Daily Answers

1-across – Yellow-flowered shrub – shirty oaf : FORSYTHIA

8-across – River through Lyon : RHONE

9-across – Mount,abode of Greek gods : OLYMPUS

10-across – Not as remuneration for work done : UNEARNED

11-across – One might be proper : NOUN

13-across – Causing wry amusement : IRONIC

14-across – Change in order to improve : REFORM

16-across – ___ bar : NAIL

17-across – Instil with awareness of future issues : FOREWARN

19-across – Free time : LEISURE

20-across – Brownish-grey colour : TAUPE

21-across – Black grape / red wine : PINOTNOIR

1-down – Permission to do as one likes : FREEREIN

2-down – Participant in violent unruly crowd : RIOTER

3-down – It has its ups and downs : YOYO

4-down – African river horse? : HIPPOPOTAMUS

5-down – Forgetful : ABSENTMINDED

6-down – Error purportedly revealing unconscious thought : FREUDIANSLIP

7-down – Most advantageous start : POLEPOSITION

12-down – Academic half-year term : SEMESTER

15-down – Ravel classic – short waistcoat : BOLERO

18-down – Fair – merely : JUST

1-across – More than amusing : HILARIOUS

8-across – Dissimulation : LYING

9-across – City preserved by 79AD Vesuvius eruption : POMPEII

10-across – 25th US president : MCKINLEY

11-across – Monetary penalty – in good condition : FINE

13-across – Person that seizes and imprisons : CAPTOR

14-across – Lacking significance – slim : SLIGHT

16-across – Darts players must stand behind this line : OCHE

17-across – Waterproof canvas material : OILCLOTH

19-across – Aerial : ANTENNA

20-across – Concise,abrupt : TERSE

21-across – Plastic money? : DEBITCARD

1-down – Exactly midday : HIGHNOON

2-down – Drank in feline fashion : LAPPED

3-down – Backside – cut of beef : RUMP

4-down – Times a business trades : OPENINGHOURS

5-down – High,thin footwear component : STILETTOHEEL

6-down – Fictional farmer : OLDMACDONALD

7-down – Pay a bill : PICKUPTHETAB

12-down – Cited lie : ELICITED

15-down – Loud buzzing / clicking insect : CICADA

18-down – Close-___ : KNIT

1-across – Strip off skin : PEEL

3-across – Italian dessert : TIRAMISU

9-across – Neck cord carrying ID badge : LANYARD

10-across – Puccini opera : TOSCA

11-across – Stop,___! : THIEF

12-across – Whirlpool : VORTEX

14-across – Yellow stuff – pud drawer cost : CUSTARDPOWDER

17-across – Showy flower : DAHLIA

19-across – From Prague perhaps? : CZECH

22-across – Lukewarm : TEPID

23-across – Take legal possession of : IMPOUND

24-across – Land or buildings owned : PROPERTY

25-across – Electrical cable : FLEX

1-down – Study of government and the state : POLITICS

2-down – Feeling of weariness and boredom : ENNUI

4-down – One that does not follow the crowd : INDIVIDUALIST

5-down – <i>___ Henry</i><span> : AFTER

6-down – As an alternative : INSTEAD

7-down – US state : UTAH

8-down – Basket weaving material : RAFFIA

13-down – According to established doctrines : ORTHODOX

15-down – Cleaner of locks : SHAMPOO

16-down – Take up residence in : OCCUPY

18-down – Shelf-like projection : LEDGE

20-down – Identical in quantity : EQUAL

21-down – Naughty or goose? : STEP

1-across – Establish or fix firmly : ENTRENCH

5-across – Musical composition,often numbered : OPUS

9-across – Chestnut,tooth or nothings? : SWEET

10-across – Structure carrying eg railway over valley : VIADUCT

11-across – Occurring at the same time : SIMULTANEOUS

13-across – Go beyond – overlook : PASSBY

14-across – Couch for tanning : SUNBED

17-across – Less bright electrical component? : DIMMERSWITCH

20-across – Fortified wine : MADEIRA

21-across – Moonshine : HOOCH

22-across – Pitch tents : CAMP

23-across – Blood-feud : VENDETTA

1-down – Enders,Lothian or Timor? : EAST

2-down – Rodin sculpture – she kits : THEKISS

3-down – Admit you are wrong and apologise : EATHUMBLEPIE

4-down – Hollow : CAVITY

6-down – Former planet : PLUTO

7-down – Reserve for special purpose : SETASIDE

8-down – Ill-fed : MALNOURISHED

12-down – Widespread outbreak : EPIDEMIC

15-down – Evade an obligation : BACKOUT

16-down – Impressive house and grounds : ESTATE

18-down – Electronic data conversion device : MODEM

19-down – Stop! : WHOA

1-across – Regard as likely : ANTICIPATE

7-across – Metallic element – a CID mum : CADMIUM

8-across – Pseudonym : ALIAS

10-across – Seldom encountered : RARE

11-across – Imaginative musical composition – 1940 Disney film : FANTASIA

13-across – Thinly scattered : SPARSE

15-across – Clear away clutter : TIDYUP

17-across – Large shop selling variety of goods : EMPORIUM

18-across – Water jug : EWER

21-across – Paint thinner or solvent : TURPS

22-across – Sophisticated roll of hair : CHIGNON

23-across – Cocktail : BLOODYMARY

1-down – Puff ___ : ADDER

2-down – One of two,sometimes identical : TWIN

3-down – Military action : COMBAT

4-down – Coarse green-skinned banana : PLANTAIN

5-down – Craving libation : THIRSTY

6-down – Record of state of play : SCORESHEET

9-down – Making haste playfully : SCAMPERING

12-down – It’s strong and black : ESPRESSO

14-down – Habilments : APPAREL

16-down – Public show of anger : OUTCRY

19-down – Flatulent or tortuous? : WINDY

20-down – Prima donna : DIVA