Across
1
Adequate space to manoeuvre (5,4)
16
Friendly and cheerful (6)
21
Associate, confederate (4)
24
Exaggeration, overstatement (9)
25
Nervously irritable (4)
Down
2
Temporary interval of calm (4)
4
Recognition of achievement (6)
6
Elaborate, embellish (9)
12
Study of word origins (9)
14
Native of a southern US state (5)
23
Smooth-talking, plausible (4)