Daily Answers

1-across – Bounteous : PLENTIFUL

8-across – Big vessel : AORTA

9-across – Cloth by the kitchen sink : DISHRAG

10-across – Summer garment that exposes the arms : SUNDRESS

11-across – Lemon’s outer skin : ZEST

13-across – O : OXYGEN

14-across – Capital,Rwanda : KIGALI

16-across – V : FIVE

17-across – Sunny side up or down breakfast? : FRIEDEGG

19-across – Perturb : UNNERVE

20-across – Freight : CARGO

21-across – Nomad : TRAVELLER

1-down – Vegetable shade? : PEAGREEN

2-down – Most senior : ELDEST

3-down – Stuff and nonsense : TOSH

4-down – Act of God? : FORCEMAJEURE

5-down – Conductor – test of criticism : LIGHTNINGROD

6-down – Purple or yellow Brazilian food : PASSIONFRUIT

7-down – Romanian region : TRANSYLVANIA

12-down – Gun attachment : SILENCER

15-down – Traumatic experience : ORDEAL

18-down – Loyal : TRUE

1-across – Computing language – world’s most populous island : JAVA

3-across – Long key : SPACEBAR

9-across – Cinema or restaurant for motorists : DRIVEIN

10-across – Gas in layer : OZONE

11-across – Interweave : PLAIT

12-across – : INKIND

14-across – Mug shot collection : ROGUESGALLERY

17-across – Satisfy : QUENCH

19-across – Nothing at all : ZILCH

22-across – Proclaim the glory of : EXALT

23-across – Flying staff : AIRCREW

24-across – Complete disbeliever : NIHILIST

25-across – Tax : LEVY

1-down – Rider’s garment : JODHPURS

2-down – I present this to you! : VOILA

4-down – Zigzag-edged cutters : PINKINGSHEARS

5-down – Sleeveless overgarment : CLOAK

6-down – Chocolate treat – trainee girl guide? : BROWNIE

7-down – Great Barrier ledge? : REEF

8-down – Backbone : METTLE

13-down – I almost forgot to say : BYTHEWAY

15-down – Budapest stew? : GOULASH

16-down – Reptile : LIZARD

18-down – Of birth : NATAL

20-down – Prodigious : LARGE

21-down – Evil : MEAN

1-across – Secondary entertainment? : SIDESHOW

5-across – Monarch of the Glen animal? : STAG

9-across – Slip : GAFFE

10-across – Windy City : CHICAGO

11-across – Italian trifle : ZUPPAINGLESE

13-across – A third of thirty-three : ELEVEN

14-across – Posh type : ARISTO

17-across – From a former central European country : CZECHOSLOVAK

20-across – Peek : LOOKSEE

21-across – Feeling of melancholia : ENNUI

22-across – Pallid : ASHY

23-across – In parts : EPISODIC

1-down – Ho hum,never mind : SIGH

2-down – Spread : DIFFUSE

3-down – Horse race : STEEPLECHASE

4-down – Flower – light bluish-red : ORCHID

6-down – Kid : TEASE

7-down – Hand warmers container : GLOVEBOX

8-down – Tap-dancing star : GINGERROGERS

12-down – I am to blame : MEACULPA

15-down – Instead : STAINED

16-down – Please : ASLEEP

18-down – Age : EPOCH

19-down – Zn : ZINC

1-across – Nail bar employee : MANICURIST

7-across – Tedious : OUTSIDE

8-across – Beano or Dandy? : COMIC

10-across – Cranny’s partner? : NOOK

11-across – Chinese metropolis : SHANGHAI

13-across – Child’s drawer? : CRAYON

15-across – Detonate : BLOWUP

17-across – Tinned fish : PILCHARD

18-across – Principal : MAIN

21-across – See you later! : ADIEU

22-across – Infantile : PUERILE

23-across – Avoiding meat products : VEGETARIAN

1-down – Maxim : MOTTO

2-down – Large tack : NAIL

3-down – Day nursery : CRECHE

4-down – In the last few days? : RECENTLY

5-down – By hook or by crook? : SOMEHOW

6-down – Horn of Plenty : CORNUCOPIA

9-down – Ape : CHIMPANZEE

12-down – Kennel for naughty pups? : DOGHOUSE

14-down – Unsurpassed to this day : ALLTIME

16-down – Italian spirit : GRAPPA

19-down – Put in order : ALIGN

20-down – Elusive Himalayan ‘monster’ : YETI

1-across – Illustrious selection of people : HALLOFFAME

7-across – Of an extended flight : LONGHAUL

8-across – 1,000 – you : THOU

9-across – You betcha! : YEAH

10-across – Tad : SMIDGEN

12-across – Young follower of trends : TEENYBOPPER

14-across – Plot-driving concept : PREMISE

16-across – Teacher : PROF

19-across – Questionable : IFFY

20-across – Indebted : GRATEFUL

21-across – Particle-separating spinner : CENTRIFUGE

1-down – Bunk : HOOEY

2-down – Suitcases : LUGGAGE

3-down – Mineral consisting of silica : OPAL

4-down – Phenomenon howled at by werewolves? : FULLMOON

5-down – Quietened : MUTED

6-down – Peeping Tom : VOYEUR

11-down – Power of seeing : EYESIGHT

12-down – Duty : TARIFF

13-down – Arriviste : PARVENU

15-down – Conceivably : MAYBE

17-down – Stroke of luck : FLUKE

18-down – Threesome bearing frankincense etc? : MAGI