1-across – Overbearingly arrogant : HIGHANDMIGHTY

8-across – Search – scrub : SCOUR

9-across – Carnal : SENSUAL

10-across – Absorb : ENGROSS

11-across – Angler’s basket : CREEL

12-across – Ocular problem : MYOPIA

13-across – Shape with four right angles : OBLONG

16-across – Immature insect : LARVA

18-across – Shamefaced : HANGDOG

20-across – African language : SWAHILI

21-across – With a wide-open mouth : AGAPE

22-across – Source of irritation : PAININTHENECK

1-down – Precipitation : HASTE

2-down – Italian fashion designer : GIORGIOARMANI

3-down – Based on theoretical deductions – Rio pair : APRIORI

4-down – Abstain : DESIST

5-down – Kind of architecture – kind of bond in chemistry : IONIC

6-down – Very famous person : HOUSEHOLDNAME

7-down – Christmas cake : YULELOG

12-down – Weak, cowardly person : MILKSOP

14-down – Slavery : BONDAGE

15-down – Careful use of money : THRIFT

17-down – Legal defence : ALIBI

19-down – Timon of Athens, say : GREEK

1-across – Forehead : BROW

3-across – Aromatic herb of the mint family : BERGAMOT

8-across – Legal right : LIEN

9-across – Wide-ranging : ECLECTIC

11-across – Relating to Australia/New Zealand : ANTIPODEAN

14-across – Resident, occupant : INMATE

15-across – Incantation; catchphrase : MANTRA

17-across – Vehicle designed for use on sand : BEACHBUGGY

20-across – Legate, envoy : EMISSARY

21-across – Fete : GALA

22-across – Catastrophe : DISASTER

23-across – Halt : STOP

1-down – Type of vinegar : BALSAMIC

2-down – In addition to normal working hours : OVERTIME

4-down – Former Portuguese currency : ESCUDO

5-down – Famously reclusive Swedish actress : GRETAGARBO

6-down – Speechless : MUTE

7-down – Parasitic mite : TICK

10-down – Culmination; elevation to divine status : APOTHEOSIS

12-down – Dull and sluggish : STAGNANT

13-down – Safe lighting developed for coal mines : DAVYLAMP

16-down – In short supply : SCARCE

18-down – Castrate a male animal : GELD

19-down – Prejudice, partiality : BIAS

1-across – Formal greeting : HANDSHAKE

8-across – Astrological house : STARSIGN

9-across – Procurer : PIMP

10-across – Augur, portend : BODE

11-across – Ever-changing : PROTEAN

13-across – Vegetable retailer : GREENGROCER

15-across – Non-attendance : ABSENCE

17-across – Folk tale : MYTH

20-across – Clothed : CLAD

21-across – Good manners : COURTESY

22-across – Unpaid benefit : FREELUNCH

2-down – Shorten : ABRIDGE

3-down – Low platform : DAIS

4-down – Titular, conferred as an honour : HONORARY

5-down – Broken and useless : KAPUT

6-down – Accidentally bang one’s toe : STUB

7-down – Damage : IMPAIR

12-down – One-wheeled bike : UNICYCLE

13-down – Talk rapidly and unintelligibly : GABBLE

14-down – Enigmatic, puzzling : CRYPTIC

16-down – Genus of duck : EIDER

18-down – Express disapproval at the theatre : HISS

19-down – Religious leader, teacher : GURU

1-across – Dishonest, criminally deceitful : FRAUDULENT

7-across – Floor show : CABARET

8-across – Roadside hotel : MOTEL

10-across – Wild mountain goat : IBEX

11-across – Have no effect : CUTNOICE

13-across – Race-related : ETHNIC

15-across – Scare : FRIGHT

17-across – Bathroom item : TOILETRY

18-across – Daze : STUN

21-across – Musical term for slowly : LENTO

22-across – Part of an aircraft wing : AILERON

23-across – Ancient British monument : STONEHENGE

1-down – Short story conveying a moral : FABLE

2-down – Askew : AWRY

3-down – Diversion from planned route : DETOUR

4-down – Leading light : LUMINARY

5-down – Zero, nil : NOTHING

6-down – Not deliberate : ACCIDENTAL

9-down – Army officer rank : LIEUTENANT

12-down – Showing the effects of age : TIMEWORN

14-down – Head covering : HAIRNET

16-down – Ring of flowers : WREATH

19-down – Of few words : TERSE

20-down – Scheme : PLAN

1-across – Turncoat : RENEGADE

5-across – Self-satisfied : SMUG

9-across – Appoint, delegate to a committee etc. : COOPT

10-across – Shine, sparkle : GLISTEN

11-across – Self-regarding : NARCISSISTIC

13-across – Bray of a donkey : HEEHAW

14-across – Close by, accessible : ATHAND

17-across – Impervious to rain etc. : WEATHERPROOF

20-across – Fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet : OMICRON

21-across – Gag, heave : RETCH

22-across – Require : NEED

23-across – Having feelings : SENTIENT

1-down – Loose scrum : RUCK

2-down – Newborn baby : NEONATE

3-down – Uninvited guests : GATECRASHERS

4-down – Assimilate, absorb : DIGEST

6-down – Short piece of sacred choral music : MOTET

7-down – Extermination of a race, ethnic group etc. : GENOCIDE

8-down – Get hold of the wrong end of the stick : MISINTERPRET

12-down – Confrontation, face-off : SHOWDOWN

15-down – Emissary, disciple : APOSTLE

16-down – Semi-conscious state : TRANCE

18-down – Observe, obey : ABIDE

19-down – Sharpen : WHET