Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Portray : DEPICT

4-across – Droll : COMIC

7-across – Musical instrument – ice cream : CORNET

8-across – French : GALLIC

9-across – Greek goat or sheep cheese : FETA

10-across – In rags : TATTERED

12-across – Planet, usually Venus or Mercury : EVENINGSTAR

17-across – Mishap : ACCIDENT

19-across – Dead – tardy : LATE

20-across – Soil – don’t allow to fly – reason : GROUND

21-across – Inquisitive : PRYING

22-across – Club with dancing to recorded music : DISCO

23-across – Medical seizure – effect of sun – oarsman : STROKE

1-down – See : DIOCESE

2-down – Writer’s pseudonym : PENNAME

3-down – Allow little margin of time, space etc : CUTITFINE

4-down – Shipping – trade : CRAFT

5-down – Infectious fever : MALARIA

6-down – Chirping insect : CICADA

11-down – Difficult situation : TIGHTSPOT

13-down – Malicious – degenerate : VICIOUS

14-down – Hunt cry : TALLYHO

15-down – Suite – train : RETINUE

16-down – Serrated : JAGGED

18-down – Wild dog : DINGO

1-across – Gift offered towards reconciliation : PEACEOFFERING

8-across – Will – point : PURPOSE

9-across – Prepare to fire – first : PRIME

10-across – Bees’ home : HIVE

11-across – Result of natural causes : ACTOFGOD

13-across – Column : PILLAR

14-across – Failing – desert : DEFECT

17-across – An individual person’s charm : CHARISMA

19-across – Roguish – chief – supporter : ARCH

21-across – Strap – strip : THONG

22-across – Very old : ANCIENT

24-across – Reach the lowest ebb : HITROCKBOTTOM

1-down – Soft drink – father – music – light explosion : POP

2-down – Advent : ARRIVAL

3-down – Cupid : EROS

4-down – Sheepskin – take to the cleaners : FLEECE

5-down – Worker : EMPLOYEE

6-down – Sugar coating – a danger to aircraft, on roads etc : ICING

7-down – Shares expenses : GOESDUTCH

10-down – Children’s game : HOPSCOTCH

12-down – Managing with whatever is available : MAKINGDO

15-down – Fervent – down payment : EARNEST

16-down – Board ship : EMBARK

18-down – Not exactly – up and doing : ABOUT

20-down – Reverberate : ECHO

23-down – Male cat : TOM

5-across – Compute : CALCULATE

8-across – Broken – sculpture : BUST

9-across – Judge – musical instrument : RECORDER

10-across – Maroon – thread : STRAND

11-across – Maiden : DAMSEL

13-across – Halve : BISECT

15-across – Bowman : ARCHER

16-across – Detective story : WHODUNIT

18-across – People – sprint – competition : RACE

19-across – Decide – settle : DETERMINE

1-down – The clothing business : RAGTRADE

2-down – Hit – orchestrated : SCORED

3-down – Peaceful – composed : PLACID

4-down – Prison – disturbance : STIR

6-down – Exactly what was required : JUSTRIGHT

7-down – Testimonial – allusion : REFERENCE

12-down – Pasta : MACARONI

14-down – Gentle – nurse : TENDER

15-down – Fall : AUTUMN

17-down – Act – exploit – legal document : DEED

5-across – MP not holding office : BACKBENCHER

7-across – Shy – group of actors : CAST

8-across – Tongue : LANGUAGE

9-across – Set apart : ISOLATE

11-across – Get on – governing body : BOARD

13-across – Reptile : SNAKE

14-across – Clown : BUFFOON

16-across – Longfellow’s Onondaga Indian : HIAWATHA

17-across – Toy – bird : KITE

18-across – Acute difficulty – pop group : DIRESTRAITS

1-down – Short tail of rabbit, deer etc : SCUT

2-down – Aptitude – expertise : ABILITY

3-down – Silly : INANE

4-down – Get rid of – show indifference to : SHRUGOFF

5-down – Remembers – takes into consideration : BEARSINMIND

6-down – Rigidity of a dead body : RIGORMORTIS

10-down – Tepid : LUKEWARM

12-down – Indonesian island : SUMATRA

15-down – Hide in a secret place : STASH

17-down – Draw together : KNIT

1-across – Bower : ARBOUR

4-across – Near-unconsciousness : STUPOR

8-across – Rapidity – amphetamine : SPEED

9-across – Transfixed : IMPALED

10-across – Rider’s foothold : STIRRUP

11-across – Fat : OBESE

12-across – Bad luck : HARDLINES

17-across – Flax cloth : LINEN

19-across – Bill : INVOICE

21-across – Mean – norm : AVERAGE

22-across – Habitual : USUAL

23-across – Head of Arab tribe, village etc : SHEIKH

24-across – Current – file : STREAM

1-down – Appraise : ASSESS

2-down – Stain – defect : BLEMISH

3-down – Beneath : UNDER

5-down – Cyclone : TYPHOON

6-down – Heart beat – peas, beans etc : PULSE

7-down – Blush : REDDEN

9-down – Spontaneous : IMPULSIVE

13-down – Plunder : RANSACK

14-down – Attack – capture : SEIZURE

15-down – Forever : ALWAYS

16-down – Madhouse – uproar : BEDLAM

18-down – Female relative : NIECE

20-down – Clear – cellar : VAULT