Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – In maths, the third power of a quantity : CUBE

3-across – Existing everywhere : PANDEMIC

9-across – Listening sympathetically or attentively : LENDING

10-across – See 9 : ANEAR

11-across – Edit; make alterations to a draft : EMEND

12-across – Plant fibre used in weaving : RAFFIA

14-across – Sun shade : AWNING

16-across – Roofed porch or gallery with open sides along the front or side of a building : LOGGIA

19-across – Arctic region of permafrost : TUNDRA

21-across – Bring up : EVOKE

24-across – Clarify, help to explain : THROW

25-across – See 24 : LIGHTON

26-across – Brightest star in Ursa Minor; northern axis of the earth points toward it : POLESTAR

27-across – Rain heavily : POUR

1-down – Block end; no through road : CULDESAC

2-down – Occasion for excessive eating or drinking : BINGE

4-down – Heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods : ASGARD

5-down – Gimli, for one : DWARF

6-down – Gathering : MEETING

7-down – Hair piece; flick up : CURL

8-down – Unter den ——, iconic boulevard in Berlin : LINDEN

13-down – John ——–, 16th century English composer: one who frequented an inn of old : TAVERNER

15-down – A runlet? : NEUTRAL

17-down – Fidgety, nervous : ONEDGE

18-down – Showy bloom : DAHLIA

20-down – North or South, two features of chalk upland in England : DOWNS

22-down – Go one better than : OUTDO

23-down – At the summit of : ATOP

1-across – Bell ringer : CAMPANOLOGIST

8-across – Stork-like bird : IBIS

9-across – Lees : SEDIMENT

10-across – Seven-sided : HEPTAGONAL

12-across – Scuttle : SCURRY

14-across – Airborne condensation : VAPOUR

15-across – Smuggled goods : CONTRABAND

19-across – Perplex : BEFUDDLE

20-across – Small songbird : WREN

21-across – Highest decoration for gallantry : VICTORIACROSS

2-down – Surroundings : AMBIENCE

3-down – Postulate : POSIT

4-down – Bouquet : NOSEGAY

5-down – Weighed down : LADEN

6-down – Schoolgirl’s PE uniform : GYMSLIP

7-down – Consign : SEND

11-down – Irish stout : GUINNESS

13-down – Enlist : RECRUIT

14-down – Herbaceous plant : VERBENA

16-down – Lowest point : NADIR

17-down – Leafy shelter : BOWER

18-down – Fairy : PERI

1-across – Deficit : SHORTFALL

8-across – Wild punch : HAYMAKER

9-across – Gentle, timid : MEEK

10-across – Spiritual teacher, mentor : GURU

11-across – Exculpate : ABSOLVE

13-across – Esprit de corps : CAMARADERIE

15-across – Daydream : REVERIE

17-across – Take a dip : SWIM

20-across – Disfigure : SCAR

21-across – Unnaturally high-pitched voice : FALSETTO

22-across – Stamp collecting : PHILATELY

2-down – Mundane, commonplace : HUMDRUM

3-down – Libertine : RAKE

4-down – Portend : FOREBODE

5-down – Intermediate state : LIMBO

6-down – Suspend : HANG

7-down – Body of work : OEUVRE

12-down – Fertile, abundant : FRUITFUL

13-down – Compel : COERCE

14-down – Unfair treatment : RAWDEAL

16-down – Fox’s lair : EARTH

18-down – Soundless : MUTE

19-down – Surfeit : GLUT

1-across – Bad apple : BLACKSHEEP

6-across – Exhilaration : ELATION

7-across – Stagger : LURCH

9-across – At leisure : IDLE

10-across – Balderdash : CLAPTRAP

12-across – Blase, unimpressed : UNAWED

14-across – Large flotilla : ARMADA

16-across – Maladroit : TACTLESS

17-across – Large seabird : SKUA

20-across – Greek Muse : ERATO

21-across – Badly brought up : ILLBRED

22-across – Fear of heights : ACROPHOBIA

1-down – Scuffle, unseemly fight : BRAWL

2-down – Similar : AKIN

3-down – Ignite : KINDLE

4-down – Landing pad : HELIPORT

5-down – Heart of Staffordshire’s pottery industry : ETRURIA

6-down – Code of behaviour : ETIQUETTE

8-down – Random : HAPHAZARD

11-down – Affluent : WELLTODO

13-down – Obsolete : ARCHAIC

15-down – Old Testament prophet : ISAIAH

18-down – Fate : KARMA

19-down – Insincere, facile : GLIB

1-across – Squall : GUST

3-across – Exotic dancer : STRIPPER

9-across – Exposed to the elements : OPENAIR

10-across – Permed : CURLY

11-across – Satisfied : SATED

12-across – Grief : ANGUISH

13-across – Multifarious : MISCELLANEOUS

16-across – Dilapidated : RUNDOWN

18-across – Subject of discussion : TOPIC

20-across – Propose to a meeting : TABLE

21-across – Eastern Mediterranean honorific : EFFENDI

22-across – Prohibited zone : NOGOAREA

23-across – Scrutinise : SCAN

1-down – Benevolent person : GOODSAMARITAN

2-down – Extract metal from ore : SMELT

4-down – Ignore : TURNABLINDEYE

5-down – Under an assumed name : INCOG

6-down – Colonnade : PORTICO

7-down – Back-up band : RHYTHMSECTION

8-down – Loiter : DAWDLE

14-down – Flood defence : SANDBAG

15-down – Advise : NOTIFY

17-down – Musical drama : OPERA

19-down – Sudden fright : PANIC