Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Mollify : SOOTHE

4-across – Small but long-winged bird of prey : FALCON

9-across – 3, 7, for example : ADMIRAL

10-across – So-called ‘royal herb’ : BASIL

11-across – Unsaid, implied : TACIT

12-across – Flesh-eating mythical monster of Algonquin Native American tribes : WINDIGO

13-across – Said of a person who is very agitated or apprehensive : BAGOFNERVES

18-across – Extremely wicked : HEINOUS

20-across – Basque name for a Biscay city: hobbit : BILBO

22-across – Model; utopian : IDEAL

23-across – Sister of Augustus Caesar and Mark Antony’s fourth wife : OCTAVIA

24-across – The fourth ——: the press : ESTATE

25-across – Inhabitant of, or relating to, South American upland : ANDEAN

1-down – Military hub of ancient Greece : SPARTA

2-down – Of hearing: of a heavy metal element : OSMIC

3-down – Friend of Hamlet : HORATIO

5-down – Saint, the first British martyr : ALBAN

6-down – Former Spanish kingdom covering much of the Iberian plateau : CASTILE

7-down – Wrestling hold: New Zealand town : NELSON

8-down – Explode in anger : BLOWONESTOP

14-down – Food, support : ALIMENT

15-down – Exult, gloat emphatically : RUBITIN

16-down – Sanctuary : SHRINE

17-down – Orbit: area of special mastery : DOMAIN

19-down – Towel? : OWLET

21-down – : LEVEE

1-across – Overwhelmed by admiration for : INAWEOF

5-across – Upland: depressions : DOWNS

8-across – Eg, Rambo? : EMBARGO

9-across – Postponed : ONICE

10-across – Egyptian peninsula, mountain and desert : SINAI

12-across – Sway: stamp : IMPRESS

13-across – Perfectly fit and well : ASRIGHTASRAIN

15-across – Warehouse space : STORAGE

17-across – City on the Rhone delta and its Roman arena : ARLES

19-across – Japanese, American-born and resident : NISEI

20-across – Transparently thin silk or synthetic material : ORGANZA

22-across – South American rodent inadvertently introduced into Europe : COYPU

23-across – Welsh ——-, baked cheese dish : RAREBIT

1-down – Think tank output? : IDEAS

2-down – Long white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves : ALB

3-down – Item of jewellery : EARRING

4-down – Opening, giving a chance of ultimate success : FOOTINTHEDOOR

5-down – Sag, wilt : DROOP

6-down – Part of London synonymous with British government : WHITEHALL

7-down – Child belonging to one’s spouse : STEPSON

11-down – In an anxious manner : NERVOUSLY

13-down – Brittle grey-green semi-metal, atomic number 33 : ARSENIC

14-down – Bluster; ostentation : SWAGGER

16-down – ‘Farewell’, from the Norman French ‘[I commend you] to God’ : ADIEU

18-down – Lean over at an angle; bias : SLANT

21-down – Centre; heart : NUB

7-across – Rabbit-like South American rodent : AGOUTI

8-across – Dynasty of monarchs ruling England, began by James I : STUART

9-across – Fair, garden party : FETE

10-across – Apache chieftain : GERONIMO

11-across – Requests soliciting charity, especially money : BEGGING

13-across – Mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil used as a building fixative : PUTTY

15-across – Coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric : DENIM

16-across – See 11 : LETTERS

18-across – Flung Eve? : VENGEFUL

19-across – The Beehive State, the 45th of the Union : UTAH

21-across – —— Ryder, Golden Globe Best Actress for The Age of Innocence : WINONA

22-across – Soft mineral used in cement- and plaster-making : GYPSUM

1-down – Eye leeringly : OGLE

2-down – Fishy happenings : QUEERGOINGSON

3-down – Revolvers, of old : SIXGUNS

4-down – Val d’—–, French ski resort : ISERE

5-down – Produces a better outcome than expected: is especially helpful : TURNSUPTRUMPS

6-down – Advocate: agent : PROMOTER

12-down – Interpretation; explanation : EXEGESIS

14-down – Earth science : GEOLOGY

17-down – Trimmed internal parts of a carcase, edible or not : OFFAL

20-down – Go up against; touch on : ABUT

7-across – Family of small plant-feeding beetles : WEEVIL

8-across – Niggardly; barely covering : SKIMPY

9-across – Suddenly change direction or position : SKEW

10-across – Capital and lake of Manitoba, Canada : WINNIPEG

11-across – Evelyn Waugh satirical novel : DECLINE

13-across – Most senior and respected member : DOYEN

15-across – Queen from here, unnamed in the Bible : SHEBA

17-across – See 11 : ANDFALL

20-across – Over-hasty activity : RASHNESS

21-across – Bargain: treaty : PACT

22-across – —— Republic, 1919-33 : WEIMAR

23-across – Black Sea port of the Potemkin revolt : ODESSA

1-down – Challenge aggressively; badger : HECKLE

2-down – Affirm : AVOW

3-down – Getting very angry and flying into a rage : BLOWING

4-down – All together; in unison : ASONE

5-down – Develop a good friendly relationship : HITITOFF

6-down – Geometric shape: area, range : SPHERE

12-down – Puccini opera : LABOHEME

14-down – See 3 : ONESTOP

16-down – Someone who plays practical jokes on others : HOAXER

18-down – Migratory grasshopper of warm regions : LOCUST

19-down – Underground railway : METRO

21-down – Get ready; swot : PREP

1-across – Situation fraught with danger : MINEFIELD

8-across – Inactive : INERT

9-across – Momentous : DRASTIC

10-across – Scottish water : LOCHNESS

11-across – Japanese mountain : FUJI

13-across – Rudder : TILLER

14-across – Automotive safety device : AIRBAG

16-across – Cigarette case : ETUI

17-across – Impending : IMMINENT

19-across – Without reliance on external agencies : INHOUSE

20-across – Friend : AMIGO

21-across – Enduring : PERMANENT

1-down – Rebel against authority : MUTINEER

2-down – Naturism : NUDISM

3-down – Exploit : FEAT

4-down – Make humiliating apology : EATHUMBLEPIE

5-down – Scolds’ punishment : DUCKINGSTOOL

6-down – Ignis fatuus : WILLOTHEWISP

7-down – Insignificant clerical worker : PENCILPUSHER

12-down – Watchful : VIGILANT

15-down – Interfere with : IMPEDE

18-down – Large wild cat : PUMA