Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Something given in exchange : QUIDPROQUO

7-across – Follower : DISCIPLE

8-across – Soon : ANON

9-across – Follow – rear part of aeroplane : TAIL

10-across – Unfavourable : ADVERSE

12-across – Heavily big : ELEPHANTINE

14-across – Eat : CONSUME

16-across – Block : SLAB

19-across – Sapient : WISE

20-across – Not guilty : INNOCENT

21-across – Gold tartan – sum of all sums : GRANDTOTAL

1-down – Silent : QUIET

2-down – Slope : INCLINE

3-down – Tube with bowl for smoking tobacco : PIPE

4-down – Carried too far : OVERDONE

5-down – Custom : USAGE

6-down – Whipped cream and egg dish : MOUSSE

11-down – Defender of a cause : CHAMPION

12-down – Amatory : EROTIC

13-down – Illegal : ILLICIT

15-down – Guide – castrated ox : STEER

17-down – Commonplace : BANAL

18-down – Unite together : KNIT

1-across – Animal’s den : LAIR

3-across – Long, narrow flag : STREAMER

8-across – Roster : ROTA

9-across – Become aware of : PERCEIVE

11-across – Exact duplicate : CARBONCOPY

14-across – Performer who is butt of another’s jokes : STOOGE

15-across – Meaning – bring into country : IMPORT

17-across – First couple on earth : ADAMANDEVE

20-across – Sense of wellbeing : EUPHORIA

21-across – National emblem of Wales : LEEK

22-across – Mountain range between France and Spain : PYRENEES

23-across – Celebrated actor – heavenly body! : STAR

1-down – Writer of words of song : LYRICIST

2-down – Inland region : INTERIOR

4-down – Ditch : TRENCH

5-down – Part of watch mechanism : ESCAPEMENT

6-down – Female servant – young girl : MAID

7-down – Stagger : REEL

10-down – Encumbered with too much work : BOGGEDDOWN

12-down – Sticking together : COHERENT

13-down – Person running without clothes : STREAKER

16-down – One enforcing the rules in games : UMPIRE

18-down – Pile : HEAP

19-down – Box – girder : SPAR

1-across – Provider of home entertainment : TELEVISIONSET

8-across – Place where money is coined : MINT

9-across – Official robe : VESTMENT

10-across – Without heed : REGARDLESS

12-across – Cured fish : KIPPER

14-across – Relaxed – unintentional : CASUAL

15-across – Repetition : RECURRENCE

19-across – German motorway : AUTOBAHN

20-across – Curse : OATH

21-across – Bring more pressure to bear : TURNONTHEHEAT

2-down – Widespread occurrence of disease : EPIDEMIC

3-down – Additional : EXTRA

4-down – One entering as an enemy : INVADER

5-down – Outcome – discharge : ISSUE

6-down – Goddess of revenge – seems in : NEMESIS

7-down – Sea eagle : ERNE

11-down – Former capital of India : CALCUTTA

13-down – Pilfer : PURLOIN

14-down – Region of ancient Greece : CORINTH

16-down – Series of connected links : CHAIN

17-down – Period of notable events : EPOCH

18-down – Ballet skirt : TUTU

1-across – Canvassing without prior arrangement : COLDCALLING

9-across – Failure to notice – blunder : OVERSIGHT

10-across – Also : TOO

11-across – Hit ball with force : DRIVE

13-across – Administered : APPLIED

14-across – Consent – agree : ACCEDE

15-across – Convivial : JOVIAL

18-across – Capital of Iraq : BAGHDAD

20-across – Dance of South American origin : TANGO

21-across – One-sided declaration of independence : UDI

22-across – Repay – reuse brim : REIMBURSE

24-across – State of temporary suspension : COLDSTORAGE

2-down – Lyric poem : ODE

3-down – Swell by pressure from within : DISTEND

4-down – Tall, graceful hound with silky coat : AFGHAN

5-down – Abatement : LETUP

6-down – Act of nourishing : NUTRITION

7-down – Wayside travellers’ shelter : COLDHARBOUR

8-down – Lacking mercy : COLDBLOODED

12-down – Under assumed identity : INCOGNITO

16-down – Tenth month : OCTOBER

17-down – One dependent on drugs : ADDICT

19-down – Challenged – was audacious : DARED

23-down – Thick-piled floor mat : RUG

1-across – Since : BECAUSE

8-across – Closest : NEAREST

9-across – Granted : AWARDED

10-across – Hawaiian four-stringed guitar : UKELELE

11-across – Object : DEMUR

13-across – Handling : TREATMENT

15-across – Discharge – is on Crete : SECRETION

18-across – Artist’s stand : EASEL

21-across – Having no inner layer : UNLINED

22-across – Sanction : ENDORSE

23-across – Sweet – edible fungus growing underground : TRUFFLE

24-across – Senior lady in profession : DOYENNE

1-down – Trademark – burning piece of wood : BRAND

2-down – Deep fissure : CHASM

3-down – In surgery : UNDERTHEKNIFE

4-down – Tolerate : ENDURE

5-down – February 14 : VALENTINESDAY

6-down – Start balding : RECEDE

7-down – Thoroughfare : STREET

12-down – Republic of Ireland : EIRE

14-down – Back of neck : NAPE

15-down – Obscene : SMUTTY

16-down – Complexion : COLOUR

17-down – Really : INDEED

19-down – Temptress – makes a loud noise! : SIREN

20-down – Bound to render feudal service : LIEGE