Across

• 1.

  ANAPEST: AN-A-PEST
• 2.

  ANTEDATE: ANTEDATE ("Dante" "headless" and "heartless"
• 3.

  BULLETS: BUL-LETS
• 4.

  CIRCA: C-I-RCA
• 5.

  DOMINOS: DOMINOS (anag.)
• 6.

  EXCISE: EX(er)CISE
• 7.

  FACING: FACING (double dev.)
• 8.

  GUSSET: GUSSET (anag.)
• 9.

  HUDDLE: HUD-DLE ("led" anag.)
• 10.

  IMITATE: "I'M IT"-ATE
• 11.

  INLETS: INLETS (anag.)
• 12.

  INNER: (s)INNER
• 13.

  JENA: JENA (anag.)
• 14.

  JETTY: JETTY (pun)
• 15.

  KLEE: KLEE(nex)
• 16.

  LIGNITE: L-IGNITE
• 17.

  MEASURE: ME(A)SURE (anag. + a)
• 18.

  MOTTO: MO(TT)O
• 19.

  NEVADA: NEVADA ("ave" rev. in "and" anag.)
• 20.

  NORTH: NORTH (anag.)
• 21.

  NUTSHELL: NUTS-HELL
• 22.

  ODES: ODES (hidden)
• 23.

  OMELETTE: OMELETTE (hidden)
• 24.

  PEARL: PEARL (double def.)
• 25.

  PLACE: PLACE (double def.)
• 26.

  QUAIL: QUAIL (double def.)
• 27.

  REEL: REEL (double def.)
• 28.

  SEMI: SEMI(tic)
• 29.

  SPECTER: S(P)ECTER ("re" rev.)
• 30.

  STEM: STEM (hidden)
• 31.

  STUNT: STUNT (double def.)
• 32.

  TOPICS: TOPICS (anag.)
• 33.

  TREPAN: TREPAN (anag.)
• 34.

  UNRIPE: UNR(I)PE (anag. + i)
• 35.

  VARNISH: V+ARNISH (anag. + v)
• 36.

  WIDTH: WI-DTH
• 37.

  XENON: XENON ("none" rev.)
• 38.

  YACHT: YACHT ("th[e]cay" rev)
• 39.

  ZODIAC: ZODIAC ("ca-i-doz" rev.)
• 40.

  ZWIEBACK: ZWIE-BACK ("zwei" with "ie" rev.)