1-across – As expected : TRUETOFORM

7-across – Cattle thief : RUSTLER

8-across – Famine relief charity : OXFAM

10-across – So be it : AMEN

11-across – Bucolic, rural : PASTORAL

13-across – Manufacture, bring into being : CREATE

15-across – Degrade, humiliate : DEMEAN

17-across – Intense, forceful : VEHEMENT

18-across – Whip; attack verbally : LASH

21-across – Awaken : ROUSE

22-across – Second hearing : RETRIAL

23-across – Reinforce, substantiate : STRENGTHEN

1-down – Discernment : TASTE

2-down – Unpleasant to look at : UGLY

3-down – Scottish plaid : TARTAN

4-down – Boundary, border : FRONTIER

5-down – Arbiter : REFEREE

6-down – Come out of hiding : BREAKCOVER

9-down – Sadness, gloom : MELANCHOLY

12-down – Headlong rush : STAMPEDE

14-down – Wear, tire out : EXHAUST

16-down – Man wearing female dress : INDRAG

19-down – Regulate, arrange in line : ALIGN

20-down – Restless desire : ITCH

1-across – Abrasive smoother : SANDPAPER

8-across – Trunk : TORSO

9-across – Range, extent : COMPASS

10-across – Trial to establish precedent : TESTCASE

11-across – Musical recap : CODA

13-across – Comfort : SOLACE

14-across – Shipping line : CUNARD

16-across – Pull sharply : YANK

17-across – Send off : DISPATCH

19-across – Rescue from trouble : BAILOUT

20-across – Source of a great oak : ACORN

21-across – Alcohol-fuelled youth : LAGERLOUT

1-down – Water system isolator : STOPCOCK

2-down – Most pleasant : NICEST

3-down – Ceremony : POMP

4-down – Agenda, programme : PLANOFACTION

5-down – Wake-up call : RISEANDSHINE

6-down – Displayer of wealth or rank : STATUSSYMBOL

7-down – Aircraft emergency stop : CRASHLANDING

12-down – Take the place of : SUPPLANT

15-down – Café/restaurant : BISTRO

18-down – Lugubrious, grim : DOUR

1-across – Persist, stick at : PERSEVERE

8-across – Second letter of Greek alphabet : BETA

9-across – Celebratory drink : CHAMPAGNE

10-across – School, faction : SECT

13-across – Mistake : ERROR

15-across – Mohair wool : ANGORA

16-across – Pertaining to the mind : MENTAL

17-across – Absolve, excuse : EXEMPT

19-across – Arrogant pride : HUBRIS

20-across – Characteristic : TRAIT

21-across – Dumb show : MIME

24-across – Square dance : QUADRILLE

25-across – Droop, submerge : SINK

26-across – Postponement : RAINCHECK

2-down – Reverberate : ECHO

3-down – Oil reservoir : SUMP

4-down – Male sexual aid : VIAGRA

5-down – Chance, unplanned : RANDOM

6-down – Company financial bond : DEBENTURE

7-down – Tease, torment : TANTALISE

11-down – Resent, be affronted : TAKEAMISS

12-down – Compact, accord : AGREEMENT

13-down – Break out : ERUPT

14-down – Refute : REBUT

18-down – Nervous shock : TRAUMA

19-down – Concealed, recondite : HIDDEN

22-down – Desire : WISH

23-down – Political alliance : BLOC

5-across – Plan or crime is revealed or foiled : THEGAMEISUP

7-across – Reduced visibility : MURK

8-across – Use cautiously and frugally : CONSERVE

9-across – Publication : EDITION

11-across – Core : MIDST

13-across – Powerful evil demon of Arabian myth : AFRIT

14-across – Lazy : WORKSHY

16-across – Artwork : GRAPHICS

17-across – Dirty : LEWD

18-across – Offer excuses : EXPLAINAWAY

1-down – Benefit : PERK

2-down – Any loch? : HALCYON

3-down – Checks : REINS

4-down – Star-shaped character used in printing : ASTERISK

5-down – Masterly or brilliant feat : TOURDEFORCE

6-down – Sets a precedent : PAVESTHEWAY

10-down – Exhaust : TAILPIPE

12-down – Sudden happening that brings good fortune : GODSEND

15-down – Couch or bed : DIVAN

17-down – Bowling green : LAWN

1-across – Held in limbo : LEFTIN

4-across – See 1 : THEAIR

8-across – Incapable of or resistant to bending : RIGID

9-across – Graphics : ARTWORK

10-across – Blissful state : NIRVANA

11-across – Jots, very small amounts : IOTAS

12-across – Rabble-rouser : DEMAGOGUE

17-across – Farewell : ADIEU

19-across – One who spreads frightening or malicious rumours : STIRRER

21-across – Balkan republic, capital Zagreb : CROATIA

22-across – Manchester band featuring the Gallagher brothers : OASIS

23-across – Unimaginative : MATTER

24-across – See 23 : OFFACT

1-down – Upper wind-pipe : LARYNX

2-down – Solved : FIGURED

3-down – Commonwealth country, independent in 1947 : INDIA

5-down – Feeling a liking for, or affiliation to : HITTING

6-down – Cut short : ABORT

7-down – Marked by unconventionality or disreputableness : RAKISH

9-down – Loss of pain : ANALGESIA

13-down – The lawman always gets his man! : MOUNTIE

14-down – Unbroken landmass bearing two continents : EURASIA

15-down – Toilet powder which absorbs moisture : TALCUM

16-down – Determined beforehand : PRESET

18-down – See 2 : ITOUT

20-down – See 5 : ITOFF