The missing clue (for STERNly) led to an answer that was unambiguous, I reckon, but that shouldn’t have troubled you.
TOM SWIFTIES
STERNly; FLATly; ILL-ADVISEDly; MODESTly; BELATEDly; HALF-HEARTEDly; BASHFULly; DISGUSTEDly; AMAZEDly; GINGERly
ACROSS
8 RIVO; I v in ro(d)
9 SPAY; p in say
10 LORE; lo! RE
11 EBONIST; anag.
12 DOGMA; dog MA
13 GLUE; cf. luge
14 EROSE; hidden
16 LOGO; lo! go
17 INSTATE; in state
18 PEAR; pear(l)
20 STUD; 2 mngs.
22 DIET; die t
24 VIVA; v in via
25 ORRIS; (m)orris
27 ABUT; A but
28 TRIAS; tria(l) S
29 PREZZIE; zz in pre i.e.
30 SWAG; w in sag
31 EATS; ea + St. (rev.)
32 EWER; w in e’er & lit.
DOWN
1 AIBLINS; n in anag.
2 HONEST; hidden
3 UPSHOT; U PS hot
4 LATE; (p)late
5 HYDROPLANE; (w)hy drop lane
6 ALOOF; al(l) oof
7 LOG-SLATE; log’s late
15 ASTERIAS; anag.
19 REQUIEM; RE quie(t) m & lit.
21 EVERTS; ever t(urn)s
23 TRAGI; tragi(c)
26 SPAT; spat(e)
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