Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Impudent : RUDE

3-across – Moan : COMPLAIN

8-across – Objective : GOAL

9-across – Cause fear : AFFRIGHT

11-across – Duplicate : CARBONCOPY

14-across – Discuss : DEBATE

15-across – Sermonise : PREACH

17-across – Slightly unwell : OUTOFSORTS

20-across – Postscript : EPILOGUE

21-across – On one’s own : SOLO

22-across – Unmarried woman : SPINSTER

23-across – Let it stand – printer’s mark : STET

1-down – Killing of a king : REGICIDE

2-down – Tirade : DIATRIBE

4-down – Work place : OFFICE

5-down – Express another way : PARAPHRASE

6-down – Jason’s vessel : ARGO

7-down – Free of tax : NETT

10-down – After death : POSTHUMOUS

12-down – Execute : CARRYOUT

13-down – Get rid of gradually : PHASEOUT

16-down – Capacity : VOLUME

18-down – Converted stables : MEWS

19-down – Flightless bird : KIWI

1-across – Chain reaction : KNOCKONEFFECT

8-across – Group of three : TRIO

9-across – Abode : DWELLING

10-across – Make intricate : COMPLICATE

12-across – Commandeer : HIJACK

14-across – Shrewd : ASTUTE

15-across – Easy : CHILDSPLAY

19-across – Tanning lounge : SOLARIUM

20-across – Roman garment : TOGA

21-across – Region served by hospital, school etc : CATCHMENTAREA

2-down – Drug : NARCOTIC

3-down – Infantile breathing difficulties : CROUP

4-down – Familiar name for the devil : OLDNICK

5-down – Suppository : ENEMA

6-down – Type of hazelnut : FILBERT

7-down – Hypocrisy : CANT

11-down – Lag behind : STRAGGLE

13-down – Outdated : ARCHAIC

14-down – Stomach : ABDOMEN

16-down – Turn of phrase : IDIOM

17-down – Slightly leavened bread : PITTA

18-down – Hindu philosophy : YOGA

1-across – Of little substance : LIGHTWEIGHT

9-across – Remaining : LINGERING

10-across – Non-pedigree dog : CUR

11-across – Lout : YOBBO

13-across – Breastbone : STERNUM

14-across – Aptitude, skill : TALENT

15-across – Worn at the edges : FRAYED

18-across – Curdled milk dish : YOGHURT

20-across – Bathroom appliance : BIDET

21-across – Wonder : AWE

22-across – Careless : IMPRUDENT

24-across – Eternal : NEVERENDING

2-down – Hostelry : INN

3-down – Country dance : HOEDOWN

4-down – Caprice : WHIMSY

5-down – Fireplace : INGLE

6-down – Trite, stale : HACKNEYED

7-down – Extemporise : PLAYITBYEAR

8-down – Plan ahead : PREMEDITATE

12-down – Spaghetti sauce : BOLOGNESE

16-down – Bounce back : REBOUND

17-down – Paper fastening : STAPLE

19-down – Bring together : UNITE

23-down – Age : EON

1-across – Influence from behind the scenes : PULLTHE

8-across – See 1 : STRINGS

9-across – Games, quadrennial in occurrence : OLYMPIC

10-across – Inflexible : ADAMANT

11-across – Bout of indulgence : SPREE

13-across – Steps in : DEPUTISES

15-across – Ready and willing to be taught : TEACHABLE

18-across – Kind of ray : MANTA

21-across – Country, the former SW Africa : NAMIBIA

22-across – On the fence : NEUTRAL

23-across – Highly amused : TICKLED

24-across – See 23 : TODEATH

1-down – World’s largest classical music festival, held annually : PROMS

2-down – Stratum : LAYER

3-down – Starred : TOPPEDTHEBILL

4-down – Steep artificial slope in front of a fortification : ESCARP

5-down – Change the accepted style or way of doing of things : BREAKTHEMOULD

6-down – Relatives by marriage : INLAWS

7-down – Like now : ASITIS

12-down – Ask : POSE

14-down – Give off : EMIT

15-down – Convictions : TENETS

16-down – Cleric’s cape; alternative name for amice : ALMUCE

17-down – Willy —–, Chancellor of W Germany, 1969-1974 : BRANDT

19-down – Bellini opera : NORMA

20-down – God in Islam : ALLAH

1-across – Childhood confection : JELLYBABY

8-across – Ancient Andean : INCA

9-across – Euphemism for someone who is unattractive : NOTMUCHTO

10-across – Clarified butter used in Indian cookery : GHEE

13-across – Ancient : OLDEN

15-across – Witty language used to convey insults or scorn : SATIRE

16-across – See 9 : LOOKAT

17-across – Attack imaginary enemies or evils : TILTAT

19-across – In? : ATHOME

20-across – Score : NOTCH

21-across – Disputes : ROWS

24-across – See 17 : WINDMILLS

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

26-across – Affecting or influenced by the human mind : PSYCHICAL

2-down – Cupid, to the Greeks : EROS

3-down – Flimsy, as an excuse : LAME

4-down – Bend out of shape : BUCKLE

5-down – Methodist or Baptist church; church for seamen : BETHEL

6-down – Possessing private information : INTHEKNOW

7-down – Book of place names : GAZETTEER

11-down – Coarse tie? : ESOTERICA

12-down – In a depressed or weakened state : ATALOWEBB

13-down – Soft part of the body which has a specific function : ORGAN

14-down – Bridge position : NORTH

18-down – Conservative-leaning politicians, from the Irish for ‘robbers’ : TORIES

19-down – Having a pH value of less than 7 : ACIDIC

22-down – Pacific island nation : FIJI

23-down – Defendant’s answer to a charge or claim : PLEA