Across
1 A description of someone that is only partially true, and exaggerates certain characteristics to make them seem silly (10)
6 A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement (5)
9 Oblong piece of solid material (3)
10 Continue (6)
11 Fat (5)
13 Something that is out of place because it doesn’t fit in with the time period (11)
17 Embezzle (14)
18 To revoke formally (6)
20 Beneficial (9)
23 Very critical or angry (5)
24 The ordinary people in an organization, rather than the leadership (10)
25 Expensive, priceless (10)
27 To make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks (4)
28 Appropriate to one’s purpose (9)
29 Depict unfairly (4)

Down
2 Changing suddenly (6)
3 Happening right away, without delay (13)
4 Not to be trusted, perfidious (11)
5 Uncooked (3)
6 Vulgar (5)
7 Assert with confidence (4)
8 Uniform, having no variation (4)
12 Able to be understood, intelligible (14)
14 To damage something or make it not as good as it should be (6)
15 Cosmetics (6)
16 Incapable of getting tired (13)
17 Damage (3)
19 Historical period (3)
20 Administrative district of a city (4)
21 Go astray (3)
22 Of a voice characterized by richness and clearness (7)
26 Provoke (3)