1. A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (8)
5. Involving financial matters (6)
9. Envoy (8)
10. Bath powder (6)
12. Heaps (5)
13. Not deciduous (9)
14. Appease (6)
16. Scorched (7)
19. Visual (7)
21. Flood (6)
23. Complainant (9)
25. A large stringed instrument (5)
26. Clouded (6)
27. Béarnaise ingredient (8)
28. Account book (6)
29. Surreptitious (8)
Down
1. Treeless plain (6)
2. Bright (9)
3. Strong sexual desires (5)
4. Baby's room (7)
6. First (9)
7. A periodically repeated sequence of events (5)
8. Summer quencher (8)
11. Pile (4)
15. Inducement (9)
17. The most memorable part (9)
18. A place for healing (8)
20. Sixty-four in Roman numerals (4)
21. Insubordinate (7)
22. A small administrative district (6)
24. Pungent (5)
25. Papal court (5)