Author: Thomas Joseph
Across
| Explain away | REBUT |
| Tennis star Rafael | NADAL |
| Conjure up | EVOKE |
| “Hello” singer | ADELE |
| Flat | LEVEL |
| Sacred song | PSALM |
| Shortly | INASEC |
| Dove sound | COO |
| Poetic “always” | EER |
| Took a load off | SATDOWN |
| Parched | DRY |
| Tidies up | CLEANS |
| Unwise undertaking | FOLLY |
| Go by | ELAPSE |
| Research site | LAB |
| Outburst of violence | FLAREUP |
| Potential embryos | OVA |
| Put away | EAT |
| Starfleet weapon | PHASER |
| Competitor | RIVAL |
| Not hidden | OVERT |
| Carrot’s kin | ANISE |
| Racket | NOISE |
| Minimum amount | LEAST |
| Door sign | ENTER |
Down
| Depended | RELIED |
| Less bumpy | EVENER |
| Flaubert’s “Madame —” | BOVARY |
| Hawaiian strings | UKES |
| Observatory feature | TELESCOPE |
| Catch some z’s | NAP |
| Spots | ADS |
| Man of the church | DEACON |
| Permits | ALLOWS |
| Cleaner scent | LEMON |
| Evokes | CALLSUP |
| Caller’s need | TELEPHONE |
| Calendar box | DAY |
| Remote | FAR |
| Galahad’s mother | ELAINE |
| Baltic nation | LATVIA |
| Blow one’s top | LOSEIT |
| Reluctant | AVERSE |
| Trade | BARTER |
| Wild | FERAL |
| River to the Severn | AVON |
| Cart puller | ASS |
| Rent out | LET |
