Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Deceive person one is supposedly helping : DOUBLECROSS

9-across – New Zealand Rugby team : ALLBLACKS

10-across – Pasty – former Indian coin – mixed type – bird : PIE

11-across – Get to know : LEARN

13-across – Fit of childish temper : TANTRUM

14-across – Cricket ball pitched to the bat : YORKER

15-across – Quickly remove – exploitation : RIPOFF

18-across – Unfortunate : UNLUCKY

20-across – Core : HEART

21-across – Fuss : ADO

22-across – Telephoned awakening : ALARMCALL

24-across – Dramatic episode leaving audience in suspense : CLIFFHANGER

2-down – Lubricate : OIL

3-down – Poise : BALANCE

4-down – Arouse : EXCITE

5-down – Ascended – revolted : RISEN

6-down – Exploding star that becomes much brighter : SUPERNOVA

7-down – Twisted sweetmeat : BARLEYSUGAR

8-down – Alluring, seductive woman : FEMMEFATALE

12-down – Victim of hoax in springtime : APRILFOOL

16-down – Pitiless – barbarous : INHUMAN

17-down – Secluded way : BYPATH

19-down – Banter – husks : CHAFF

23-down – Wonder : AWE

1-across – Utter failure : DEBACLE

8-across – Anchorage Ñ or charge for using it! : MOORAGE

9-across – Include Ñ pen : ENCLOSE

10-across – Ludicrous : RISIBLE

11-across – Less : MINUS

13-across – Ergo : THEREFORE

15-across – Principle church of diocese : CATHEDRAL

18-across – First Greek letter : ALPHA

21-across – Foreboding : OMINOUS

22-across – Belief : OPINION

23-across – Table game : SNOOKER

24-across – Plant attachment for climbing Ñ wisp of hair : TENDRIL

1-down – Vision : DREAM

2-down – Pig meat Ñ essayist : BACON

3-down – Falsifies one’s accounts : COOKSTHEBOOKS

4-down – Emanate : EMERGE

5-down – Group of stars : CONSTELLATION

6-down – Treelike grass : BAMBOO

7-down – Strict : SEVERE

12-down – Thought : IDEA

14-down – Wealthy : RICH

15-down – Select : CHOOSE

16-down – Suit maker : TAILOR

17-down – Rearrange Ñ a holiday place : RESORT

19-down – Coming before Ñ a superior : PRIOR

20-down – Abolish : ANNUL

1-across – Draft – recruit : CONSCRIPT

8-across – New Zealand bird : KIWI

9-across – Tropic – Zodiac sign : CAPRICORN

10-across – Unhappy – university sportsman : BLUE

13-across – Postpone : DELAY

15-across – Refreshment – strike : BUFFET

16-across – Danger : HAZARD

17-across – Required : NEEDED

19-across – Sort of boxer – dog : SHADOW

20-across – Refute : REBUT

21-across – Promise – curse : OATH

24-across – Playwright : DRAMATIST

25-across – Cupid : EROS

26-across – 100th anniversary : CENTENARY

2-down – Spoken : ORAL

3-down – Certain : SURE

4-down – Swindle – uncovered in the courts : RACKET

5-down – Social outcast : PARIAH

6-down – Table game at which Mary Queen of Scots excelled : BILLIARDS

7-down – Quilt : EIDERDOWN

11-down – Completely irresponsible – left : ABANDONED

12-down – Fond attachment : AFFECTION

13-down – Dissuade : DETER

14-down – Sailing boat : YACHT

18-down – Edict : DECREE

19-down – Yield : SUBMIT

22-down – Stupefy : STUN

23-down – Employer : USER

1-across – Direction a compass needle points : MAGNETICNORTH

8-across – Sailor – laid on road : TAR

9-across – Tenure : OCCUPANCY

10-across – Withdraw from : EVACUATE

11-across – Greek portico : STOA

13-across – Protected – unaffected : IMMUNE

14-across – Japanese military dictator : SHOGUN

16-across – Scope – entertainment : PLAY

17-across – Person employed for all kinds of work : FACTOTUM

20-across – Converses about one’s own job : TALKSSHOP

21-across – Was bound to be – caught : HAD

22-across – Vatican building with Michelangelo frescoes : SISTINECHAPEL

1-down – Bishop’s headgear : MITRE

2-down – Rubella : GERMANMEASLES

3-down – Articulate : ELOQUENT

4-down – Provoke : INCITE

5-down – Back of the neck : NAPE

6-down – Be in control of an efficient organisation : RUNATIGHTSHIP

7-down – Farm wagon, subject of Constable painting : HAYWAIN

12-down – Shameless audacity : CHUTZPAH

13-down – Momentum : IMPETUS

15-down – Laurel – girl’s name : DAPHNE

18-down – Fashion – prototype : MODEL

19-down – Italian town producing sparkling wine : ASTI

1-across – Graveyard : BURIALGROUND

9-across – Intended : MEANT

10-across – North American reindeer : CARIBOU

11-across – Partly open : AJAR

12-across – Concluding game in FA competition : CUPFINAL

14-across – Cigarette containing cannabis – jacket : REEFER

15-across – Ask – what the public wants : DEMAND

18-across – Honest – direct : STRAIGHT

20-across – Record : DISC

22-across – Beginning – a letter : INITIAL

23-across – Supple : LITHE

24-across – Person adept at growing plants : GREENFINGERS

2-down – Ignorant : UNAWARE

3-down – Jot : IOTA

4-down – Shop without living quarters : LOCKUP

5-down – Lofty – thin : RAREFIED

6-down – Of town : URBAN

7-down – Bus or sandwich with two levels : DOUBLEDECKER

8-down – Blush-making : EMBARRASSING

13-down – Circle of longitude : MERIDIAN

16-down – Airman : AVIATOR

17-down – Hot-tasting pod : CHILLI

19-down – Collect – more pay : RAISE

21-down – Stop – advertising : PLUG