Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – In relation to : VISAVIS

8-across – Attain successfully : ACHIEVE

9-across – Tough, aggressive person : BRUISER

10-across – Draft plan – indicator of shape : OUTLINE

11-across – Perspire : SWEAT

13-across – Arranged – structured : ORGANISED

15-across – Not a rapid operator : SLOWCOACH

18-across – Provide money for : ENDOW

21-across – Having an open mesh : FISHNET

22-across – Sustained pretence : CHARADE

23-across – Hell : INFERNO

24-across – Vigilant : WAKEFUL

1-down – Feelings emanating from a person or place : VIBES

2-down – Foam : SPUME

3-down – Reception area at tourist attraction : VISITORCENTRE

4-down – Malay garment : SARONG

5-down – Blind guess : SHOTINTHEDARK

6-down – Outstanding creative ability : GENIUS

7-down – Rely : DEPEND

12-down – Cry of grief : WAIL

14-down – Saint whose fire is electric! : ELMO

15-down – Underside of arch, stair, etc : SOFFIT

16-down – Become rigid as bone : OSSIFY

17-down – Aphid supplying honey to other insects : ANTCOW

19-down – Small person or star : DWARF

20-down – Revolutionary invention! : WHEEL

1-across – Act without previous planning : IMPROVISE

8-across – Aspersion : SLUR

9-across – Fuel for nuclear reactors : PLUTONIUM

10-across – See 13 : BORN

13-across – As if one had done it all one’s life : TOTHE

15-across – See 13 : MANNER

16-across – Relating to a group of families : TRIBAL

17-across – Town of the Mikado : TITIPU

19-across – Early keyboard instrument : SPINET

20-across – Area – pamphlet : TRACT

21-across – Sharp to the taste : TART

24-across – Up in arms : INDIGNANT

25-across – Container for flowers : VASE

26-across – Absolutely necessary : ESSENTIAL

2-down – Nourishing fluid : MILK

3-down – Value – speed : RATE

4-down – Seller : VENDOR

5-down – Looked for : SOUGHT

6-down – Reservoir for transfusions : BLOODBANK

7-down – Break down into small fragments : GRANULATE

11-down – Mimicking or onomatopoeic : IMITATIVE

12-down – Multiple investment scheme : UNITTRUST

13-down – Entice : TEMPT

14-down – Break out : ERUPT

18-down – Planet : URANUS

19-down – Writer : SCRIBE

22-down – Join – with needles? : KNIT

23-down – Ancient Peruvian : INCA

1-across – Traditional children”s game : BLINDMANSBUFF

8-across – Tree : ASH

9-across – Fan : SUPPORTER

10-across – German poet : SCHILLER

11-across – Sparkling wine : ASTI

13-across – Select : CHOOSE

14-across – Low continuous sound : MURMUR

16-across – Fuel cut from bog : PEAT

17-across – South London suburb : SURBITON

20-across – Plant with spicy fruit : CORIANDER

21-across – Writing fluid : INK

22-across – Handicapped : DISADVANTAGED

1-down – Alloy : BRASS

2-down – Extinct shark-like reptile : ICHTHYOSAURUS

3-down – Reveal : DISCLOSE

4-down – ____, cherries, hops and women : APPLES

5-down – Put away : STOW

6-down – Doing a bit of trickery : UPTOSOMETHING

7-down – Kathleen, contralto : FERRIER

12-down – Explosion of anger, etc : OUTBURST

13-down – Peninsula in Massachusetts : CAPECOD

15-down – Area with frozen subsoi : TUNDRA

18-down – Bare : NAKED

19-down – Poet – prophet : BARD

1-across – Motion, at present : POETLAUREATE

9-across – Terrible : AWFUL

10-across – Cheap Monopoly property, not far from 12 and 14 : OLDKENT

11-across – See 10 : ROAD

12-across – Large beast : ELEPHANT

14-across – Stronghold : CASTLE

15-across – Wife of Brutus or Bassanio : PORTIA

18-across – Measuring over 1,000 metres : LONGWAVE

20-across – Name of dead queen! : ANNE

22-across – Elation : TOENAIL

23-across – Bird of tree or meadow : PIPIT

24-across – Let them lie! : SLEEPINGDOGS

2-down – When one is out of sorts : OFFDAYS

3-down – Ring – fee : TOLL

4-down – Greek god : APOLLO

5-down – Transfer people to other positions : REDEPLOY

6-down – Area of combat : ARENA

7-down – People who sell houses : ESTATEAGENTS

8-down – Registers as a student : MATRICULATES

13-down – Portable burner : BLOWLAMP

16-down – Fastening for guy-rope : TENTPEG

17-down – Island paradise of Arthurian legend : AVALON

19-down – Relative : NIECE

21-down – Potato : SPUD

1-across – Astute : SHREWD

4-across – Boss – foreman : GAFFER

9-across – Thin and bony – with sharp corners : ANGULAR

10-across – Thick, slimy stuff : MUCUS

11-across – Top or best part : CREAM

12-across – Zero : NOTHING

13-across – Splendid : MAGNIFICENT

18-across – Baseball player – in the rye? : CATCHER

20-across – Have an obligation : OUGHT

22-across – Modify : ADAPT

23-across – Go off with a bang : EXPLODE

24-across – Not much : LITTLE

25-across – He was an honourable man : BRUTUS

1-down – Posture : STANCE

2-down – Villain : ROGUE

3-down – Portable radio, etc, with headphones : WALKMAN

5-down – Confess – let in : ADMIT

6-down – It isn”t true : FICTION

7-down – Give up one’s post : RESIGN

8-down – Type of sausage : FRANKFURTER

14-down – Draw : ATTRACT

15-down – Disastrous mistake or fall : CROPPER

16-down – Write untidily : SCRAWL

17-down – Greek city : ATHENS

19-down – Inn : HOTEL

21-down – Phantom : GHOST