Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Panache : DASH

3-across – Person who holds no title : COMMONER

8-across – Dig, or a barbed comment : GIBE

9-across – Aromatic West Indian tree : ALLSPICE

11-across – Going places : ONTHEWAYUP

14-across – Walk with long steps : STRIDE

15-across – Quivering : TREMOR

17-across – Uncertainties : IFSANDBUTS

20-across – Geological period : TERTIARY

21-across – Unflinching : FIRM

22-across – Settlement enjoying sudden prosperity : BOOMTOWN

23-across – Shade of blue : CYAN

1-down – Place for one in disfavour : DOGHOUSE

2-down – Tale designed to arouse sympathy : SOBSTORY

4-down – Lubricator with a long nozzle : OILCAN

5-down – Adam’s queer? : MASQUERADE

6-down – Collar : NAIL

7-down – Kind of knot : REEF

10-down – Legal transfer of property where no consideration is made : DEEDOFGIFT

12-down – Exemption from punishment or loss : IMPUNITY

13-down – Journalist : PRESSMAN

16-down – Abbey home to the Venerable Bede : JARROW

18-down – Pierce : STAB

19-down – Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’, for instance : TRIO

1-across – Mel Brooks’ 1983 remake? That is the question! : TOBEORNOTTOBE

8-across – Jaunty rhythm in music : LILT

9-across – Having a nature befitting an angel : CHERUBIC

10-across – Drink made of pineapple juice, coconut cream and rum : PINACOLADA

12-across – Cole Porter musical of 1953 : CANCAN

14-across – Having a pH value of less than 7 : ACIDIC

15-across – People, celebrities, worthy of imitation : ROLEMODELS

19-across – Sheets and pillowcases, primarily : BEDLINEN

20-across – Binge : ORGY

21-across – Walton march composed for the Queen’s coronation : ORBANDSCEPTRE

2-down – An oil rig : ORIGINAL

3-down – Additional : EXTRA

4-down – Nocturnal mammal native to N America, and its fur : RACCOON

5-down – Ending of a series or sequence : OMEGA

6-down – Tidal wave : TSUNAMI

7-down – Verve : BRIO

11-down – One who takes spoils or plunder : PILLAGER

13-down – Internal whorl of a flower : COROLLA

14-down – Sailor’s or farmer’s calendar : ALMANAC

16-down – Marked by seams or wrinkles : LINED

17-down – Become limp : DROOP

18-down – Tolerate : BEAR

1-across – Control : HOLDINCHECK

9-across – Fade away gradually : EVAPORATE

10-across – Extra in cricket : BYE

11-across – Raised platforms : PODIA

13-across – Vault where bones are deposited : CHARNEL

14-across – Well-adjusted : NORMAL

15-across – Dress for a specific purpose : RIGOUT

18-across – I’m a giro : ORIGAMI

20-across – Over-eager speed : HASTE

21-across – Minor player : COG

22-across – Russian Federation republic, capital Abakan : KHAKASSIA

24-across – Result in a fight : COMETOBLOWS

2-down – Eggs : OVA

3-down – Miniature 3-D scene : DIORAMA

4-down – Subtle difference : NUANCE

5-down – Carrion-feeding carnivore : HYENA

6-down – Junior stewards on board ship : CABINBOYS

7-down – Maintain contact : KEEPINTOUCH

8-down – Takes the danger of a joint venture upon oneself : BELLSTHECAT

12-down – Brave and heroic feat : DERRINGDO

16-down – One who is rejected from society : ISHMAEL

17-down – Rossini’s barber; Mozart’s major-domo : FIGARO

19-down – Part of the leg between the foot and the shin : ANKLE

23-down – Wood-cutting tool : SAW

1-across – Maritime worker : DECKHAND

5-across – Earnest request, prayer : PLEA

9-across – Member of the nobility : BARON

10-across – Relevant, to the point : GERMANE

11-across – Militantly working-class? : INVERTEDSNOB

13-across – Way out : EGRESS

14-across – Young swan : CYGNET

17-across – In adversity, pressured : UNDERTHECOSH

20-across – Far Eastern capital : BANGKOK

21-across – Lifeless, sluggish : INERT

22-across – Air, distinctive quality : AURA

23-across – Woollen garment : CARDIGAN

1-down – Something owed : DEBT

2-down – Medico-legal officer : CORONER

3-down – Non-violent protest : HUNGERSTRIKE

4-down – Deny, nullify : NEGATE

6-down – Commit to memory : LEARN

7-down – Bitterness, sharpness : ACERBITY

8-down – Loving and giving? : FRIDAYSCHILD

12-down – Imperfect shadow : PENUMBRA

15-down – Money set aside for retirement : NESTEGG

16-down – Period of play in polo : CHUKKA

18-down – Benefactor, giver : DONOR

19-down – Knock senseless : STUN

1-across – One providing specialist testimony : EXPERTWITNESS

8-across – Tune, melody : AIR

9-across – Fit for publication : PRINTABLE

10-across – Assiduous, painstaking : THOROUGH

11-across – Spoilt child : BRAT

13-across – Wipe out : EFFACE

14-across – Gypsy : ROMANY

16-across – Ascend : RISE

17-across – Drinking party : CAROUSAL

20-across – : TRICOLOUR

21-across – Age : EON

22-across – Star of the fixture : MANOFTHEMATCH

1-down – Demand, extort : EXACT

2-down – : PARROTFASHION

3-down – Blame, scold : REPROACH

4-down – Complain, whine : WHINGE

5-down – Ballerina’s costume : TUTU

6-down – Awkwardness, discomfiture : EMBARRASSMENT

7-down – Engagingly, gently : SWEETLY

12-down – 3-D image : HOLOGRAM

13-down – Printing error : ERRATUM

15-down – Overshoe : GALOSH

18-down – Execute without trial : LYNCH

19-down – Take off : DOFF