Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Sturdy : ROBUST

4-across – Means of support/reassurance : CRUTCH

8-across – Decoration, furnishings : DECOR

9-across – Child mind : BABYSIT

10-across – Quality, merit : CALIBRE

11-across – Immature form of an insect : LARVA

12-across – Burial place : GRAVEYARD

17-across – Aroused from sleep : AWAKE

19-across – Young male wedding attendant : PAGEBOY

21-across – Careless error : BLUNDER

22-across – Faint : SWOON

23-across – Watery-eyed : RHEUMY

24-across – Pamper : COSSET

1-down – Lessen : REDUCE

2-down – Accumulation of undone work : BACKLOG

3-down – Scour : SCRUB

5-down – German measles : RUBELLA

6-down – Stunning device : TASER

7-down – Contracted assassin : HITMAN

9-down – Apiarist : BEEKEEPER

13-down – Single item for meeting : AGENDUM

14-down – Doubtful : DUBIOUS

15-down – Convexity of a road : CAMBER

16-down – Young swan : CYGNET

18-down – Divert, entertain : AMUSE

20-down – Enthusiasm : GUSTO

5-across – Belief in something which cannot be proved : LEAPOFFAITH

7-across – Indicator of tiredness : YAWN

8-across – Bitter verbal attack : DIATRIBE

9-across – Make greater : AUGMENT

11-across – Norwegian sea inlet : FIORD

13-across – Detailed investigation : STUDY

14-across – Delay between two events : TIMELAG

16-across – Outmoded : OBSOLETE

17-across – Reverberate : ECHO

18-across – Minor quake : EARTHTREMOR

1-down – Conceited : VAIN

2-down – Caustic, biting : MORDANT

3-down – Animal entrails etc. : OFFAL

4-down – Severe headache : MIGRAINE

5-down – Competitive teams’ rankings : LEAGUETABLE

6-down – Seller of cloth, sewing and knitting accessories : HABERDASHER

10-down – Of average quality : MEDIOCRE

12-down – Small weapon : SIDEARM

15-down – Hades’ river of forgetfulness : LETHE

17-down – US television award : EMMY

5-across – Thriftiness : FRUGALITY

8-across – Stringed instrument : HARP

9-across – About to happen : IMMINENT

10-across – Calm, peaceful : SERENE

11-across – Annual : YEARLY

13-across – Solicitor : LAWYER

15-across – Take for granted : ASSUME

16-across – Supplier of maritime equipment : CHANDLER

18-across – In pristine condition : MINT

19-across – Venetian gondoliers’ song : BARCAROLE

1-down – Prediction : PROPHECY

2-down – Set fire to : IGNITE

3-down – Maladroit : CLUMSY

4-down – Daze, stupefy : STUN

6-down – Averse to having one’s photo taken : CAMERASHY

7-down – Unpleasant : INCLEMENT

12-down – Gathering : ASSEMBLY

14-down – Survivor; widow : RELICT

15-down – Daybreak : AURORA

17-down – Trim, tidy : NEAT

1-across – Doctor’s approach to a patient : BEDSIDEMANNER

8-across – Froth : BUBBLES

9-across – Pulled by another vehicle : TOWED

10-across – Noise of a donkey : BRAY

11-across – US football field : GRIDIRON

13-across – Boredom : TEDIUM

14-across – Poetic verse : STANZA

17-across – Drawn from a variety of sources : ECLECTIC

19-across – Assist in a criminal venture : ABET

21-across – Keyboard instrument found in churches etc. : ORGAN

22-across – Artist’s studio : ATELIER

24-across – Die : KICKTHEBUCKET

1-down – Short quick bow : BOB

2-down – Expert : DABHAND

3-down – At leisure : IDLE

4-down – Make certain : ENSURE

5-down – Remedy, counteragent : ANTIDOTE

6-down – More recent : NEWER

7-down – No longer required : REDUNDANT

10-down – Strictly according to the rules : BYTHEBOOK

12-down – Briefly and clearly expressed : SUCCINCT

15-down – Golf club : NIBLICK

16-down – Face : VISAGE

18-down – System/method of reasoning : LOGIC

20-down – Bill of fare : MENU

23-down – Dull pattern of behaviour : RUT

1-across – Legendary story : MYTH

4-across – Casino game : BACCARAT

8-across – Bone structure? : SKELETON

9-across – Chessman : ROOK

10-across – Beginning of Lent : ASHWEDNESDAY

12-across – Bow and scrape : KOWTOW

14-across – Part of the foot : INSTEP

16-across – Like iambic pentameter : DECASYLLABIC

19-across – Equitable : FAIR

20-across – Airship : ZEPPELIN

22-across – 3D solid : CYLINDER

23-across – Spread : PATE

2-down – Crikey! : YIKES

3-down – Foolish person : HALFWIT

4-down – Automated program : BOT

5-down – Simpatico : CONGENIAL

6-down – Pungent : ACRID

7-down – Disciple : ACOLYTE

11-down – Bought a smaller house : DOWNSIZED

13-down – Mother : OLDLADY

15-down – Large-scale organisational change : SHAKEUP

17-down – Fox-like dog : CORGI

18-down – Foolish person : IDIOT

21-down – For each : PER