Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Emergency touchdown : FORCEDLANDING

8-across – Staunch – support : STEM

9-across – Informal name for New York : BIGAPPLE

10-across – Town, resort and casino of Monaco : MONTECARLO

12-across – Awkward – ill-bred : GAUCHE

14-across – Indifference : APATHY

15-across – Surplus, especially in one’s job! : REDUNDANCY

19-across – Atlantic islands – cagebirds : CANARIES

20-across – Press – club : IRON

21-across – University student : UNDERGRADUATE

2-down – Voluntary : OPTIONAL

3-down – Celestial body – early jet aircraft : COMET

4-down – Sudden disastrous collapse or defeat : DEBACLE

5-down – Wrath : ANGER

6-down – Certificate : DIPLOMA

7-down – World’s longest river : NILE

11-down – Investigate – supermarket pay-desk : CHECKOUT

13-down – Massacre : CARNAGE

14-down – Loss of memory : AMNESIA

16-down – Moribund : DYING

17-down – Goodbye : ADIEU

18-down – Sea – chief : MAIN

1-across – Crucifixion drama : PASSIONPLAY

9-across – Newspaper advice columnist : AGONYAUNT

10-across – Sheep : EWE

11-across – Stretch – of river? : REACH

13-across – Shorten : ABRIDGE

14-across – Soft neigh : WHINNY

15-across – Stick : ADHERE

18-across – Axe : HATCHET

20-across – Courtyard : PATIO

21-across – Barrel – tax : VAT

22-across – Exaggerated tale : TALLSTORY

24-across – Maintain supply : KEEPINSTORE

2-down – Fuss : ADO

3-down – Request to be told to stop pouring drink : SAYWHEN

4-down – Of the eye – visible : OCULAR

5-down – Father : PATER

6-down – Alteration : AMENDMENT

7-down – Close call : NARROWSHAVE

8-down – Agree : SEEEYETOEYE

12-down – Greek philosopher : ARISTOTLE

16-down – Put down – initial payment : DEPOSIT

17-down – Purloined : STOLEN

19-down – Angry – excited : HETUP

23-down – Scull : OAR

1-across – Selfish driver : ROADHOG

8-across – Bony structure enclosing chest : RIBCAGE

9-across – Brief look : GLIMPSE

10-across – Jealous : ENVIOUS

11-across – Pinkish purple – shrub : LILAC

13-across – Conjuror’s exclamation at trick climax : HEYPRESTO

15-across – Put in order – gained financially : CLEANEDUP

18-across – Currency of India, Pakistan and Bhutan : RUPEE

21-across – Savings – book : RESERVE

22-across – Famous waterfall : NIAGARA

23-across – Land – tract : TERRAIN

24-across – Abashed – embarrassed : ASHAMED

1-down – Royal : REGAL

2-down – Shakespearian sprite – Uranus satellite – gazelle : ARIEL

3-down – Valetudinarian : HYPOCHONDRIAC

4-down – Avaricious : GREEDY

5-down – Beyond criticism : ABOVEREPROACH

6-down – Renowned : FAMOUS

7-down – Releases : LETSGO

12-down – Image : IDOL

14-down – Sort – letters : TYPE

15-down – Clergyman : CURATE

16-down – Make certain : ENSURE

17-down – Chaperon : DUENNA

19-down – Sacred song : PSALM

20-down – Spiral-horned antelope : ELAND

1-across – Dense, dirty fog : PEASOUPER

8-across – Stupefy : STUN

9-across – Public attention : LIMELIGHT

10-across – Outdoor swimming pool : LIDO

13-across – Cunning : GUILE

15-across – Baby’s toy – to disconcert : RATTLE

16-across – Respect : ESTEEM

17-across – Drink in : IMBIBE

19-across – Secure : FASTEN

20-across – In good time : EARLY

21-across – Drum – dance – music : REEL

24-across – Requiring great effort : STRENUOUS

25-across – Means of transport – sometimes sprung! : TRAP

26-across – Variety of plum : GREENGAGE

2-down – Wicked – vice : EVIL

3-down – Get rid of – hut : SHED

4-down – Without equal or like : UNIQUE

5-down – Breathe out : EXHALE

6-down – Free : ATLIBERTY

7-down – Bequeathed income : ENDOWMENT

11-down – Mediate : ARBITRATE

12-down – Ostler : STABLEMAN

13-down – Earth – sphere : GLOBE

14-down – Composition : ESSAY

18-down – Christian festival : EASTER

19-down – Sheep’s coat : FLEECE

22-down – Bribe – stopper : BUNG

23-down – Step up the ladder – called for : RUNG

1-across – Waste dealer : SCRAPMERCHANT

8-across – Australian bird : EMU

9-across – An eye for an eye : TITFORTAT

10-across – Ponder : MEDITATE

11-across – Examine : SCAN

13-across – Teach – fishes swimming : SCHOOL

14-across – Flemish painter : RUBENS

16-across – Support a play – player : BACK

17-across – Ex-crown colony in south China : HONGKONG

20-across – Impassioned – excitable : EMOTIONAL

21-across – Misery – tribulation : WOE

22-across – Completely surprised : TAKENUNAWARES

1-down – Vapour : STEAM

2-down – For the full hours : ROUNDTHECLOCK

3-down – Suit – supplication : PETITION

4-down – Property – may go with rank : ESTATE

5-down – Short cut – taken when hunting? : CROP

6-down – Disciplinary and legal procedures for the armed forces : ARTICLESOFWAR

7-down – Lockjaw : TETANUS

12-down – One-storey house : BUNGALOW

13-down – Subordinate – part of sentence : SUBJECT

15-down – : JOININ

18-down – Divine – estimate : GUESS

19-down – Traffic control – to write one’s name : SIGN