Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Worldwide : GLOBAL

4-across – Lively ballroom dance from Brazil : SAMBA

7-across – South American rodent : AGOUTI

8-across – Gambol : FROLIC

9-across – Left the field : FLED

10-across – Joined : SIGNEDUP

12-across – Stroke of good fortune : SLICEOFLUCK

17-across – I’m so Arab : AMBROSIA

19-across – Desperate : DIRE

20-across – All in one piece : INTACT

21-across – American songbird : ORIOLE

22-across – Clothes horse : AIRER

23-across – Mark of infamy : STIGMA

1-down – Tight-fitting spectacles worn for protection : GOGGLES

2-down – RC organization which maintains, among others, the University of Pamplona : OPUSDEI

3-down – Obvious, on the surface : ASITSEEMS

4-down – Femme fatale : SIREN

5-down – Tuneful : MELODIC

6-down – Reply in the affirmative : ACCEPT

11-down – Run, drive, etc as fast as possible : GOFLATOUT

13-down – Edible marine crustacean : LOBSTER

14-down – Taking apart : UNDOING

15-down – Finnish region fought over with Russia, immortalised by Sibelius : KARELIA

16-down – Cooked meat or vegetables served with a soft tortilla and grated cheese : FAJITA

18-down – Happen : OCCUR

1-across – Since the very beginning : FROMTHEWORDGO

8-across – Take advantage of : PUTUPON

9-across – List : TABLE

10-across – Cannabis sativa : HEMP

11-across – Non-insurability clause : ACTOFGOD

13-across – Steel helmet : TINHAT

14-across – Chicory-type salad vegetable : ENDIVE

17-across – Traditionalists : OLDGUARD

19-across – Golf ball props : TEES

21-across – Strike with embarrassment : ABASH

22-across – The ‘haar’ of eastern England and Scotland coasts, for example : SEAMIST

24-across – Crazy, totally mad : OFFONESROCKER

1-down – Dandy : FOP

2-down – Turkish empire for over 600 years : OTTOMAN

3-down – Classification : TYPE

4-down – Emasculated servant : EUNUCH

5-down – Headed away from home base : OUTBOUND

6-down – Remove computer errors : DEBUG

7-down – Do servers? : OVERDRESS

10-down – Controversial issue : HOTPOTATO

12-down – Religious order; woman’s pointed hood and cloak resembling the habit : CAPUCHIN

15-down – Winter sports arena : ICERINK

16-down – Serious predicament : CRISIS

18-down – Metal-worker of legendary tales : DWARF

20-down – Hagiological aura featured in Christian art : HALO

23-down – Viscous bituminous substance : TAR

1-across – Elaborate and systematic plan of action : SCHEME

4-across – Novelist who portrayed the complexity of 19th century French society : BALZAC

8-across – Impressive exhibition : ARRAY

9-across – Into an even less happy situation : FROMBAD

10-across – See 9 : TOWORSE

11-across – Frost : GLAZE

12-across – Total absence of mercy in battle : NOQUARTER

17-across – Additional : EXTRA

19-across – Sharp reproof : AFLEAIN

21-across – See 19 : ONESEAR

22-across – Fact of being elsewhere : ALIBI

23-across – Ill-disposed : AVERSE

24-across – Pay homage to : REVERE

1-down – Slum ghetto : SHANTY

2-down – Having been obtained with effort : HARDWON

3-down – City leader : MAYOR

5-down – In the middle of : AMONGST

6-down – Fleet striped African equine : ZEBRA

7-down – Brutish club : CUDGEL

9-down – Unfettered, untroubled : FREEASAIR

13-down – Society of Friends : QUAKERS

14-down – Become aware of : REALISE

15-down – Felt hat much loved by 1930s gangsters : FEDORA

16-down – Interior : INSIDE

18-down – Leitmotif : THEME

20-down – Rental agreement : LEASE

1-across – Expressing ridicule, contempt, maybe irony : SARCASTIC

8-across – Praise enthusiastically : EXTOL

9-across – Long-distance lorry driver : TRUCKER

10-across – Relation? : ORIENTAL

11-across – Ornamental ladies’ bag for small articles : ETUI

13-across – Sample : TASTER

14-across – Except when : UNLESS

16-across – German river : ELBE

17-across – Flop : FALLFLAT

19-across – Difficult to catch or see : ELUSIVE

20-across – Parody : SPOOF

21-across – Polynesian types : TAHITIANS

1-down – Small thin sharp bit of wood, glass or metal : SPLINTER

2-down – Ceremonial : RITUAL

3-down – Adjoin : ABUT

4-down – Rise in order to make a speech or motion : TAKETHEFLOOR

5-down – Handles a situation successfully : CARRIESITOFF

6-down – Unfair, cheating : BELOWTHEBELT

7-down – As a first impression : ATFIRSTBLUSH

12-down – Investigation of the component parts which make up the whole : ANALYSIS

15-down – Judge’s chamber : CAMERA

18-down – General meaning : GIST

1-across – Cause to retire from a post : PENSIONOFF

7-across – Submit to an experience : UNDERGO

8-across – Recurrent theme in music… : MOTIF

10-across – …jaunty rhythm, perhaps : LILT

11-across – Aged hare? : HEADGEAR

13-across – Affects : KNOCKS

15-across – See 13 : FORSIX

17-across – Change, especially biological or genetic : MUTATION

18-across – Computer junk mail : SPAM

21-across – Male duck : DRAKE

22-across – Someone who refuses to accept advice or information from others : KNOWALL

23-across – Ready to leave : ALLSETTOGO

1-down – Of or relating to the feet : PEDAL

2-down – Mean : NORM

3-down – : INONES

4-down – Try to impress by talking about ‘important’ connections : NAMEDROP

5-down – Well-being : FITNESS

6-down – Go flat out, usually trying to escape someone : RUNLIKEMAD

9-down – As an illustration : FOREXAMPLE

12-down – Causes to move quickly over a surface with small jumps : SKITTERS

14-down – Spring, drain or other source of water : OUTFALL

16-down – See 3 : POCKET

19-down – Quiet : PIANO

20-down – Cancelled : NOGO