6-across – Boris Pasternak novel : DOCTORZHIVAGO

8-across – Fever; fit : AGUE

9-across – Fashionable London street noted for its many private clubs : PALLMALL

10-across – Seller of goods by legal contract : VENDOR

11-across – Ghoulish; obsessed with death : MORBID

13-across – Racoon? : CORONA

15-across – Sycophantic type; flunky : YESMAN

16-across – Demographic bracket; generation : AGEGROUP

18-across – Bantu-speaking people forming the majority of Rwanda’s population : HUTU

19-across – Taking into account; remembering : BEARINGINMIND

1-down – Instrumental version of the blues : BOOGIEWOOGIE

2-down – Deal with; address : ATTENDTO

3-down – Genuine; strait-laced : PROPER

4-down – Jewish salutation used in greeting or parting : SHALOM

5-down – Female reproductive cell; egg : OVUM

7-down – Wandering aimlessly in search of pleasure : GALLIVANTING

12-down – Place for recuperation or long-term nursing : RESTHOME

14-down – Exist in large quantities; be plentiful : ABOUND

15-down – 1980s dismissive designation for a young city careerist : YUPPIE

17-down – Master; mentor : GURU

1-across – Set of ingenious plans: surprise package : BAGOFTRICKS

9-across – Eclipse: abstruse : OBSCURE

10-across – Muse of poets and musicians : ERATO

11-across – Members of the duck family : GEESE

12-across – Pacific tropical storm of hurricane strength : TYPHOON

13-across – Cancel; nullify : NEGATE

15-across – User-up? : PURSUE

18-across – Paperless travel authorisation issued online : ETICKET

20-across – Cheap : PLONK

22-across – In motion; up and about : ASTIR

23-across – Common-or-garden; par : AVERAGE

24-across – Clumsy; overbearing : HEAVYHANDED

2-down – In a church, an extension of the nave : AISLE

3-down – Ritzy; sumptuous : OPULENT

4-down – Compact; concord : TREATY

5-down – Freeze over; glaciate : ICEUP

6-down – Electric horns or warning hooters : KLAXONS

7-down – Wicked enchantress, half-sister and enemy of King Arthur : MORGANLEFAY

8-down – Tribal reservation massacred by the US army in 1890 – object of civil rights protests in 1973 : WOUNDEDKNEE

14-down – Cartilage; chewy piece of meat : GRISTLE

16-down – Largish unknown made-up number : UMPTEEN

17-down – Hook up; stick on : ATTACH

19-down – Russian musical company, main rival to the Bolshoi in opera and ballet : KIROV

21-down – Hold forth; address : ORATE

1-across – Hit by a feeling of mixed reverence, wonder and dread : AWESTRICKEN

9-across – Dish of thin slices of raw meat or fish : CARPACCIO

10-across – Annual climbing plant with edible seeds : PEA

11-across – Eminent : NOTED

13-across – Designate : EARMARK

14-across – Grim, sardonic jokes : GALLOWSHUMOUR

16-across – Based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment : APRIORI

18-across – Marshy offshoot of a lake or river in Louisiana : BAYOU

19-across – Flat surface on top of a cooker : HOB

20-across – Moths sing : SONGSMITH

22-across – Informal name for the FRG, 1949-1990 : WESTGERMANY

2-down – Conflict; hostilities : WAR

3-down – This or that : SOANDSO

4-down – Branch of aerospace engineering : ROCKETSCIENCE

5-down – Part of a church containing the seats of the clergy : CHOIR

6-down – Atoning; purging : EXPIATORY

7-down – Series or book of illustrations, visual images; collection of themed portraits : ICONOGRAPHY

8-down – Reverse current of air or water : BACKDRAUGHT

12-down – So-so : TOLERABLE

15-down – Give vent to; disclose, reveal, confess : UNBOSOM

17-down – Commencement; outbreak : ONSET

21-down – Auberge; tavern : INN

1-across – Croatian city, the Italian Ragusa : DUBROVNIK

8-across – Exemplar : HERO

9-across – Eurasian rose; the sweetbrier : EGLANTINE

10-across – Strategy; agenda : PLAN

13-across – Hackneyed; unoriginal : TRITE

15-across – Interrelated; reciprocal : TWOWAY

16-across – Prohibit; decree : ENJOIN

17-across – Opportunities to catch up on sleep : LIEINS

19-across – Short open jacket: Ravel piece : BOLERO

20-across – Modern times; recently : TODAY

21-across – Habit, custom : WONT

24-across – Effervescent, bubbly : VIVACIOUS

25-across – Light meal; snack : BITE

26-across – Fay’s so lax : SLYASAFOX

2-down – Appeal to; goad : URGE

3-down – Run one’s eye over: understand : READ

4-down – Monk or nun who has taken vows : VOTARY

5-down – Inflame; spark off : IGNITE

6-down – Campanile : BELLTOWER

7-down – Talk incessantly: drag : GOONANDON

11-down – In a particularly poor state : ATALOWEBB

12-down – Temporary confirmation of insurance : COVERNOTE

13-down – Black mark : TAINT

14-down – Plenipotentiary; legate : ENVOY

18-down – Informal gathering : SOCIAL

19-down – Elongated edible fruit : BANANA

22-down – Prima donna : DIVA

23-down – One of the D-Day landing beaches : JUNO

1-across – Black, hornless breed of cattle : ABERDEENANGUS

8-across – Mass of metal, particularly iron, simply cast : PIG

9-across – Being; survival : EXISTENCE

10-across – Discord: war : CONFLICT

11-across – Bejewel: fastener : STUD

13-across – Jog one’s memory : REMIND

14-across – Sieve; percolate : FILTER

16-across – Leaves of a South American shrub, a chewed stimulant : COCA

17-across – Asian disease due to vitamin B1 deficiency : BERIBERI

20-across – Camera’s magnifying lens : TELEPHOTO

21-across – Afflict; trouble : AIL

22-across – Read the Riot Act : LAYDOWNTHELAW

1-down – Savoury meat or fish jelly : ASPIC

2-down – Nicely lag room : ERGONOMICALLY

3-down – Abode; inhabiting : DWELLING

4-down – Show clearly; reveal the presence of : EVINCE

5-down – Highest adult male voice : ALTO

6-down – Collapsed commercially : GONETOTHEWALL

7-down – Narrow: willowy : SLENDER

12-down – Germanic settler in 5th century Spain : VISIGOTH

13-down – Performance; concert : RECITAL

15-down – Narcotic powder derived from morphine : HEROIN

18-down – Relative by marriage : INLAW

19-down – As far as: busy or occupied with : UPTO