Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Italian sparking wine : ASTI

3-across – See 1 : SPUMANTE

8-across – Small railway station : HALT

9-across – Pledge as security : MORTGAGE

11-across – Stretched : LENGTHENED

14-across – Suddenly appear : EMERGE

15-across – Put off indefinitely : SHELVE

17-across – System of classifying films, etc for suitability : CENSORSHIP

20-across – Tester : EXAMINER

21-across – Rough edge after cutting : BURR

22-across – One conducting a law suit : LITIGANT

23-across – Cast – shine : SHED

1-down – Small but fatal weakness : ACHILLES

2-down – Clever : TALENTED

4-down – Decent : PROPER

5-down – Mountain on the Swiss/Italian border : MATTERHORN

6-down – Tidy : NEAT

7-down – Placid – not easily angered : EVEN

10-down – Amazing! – under the influence of drink? : STAGGERING

12-down – Notwithstanding : ALTHOUGH

13-down – See 7 : TEMPERED

16-down – Towards back of boat : ASTERN

18-down – See 1 down : HEEL

19-down – Quickly : FAST

1-across – International peace-keeping organisation : UNITEDNATIONS

8-across – Of champagne, not sweet : BRUT

9-across – Casio bus : SCABIOUS

10-across – UK legislature : PARLIAMENT

12-across – Bearer : PORTER

14-across – Climb : ASCEND

15-across – London station – famous bear : PADDINGTON

19-across – Former capital of India : CALCUTTA

20-across – Sea eagle : ERNE

21-across – In good condition for its age : WELLPRESERVED

2-down – Story teller : NARRATOR

3-down – Sum : TOTAL

4-down – Loss of hope : DESPAIR

5-down – Astound : AMAZE

6-down – Foolish : IDIOTIC

7-down – Intelligence : NOUS

11-down – Declare : ANNOUNCE

13-down – Of local interest : TOPICAL

14-down – Wild beasts : ANIMALS

16-down – Dissuade : DETER

17-down – Feminist icon, Germaine : GREER

18-down – Secure – place in the bank : SAFE

1-across – Toy firearm : WATERPISTOL

9-across – Serum neutralising poisons : ANTITOXIN

10-across – Beverage : TEA

11-across – Anaesthetic : ETHER

13-across – Building : EDIFICE

14-across – Corporeal : BODILY

15-across – Feverish : HECTIC

18-across – One betraying one’s country : TRAITOR

20-across – Donkey : BURRO

21-across – Ship’s record : LOG

22-across – Of Japan : NIPPONESE

24-across – Painting : WATERCOLOUR

2-down – Fitting – inclined : APT

3-down – Hold spellbound : ENTHRAL

4-down – Fairies : PIXIES

5-down – Mountainous peninsula in Egypt : SINAI

6-down – Clothier : OUTFITTER

7-down – Flask used by travellers : WATERBOTTLE

8-down – Sanitary convenience : WATERCLOSET

12-down – Ornamental flowering shrub – handy gear : HYDRANGEA

16-down – Bring into confusion : EMBROIL

17-down – Cancer or Capricorn : TROPIC

19-down – Slight colour : TINGE

23-down – Flightless bird : EMU

1-across – Small onion : SHALLOT

8-across – Mean : AVERAGE

9-across – Aloof : DISTANT

10-across – Small, active songbirds : TITMICE

11-across – Man – chooses Premium Bond winners : ERNIE

13-across – Without precision : INEXACTLY

15-across – Alienated : ESTRANGED

18-across – Same again : DITTO

21-across – Administrative centre of Lancashire : PRESTON

22-across – Institution upholding public rights : TRIBUNE

23-across – Derisive cry : CATCALL

24-across – Trace : ELEMENT

1-down – Plant growing in swampy ground : SEDGE

2-down – Fire-raising : ARSON

3-down – Take it no further : LEAVEITATTHAT

4-down – Gossip : TATTLE

5-down – Not designed for driving in Britain : LEFTHANDDRIVE

6-down – Lasso : LARIAT

7-down – Cure : REMEDY

12-down – US singer Diana : ROSS

14-down – Raise – hoist : LIFT

15-down – Hope – await : EXPECT

16-down – Score : TWENTY

17-down – Soothing – light : GENTLE

19-down – Cease-fire : TRUCE

20-down – Unconcealed : OVERT

1-across – Blasphemous travesty of a Christian service : BLACKMASS

8-across – Farm – money drawer : TILL

9-across – Fried cake of minced beef : HAMBURGER

10-across – Record : DISC

13-across – Deserve : MERIT

15-across – Deadly : LETHAL

16-across – Club : CUDGEL

17-across – Frank : CANDID

19-across – Bog : MORASS

20-across – Havana, perhaps : CIGAR

21-across – Calibre of gun – nuisance : BORE

24-across – Proclamation : STATEMENT

25-across – Ballad : SONG

26-across – Place on road where accidents often occur : BLACKSPOT

2-down – Soft, heavy metal : LEAD

3-down – Raise to the third power : CUBE

4-down – Wonder : MARVEL

5-down – Picturesque : SCENIC

6-down – Speaking two languages : BILINGUAL

7-down – Boycott : BLACKLIST

11-down – Dick Turpin’s horse : BLACKBESS

12-down – Travelling from place to place : ITINERANT

13-down – Sorcery : MAGIC

14-down – Teacher : TUTOR

18-down – Vaporise and condense : DISTIL

19-down – Gum from trees : MASTIC

22-down – Hebrew prophet : AMOS

23-down – Unfasten – ruin : UNDO