Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Artificial international language : ESPERANTO

8-across – Side post of door : JAMB

9-across – Unrelenting : INSISTENT

10-across – Peaceful : CALM

13-across – Shroud : COVER

15-across – Inn : TAVERN

16-across – Plan : DESIGN

17-across – Burning : AFLAME

19-across – Dignified – time of year : AUGUST

20-across – Pair – strut : BRACE

21-across – Of high quality : FINE

24-across – Vital : ESSENTIAL

25-across – District of central London : SOHO

26-across – Soon : PRESENTLY

2-down – Ballad : SONG

3-down – Islamic chieftain : EMIR

4-down – Lawsuit – battle : ACTION

5-down – With browned skin : TANNED

6-down – Wise : SAGACIOUS

7-down – Detest : ABOMINATE

11-down – Unyielding : STEADFAST

12-down – Mass of sliding snow : AVALANCHE

13-down – Morsel : CRUMB

14-down – Light entertainment : REVUE

18-down – Rubber : ERASER

19-down – Means of entry : ACCESS

22-down – Famous school : ETON

23-down – Bucket : PAIL

1-across – Valentine, for instance : GREETINGSCARD

8-across – Part of circumference : ARC

9-across – Mythical : LEGENDARY

10-across – Container for potpourri : POMANDER

11-across – Avoid : SHUN

13-across – Reviled : ABUSED

14-across – Lay bare : EXPOSE

16-across – Roman poet Ñ void : OVID

17-across – Very fine : HAIRLINE

20-across – Journeyed : TRAVELLED

21-across – Informal name for sailor : TAR

22-across – Cosmetic in stick form : EYEBROWPENCIL

1-down – Clutch : GRASP

2-down – Cut off from church sacraments : EXCOMMUNICATE

3-down – Clever : TALENTED

4-down – Rough lump of gold : NUGGET

5-down – Drop Ñ flag : SINK

6-down – Out of keeping with chronology : ANACHRONISTIC

7-down – Senior female member of profession : DOYENNE

12-down – Two British universities : OXBRIDGE

13-down – A preacher of gospels : APOSTLE

15-down – Unhealthily pale : SALLOW

18-down – Enlist : ENROL

19-down – Prophet : SEER

1-across – Clergyman : PARISHPRIEST

9-across – Ruminant mammal of Africa : OKAPI

10-across – Be boisterous : ROISTER

11-across – Mirth : GLEE

12-across – Supersonic airliner : CONCORDE

14-across – Try hard : STRIVE

15-across – Highly-spiced sausage : SALAMI

18-across – Hide – cloak : ENSHROUD

20-across – Dimensions : SIZE

22-across – Spare time : LEISURE

23-across – Commerce : TRADE

24-across – London thoroughfare : REGENTSTREET

2-down – Non-professional : AMATEUR

3-down – Goddess of the rainbow : ISIS

4-down – Aversion : HORROR

5-down – Wet weather wear : RAINCOAT

6-down – Go in – set down : ENTER

7-down – Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar : THREEWISEMEN

8-down – Highly enthusiastic revivalist preacher : HOTGOSPELLER

13-down – Capsize : OVERTURN

16-down – Give life to : ANIMATE

17-down – Constraint : DURESS

19-down – Smart – cheat : STING

21-down – Agitate : STIR

1-across – Cooking instructions : RECIPE

4-across – Time of acute danger : CRISIS

9-across – Polish : BURNISH

10-across – Name : TITLE

11-across – The Scales : LIBRA

12-across – Adult : GROWNUP

13-across – Accept whatever is available : TAKEPOTLUCK

18-across – Disconcert : PERTURB

20-across – Chine : NICHE

22-across – With moisture removed : DRIED

23-across – Mouth of a cavity : ORIFICE

24-across – Reliable – firm : STEADY

25-across – Business providing specific service : AGENCY

1-down – Stone fragments : RUBBLE

2-down – Evergreen tree with edible pods : CAROB

3-down – Secret – soldier of the lowest rank : PRIVATE

5-down – Proportion : RATIO

6-down – Devilish : SATANIC

7-down – Drowsy : SLEEPY

8-down – Bible : THEGOODBOOK

14-down – Company operating flying machines : AIRLINE

15-down – Alighting : LANDING

16-down – Suit in pack of cards : SPADES

17-down – Cure : REMEDY

19-down – Disentangled : UNDID

21-down – Heap of stones as a monument : CAIRN

1-across – Soothe – appease : PACIFY

4-across – Infanticidal king : HEROD

7-across – Northern Ireland : ULSTER

8-across – : BALSAM

9-across – Daring, maybe impudent : BOLD

10-across – One making a will : TESTATOR

12-across – Russian-made weapon : KALASHNIKOV

17-across – Delay or cancel : REPRIEVE

19-across – Nobleman : EARL

20-across – Check the truth of : VERIFY

21-across – Arrival of large numbers : INFLUX

22-across – One sort of month : LUNAR

23-across – Try elm : MYRTLE

1-down – Fool : PILLOCK

2-down – Stronghold : CITADEL

3-down – Anticipatory experience : FORETASTE

4-down – Centre : HEART

5-down – Rice dish : RISOTTO

6-down – Modestly behaved : DEMURE

11-down – Genuineness : SINCERITY

13-down – Pain-killing drug : ASPIRIN

14-down – Maintain health : KEEPFIT

15-down – Greenery : VERDURE

16-down – Small stones : GRAVEL

18-down – Deduce : INFER