Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Betrothed : FIANCE

4-across – Sun hat : TOPEE

7-across – Platitude : TRUISM

8-across – Compound, mixture : HYBRID

9-across – Leave : QUIT

10-across – Eavesdrop : LISTENIN

12-across – Magical incantation : ABRACADABRA

17-across – Attractive : MAGNETIC

19-across – Impend, threaten : LOOM

20-across – Perceptive, shrewd : ASTUTE

21-across – Set light to : IGNITE

22-across – Civic official : MAYOR

23-across – Go back, ebb : RECEDE

1-down – Recipe, procedure : FORMULA

2-down – Airman : AVIATOR

3-down – Conspiring in illegal activity : COMPLICIT

4-down – Lovers’ meeting : TRYST

5-down – Accomplice : PARTNER

6-down – Termination : ENDING

11-down – Alluring : SEDUCTIVE

13-down – Intolerance, prejudice : BIGOTRY

14-down – Equilibrium : BALANCE

15-down – Evangelist, proponent : APOSTLE

16-down – Prepare for burial : EMBALM

18-down – Come in : ENTER

1-across – Flippant, frivolous : FACETIOUS

8-across – Silt deposit : LOESS

9-across – Pertaining to heredity : GENETIC

10-across – Animal in its second year : YEARLING

11-across – Soon : ANON

13-across – In the same place : IBIDEM

14-across – Sake, interest, benefit : BEHALF

16-across – Tip, clue : HINT

17-across – Scampered : SCURRIED

19-across – Savage, brutal : INHUMAN

20-across – Row : SCULL

21-across – Based on experience or experiment : EMPIRICAL

1-down – Infantryman : FUSILIER

2-down – Convincing, persuasive : COGENT

3-down – Fork prong : TINE

4-down – Showy : OSTENTATIOUS

5-down – In a subordinate role : SECONDFIDDLE

6-down – Court danger : PLAYWITHFIRE

7-down – Association, connection : RELATIONSHIP

12-down – Retaliation : REPRISAL

15-down – Picturesque : SCENIC

18-down – Middle Eastern ruler : EMIR

1-across – Undecided elector : FLOATINGVOTER

8-across – Temporary encampment : BIVOUAC

9-across – Sign of the zodiac : LIBRA

10-across – Beseech : PRAY

11-across – Diligent, assiduous : STUDIOUS

13-across – Stage direction : EXEUNT

14-across – High on drugs or alcohol : STONED

17-across – Feverish state : DELIRIUM

19-across – Flat circular object : DISC

21-across – Semi-divine maiden : NYMPH

22-across – Ugly prospect : EYESORE

24-across – Unused, pristine state : MINTCONDITION

1-down – White lie : FIB

2-down – Render unnecessary : OBVIATE

3-down – Gardening basket : TRUG

4-down – Minute distinction; subtlety : NICETY

5-down – Authenticate : VALIDATE

6-down – Beyond the pale : TABOO

7-down – Enthusiastic : RHAPSODIC

10-down – Pen name : PSEUDONYM

12-down – Lawless : ANARCHIC

15-down – Kenyan city : NAIROBI

16-down – Soup dish : TUREEN

18-down – Unit of luminous flux : LUMEN

20-down – Fairy : PERI

23-down – Age, epoch : EON

1-across – Very remote inaccessible place : BACKOFBEYOND

9-across – Malicious crime : ARSON

10-across – Bad-smelling distillate of carbon : NAPHTHA

11-across – River of Siberia : LENA

12-across – Affluent : WELLTODO

14-across – ‘Just the ——‘: an appropriate thing : TICKET

15-across – Don : FELLOW

18-across – Out of this world : ESOTERIC

20-across – Warning device on a vehicle : HORN

22-across – Huge inn? : UNHINGE

23-across – Cultivate by growing : RAISE

24-across – Work, originally in return for food and lodgings : EARNONESKEEP

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

3-down – Eccentricity : KINK

4-down – Leo ——, designer of the first solid-body electric guitar : FENDER

5-down – Wood used for lattice work : ESPALIER

6-down – Get the better of : OUTDO

7-down – Coldest part of the year : DEADOFWINTER

8-down – ‘He who pays the piper —– — —-‘ : CALLSTHETUNE

13-down – To this point in time : HEREUNTO

16-down – Glorify; treat as a hero : LIONISE

17-down – Choice cut of beefsteak : RIBEYE

19-down – Different, not the same one or this one : OTHER

21-down – Arduous journey : TREK

1-across – ‘Squirearchy’? : LANDED

4-across – See 1 : GENTRY

9-across – Grotesque : BIZARRE

10-across – Ancient African region absorbed into S Egypt : NUBIA

11-across – Leans to the side : LISTS

12-across – Red tint? : TRIDENT

13-across – Be on the wrong end of a tirade : GETANEARFUL

18-across – Religious outcast : HERETIC

20-across – Break like a glass or cup : SMASH

22-across – German town, the capital of the northern empire in Roman times : TRIER

23-across – Blissful state : NIRVANA

24-across – Hopeless : NOGOOD

25-across – Insignia : EMBLEM

1-down – Appends a category to something or someone : LABELS

2-down – Derogatory term for those with extreme racist or authoritarian views : NAZIS

3-down – Landmass extending from Cape Roca in the west to Cape Dezhnev in the east : EURASIA

5-down – Boredom; weariness : ENNUI

6-down – Diorama : TABLEAU

7-down – Restless and turbulent : YEASTY

8-down – Describe the background to a story, event, etc : SETTHESCENE

14-down – Stud, perhaps, or a drop? : EARRING

15-down – Raised platform : ROSTRUM

16-down – Anything that makes one feel encouraged : SHOTIN

17-down – See 16 : THEARM

19-down – Body, minus its head and limbs : TORSO

21-down – Take advantage : AVAIL