1-across – Archaeological find : ARTEFACT

5-across – Stylish : CHIC

9-across – Snug : COMFY

10-across – Opposite in meaning : ANTONYM

11-across – Stop slowly : GRINDTOAHALT

13-across – Heartily enjoy : RELISH

14-across – Way out : EGRESS

17-across – Pay for : PICKUPTHETAB

20-across – Intellectual : EGGHEAD

21-across – Narcotic from the poppy : OPIUM

22-across – Rambling tale : YARN

23-across – Fearfulness, trepidation : COLDFEET

1-down – Principal : ARCH

2-down – Wagon, transport to the guillotine : TUMBREL

3-down – UFO : FLYINGSAUCER

4-down – Loquacious : CHATTY

6-down – Red dye : HENNA

7-down – Unconscious : COMATOSE

8-down – Tight grip : STRANGLEHOLD

12-down – Prediction : PROPHECY

15-down – Scrutinise : EXAMINE

16-down – Workshop : STUDIO

18-down – Cheroot : CIGAR

19-down – Leave out : OMIT

1-across – Shabbily dressed : DOWNATHEEL

7-across – Distinguished : EMINENT

8-across – Saying : IDIOM

10-across – Road/bridge charge : TOLL

11-across – Former naval punishment : KEELHAUL

13-across – Dried grape : RAISIN

15-across – Sombre : SOLEMN

17-across – Remedy : ANTIDOTE

18-across – Woodwind instrument : OBOE

21-across – Blacksmith’s workplace : FORGE

22-across – Tangible : TACTILE

23-across – Faultless : IMPECCABLE

1-down – Repetitious exercise : DRILL

2-down – Sharpen : WHET

3-down – Horn of a deer : ANTLER

4-down – Family treasure : HEIRLOOM

5-down – Remove hair : EPILATE

6-down – Informal reference to spouse : BETTERHALF

9-down – Shirker : MALINGERER

12-down – Imagination : MINDSEYE

14-down – Meanwhile : INTERIM

16-down – Motionless : STATIC

19-down – Marriage partner : BRIDE

20-down – Hard coating on wound : SCAB

1-across – Guided by experience or experiment : EMPIRICAL

8-across – Shaft of light at night : MOONBEAM

9-across – Apply paint crudely : DAUB

10-across – Within the range of soprano and tenor : ALTO

11-across – Speech : ADDRESS

13-across – Execution detail : FIRINGSQUAD

15-across – Member of ship’s company : STEWARD

17-across – 500 sheets of paper : REAM

20-across – Ado : FUSS

21-across – Rice dish : KEDGEREE

22-across – Financial check : MEANSTEST

2-down – Large church : MINSTER

3-down – Single article : ITEM

4-down – Boastful : IMMODEST

5-down – Britain’s only poisonous snake : ADDER

6-down – Roman robe : TOGA

7-down – Execrated : CURSED

12-down – Continuous : UNBROKEN

13-down – Intermittent : FITFUL

14-down – To no avail : USELESS

16-down – Squander : WASTE

18-down – Bearing, demeanour : MIEN

19-down – Mine entrance : ADIT

1-across – Series of linked events : CHAINREACTION

8-across – Begrudge : ENVY

9-across – Direction, counsel : GUIDANCE

10-across – Tactful : DIPLOMATIC

12-across – Border : MARGIN

14-across – Believe : CREDIT

15-across – Manage : ADMINISTER

19-across – Capital of Hawaii : HONOLULU

20-across – Reluctant : LOTH

21-across – Team spirit : ESPRITDECORPS

2-down – Drawback : HANDICAP

3-down – Picturesque setting : IDYLL

4-down – Regulated course, diet : REGIMEN

5-down – Top rank of celebrities : ALIST

6-down – Slice, portion : TRANCHE

7-down – At one time : ONCE

11-down – Indulge, enjoy oneself : LIVEITUP

13-down – Attractive quality : GLAMOUR

14-down – Express severe disapproval : CENSURE

16-down – Shed feathers etc : MOULT

17-down – Fusillade : SALVO

18-down – Circular protruberance : BOSS

1-across – Remove everything surplus to prepare for action : CLEARTHEDECKS

8-across – Mad pilot? : DIPLOMA

9-across – Latin dance : MAMBO

10-across – Twiddled one’s thumbs : IDLED

11-across – Spanish wine punch : SANGRIA

12-across – Humbly ask for a favour : GOCAPINHAND

17-across – Relating to, or associated with, heat : THERMAL

19-across – Robert —– Marley: Jamaican singer-songwriter : NESTA

21-across – Outstanding: displaying great dignity : PROUD

22-across – Eccentric; quirky : OFFBEAT

23-across – Manufacturing production apparatuses : ASSEMBLYLINES

1-down – Golfer’s major-domo : CADDIE

2-down – Banish; discharge : EXPEL

3-down – Welsh valley whose coal ‘fuelled the Royal Navy’ : RHONDDA

4-down – People will be sacked or disgraced : HEADSWILLROLL

5-down – Fallen angel : DEMON

6-down – 21st century UK Prime Minister : CAMERON

7-down – Distinctive watchword or motto : SLOGAN

13-down – Demanding; burdensome : ONEROUS

14-down – Person, animal or task that is difficult to manage : HANDFUL

15-down – Bliss; paradise : UTOPIA

16-down – Thorny desert plant : CACTUS

18-down – Device that connects computers by a phone line : MODEM

20-down – Back of a marine vessel : STERN