Across
- 2. (literary) Ailment (6)
- 4. (of an iceberg or glacier) Splitting and shedding (a smaller mass of ice) (7)
- 9. Eatery (10)
- 10. Labour (10)
- 11. Underground railway system originating in Paris (5)
- 12. Soft feathers descending (4)
- 14. (british) Official publication containing lists of government appointments and promotions and other public notices (7)
- 16. Stage entertainer (8)
- 17. (rare) Twilight (10)
- 20. The area close to where one lives, or the territory close to a particular country, regarded with proprietorial concern (8)
- 21. Acquire or secure (something) as a result of a contest, conflict, bet, or other endeavour (3)
- 22. Barren and bleak (8)
Down
- 1. Advantage of polar bear's white fur, for example (10)
- 3. Rail station feature (8)
- 5. Slightly unwell (10)
- 6. Delight (7)
- 7. Give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand (9)
- 8. Natural fertiliser (7)
- 13. Loyalist (9)
- 15. The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating (6)
- 16. Inflect a verb (9)
- 18. Incomplete trousers (5)
- 19. (informal) First element of invented place names for Spanish holiday resorts or places likened to one (5)