Daily Answers

1-across – Literary grub : BOOKWORM

5-across – Citrus fruit : UGLI

9-across – UK Aid : ADUKI

10-across – Rotten : CORRUPT

11-across – All square – straightness on the washing-line? : LEVELPEGGING

13-across – Not acute : OBTUSE

14-across – Mystery : ENIGMA

17-across – Coated : PEBBLEDASHED

20-across – Imitator : COPYCAT

21-across – Reeks : ESKER

22-across – Baking,club or caustic : SODA

23-across – Guard : SENTINEL

1-down – Scrounge : BLAG

2-down – Luxuriant : OPULENT

3-down – Author’s temporary lack of inspiration : WRITERSBLOCK

4-down – Directions for making something : RECIPE

6-down – Spanish architect : GAUDI

7-down – Relating : INTEGRAL

8-down – Hang back deliberately : DRAGONESFEET

12-down – Areas of managed woodland : COPPICES

15-down – Small cucumber : GHERKIN

16-down – <i>Swan Lake</i><span> princess</span> : ODETTE

18-down – Two-footed animal : BIPED

19-down – Unwritten : ORAL

1-across – Very large lorry : JUGGERNAUT

7-across – Disconcert : UNNERVE

8-across – From Athens? : GREEK

10-across – Rich and succulent – very attractive : LUSH

11-across – Unguent : OINTMENT

13-across – French novelist : BALZAC

15-across – Queasiness : NAUSEA

17-across – Armchair for two : LOVESEAT

18-across – Impressive,large-scale : EPIC

21-across – Small weight – big cat : OUNCE

22-across – Lafite,Margaux or Petrus : CHATEAU

23-across – Racy hot ape : APOTHECARY

1-down – Two-faced Roman god : JANUS

2-down – ___ one’s loins : GIRD

3-down – Blinker or winker? : EYELID

4-down – Nocturnal bird – dark container? : NIGHTJAR

5-down – No good at all : USELESS

6-down – Uproar : HULLABALOO

9-down – C18th society that sounds like it served chocolate biscuits? : KITCATCLUB

12-down – Crime-movie term for a criminal record : RAPSHEET

14-down – Make more exciting : LIVENUP

16-down – Clumsy,tactless : GAUCHE

19-down – Devoutness : PIETY

20-down – Doolally – Lady ___ : GAGA

1-across – Overwhelming victory – Mary’s Bert after a bath? : CLEANSWEEP

7-across – Very fine film of cobwebs : GOSSAMER

8-across – Eructation : BURP

9-across – Seaweed : KELP

10-across – Sycophant : CRAWLER

12-across – Green climbers of wigwams : RUNNERBEANS

14-across – Swindler – crab – or Nero? : FIDDLER

16-across – Put away securely : STOW

19-across – Three-masted schooner – long-winged aquatic bird : TERN

20-across – Chose to be excluded : OPTEDOUT

21-across – Pooch pedal : CEPHALOPOD

1-down – Peg out : CROAK

2-down – Greek letter : EPSILON

3-down – Pixar’s clownfish : NEMO

4-down – Item of bedroom furniture : WARDROBE

5-down – ___ grease : ELBOW

6-down – Eg lime,mint and bottle : GREENS

11-down – Great beast : BEHEMOTH

12-down – Curtain,hair or fund : RAISER

13-down – Misbehaved : ACTEDUP

15-down – Thick : DENSE

17-down – Meandered – laceration : WOUND

18-down – And others : ETAL

1-across – Cover,sheet or jacket : DUST

3-across – Likely to irritate or offend : ABRASIVE

8-across – Weather-wise,it’s often a cock : VANE

9-across – Possibly cardigans or pullovers : KNITWEAR

11-across – Worn thin; old and shabby : THREADBARE

14-across – New pupils : INTAKE

15-across – Japanese emperor in a comic opera : MIKADO

17-across – Make superfine distinctions : SPLITHAIRS

20-across – Living animal or plant : ORGANISM

21-across – E Asian boat – with 18d it’s not good for you : JUNK

22-across – <span>Irish-associated ballad set to </span><i>Londonderry Air</i> : DANNYBOY

23-across – Inert gas : NEON

1-down – Woodworking joint – feathered end? : DOVETAIL

2-down – Spanish Miss : SENORITA

4-down – AKA pygmy chimpanzee : BONOBO

5-down – Thin chocolate mint – nine? : AFTEREIGHT

6-down – Notion : IDEA

7-down – Receptacles for buds? : EARS

10-down – Funny business – illicit love affair : HANKYPANKY

12-down – Freedom from restraint : LATITUDE

13-down – Ranks foe : FORSAKEN

16-down – Utter shambles : FIASCO

18-down – Nourishment : FOOD

19-down – Gone : OGEN

1-across – Hot drink served immediately? : INSTANTCOFFEE

8-across – Troublesome situation – Brunswick or Irish : STEW

9-across – Overindulged,cosseted : PAMPERED

10-across – Praise effusively – Ruby melodious? : WAXLYRICAL

12-across – Wind,sun or silver : SCREEN

14-across – Annoy persistently : BADGER

15-across – Where you may find prisoners or mixologists : BEHINDBARS

19-across – <span>Hears din : SHERIDAN

20-across – Move slowly and gradually : INCH

21-across – People in their eighties : OCTOGENARIANS

2-down – Small bird with sharp bill : NUTHATCH

3-down – Tea,beach or Turkish : TOWEL

4-down – Horn pen : NEPHRON

5-down – Humorous entertainer : COMIC

6-down – Stoked up : FUELLED

7-down – Former partners : EXES

11-down – Fuel container : JERRYCAN

13-down – Stoppage of trade by authority : EMBARGO

14-down – Sudden rush of wealth or good fortune : BONANZA

16-down – Fund,hog or row : HEDGE

17-down – Small buckwheat pancakes : BLINI

18-down – Smart and fashionable : CHIC