Daily Answers

1-across – Shakespeare,e.g. : BARD

3-across – Country,capital Harare : ZIMBABWE

9-across – Make : RAMHOME

10-across – Titled : NOBLE

11-across – 19 across : SCOLD

12-across – Bit of a bee? : THORAX

14-across – Sydney’s state : NEWSOUTHWALES

17-across – Treat as a pet : COSSET

19-across – Mouselike mammal : SHREW

22-across – Oneness : UNITY

23-across – Rome bag : EMBARGO

24-across – Braggadocio : BIGMOUTH

25-across – Cobalt colour : BLUE

1-down – Twittering : BIRDSONG

2-down – Sly Stallone action film franchise : RAMBO

4-down – Illegal use of another’s personal information : IDENTITYTHEFT

5-down – Instrument in lute family : BANJO

6-down – Docked end part : BOBTAIL

7-down – At any time : EVER

8-down – Serpent-worship etc. : VOODOO

13-down – All things considered : ASAWHOLE

15-down – US state with the lowest population : WYOMING

16-down – Root as raw fish accompaniment : WASABI

18-down – Authoritative decision : SAYSO

20-down – Agricultural : RURAL

21-down – Feeling nothing : NUMB

1-across – Irresponsible and ineffectual : FECKLESS

5-across – Penalty taker’s mark : SPOT

9-across – Doctrine held to be true : TENET

10-across – Merged : UNIFIED

11-across – Mannequin : TAILORSDUMMY

13-across – Refine : RAREFY

14-across – Slip : BOOBOO

17-across – Flapping messenger? : HOMINGPIGEON

20-across – Prudent : UPTREND

21-across – Toughen : INURE

22-across – Real : EARL

23-across – Worm? : WRIGGLER

1-down – Kismet : FATE

2-down – Half man half horse : CENTAUR

3-down – Dinky pinkie : LITTLEFINGER

4-down – Spurt – whippersnapper : SQUIRT

6-down – Light refractor? : PRISM

7-down – Rocker lad : TEDDYBOY

8-down – Staggering : MINDBOGGLING

12-down – Old Austrian royal : ARCHDUKE

15-down – Engine driver made from plants – I be foul : BIOFUEL

16-down – Arachnid – on the snooker table? : SPIDER

18-down – Measurer : METER

19-down – Stag or doe? : DEER

1-across – Crook : LAWBREAKER

7-across – Ham it up : OVERACT

8-across – Numpty : TWERP

10-across – Peril : RISK

11-across – Rumpus : BROUHAHA

13-across – Funny,relationship-based flick : ROMCOM

15-across – Judge : ASSESS

17-across – April toy : POLARITY

18-across – Spanish wine : CAVA

21-across – Kiss – stirrer : SPOON

22-across – Giveaway : FREEBIE

23-across – Gobstopper : JAWBREAKER

1-down – UK city with Kirkgate Market : LEEDS

2-down – Thaw : WHAT

3-down – Come back – type of ticket : RETURN

4-down – Muralist : ALTRUISM

5-down – Boost : ELEVATE

6-down – Fruit-like bitterness? : SOURGRAPES

9-down – Go ____,go wrong : PEARSHAPED

12-down – Turner,on entry? : DOORKNOB

14-down – Landlocked Balkan country : MOLDOVA

16-down – Suppress : STIFLE

19-down – Bream : AMBER

20-down – Fool – pull suddenly : JERK

1-across – Country,capital Maputo : MOZAMBIQUE

7-across – Venation : INNOVATE

8-across – Flimflam : HOAX

9-across – Granny or Gordian? : KNOT

10-across – Pseudoscientific transmutations : ALCHEMY

12-across – Rapid-response unit : FLYINGSQUAD

14-across – Variable : UNKNOWN

16-across – Getting on a bit : AGED

19-across – Coarse matting fibre : JUTE

20-across – Gun firing shot after shot … : REPEATER

21-across – … without a gun? : WEAPONLESS

1-down – Capital of Belarus : MINSK

2-down – Animal kingdom study : ZOOLOGY

3-down – Spiced honey and water drink,also called hydromel : MEAD

4-down – Tied sail : IDEALIST

5-down – Yeah : UHHUH

6-down – Source of Jewish religious law : TALMUD

11-down – White flower : SNOWDROP

12-down – Mildew,e.g. : FUNGUS

13-down – Promote : UPGRADE

15-down – Relative : NIECE

17-down – Worst bits – of society? : DREGS

18-down – Frank : OPEN

1-across – Gulp : SWIG

3-across – Representation of stats by box height : BARCHART

8-across – Dodgy : IFFY

9-across – Soldier quickly attacking enemy areas : COMMANDO

11-across – Go too soon : JUMPTHEGUN

14-across – Irritable in old age – like bread? : CRUSTY

15-across – Essence : ELIXIR

17-across – Finally : ATLONGLAST

20-across – Set of bell tower’s bells : CARILLON

21-across – Pound coins and tenners etc. : CASH

22-across – Collaboration : TEAMWORK

23-across – Gusto – piquancy : ZEST

1-down – Tuna type : SKIPJACK

2-down – Notorious and vile : INFAMOUS

4-down – Bird emblematic of the RSPB : AVOCET

5-down – Disguise : CAMOUFLAGE

6-down – Tuna : AUNT

7-down – Supporter of extreme left – horse’s pace : TROT

10-down – Tautest awl : STATUTELAW

12-down – Uncover : EXCAVATE

13-down – Two quavers : CROTCHET

16-down – Complexion : COLOUR

18-down – Glaswegian,e.g. : SCOT

19-down – Royal Opera House performance? : ARIA