Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Become reconciled : KISSANDMAKEUP

8-across – Metal – can : TIN

9-across – Controlled – adjusted : REGULATED

10-across – Deceive – cheat : HOODWINK

11-across – Siamese : THAI

13-across – Harass – bother : HASSLE

14-across – Aromatic kernel : NUTMEG

16-across – Left – harbour : PORT

17-across – US car : CADILLAC

20-across – Discard – exclude : ELIMINATE

21-across – Bird – dish – mixed type : PIE

22-across – Insomnia : SLEEPLESSNESS

1-down – Two-masted vessel : KETCH

2-down – Name for the Royal Navy : SENIORSERVICE

3-down – Nocturnal African mammal : AARDWOLF

4-down – Cigarette butt : DOGEND

5-down – Competent : ABLE

6-down – Abases oneself : EATSHUMBLEPIE

7-down – Dessert : PUDDING

12-down – Work – shop : BUSINESS

13-down – Unlucky : HAPLESS

15-down – Glass water jug : CARAFE

18-down – Board game : CHESS

19-down – Walk stiffly – lacking energy : LIMP

5-across – Treat as insignificant : MAKELIGHTOF

7-across – Way out : EXIT

8-across – Summary – brief outline : SYNOPSIS

9-across – Skin disease – The Itch : SCABIES

11-across – Combine – join : UNITE

13-across – Silly : INANE

14-across – Nourish : NURTURE

16-across – Type of multicoloured knitted pattern from the Shetlands : FAIRISLE

17-across – Cut – carved – chopped : HEWN

18-across – Offer excuses or reasons for mistakes : EXPLAINAWAY

1-down – Burlesque – parody : SKIT

2-down – Greek hero – Joyce character : ULYSSES

3-down – Suffering – anguish : AGONY

4-down – Hurry up : STEPONIT

5-down – Sports crowd’s rippling effect : MEXICANWAVE

6-down – Squander : FRITTERAWAY

10-down – Insolvent : BANKRUPT

12-down – Swiss lake : LUCERNE

15-down – Composition ã try : ESSAY

17-down – Bay – cry : HOWL

1-across – Reddish-brown : AUBURN

4-across – Scribble : SCRAWL

8-across – Inflexible : RIGID

9-across – Leopard : PANTHER

10-across – Chief officer : PREFECT

11-across – Boredom : ENNUI

12-across – Millennium tourist attraction : LONDONEYE

17-across – Subsequent : LATER

19-across – Weakness – sluggishness : LANGUOR

21-across – Frankness : CANDOUR

22-across – Angry : IRATE

23-across – Overabundance : EXCESS

24-across – Cut off – deprived : BEREFT

1-down – Sudden : ABRUPT

2-down – Exclamation of scorn, belittling a claim : BIGDEAL

3-down – Crest – reef : RIDGE

5-down – Acknowledge – abandon : CONCEDE

6-down – Pale : ASHEN

7-down – English poet : LARKIN

9-down – Inferior art or literary work produced chiefly for money : POTBOILER

13-down – Agitated – excitable : NERVOUS

14-down – Teach – instruct : EDUCATE

15-down – Platitude : CLICHE

16-down – Passionate : ARDENT

18-down – Uniform jacket : TUNIC

20-down – Artless : NAIVE

1-across – Chinese slit dress : CHEONGSAM

8-across – Hate : ABHOR

9-across – View – prospect : OUTLOOK

10-across – Dismayed – aghast : APPALLED

11-across – University sportsman – a shade – depressed : BLUE

13-across – Shudder – quake : TREMOR

14-across – Inscribed – endorsed : SIGNED

16-across – Bare : NUDE

17-across – Fit – convulsion : PAROXYSM

19-across – Transfixed : IMPALED

20-across – Equine : HORSE

21-across – Of necessity : NEEDSMUST

1-down – Set of bells : CARILLON

2-down – Eaten away : ERODED

3-down – Record – piece of music : NOTE

4-down – London police HQ : SCOPLANDYARD

5-down – Live within one’s means : MAKEENDSMEET

6-down – Take heed : PAYATTENTION

7-down – Minced meat dish : SHEPHERDSPIE

12-down – Rebound : RICOCHET

15-down – Four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage : LANDAU

18-down – Unfortunately : ALAS

1-across – Expel : OUST

3-across – Killer : ASSASSIN

9-across – Stipulation : PROVISO

10-across – Weird : EERIE

11-across – Spokes – bones : RADII

12-across – Unbroken – sound : INTACT

14-across – Of firmly fixed opinions : DYEDINTHEWOOL

17-across – Refute – confront : OPPOSE

19-across – Army chaplain : PADRE

22-across – Concur : AGREE

23-across – Annul – eradicate : ABOLISH

24-across – Military quarters : BARRACKS

25-across – Cut – price bargain : SNIP

1-down – Displayed : ONPARADE

2-down – Chide – nag : SCOLD

4-down – Guess based on little information : SHOTINTHEDARK

5-down – Expert : ADEPT

6-down – Hot wind in southern Europe : SIROCCO

7-down – Want – poverty : NEED

8-down – Brief bathing costume : BIKINI

13-down – Reliable financial stock – highest value gambling counter : BLUECHIP

15-down – Sovereign : EMPEROR

16-down – Use : EMPLOY

18-down – Last Greek letter : OMEGA

20-down – Condescend : DEIGN

21-down – Dress : GARB