Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Device operating electrical equipment remotely : TIMESWITCH

7-across – One bringing charges : ACCUSER

8-across – Baby bird of prey : OWLET

10-across – Observe – musical symbol : NOTE

11-across – Commendation for bravery : CITATION

13-across – Affront : INSULT

15-across – Cave : GROTTO

17-across – Set free : LIBERATE

18-across – Elderly : AGED

21-across – Sovereign’s rule : REIGN

22-across – Copy : IMITATE

23-across – Experienced in harsh city life : STREETWISE

1-down – Implied but not said : TACIT

2-down – Pole supporting ship’s sails : MAST

3-down – Squalid – base : SORDID

4-down – Graven image worship : IDOLATRY

5-down – Musician in string section : CELLIST

6-down – Aspirin, for instance : PAINKILLER

9-down – Toy fighting man, usually of lead : TINSOLDIER

12-down – Italian city, noted art centre : FLORENCE

14-down – Eke out an existence : SUBSIST

16-down – Stern : STRICT

19-down – Shred – jar : GRATE

20-down – Short dress : MINI

1-across – Food item made with unbleached flour : BROWNBREAD

7-across – Loyal – firm : CONSTANT

8-across – Frank – ready for business : OPEN

9-across – Retain : KEEP

10-across – Feign : PRETEND

12-across – Heavily big : ELEPHANTINE

14-across – Female performer : ACTRESS

16-across – Dross : SCUM

19-across – Bridge : SPAN

20-across – Plants of a genus which includes daffodils : NARCISSI

21-across – Food item made with bleached flour : WHITEBREAD

1-down – Stream : BROOK

2-down – Indecent : OBSCENE

3-down – Tidy : NEAT

4-down – Leaving work – shy : RETIRING

5-down – Concerning : ABOUT

6-down – Sitting : SEANCE

11-down – Reddish-brown : CHESTNUT

12-down – Save for : EXCEPT

13-down – Slope : INCLINE

15-down – US stock farm : RANCH

17-down – Pondered : MUSED

18-down – Child’s cot : CRIB

1-across – Secure – place to keep valuables : SAFE

3-across – Fighting : CONFLICT

8-across – Pile : HEAP

9-across – Of poor quality : INFERIOR

11-across – Not available, all sold : OUTOFSTOCK

14-across – List of printed mistakes : ERRATA

15-across – Prosper : THRIVE

17-across – One’s spouse : BETTERHALF

20-across – Friendly – retiring : OUTGOING

21-across – Forbidding : GRIM

22-across – Punctilious, insistent person : STICKLER

23-across – Cut : AXED

1-down – Sherry glass : SCHOONER

2-down – False praise : FLATTERY

4-down – Decorated : ORNATE

5-down – Wind instrument : FRENCHHORN

6-down – Wading bird : IBIS

7-down – Ripped : TORN

10-down – : OFFTHEHOOK

12-down – Scar over healed wound cc : CICATRIX

13-down – Scented pp : PERFUMED

16-down – Posture : STANCE

18-down – Throw tt : TOSS

19-down – Small needle case e : ETUI

1-across – Tease someone : TAKETHEMICKEY

8-across – Person employed to make public announcements : TOWN

9-across – Deadened : BENUMBED

10-across – Erotic performance : STRIPTEASE

12-across – Pair – put together : COUPLE

14-across – Blindly affectionate : DOTING

15-across – Heartened : ENCOURAGED

19-across – Luxurious – magnificent : PALATIAL

20-across – Wander : ROVE

21-across – Altar : THELORDSTABLE

2-down – Taking on : ADOPTION

3-down – Boredom : ENNUI

4-down – Constant visitor : HABITUE

5-down – Madness – craze : MANIA

6-down – Remark : COMMENT

7-down – Pitcher : EWER

11-down – Gap during performance : INTERVAL

13-down – Gain mastery : PREVAIL

14-down – Capital of the Isle of Man : DOUGLAS

16-down – See 8 : CRIER

17-down – Open courts of Roman houses : ATRIA

18-down – Minced meat and vegetables – a mess! : HASH

1-across – Of the required standard : UPTOSCRATCH

9-across – Pervaded : PERMEATED

10-across – Also : TOO

11-across – Farm birds : GEESE

13-across – Long, low seat – Turkish : OTTOMAN

14-across – Ascribe : IMPUTE

15-across – In short supply : SCARCE

18-across – Domestic attendant : SERVANT

20-across – Proprietor : OWNER

21-across – Tavern : INN

22-across – Showing no emotion : IMPASSIVE

24-across – Subjugated : DOWNTRODDEN

2-down – State of equality : PAR

3-down – Consume too much food : OVEREAT

4-down – Cloth – plant : COTTON

5-down – Examination of accounts : AUDIT

6-down – Boat with twin hulls : CATAMARAN

7-down – Experiencing difficulties ?- it???’s a gut pain! : UPAGAINSTIT

8-down – Depressed : DOWNHEARTED

12-down – Artificial language : ESPERANTO

16-down – Went over : CROSSED

17-down – State of lethargy : STUPOR

19-down – Foreigner : ALIEN

23-down – Wrath : IRE