Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Expel from country : DEPORT

4-across – Swift : RAPID

7-across – Recompense : REWARD

8-across – Reparation : AMENDS

9-across – Relish – orange peel : ZEST

10-across – Licentious man : CASANOVA

12-across – Greatly pleased : TICKLEDPINK

17-across – Make stupid with drink : BEFUDDLE

19-across – Absent : AWAY

20-across – Insect with pincer-like tail : EARWIG

21-across – Plants with sword-shaped leaves : IRISES

22-across – Prickle : THORN

23-across – Means – business : AGENCY

1-down – Of the greatest depth : DEEPEST

2-down – Credit cards? : PLASTIC

3-down – Scorned : RIDICULED

4-down – Rhythmic Cuban dance : RUMBA

5-down – Flat-bottomed boat supporting bridge : PONTOON

6-down – Consternation : DISMAY

11-down – Making one sorrowful : SADDENING

13-down – Blaze : INFERNO

14-down – Person from Rome? : ITALIAN

15-down – Roguishness : KNAVERY

16-down – Argue against – purpose : OBJECT

18-down – Condescend : DEIGN

1-across – Be constantly reminiscing? : LIVEINTHEPAST

8-across – Living room – where farmers milk cows? : PARLOUR

9-across – Screw : TWIST

10-across – Tardy – dull-witted : SLOW

11-across – Interior : INTERNAL

13-across – Descend vertical slope using rope : ABSEIL

14-across – Layers : STRATA

17-across – Asked : ENQUIRED

19-across – Sheltered bay : COVE

21-across – Wood of small size : GROVE

22-across – Minced meat in a tube : SAUSAGE

24-across – Lorries, vans, etc : ROADTRANSPORT

1-down – Stage – circuit : LAP

2-down – Assorted : VARIOUS

3-down – Religious image : ICON

4-down – Royal seat : THRONE

5-down – Earnest request : ENTREATY

6-down – Stranger : ALIEN

7-down – Stimulate agreeably : TITILLATE

10-down – Animal which feeds on refuse : SCAVENGER

12-down – Painstaking : DILIGENT

15-down – Green-skinned edible fruit : AVOCADO

16-down – Professional female companion in Japan : GEISHA

18-down – Ration : QUOTA

20-down – Ado : FUSS

23-down – Newt : EFT

5-across – Person moving theatre props : STAGEHAND

8-across – Borough : TOWN

9-across – Inhabitant of the second smallest continent : EUROPEAN

10-across – Frightened : AFRAID

11-across – Save : EXCEPT

13-across – Persistent feeling of resentment : GRUDGE

15-across – Highly charged emotionally : TORRID

16-across – Sixfold : SEXTUPLE

18-across – Weaving – apparatus – overhang : LOOM

19-across – Check to see if one qualifies for assistance : MEANSTEST

1-down – Flag – pattern – guide : STANDARD

2-down – Tallied : AGREED

3-down – Fee : CHARGE

4-down – Cut – prune : SNIP

6-down – Verified : CONFIRMED

7-down – Rodent killer : RATPOISON

12-down – Negligent : CARELESS

14-down – Grow larger : EXPAND

15-down – Pact between nations : TREATY

17-down – Long, arduous journey : TREK

5-across – Panic experienced by performer : STAGEFRIGHT

7-across – Puppet : DOLL

8-across – Person not of the nobility : COMMONER

9-across – Wife of Russian emperor : TSARINA

11-across – Group of sheaves : STOOK

13-across – Spoil – plunder : BOOTY

14-across – Flow in thin drops : TRICKLE

16-across – Roomy : SPACIOUS

17-across – Chair – bottom : SEAT

18-across – Behaving without restraint : RUNNINGRIOT

1-down – Building used for public assembly : HALL

2-down – Go down : DESCEND

3-down – Skeleton : FRAME

4-down – Song I act : AGNOSTIC

5-down – Act receiving huge applause : SHOWSTOPPER

6-down – Boxing : THENOBLEART

10-down – Shy : RETICENT

12-down – Foretell : PRESAGE

15-down – Three-dimensional – compact : SOLID

17-down – Slender : SLIM

1-across – Aquatic mammal : SEACOW

4-across – Groom : OSTLER

8-across – Huge : LARGE

9-across – Naval officer sitting on Admiralty Board : SEALORD

10-across – Eat, lass! : SEASALT

11-across – Fat : OBESE

12-across – Marine invertebrate with spikes : SEAURCHIN

17-across – Crest : RIDGE

19-across – Embankment serving as a breakwater : SEAWALL

21-across – A gull, for instance : SEABIRD

22-across – Glossy : SHINY

23-across – Weever fish : SEACAT

24-across – Neptune or Poseidon : SEAGOD

1-down – Display prominently : SPLASH

2-down – Amount unpaid : ARREARS

3-down – Last letter in Greek alphabet : OMEGA

5-down – Lake-like arm of salt water in Scotland : SEALOCH

6-down – Lax : LOOSE

7-down – Narrow arm of the Indian Ocean – erased : REDSEA

9-down – Held up to ridicule : SATIRISED

13-down – The USA : AMERICA

14-down – Approaching : NEARING

15-down – Turning point in illness : CRISIS

16-down – Toyed – used an instrument : PLAYED

18-down – Theatrical production : DRAMA

20-down – Passage between seats : AISLE