Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Sailors’ dance : HORNPIPE

5-across – Employer : USER

9-across – Firearm : RIFLE

10-across – Pressing – time of day : EVENING

11-across – Make a conspicuous mistake : DROPACLANGER

13-across – Egg dish : OMELET

14-across – Dangle – rely : DEPEND

17-across – A minute distance : HAIRSBREADTH

20-across – Dig up – uncover : UNEARTH

21-across – Overwhelming terror : PANIC

22-across – Just one – fish : SOLE

23-across – Forefather : ANCESTOR

1-down – Rent : HIRE

2-down – Umpire : REFEREE

3-down – Compulsion to conform to one’s contemporaries : PEERPRESSURE

4-down – Penetrate : PIERCE

6-down – Cast – used for injured arm : SLING

7-down – The clothing business : RAGTRADE

8-down – Act well so that others may copy : SETANEXAMPLE

12-down – Riding breeches : JODHPURS

15-down – Dead – obsolete – extinguished : EXTINCT

16-down – Roguish child – especially one raggedly dressed : URCHIN

18-down – Perfect : IDEAL

19-down – Steep rock – blemish : SCAR

1-across – Bribe : BACKHANDER

7-across – Cry out : EXCLAIM

8-across – Theme : MOTIF

10-across – Skin disease : ACNE

11-across – Caribou : REINDEER

13-across – Appoint – admit to holy orders : ORDAIN

15-across – Public road : STREET

17-across – Disclosure – made by a photographer? : EXPOSURE

18-across – Image of god : IDOL

21-across – Hangman’s halter : NOOSE

22-across – Naive – unskilful : ARTLESS

23-across – Bird song at daybreak : DAWNCHORUS

1-down – Pig meat – essayist : BACON

2-down – Overcook – fish – daily : CHAR

3-down – Impede – basket : HAMPER

4-down – Propose – name : NOMINATE

5-down – Farthest – drastic : EXTREME

6-down – Hurry up! : GETAMOVEON

9-down – Excellent : FIRSTCLASS

12-down – Famous physicist, mathematician : EINSTEIN

14-down – Certificate : DIPLOMA

16-down – Opening – quarrel : BREACH

19-down – Lees : DREGS

20-down – Prison : STIR

1-across – Honest – genuine : ONTHELEVEL

7-across – Wizard – magician : SORCERER

8-across – Dance – swim : REEL

9-across – Widespread : RIFE

10-across – Predicament : DILEMMA

12-across – Mischievous ghost : POLTERGEIST

14-across – Eliminate stitches – prepare for sea : CASTOFF

16-across – Discover : FIND

19-across – Note – police – invoice – list : BILL

20-across – Story-telling – member of the family : RELATION

21-across – Served with ice – in a state of ruin : ONTHEROCKS

1-down – Smell : ODOUR

2-down – Diplomatic : TACTFUL

3-down – Gain – merit : EARN

4-down – Wages : EARNINGS

5-down – Weird : EERIE

6-down – Allow – visa : PERMIT

11-down – Start out on journey – express : SETFORTH

12-down – Peaceful : PLACID

13-down – Stupid : IDIOTIC

15-down – Claw : TALON

17-down – Scum – dregs : DROSS

18-down – Slight – aspersion : SLUR

1-across – Unfortunately : ALAS

3-across – Wind instrument : BAGPIPES

8-across – Legend : SAGA

9-across – Union – joint : JUNCTION

11-across – Choose wedding date : NAMETHEDAY

14-across – Famished : HUNGRY

15-across – Strictness : RIGOUR

17-across – Exactly what is required : JUSTTHEJOB

20-across – Guiltless : INNOCENT

21-across – Food – insect larva : GRUB

22-across – Casino employee : CROUPIER

23-across – Release – without charge : FREE

1-down – Green liqueur – wormwood : ABSINTHE

2-down – Debate – disagreement : ARGUMENT

4-down – Reviled : ABUSED

5-down – Deliberately provoke conflict : PICKAFIGHT

6-down – Bucket : PAIL

7-down – Transmit : SEND

10-down – Drink offered to huntsman : STIRRUPCUP

12-down – Magician : CONJURER

13-down – Likely : PROBABLE

16-down – Attitude – taken by golfer : STANCE

18-down – Record : DISC

19-down – Unfasten – destroy : UNDO

1-across – Example of free use of the imagination : FLIGHTOFFANCY

8-across – Responsibility : ONUS

9-across – Figure of speech – allegory : METAPHOR

10-across – Wholly : ALTOGETHER

12-across – Start : OUTSET

14-across – Tusked sea mammal : WALRUS

15-across – Radical – daring : AVANTGARDE

19-across – Person sharing deep affinity : SOULMATE

20-across – Immense : VAST

21-across – Accepting one’s : KNOWONESPLACE

2-down – Floor covering : LINOLEUM

3-down – Zest : GUSTO

4-down – Storm – created by Shakespeare? : TEMPEST

5-down – Go for – bring : FETCH

6-down – Clothing : APPAREL

7-down – Cut down on – meat : CHOP

11-down – Dead-end road : CULDESAC

13-down – Take in – migratory bird : SWALLOW

14-down – Observe – evidence : WITNESS

16-down – Once more : AGAIN

17-down – Blacksmith’s block : ANVIL

18-down – Ripped : TORN