Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Difficult to believe : HARDTOSWALLOW

8-across – Be servile : FAWN

9-across – Sideways : EDGEWISE

10-across – Presence : ATTENDANCE

12-across – Nun’s headgear : WIMPLE

14-across – Breathe out : EXHALE

15-across – Annihilate : OBLITERATE

19-across – Banter : BADINAGE

20-across – Stench : REEK

21-across – Clergyman : MANOFTHECLOTH

2-down – Slaughterhouse : ABATTOIR

3-down – Close knit : DENSE

4-down – Late : OVERDUE

5-down – Van, lorry : WAGON

6-down – Simple, unsophisticated : LOWTECH

7-down – Expel : OUST

11-down – Misuse : ILLTREAT

13-down – Condition : PROVISO

14-down – Drastic : EXTREME

16-down – Minimum : LEAST

17-down – Bucolic : RURAL

18-down – Molten matter from volcano : LAVA

1-across – Past it : OVERTHEHILL

9-across – Vocal expression : UTTERANCE

10-across – Japanese carp : KOI

11-across – Clear, intelligible : LUCID

13-across – Used, put into service : AVAILED

14-across – Craving for drink : THIRST

15-across – Obstruct : IMPEDE

18-across – Worship : IDOLISE

20-across – Relating to birth : NATAL

21-across – Indian state : GOA

22-across – Unpunctuality : TARDINESS

24-across – Celebratory circuit : LAPOFHONOUR

2-down – Large vessel : VAT

3-down – Altar screen : REREDOS

4-down – Aircraft shelter : HANGAR

5-down – Dog-like scavenger : HYENA

6-down – Most probable : LIKELIEST

7-down – Exert influence : PULLSTRINGS

8-down – Bourgeois : MIDDLECLASS

12-down – Small sausage : CHIPOLATA

16-down – Opulent house : MANSION

17-down – Shortage, lack : DEARTH

19-down – Prologue, opening : INTRO

23-down – Large flightless bird : EMU

1-across – Unlawful : ILLICIT

8-across – Mollify : APPEASE

9-across – Frankness, honesty : CANDOUR

10-across – Small dog : TERRIER

11-across – Verse, doggerel : RHYME

13-across – Offensive : OBNOXIOUS

15-across – Column of intensified light : LASERBEAM

18-across – Correspond : AGREE

21-across – Pilot’s cabin : COCKPIT

22-across – Corpulence : OBESITY

23-across – Ray of light : SUNBEAM

24-across – Stabbing weapon : BAYONET

1-down – Bring upon oneself : INCUR

2-down – Tall and ungainly : LANKY

3-down – Dance designer : CHOREOGRAPHER

4-down – Scots plaid : TARTAN

5-down – Around, thereabouts : APPROXIMATELY

6-down – Gambling den : CASINO

7-down – Detritus : DEBRIS

12-down – Maori challenge to combat : HAKA

14-down – Impel, egg on : URGE

15-down – Destructive winged insect : LOCUST

16-down – Endorse, back : SECOND

17-down – Bury : ENTOMB

19-down – Hold sway, rule : REIGN

20-down – Middle Eastern country : EGYPT

1-across – Formative experience : RITEOFPASSAGE

8-across – Scottish mountain : BEN

9-across – By virtue of one’s position : EXOFFICIO

10-across – Figure of Christ on cross : CRUCIFIX

11-across – Grain store : SILO

13-across – Meaning : INTENT

14-across – Distinctive uniform : LIVERY

16-across – Platform, rostrum : DAIS

17-across – Nit-picking : PEDANTIC

20-across – Aromatic mixture : POTPOURRI

21-across – Edge, border : RIM

22-across – Classical verse form : HEROICCOUPLET

1-down – Mediaeval stringed instrument : REBEC

2-down – Difficult to articulate : TONGUETWISTER

3-down – Compliant : OBEDIENT

4-down – Pathological fear : PHOBIA

5-down – Secure : SAFE

6-down – Pertaining to the design of buildings : ARCHITECTURAL

7-down – Environmental science : ECOLOGY

12-down – Greek dessert : TIRAMISU

13-down – Detailed, thorough : INDEPTH

15-down – Non-Imperial system of measurement : METRIC

18-down – Heavenly body : COMET

19-down – Practitioner of yoga : YOGI

1-across – Make a mistake : DROPACLANGER

9-across – Revolt : REBEL

10-across – Engraving : ETCHING

11-across – Initial stake : ANTE

12-across – Remorseful : PENITENT

14-across – Browbeat, bully : HECTOR

15-across – Component part; associate : MEMBER

18-across – Outdoors : ALFRESCO

20-across – Secular : LAIC

22-across – Settle, put right : IRONOUT

23-across – Obliterate : ERASE

24-across – Bending of the knee : GENUFLECTION

2-down – Automaton-like : ROBOTIC

3-down – Animal skin : PELT

4-down – Astute : CLEVER

5-down – Historical records : ARCHIVES

6-down – Cunning, deceit : GUILE

7-down – From poverty to affluence : RAGSTORICHES

8-down – Awe-inspiring : BREATHTAKING

13-down – Independent operator : LONEWOLF

16-down – Bluster : BRAVADO

17-down – Manual grass cutter : SCYTHE

19-down – Knit one’s brows : FROWN

21-down – Liability, obligation : DEBT