Daily Answers

1-across – Out-of-this-world holidays? : SPACETOURISM

9-across – Indian,e.g. : OCEAN

10-across – Condemned – belittled : DECRIED

11-across – Mediterranean selection of dishes : MEZE

12-across – Reacting badly : ALLERGIC

14-across – Long confection : ECLAIR

15-across – Needle keeping bonnet on head : HATPIN

18-across – Studhorse : STALLION

20-across – Cold-shoulder : SNUB

22-across – Forbidden : ILLEGAL

23-across – Peer : EQUAL

24-across – Mazy : LABYRINTHINE

2-down – Knotty snack? : PRETZEL

3-down – <span>Subgroup’s jargon – </span><i>Play School</i><span>’s Brian</span> : CANT

4-down – Wee – slightly sozzled : TIDDLY

5-down – US : UNCLESAM

6-down – Cake topper : ICING

7-down – Sphere used for strengthening exercises : MEDICINEBALL

8-down – Of a romance : BOYMEETSGIRL

13-down – Resident of hamlet : VILLAGER

16-down – Batman’s adversary – biscuit – waddler : PENGUIN

17-down – Ugly little creature : GOBLIN

19-down – Bald I : ADLIB

21-down – Net fabric : MESH

1-across – Absent-minded : SCATTY

4-across – Manipulating person? : PHYSIO

9-across – Portion : QUANTUM

10-across – Micronesian country and microstate : NAURU

11-across – Playwright – bines : IBSEN

12-across – Deceiver – double-crosser : TRAITOR

13-across – Hexagonal meshed fence material : CHICKENWIRE

18-across – Lift : UPRAISE

20-across – Stony debris : SCREE

22-across – Taken away slices? : PIZZA

23-across – King’s Lynn’s county : NORFOLK

24-across – Fourteen lines : SONNET

25-across – Overcoat – historic Irish province : ULSTER

1-down – Spangle : SEQUIN

2-down – Stockpile : AMASS

3-down – Monumental : TITANIC

5-down – Reddish-brown : HENNA

6-down – Stroll : SAUNTER

7-down – Creative work : OEUVRE

8-down – Tiny pieces : SMITHEREENS

14-down – Vanishing point : HORIZON

15-down – Squanderer : WASTREL

16-down – Furore : RUMPUS

17-down – Cup : BEAKER

19-down – Infuriated : IRATE

21-down – Branch for resting birds : ROOST

1-across – Charlotte,Emily or Anne? : BRONTE

4-across – Horrendous : AWFUL

7-across – Surroundings : MILIEU

8-across – Seducer or fancy man : GIGOLO

9-across – Hindu ruler : RAJA

10-across – Ranch homestead,in Spanish style : HACIENDA

12-across – Cow breeder? : DAIRYFARMER

17-across – Divine denunciation – bane : ANATHEMA

19-across – Satisfying : NICE

20-across – Beauty treatment : FACIAL

21-across – Swiftly : PRONTO

22-across – Limerick,e.g. : RHYME

23-across – Doghouse : KENNEL

1-down – Bandit : BRIGAND

2-down – Japanese art : ORIGAMI

3-down – Write with feeling? : TOUCHTYPE

4-down – Defence : ALIBI

5-down – Strut : FLOUNCE

6-down – Back scrubber : LOOFAH

11-down – Bitter fruit : CRABAPPLE

13-down – Chaos : ANARCHY

14-down – Wet season : MONSOON

15-down – Soloist’s performance? : RECITAL

16-down – Boss : GAFFER

18-down – Yank to move along : HEAVE

1-across – Projected wall above fireplace : CHIMNEYBREAST

8-across – Social climber : PARVENU

9-across – About : CIRCA

10-across – Linseed : FLAX

11-across – Hah,silks! : SHASHLIK

13-across – Huge – divine : COSMIC

14-across – Language of the Pyrenees : BASQUE

17-across – Colleague : COWORKER

19-across – Olympus chief : ZEUS

21-across – 2 x 2 x 2 : EIGHT

22-across – Pithy : LACONIC

24-across – Early act of devotion : MORNINGPRAYER

1-down – Goblet : CUP

2-down – Ordains : INROADS

3-down – December season : NOEL

4-down – Teenagers? : YOUTHS

5-down – Musician and luminary : ROCKSTAR

6-down – St. George’s Day month : APRIL

7-down – Unappreciated : THANKLESS

10-down – Cosmetic : FACECREAM

12-down – Operatic texts : LIBRETTI

15-down – Royal : QUEENLY

16-down – Fatigue after flight : JETLAG

18-down – Flutter : WAGER

20-down – Defect : SCAR

23-down – Mongrel : CUR

5-across – Shame : DISHONOUR

8-across – Sage : GURU

9-across – Floating cheerfulness? : BUOYANCY

10-across – Shady : SNEAKY

11-across – Old firearm : MUSKET

13-across – Persistent wrongdoer : BADEGG

15-across – Stocky : STUBBY

16-across – Spiral lock : KISSCURL

18-across – Pickling herb : DILL

19-across – Patsy : SCAPEGOAT

1-down – Emu’s tail : SIMULATE

2-down – Run-down : SHABBY

3-down – Advise – edify : INFORM

4-down – Wild feline : PUMA

6-down – Cavy,for example : GUINEAPIG

7-down – Absurd : SCREWBALL

12-down – Patrol vehicle : SQUADCAR

14-down – Crotchety : GRUMPY

15-down – Fodder : SILAGE

17-down – Discharge – receptacle : SACK