Daily Answers

1-across – Show : SIGNPOST

5-across – Great musical piece : OPUS

9-across – Errand : CHORE

10-across – Car’s upper window : SUNROOF

11-across – Able to use both hands equally well : AMBIDEXTROUS

13-across – Season : AUTUMN

14-across – Graphite writer : PENCIL

17-across – Beer factory : MICROBREWERY

20-across – Dirty clothes : LAUNDRY

21-across – Persist : RECUR

22-across – Answer : ECHO

23-across – Bolt-firing weapon : CROSSBOW

1-down – Dismiss : SACK

2-down – Plastic ring reinforcing an eyelet : GROMMET

3-down – Lottery purchases with a monthly draw : PREMIUMBONDS

4-down – East or West English county? : SUSSEX

6-down – Ad : PROMO

7-down – Low-key sales pitch : SOFTSELL

8-down – i.e. : INOTHERWORDS

12-down – Skullcap : YARMULKE

15-down – : CORNCOB

16-down – Invocation : PRAYER

18-down – Comfy chair : COUCH

19-down – Front of ship : PROW

1-across – Words given,but without intention : LIPSERVICE

7-across – Small oily fish : HERRING

8-across – Female deity – 1 down : NYMPH

10-across – Shipbuilding wood : TEAK

11-across – Horn of Africa? : VUVUZELA

13-across – Corset : SECTOR

15-across – Back part of rifle or gun barrel : BREECH

17-across – With large rooms,but few partitions : OPENPLAN

18-across – Vessel – mood : VEIN

21-across – Pithy : TERSE

22-across – Allegorical tale : PARABLE

23-across – Accountant : BOOKKEEPER

1-down – Bug : LARVA

2-down – Twosome : PAIR

3-down – Holder of cracked item? : EGGCUP

4-down – Forefront : VANGUARD

5-down – Host : COMPERE

6-down – Snapper’s session : PHOTOSHOOT

9-down – Person attempting to lure away employees : HEADHUNTER

12-down – Flat surface at rear of ship : POOPDECK

14-down – Ciao : CHEERIO

16-down – Bird – one of two for joy? : MAGPIE

19-down – Slow burner? : EMBER

20-down – Lean : PROP

1-across – Effective way to prove something : LITMUSTEST

7-across – Nonconformist : MAVERICK

8-across – Painful : ACHY

9-across – Wooden crosspiece : YOKE

10-across – Heavenly : IDYLLIC

12-across – Fair ride : FERRISWHEEL

14-across – Summer : BEIJING

16-across – Bead : ABED

19-across – Look over : SCAN

20-across – Memory aid : MNEMONIC

21-across – Welsh town and cheese : CAERPHILLY

1-down – Green : LEAFY

2-down – Wanderer : TREKKER

3-down – Measure : UNIT

4-down – Record : TAKEDOWN

5-down – Plodder : SNAIL

6-down – Screeching : SHRILL

11-down – Unsuitable term : MISNOMER

12-down – Wall painting : FRESCO

13-down – Involve : EMBROIL

15-down – Spanish grand council of state : JUNTA

17-down – Milk,butter etc : DAIRY

18-down – Lacework? : MESH

1-across – Underwater shelf : REEF

3-across – Debacle : SHAMBLES

8-across – Smoke : PUFF

9-across – Person with a mortgage : BORROWER

11-across – Bland : WISHYWASHY

14-across – Medicinal herb : LOVAGE

15-across – Categorise : ASSORT

17-across – Baku’s country : AZERBAIJAN

20-across – Refutation : REBUTTAL

21-across – Boas : ASBO

22-across – Most outstanding woman – or insect? : QUEENBEE

23-across – Page : LEAF

1-down – Manufacturing path where cords are twisted : ROPEWALK

2-down – Gushing : EFFUSIVE

4-down – Pipe for flavoured tobacco : HOOKAH

5-down – If it can fail,it will : MURPHYSLAW

6-down – Weld : LEWD

7-down – Airs : SARI

10-down – Bishkek’s country : KYRGYZSTAN

12-down – Right word at the right time : MOTJUSTE

13-down – Mexican deadlock? : STANDOFF

16-down – Refined : URBANE

18-down – Baghdad’s country : IRAQ

19-down – Reed instrument : OBOE

1-across – Sport where salt is thrown : SUMOWRESTLING

8-across – Goon : THUG

9-across – Wriggly lover of literature? : BOOKWORM

10-across – Expert : PASTMASTER

12-across – Streaked glass ball : MARBLE

14-across – Effluence : SEWAGE

15-across – Caribbean archipelago : GUADELOUPE

19-across – Decorative carvings in wood/metal : FRETWORK

20-across – Fencing sword : FOIL

21-across – Flip-top bottle substance – people only pry : POLYPROPYLENE

2-down – State of disturbance : UPHEAVAL

3-down – Tough : OUGHT

4-down – Bony structure : RIBCAGE

5-down – Nose : SNOUT

6-down – Having no pretensions to intellect : LOWBROW

7-down – Rend : NERD

11-down – From Alexandria? : EGYPTIAN

13-down – Intolerance : BIGOTRY

14-down – I can’t hear you! : SPEAKUP

16-down – Love : AMOUR

17-down – Refuse : OFFAL

18-down – Rice-shaped pasta : ORZO