, indolent hedonists : LOTUS

4-down – Unique occurrences : ONEOFFS

5-down – High quality porcelain : CHINA

6-down – One’s CBE : OBSCENE

7-down – Standard regarded as typical : NORM

11-down – Lyrical style of opera singing : BELCANTO

13-down – Thor Heyerdahl’s vessel of exploration : KONTIKI

14-down – Italian musical pieces in the madrigal style : CANZONI

16-down – Artistic portrayal of the Virgin holding Jesus on her knee : PIETA

17-down – Flowing and ebbing : TIDAL

18-down – By and by : ANON

1-across – Important step to achieving something : HALFTHEBATTLE

8-across – Solemn promise : VOW

9-across – Vacuum caused by an atmospheric down-draught : AIRPOCKET

10-across – One of a pair of shirt sleeve fasteners : CUFFLINK

11-across – Title given to the kings of Bulgaria : TSAR

13-across – Give wholly to : DEVOTE

14-across – ‘Whisky ——!’, classic Ealing comedy of 1949 : GALORE

16-across – Bygone time : YORE

17-across – Asian country, capital Colombo : SRILANKA

20-across – Tee it high : EIGHTIETH

21-across – Cause of a princess’s insomnia? : PEA

22-across – Absorbed in reverie or contemplation : LOSTINTHOUGHT

1-down – Devastation : HAVOC

2-down – Determination of a medial estimate or arithmetic mean : LAWOFAVERAGES

3-down – Dish drier : TEACLOTH

4-down – Off the mark : ERRANT

5-down – Bug-eyed : AGOG

6-down – Makes someone realise they are not as good as they thought they were : TAKESDOWNAPEG

7-down – Bistro, informal dining venue : EATERIE

12-down – Blatant or sensational promotion : BALLYHOO

13-down – Kind of battery used in smaller domestic appliances : DRYCELL

15-down – Religious teacher : PRIEST

18-down – To the rear : ABAFT

19-down – Case for holding sewing articles : ETUI