Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Trick played on someone : PRACTICALJOKE

8-across – Erudite : LEARNED

9-across – Intends – capital : MEANS

10-across – Grouse – meat : BEEF

11-across – Young plant : SEEDLING

13-across – Menace : THREAT

14-across – Large prawns : SCAMPI

17-across – Rapturous : ECSTATIC

19-across – Pick up – Chinese secret society : TONG

21-across – Agitate – milk container : CHURN

22-across – Clever device or stratagem : GIMMICK

24-across – Feign unwillingness to cooperate in order to strengthen one’s position : PLAYHARDTOGET

1-down – Friend : PAL

2-down – Non-professional : AMATEUR

3-down – Military vehicle – fuel container : TANK

4-down – Stout stick used as weapon : CUDGEL

5-down – Inefficient or helpless person : LAMEDUCK

6-down – Giraffe-like animal : OKAPI

7-down – Carefree – relaxed : EASYGOING

10-down – Common yellow meadow plant : BUTTERCUP

12-down – African grassland : SAVANNAH

15-down – Place for anchoring or tying up : MOORING

16-down – Australian – excavator : DIGGER

18-down – Finnish steam bath : SUUNA

20-down – Exclude – neglect : OMIT

23-down – Set – uniform – gear : KIT

5-across – High-altitude, high-speed wind : JETSTREAM

8-across – Government – measure : RULE

9-across – Oily – sycophantic : UNCTUOUS

10-across – Stick together – split apart : CLEAVE

11-across – Incorporate : EMBODY

13-across – Bring about – result : EFFECT

15-across – Involved with boring routine : INARUT

16-across – Erudite : WELLREAD

18-across – Oven : KILN

19-across – More or less – at the point of starting : JUSTABOUT

1-down – Revere : VENERATE

2-down – Suppose – appropriate – feign – adopt : ASSUME

3-down – Day nursery for very young children : CRECHE

4-down – Forbidden : TABU

6-down – Passed exams – with reservations : QUALIFIED

7-down – Fourfold : QUADRUPLE

12-down – Loss of consciousness – temporary power cut : BLACKOUT

14-down – Score : TWENTY

15-down – Owing money : INDEBT

17-down – Praise : LAUD

5-across – Gain sudden understanding : SEETHELIGHT

7-across – Summit – climax : ACME

8-across – Happen to – pass by : OVERTAKE

9-across – Unfortunate : UNLUCKY

11-across – Tolerate – resistance : STAND

13-across – Show in – escort : USHER

14-across – Behave wildly and without restraint : RUNRIOT

16-across – Illiterate – unaware : IGNORANT

17-across – Some light – or heavy timber! : BEAM

18-across – Greatly pleased : TICKLEDPINK

1-down – Gala : FETE

2-down – Epsom Classic : THEOAKS

3-down – Fast – ships : FLEET

4-down – Rabble-rouser – blender : AGITATOR

5-down – Clairvoyance : SECONDSIGHT

6-down – Reproved : TAKENTOTASK

10-down – Employ compulsion : USEFORCE

12-down – Keeping – detention : CUSTODY

15-down – Communication – wire – 200 yards in length : CABLE

17-down – Seethe : BOIL

1-across – Container – ship : PACKET

4-across – Stress – regional dialect : ACCENT

8-across – Lubricated : OILED

9-across – Secretly maintain – port : HARBOUR

10-across – Trail-blazer : PIONEER

11-across – Pale : ASHEN

12-across – Self-employed person : FREELANCE

17-across – Cringe : COWER

19-across – Relate : NARRATE

21-across – Speak to – direct : ADDRESS

22-across – Main – charge : PRIME

23-across – Linear extent : LENGTH

24-across – Arrival – time before Christmas : ADVENT

1-down – Speedy – help for a forgetful actor : PROMPT

2-down – Cancel – summon away : CALLOFF

3-down – Invest – provide : ENDUE

5-down – Sure : CERTAIN

6-down – Era : EPOCH

7-down – Despot : TYRANT

9-down – Bad luck : HARDLINES

13-down – Serious : EARNEST

14-down – Scrutinise – test : EXAMINE

15-down – Scribble : SCRAWL

16-down – Leave – due : DESERT

18-down – Broaden : WIDEN

20-down – Swift : RAPID

1-across – Becomes bad : GOESTOPOT

8-across – End : FINIS

9-across – Strongly-worded address to arouse enthusiasm : PEPTALK

10-across – Acknowledge applause : TAKEABOW

11-across – Watch – intellect : MIND

13-across – Revised : EDITED

14-across – Showy, worthless trinket : GEWGAW

16-across – Pitcher : EWER

17-across – Nazi emblem : SWASTIKA

19-across – Regular – soldier : ORDERLY

20-across – Dig up – search : DELVE

21-across – Invented by ingenuity and imagination : DREAMEDUP

1-down – Filmy cobweb – very fine fabric : GOSSAMER

2-down – Use : EMPLOY

3-down – Record – broken by the winner : TAPE

4-down – Sports ground : PLAYINGFIELD

5-down – Humble someone : TAKEDOWNAPEG

6-down – Confidential – not for attribution : OFFTHERECORD

7-down – Critically poised : ONAKNIFEEDGE

12-down – Became stressed : TENSEDUP

15-down – Oscillated – influenced : SWAYED

18-down – Neat – cut : TRIM