Across

1A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats (4)
3A chamber within which piston moves (8)
9The warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox (plural) (7)
10An upward slope or grade (as in a road) (5)
11A parent of your father or mother (12)
14Take in food (3)
16Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange (plural) (5)
17Become or make darker (3)
18Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to (12)
21A metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints) (5)
22A wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately (7)
23A cloth covering for a wound or sore (8)
24A circular segment of a curve (4)

Down

1Be of different opinions (8)
2A punctuation mark used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence (5)
4An affirmative (3)
5Advancing in amount or intensity (12)
6Wander from a direct course or at random (7)
7Any loose flowing garment (4)
8the office that serves as the administrative centre of an enterprise (12)
12Any of various water-soluble

compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt (5)
13Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case (8)
15A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented (7)
19A visual representation (5)
20Run away quickly (4)
22A truck with an enclosed cargo space (3)


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