Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Assessment : APPRAISAL

8-across – Vigilant : ALERT

9-across – Doubt – man held by police : SUSPECT

10-across – Birth : NATIVITY

11-across – Keep away from : SHUN

13-across – Sea tortoise : TURTLE

14-across – Wreckage : DEBRIS

16-across – Manage : COPE

17-across – Merry-go-round : CAROUSEL

19-across – Mean – of low birth : IGNOBLE

20-across – Due : OWING

21-across – Sincerely : EARNESTLY

1-down – Vigorously : ACTIVELY

2-down – Spanish monetary unit : PESETA

3-down – Too : ALSO

4-down – Minced meat topped with mashed potato : SHEPHERDSPIE

5-down – Neglect one’s appearance : LETONESELFGO

6-down – Bomb designed to activate when ship’s hull is detected : MAGNETICMINE

7-down – Knife for slitting envelopes : LETTEROPENER

12-down – Study of the atmosphere : AEROLOGY

15-down – Gift : TALENT

18-down – Qualified – expert : ABLE

1-across – Prophet : SEER

3-across – Quickest : SWIFTEST

9-across – Plant used as fodder : ALFALFA

10-across – Bar operating machinery : LEVER

11-across – Dullard : DUNCE

12-across – Treat : HANDLE

14-across – Fission bomb : NUCLEARWEAPON

17-across – Smear : SMUDGE

19-across – Small group of trees : GROVE

22-across – Inflate – fine : SWELL

23-across – Drinking mug : TANKARD

24-across – Mildly laxative : APERIENT

25-across – Alcoholic drink made with honey : MEAD

1-down – Upright : STANDING

2-down – Mischievous : ELFIN

4-down – Showing signs of exposure to the elements : WEATHERBEATEN

5-down – Criminal : FELON

6-down – Wrap up – pen love : ENVELOP

7-down – Mountain lake : TARN

8-down – Maintain : ALLEGE

13-down – Meant – fiancee : INTENDED

15-down – Master of ceremonies : COMPERE

16-down – Motor : ENGINE

18-down – Capital of India : DELHI

20-down – Egg-shaped : OVATE

21-down – Continent in which India is situated : ASIA

1-across – Splendid, regal : MAJESTIC

5-across – Precipitation : SNOW

9-across – Feel – brush : TOUCH

10-across – Material worn knotted round throat : NECKTIE

11-across – Out of hand : UNCONTROLLED

13-across – With composure : CALMLY

14-across – Promise : PLEDGE

17-across – Love of mankind : PHILANTHROPY

20-across – Merciful : LENIENT

21-across – Happening : EVENT

22-across – Unusual – exquisite : RARE

23-across – Lazy, useless person : DEADBEAT

1-down – Silent : MUTE

2-down – Daily record : JOURNAL

3-down – One finishing basic education : SCHOOLLEAVER

4-down – Inborn : INNATE

6-down – Province of South Africa : NATAL

7-down – Cajoled : WHEEDLED

8-down – Pal of 3 down : SCHOOLFRIEND

12-down – Of the shoulder blades – plus a car : SCAPULAR

15-down – Exhaust : DEPLETE

16-down – Figurine : STATUE

18-down – Interior : INNER

19-down – Printing instruction to let it stand : STET

1-across – Cuddle and whisper amorously : BILLANDCOO

7-across – Graceful : ELEGANT

8-across – Supple : LITHE

10-across – Lose colour : FADE

11-across – Advance – movement : PROGRESS

13-across – Character : NATURE

15-across – Kind of cake – abbreviation for book in Bible : ECCLES

17-across – Outpouring : EFFUSION

18-across – Agitate : STIR

21-across – Subject : THEME

22-across – Error : MISTAKE

23-across – Slumbering soundly : FASTASLEEP

1-down – Generate : BREED

2-down – Escape : LEAK

3-down – Clothing : ATTIRE

4-down – Eg a Clyde : DELEGACY

5-down – Porridge ingredient : OATMEAL

6-down – Small creature of the order Phasmida : LEAFINSECT

9-down – State of financial security : EASYSTREET

12-down – Curved row of houses : CRESCENT

14-down – Smooth, stiff fabric : TAFFETA

16-down – Universe as an ordered system : COSMOS

19-down – Hobo : TRAMP

20-down – Land surrounded by water : ISLE

1-across – Imprudent : ILLADVISED

7-across – Savage : BARBARIC

8-across – Tree yielding poisonous sap : UPAS

9-across – Work for money : EARN

10-across – Company operating aeroplanes : AIRLINE

12-across – Small community”s source of water Ü and gossip? : VILLAGEPUMP

14-across – Irritate – arouse : PROVOKE

16-across – Revise : EDIT

19-across – Suspended : HUNG

20-across – Not scared : UNAFRAID

21-across – Kos at three : HEATSTROKE

1-down – Silly : INANE

2-down – Generous – politician : LIBERAL

3-down – Swarthy : DARK

4-down – Sloping – likely : INCLINED

5-down – Equivalent : EQUAL

6-down – Plant with scented leaves which felines like : CATNIP

11-down – Insolvent debtor : BANKRUPT

12-down – Moral goodness : VIRTUE

13-down – Experience : UNDERGO

15-down – Obscure : VAGUE

17-down – Two times : TWICE

18-down – Hypocrisy : CANT