Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – A top chess player : GRANDMASTER

9-across – Jewish house of worship : SYNAGOGUE

10-across – Mongrel : CUR

11-across – Invest – provide : ENDUE

13-across – Admitted – deceived : TAKENIN

14-across – Defective : FAULTY

15-across – Member of the clergy : CLERIC

18-across – Whole number : INTEGER

20-across – Pig meat : BACON

21-across – Hasten : HIE

22-across – Lowest female voice : CONTRALTO

24-across – Employ brain sensibly : USEONESLOAF

2-down – Organise – series : RUN

3-down – Disregard : NEGLECT

4-down – Powerful – exalted : MIGHTY

5-down – Tell-tale : SNEAK

6-down – Odd – nuts : ECCENTRIC

7-down – Southern English county : ISLEOFWIGHT

8-down – Colorado River gorge : GRANDCANYON

12-down – Unquestionably : DOUBTLESS

16-down – Generous – politician : LIBERAL

17-down – Cower : CRINGE

19-down – Lizard : GECKO

23-down – Meadow : LEA

1-across – Tallest mammal : GIRAFFE

8-across – US/Canadian falls : NIAGARA

9-across – Debating – disputing : ARGUING

10-across – Free from control : UNLEASH

11-across – Alluvial area – Greek letter : DELTA

13-across – Wicked : NEFARIOUS

15-across – Roman amphitheatre : COLOSSEUM

18-across – Yawned : GAPED

21-across – Planet – rising with temperature? : MERCURY

22-across – Shell – sign of a pilgrim : SCALLOP

23-across – Disheartened : UNNERVE

24-across – Graceful : ELEGANT

1-down – Splendid – piano : GRAND

2-down – Royal : REGAL

3-down – In a just way : FAIRANDSQUARE

4-down – Overwhelm : ENGULF

5-down – Lose one’s privileged position : FALLFROMGRACE

6-down – Attempts to stop a criminal : HASAGO

7-down – Pity : PATHOS

12-down – Reverberate : ECHO

14-down – Impel : URGE

15-down – University grounds : CAMPUS

16-down – Voice box : LARYNX

17-down – French President’s palace : ELYSEE

19-down – Bohemian dance : POLKA

20-down – Storehouse : DEPOT

1-across – Fell – to this bargain price? : KNOCKDOWN

8-across – Equitable – market – not bad : FAIR

9-across – Egyptian queen : CLEOPATRA

10-across – Staunch – support : STEM

13-across – Water lily : LOTUS

15-across – Dried grape : RAISIN

16-across – Spanish coin : PESETA

17-across – Figure : NUMBER

19-across – Size of book : QUARTO

20-across – Store for future use – confine though illness : LAYUP

21-across – Gasp : PANT

24-across – Astronomer : STARGAZER

25-across – Inactive : IDLE

26-across – Gun-fired flare : VERYLIGHT

2-down – African river : NILE

3-down – Short cut – taken when hunting? : CROP

4-down – Mythical monster : DRAGON

5-down – Exercise before race – reheat food – become more animated : WARMUP

6-down – Slogan : BATTLECRY

7-down – NCO in charge of military band : DRUMMAJOR

11-down – International formula car race : GRANDPRIX

12-down – Unrig : DISMANTLE

13-down – Defamation : LIBEL

14-down – Assemble – design – establish : SETUP

18-down – Baby’s toy – racket – disconcert : RATTLE

19-down – Hunted animal – excavation : QUARRY

22-down – Motor cab : TAXI

23-down – Network : MESH

5-across – Swim in the nude : SKINNYDIP

8-across – Tax – strike – ring : TOLL

9-across – Octopus feeler : TENTACLE

10-across – Rough drawing : SKETCH

11-across – Garden implement : TROWEL

13-across – Start firing – speak freely – accelerate : OPENUP

15-across – Day nursery : CRECHE

16-across – Flatter : BUTTERUP

18-across – Eyot : ISLE

19-across – Ready-to-wear : OFFTHEPEG

1-down – Bone structure : SKELETON

2-down – Quickly grasp – fragment of song : SNATCH

3-down – Young swan : CYGNET

4-down – Travel document : VISA

6-down – Jewish holiday : YOMKIPPUR

7-down – Largest mammal : BLUEWHALE

12-down – Short joke – witty remark : ONELINER

14-down – Corsair : PIRATE

15-down – Metal – washing-machine? : COPPER

17-down – Slight quarrel : TIFF

1-across – Ability to speak persuasively : GIFTOFTHEGAB

9-across – Sovereign – support for a firm line? : RULER

10-across – Loss of memory : AMNESIA

11-across – Employer : USER

12-across – Fighting bird : GAMECOCK

14-across – Interior : INSIDE

15-across – French brandy : COGNAC

18-across – Hypothetical : NOTIONAL

20-across – So be it : AMEN

22-across – It ends a flight, in two ways : LANDING

23-across – Twig broom : BESOM

24-across – Gambling game – causing ill-feeling at sea? : PITCHANDTOSS

2-down – Malady : ILLNESS

3-down – Ripped : TORN

4-down – Uproar : FRACAS

5-down – Dependent – sycophantic follower : HANGERON

6-down – Zest : GUSTO

7-down – A nation’s illegally undeclared income : BLACKECONOMY

8-down – Spoken error revealing unconscious thought : FREUDIANSLIP

13-down – Caution – reprimand : ADMONISH

16-down – Retribution : NEMESIS

17-down – Argot : JARGON

19-down – Belief – maxim : TENET

21-down – Adjoin : ABUT