1-across – At one’s wits – end : DISTRAUGHT

7-across – Weigh down : OVERLOAD

8-across – Noise of a donkey : BRAY

9-across – Swarm : TEEM

10-across – Safeguard : PROTECT

12-across – Improvident, wasteful : EXTRAVAGANT

14-across – Function : OPERATE

16-across – Woodworking tool : ADZE

19-across – Cereal husks : BRAN

20-across – Nudist : NATURIST

21-across – Relevance : PERTINENCE

1-down – Piece of turf : DIVOT

2-down – Excess : SURFEIT

3-down – Civil disturbance : RIOT

4-down – Carpet backing : UNDERLAY

5-down – Custom : HABIT

6-down – Lucky charm : MASCOT

11-down – Single Spanish percussion : CASTANET

12-down – Sell abroad : EXPORT

13-down – Firedog : ANDIRON

15-down – Compass, extent : RANGE

17-down – Follow : ENSUE

18-down – Amaze; knock senseless : STUN

1-across – Redeeming feature : SAVINGGRACE

9-across – The glare of publicity : LIMELIGHT

10-across – Possess : OWN

11-across – Imitate : MIMIC

13-across – Lion-like : LEONINE

14-across – Highly decorated : ORNATE

15-across – Vinegary : ACETIC

18-across – One with missing limb : AMPUTEE

20-across – Fool : MORON

21-across – Tea : CHA

22-across – Marvels : PHENOMENA

24-across – Cessation of hostilities : PEACETREATY

2-down – Target : AIM

3-down – Unlawful : ILLICIT

4-down – Assembly of geese : GAGGLE

5-down – Mathematical relationship : RATIO

6-down – Choir member : CHORISTER

7-down – Ostentation : FLAMBOYANCE

8-down – Camping : UNDERCANVAS

12-down – Single-winged aircraft : MONOPLANE

16-down – Chest of drawers : COMMODE

17-down – Lately : RECENT

19-down – Subject : TOPIC

23-down – Consume : EAT

1-across – Reaching a crisis : COMINGTOAHEAD

8-across – Sixth letter of the Greek alphabet : ZETA

9-across – Flattered in an obsequious manner : ADULATED

10-across – Physically strong and healthy : ABLEBODIED

12-across – Solid that has been pulverised : POWDER

14-across – Flapped cardboard box : CARTON

15-across – Rum Serbian? : SUBMARINER

19-across – Mesomorphic : HEAVYSET

20-across – Steep : BREW

21-across – Remove restraint and allow to get out of control : BLOWTHELIDOFF

2-down – Reserve more places than there are places available : OVERBOOK

3-down – Idiotic : INANE

4-down – Alluring beauty or charm : GLAMOUR

5-down – Circular windows : OCULI

6-down – One who accumulates things : HOARDER

7-down – Long, long time : AGES

11-down – Unable to distinguish musical pitch : TONEDEAF

13-down – Refuse to acknowledge : DISAVOW

14-down – Item of non-freehold property : CHATTEL

16-down – Hieronymous —–, Dutch painter : BOSCH

17-down – Implant : IMBED

18-down – Farmer’s place, in song : DELL

1-across – Panpharmacon : PANACEA

8-across – Capital of Puerto Rico : SANJUAN

9-across – Sets alight : IGNITES

10-across – Sportsperson : ATHLETE

11-across – Dust-coloured : KHAKI

13-across – South Sea Islands instrument : NOSEFLUTE

15-across – One single item of data : STATISTIC

18-across – In betting, winning the amount staked : EVENS

21-across – Brandy liqueur with added fruit : RATAFIA

22-across – Colloquialism for the N American bison : BUFFALO

23-across – Aerial : ANTENNA

24-across – Recover from illness : GETWELL

1-down – Deck out : PRINK

2-down – Japanese martial arts mercenary : NINJA

3-down – Marginally tight : CUTTINGITFINE

4-down – Analyses : ASSAYS

5-down – From appearances alone : ONTHEFACEOFIT

6-down – The ——, familiar name of the FBI : BUREAU

7-down – Involuntary expiration through the nose : SNEEZE

12-down – Mature male deer : HART

14-down – Watered down : THIN

15-down – In regular succession without gaps : SERIAL

16-down – Shrewd : ASTUTE

17-down – Beverage in an individual serving : TEABAG

19-down – Elude : EVADE

20-down – Frown with displeasure : SCOWL

1-across – Appropriate or desirable thing : JUSTTHETICKET

8-across – Louis ——-, inventor of an aid to the blind : BRAILLE

9-across – Leader of the Apostles : PETER

10-across – Furnace fuel : COKE

11-across – Transports : DELIGHTS

13-across – Reverse winding or twisting : UNROLL

14-across – : LEGATO

17-across – Get a move on : CHOPCHOP

19-across – Battery fluid : ACID

21-across – Melee : BRAWL

22-across – 3-D image : DIORAMA

24-across – Falling apart : GOINGTOPIECES

1-down – Injection : JAB

2-down – Person who shirks work or duty : SLACKER

3-down – After-bath powder : TALC

4-down – Shoe hole for lacing : EYELET

5-down – Made worse or less effective : IMPAIRED

6-down – Sailing vessel with two masts : KETCH

7-down – Lower limit : THRESHOLD

10-down – Woman’s strapless fashion accessory : CLUTCHBAG

12-down – Strikebreaker : BLACKLEG

15-down – Primitive : ARCHAIC

16-down – Jinx : HOODOO

18-down – Giraffe-like animal with stripes : OKAPI

20-down – Mongolian expanse : GOBI

23-down – Nincompoop : ASS