Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Clergyman : PARISHPRIEST

9-across – Ruminant mammal of Africa : OKAPI

10-across – Be boisterous : ROISTER

11-across – Mirth : GLEE

12-across – Supersonic airliner : CONCORDE

14-across – Try hard : STRIVE

15-across – Highly-spiced sausage : SALAMI

18-across – Hide – cloak : ENSHROUD

20-across – Dimensions : SIZE

22-across – Spare time : LEISURE

23-across – Commerce : TRADE

24-across – London thoroughfare : REGENTSTREET

2-down – Non-professional : AMATEUR

3-down – Goddess of the rainbow : ISIS

4-down – Aversion : HORROR

5-down – Wet weather wear : RAINCOAT

6-down – Go in – set down : ENTER

7-down – Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar : THREEWISEMEN

8-down – Highly enthusiastic revivalist preacher : HOTGOSPELLER

13-down – Capsize : OVERTURN

16-down – Give life to : ANIMATE

17-down – Constraint : DURESS

19-down – Smart – cheat : STING

21-down – Agitate : STIR

1-across – Cooking instructions : RECIPE

4-across – Time of acute danger : CRISIS

9-across – Polish : BURNISH

10-across – Name : TITLE

11-across – The Scales : LIBRA

12-across – Adult : GROWNUP

13-across – Accept whatever is available : TAKEPOTLUCK

18-across – Disconcert : PERTURB

20-across – Chine : NICHE

22-across – With moisture removed : DRIED

23-across – Mouth of a cavity : ORIFICE

24-across – Reliable – firm : STEADY

25-across – Business providing specific service : AGENCY

1-down – Stone fragments : RUBBLE

2-down – Evergreen tree with edible pods : CAROB

3-down – Secret – soldier of the lowest rank : PRIVATE

5-down – Proportion : RATIO

6-down – Devilish : SATANIC

7-down – Drowsy : SLEEPY

8-down – Bible : THEGOODBOOK

14-down – Company operating flying machines : AIRLINE

15-down – Alighting : LANDING

16-down – Suit in pack of cards : SPADES

17-down – Cure : REMEDY

19-down – Disentangled : UNDID

21-down – Heap of stones as a monument : CAIRN

1-across – Soothe – appease : PACIFY

4-across – Infanticidal king : HEROD

7-across – Northern Ireland : ULSTER

8-across – : BALSAM

9-across – Daring, maybe impudent : BOLD

10-across – One making a will : TESTATOR

12-across – Russian-made weapon : KALASHNIKOV

17-across – Delay or cancel : REPRIEVE

19-across – Nobleman : EARL

20-across – Check the truth of : VERIFY

21-across – Arrival of large numbers : INFLUX

22-across – One sort of month : LUNAR

23-across – Try elm : MYRTLE

1-down – Fool : PILLOCK

2-down – Stronghold : CITADEL

3-down – Anticipatory experience : FORETASTE

4-down – Centre : HEART

5-down – Rice dish : RISOTTO

6-down – Modestly behaved : DEMURE

11-down – Genuineness : SINCERITY

13-down – Pain-killing drug : ASPIRIN

14-down – Maintain health : KEEPFIT

15-down – Greenery : VERDURE

16-down – Small stones : GRAVEL

18-down – Deduce : INFER

1-across – Excellent performance! : JOLLYGOODSHOW

8-across – Outr* : BIZARRE

9-across – Small fish : SPRAT

10-across – Tedious person : BORE

11-across – Name of girl ? city : FLORENCE

13-across – Spring festival : EASTER

14-across – Prawns : SCAMPI

17-across – One that likes to stay in the nest : HOMEBIRD

19-across – Boast ? card-game : BRAG

21-across – Overt : VOTER

22-across – Unimportant : TRIVIAL

24-across – On no account whatsoever : NOTONYOURLIFE

1-down – Foresail : JIB

2-down – Biblical beggar ? resurrected man : LAZARUS

3-down – Measure of length : YARD

4-down – Too : OVERLY

5-down – Cause to lose concentration : DISTRACT

6-down – Fish-eating bird : HERON

7-down – Heights in BrontÔ novel : WUTHERING

10-down – Composer : BEETHOVEN

12-down – Von Richthofen : REDBARON

15-down – Cocktail with vermouth : MARTINI

16-down – Picturesque cave : GROTTO

18-down – Totem : MOTET

20-down – Seaside structure : PIER

23-down – Falsehood : LIE

5-across – Study of stars etc : ASTRONOMY

8-across – Rounded end of building : APSE

9-across – Estrange : ALIENATE

10-across – Asian peninsular : ARABIA

11-across – South American river : AMAZON

13-across – Microscopic animal : AMOEBA

15-across – Scared – regretful : AFRAID

16-across – April 25, a holiday down under : ANZACDAY

18-across – Be next door to : ABUT

19-across – Having no : UNRELATED

1-down – Get together : ASSEMBLE

2-down – War fleet : ARMADA

3-down – Heart disease : ANGINA

4-down – Sign : OMEN

6-down – Room ? flat : APARTMENT

7-down – Very bad : ATROCIOUS

12-down – Means of broadcasting : AIRWAVES

14-down – Bad : ADDLED

15-down – However that may be : ANYWAY

17-down – Relative : AUNT