Daily Answers

1-across – Etiquette blunder : FAUXPAS

8-across – Retrace : TERRACE

9-across – Palace attendant : EQUERRY

10-across – Sewer entrance : MANHOLE

11-across – Snail shell shape : HELIX

13-across – Verses with two couplets : CLERIHEWS

15-across – V-1 : DOODLEBUG

18-across – Trace : WHIFF

21-across – Early days? : NEWYEAR

22-across – Retains : RETSINA

23-across – North African country : MOROCCO

24-across – Person born in 1940? : WARBABY

1-down – Shelf : FLESH

2-down – Customary : USUAL

3-down – Pre-eminent – in exemplary fashion : PAREXCELLENCE

4-down – Frustrate : STYMIE

5-down – Potable liquid : DRINKINGWATER

6-down – Wheedle : CAJOLE

7-down – Card game – with odd numbers? : SEVENS

12-down – Reflection you can hear : ECHO

14-down – Spaniel sound? : WOOF

15-down – Energetic type : DYNAMO

16-down – Now rad : ONWARD

17-down – Dig down : BURROW

19-down – Holiday island : IBIZA

20-down – Offbeat – cleaving off in layers : FLAKY

1-across – First sheet,often : TITLEPAGE

8-across – Soup : OPUS

9-across – Vodka,cranberry juice and grapefruit juice – wind on the waves? : SEABREEZE

10-across – Charge : FEES

13-across – Elephantine – elephant : JUMBO

15-across – Row : RUCKUS

16-across – Nervous : ONEDGE

17-across – Primate : BABOON

19-across – Move with short jerks : JIGGLE

20-across – Bristle cutter? : RAZOR

21-across – Foot dresser? : SOCK

24-across – Point of reference : CRITERION

25-across – Dues : USED

26-across – Cajole : SWEETTALK

2-down – Ancient Roman calendar day : IDES

3-down – Oil : LUBE

4-down – Interwoven combination : PLEXUS

5-down – Garden building : GAZEBO

6-down – Protuberance : APPENDAGE

7-down – Descriptive of some triangles : ISOSCELES

11-down – Balletic posture : ARABESQUE

12-down – Cooling container – in a challenge? : ICEBUCKET

13-down – Oath taker : JUROR

14-down – Being broadcasted : ONAIR

18-down – Limited : NARROW

19-down – Bump into : JOSTLE

22-down – Court order : WRIT

23-down – Flax or cotton pod : BOLL

1-across – Bric-a-brac? : BITSANDPIECES

8-across – Rowing boat steerer : OAR

9-across – Arranged again : REORDERED

10-across – Nicking : THIEVERY

11-across – Yellowfin fish? : TUNA

13-across – Statistic : FIGURE

14-across – Humorous show : SITCOM

16-across – Slick : GLIB

17-across – Daybreak : COCKCROW

20-across – Chilli sauce topped,filled tortilla : ENCHILADA

21-across – East to West mover : SUN

22-across – Rested,raring to go – and blooming? : FRESHASADAISY

1-down – Augment : BOOST

2-down – Space needed by vehicle to spin round : TURNINGCIRCLE

3-down – Feeder on termites : AARDVARK

4-down – Thingummyjig – by door : DOOBRY

5-down – Motor racing type : INDY

6-down – Festival on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday : CORPUSCHRISTI

7-down – Weapon worn on the belt : SIDEARM

12-down – Young lady making butter and cheese : MILKMAID

13-down – Sticking plaster to hide modesty? : FIGLEAF

15-down – Swamp : MORASS

18-down – Blustery : WINDY

19-down – Familiar people : KITH

1-across – Jittery : HIGHLYSTRUNG

9-across – Made of a particular wood : OAKEN

10-across – Top voice : SOPRANO

11-across – Void partner? : NULL

12-across – Music recorder – in the 1980s? : TAPEDECK

14-across – To vary : VOTARY

15-across – Good : ACUMEN

18-across – More than peckish! : RAVENOUS

20-across – Mastery – hold tight! : GRIP

22-across – Persistently annoying : NAGGING

23-across – Amalgamate : UNITE

24-across – Radio set : WALKIETALKIE

2-down – Test smudge? : INKBLOT

3-down – Goose sound : HONK

4-down – Bootlicker : YESMAN

5-down – Very little money : TUPPENCE

6-down – Employment : USAGE

7-down – Struck instrument : GLOCKENSPIEL

8-down – It could just happen! : YOUNEVERKNOW

13-down – Adriatic seaport – toast : BRINDISI

16-down – Gin and dry vermouth : MARTINI

17-down – Precious lump : NUGGET

19-down – Prayer period to keep? : VIGIL

21-down – Taurus charger : BULL

1-across – Yours truly’s kicker? – Absolutely not! : MYFOOT

4-across – Blackcurrant drink : CASSIS

9-across – Casting factory : FOUNDRY

10-across – Delightful silence : PEACE

11-across – Compare : LIKEN

12-across – Pilot’s domain : COCKPIT

13-across – As an armoured car? : BULLETPROOF

18-across – Do away with : ABOLISH

20-across – Chine : NICHE

22-across – Lab bottle : PHIAL

23-across – Waxing crescent : NEWMOON

24-across – Old : SENIOR

25-across – Of a bouquet? : FLORAL

1-down – Wrap in something warm : MUFFLE

2-down – Fail at college : FLUNK

3-down – First or second,e.g. : ORDINAL

5-down – Lab jelly : ASPIC

6-down – Mop cleaner? : SHAMPOO

7-down – Willowy : SVELTE

8-down – Tending to attract attention : EYECATCHING

14-down – Perfect : UTOPIAN

15-down – Continuation : RENEWAL

16-down – Uni buildings : CAMPUS

17-down – Yellow-flowered parsley relative : FENNEL

19-down – Arctic abode : IGLOO

21-down – Ichor : CHOIR