Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Stuttering, so we mangled – these? : TONGUETWISTERS

8-across – Footwear from scaly reptile : CROC

9-across – The Spanish tucked into chocolate snack before tango with songwriter : LIONELBART

10-across – Sixth to recognise fool’s gold, somewhere in the Bahamas : NASSAU

11-across – Malicious, up itself play : SPITEFUL

12-across – Theatrical farce no one gets rid of : NOISESOFF

14-across – In announcement, name location on the web : SITE

15-across – Fry – and damage : CHIP

16-across – Humiliated Head of Communications was anxious : CHASTENED

20-across – Advise against ructions : INSTRUCT

21-across – Some out-drank a rake in Turkish city : ANKARA

23-across – Playwright’s retrospective to depict old, cold Spanish kingdom : NOELCOWARD

24-across – A wading bird in a bar : RAIL

25-across – Cut-off trousers and vest are, surprisingly, items of great value : TREASURETROVES

1-down – What’s travelled quickly, leading to stir? : TORNADO

2-down – Thieves in prisons : NICKS

3-down – Marks given to Mötley Crüe? : UMLAUTS

4-down – Equipment swap? Quite the reverse! : TOOLSOFTHETRADE

5-down – Everyman increasingly intoxicated, overheard in warmer part of Europe : IBERIA

6-down – Bill reduced slightly, Morse’s colleague : TABLEWINE

7-down – Find new direction for overture, not very flowing : REROUTE

13-down – Still, I can dance a little : SCINTILLA

15-down – Honesty also seen in court? Not quite : CANDOUR

17-down – Smear last bit of oil into power tool : SLANDER

18-down – Secretly listens in on : EARWIGS

19-down – Both sides of Atlantic flipping over party puzzle : SUDOKU

22-down – Kinaesthetically immaculate Russians’ orchestrated variations, primarily? : KIROV

1-across – Clots ordered catalogues : COAGULATES

6-across – Dairy product moulded, recalled : EDAM

9-across – Fat old queen finally consoles those clearly upset : BLUBBERERS

10-across – Acronym soliciting alacrity, primarily : ASAP

11-across – Giving Hitchcock film a miss; it prompts you to jump : SKIPPINGROPE

15-across – Once again asks for some moments of peace? : REPOSES

16-across – Coffee leftovers in the gardens and so on : GROUNDS

17-across – Gatherings seen in Instagram, Facebook, &c. : SOCIALS

19-across – Artist showing Royal Marines : VERMEER

20-across – Those in prang manage OK, we’re told, in series of unpredictable events : KALEIDOSCOPE

23-across – Small child’s great power reported : MITE

24-across – Love writes on Greek island – fifth of sonnets moving – don’t we know it! : OPENSECRET

25-across – Topple American in overtime : OUST

26-across – … poser prancing with style in artificial fabrics : POLYESTERS

1-down – Regularly clubbish, helpful youngsters : CUBS

2-down – Lie next to some comma butterflies : ABUT

3-down – C. Asian beatniks bizarrely getting into action-film staple : UZBEKISTANI

4-down – Becoming upset: concession and alternative put before old man : APROPOS

5-down – Heartlessly acquiring grasping Romeo’s jewelry : EARRING

7-down – Ignored : DISCOUNTED

8-down – Everyman’s enjoyment? Don’t worry about it : MYPLEASURE

12-down – Gorge shape formed with river – studied by these? : GEOGRAPHERS

13-down – Bikram, so Amy mostly contorted with hands on hips : ARMSAKIMBO

14-down – Bets glasses will be filled with last of Cointreau after hours : SPECULATES

18-down – Stinger’s tail’s removed: it’s a sign : SCORPIO

19-down – Empty-headedness in post : VACANCY

21-down – In short, endless cheese : BRIE

22-down – Name of lad that’s trapped in rotisserie : OTIS

7-across – Note you’ll hear: warmer Mexican fare : FAJITA

8-across – I’m persuasive. Like a milkshake? : SMOOTHIE

9-across – Cryptic clue for wolf – or pheasant, perhaps : WILDFOWL

10-across – Meal measures up perfectly? To some extent : SUPPER

11-across – In Korean capital, lacking energy, scoff seeing sweet potato pie, etc : SOULFOOD

12-across – Singular hawker, we’re told, dined – but not at home : ATEOUT

13-across – Old French president concealing origins of affaire involving starlet: sauce! : HOLLANDAISE

18-across – With teetotaller absent, brunette prepared something with rye : REUBEN

20-across – Clown to stagger back: source of clip-clop sounds? : COCONUTS

22-across – Put lid on whisky : SCOTCH

23-across – Everyman ‘a hilarious person’, did you say? That’s … sweet : ICECREAM

24-across – Good job that’s how some like their steak : WELLDONE

25-across – Northern Europeans’ roots : SWEDES

1-down – Some paratha, ricotta and a kind of bean : HARICOT

2-down – Rice and this curry can be arranged for Leonardo da Vinci! : VINDALOO

3-down – Booze; aroma: roses – or latterly, oak, primarily? : BAROLO

4-down – Mostly chocolatey dessert? In other words … it includes lamb : MOUSSAKA

5-down – Form an attachment to rice, perhaps : STAPLE

6-down – Languish with idiot having assembled something for pasta sauce : PINENUT

8-down – I sailed oceans meandering to find Riviera speciality : SALADENICOISE

14-down – Initially lacking punch : LUNCHEON

15-down – Not finishing various starters of Italian endives, dressed like some tomatoes : SUNDRIED

16-down – Attractive people that are often fuzzy and usually stoned : PEACHES

17-down – Ship that may contain broccoli : STEAMER

19-down – Grit that’s used for storing wine : BOTTLE

21-down – Characteristic of Leicester …? How to characterise some grins? : CHEESY