Daily Answers

1-across – Bring a boat in : DOCK

3-across – Bird that can climb down trees headfirst : NUTHATCH

8-across – Say that again? : WHAT

9-across – Unwavering : STALWART

11-across – Upside-down : TOPSYTURVY

14-across – Sing : WARBLE

15-across – Excellent : SLAPUP

17-across – Breakfast maker : WAFFLEIRON

20-across – Trousers material? : CORDUROY

21-across – Hailed vehicle : TAXI

22-across – Act of beseeching : ENTREATY

23-across – Sea bird : SHAG

1-down – Lower in the city,or in the central business district : DOWNTOWN

2-down – Bubbly : CHAMPERS

4-down – Like fake news? : UNTRUE

5-down – Shot just after the bounce : HALFVOLLEY

6-down – 8 Across : THAW

7-down – Loathe : HATE

10-down – I’m delighted to help! : MYPLEASURE

12-down – Run-in : APPROACH

13-down – ___ new – corporal punishment : SPANKING

16-down – Successfully launched : AFLOAT

18-down – Came : ACME

19-down – Walk briskly : TROT

1-across – One ‘doing’ another? : IMPRESSIONIST

8-across – Door opener? : KNOB

9-across – Flying : AVIATION

10-across – Beneficial – take a bow! : GOODFORYOU

12-across – Fish-eating hawk : OSPREY

14-across – Boss – of the kennel club? : TOPDOG

15-across – Mouth tissue : SOFTPALATE

19-across – France or the USA,but not the UK : REPUBLIC

20-across – Part : ROLE

21-across – No-longer-runny breakfast? : HARDBOILEDEGG

2-down – Carnivorous mammal : MONGOOSE

3-down – Fanatical : RABID

4-down – Nefarious – enigmatic : SHADOWY

5-down – In an aloof manner : ICILY

6-down – Bridge call? : NOTRUMP

7-down – Chimney dirt : SOOT

11-down – Yomp : FOOTSLOG

13-down – Reverberate : RESOUND

14-down – In the news : TOPICAL

16-down – Sheet : FOLIO

17-down – Trashy : LURID

18-down – Greek salad cheese : FETA

1-across – Part of the brain : HIPPOCAMPUS

9-across – From a volcanic island : ICELANDIC

10-across – <i>Talk to </i><span>__,psychological drama film</span> : HER

11-across – Panache : ECLAT

13-across – Weakness : FRAILTY

14-across – Pay : INCOME

15-across – Newspaper boss : EDITOR

18-across – Fool : HALFWIT

20-across – Hater : EARTH

21-across – Time : ERA

22-across – Horizontal : LANDSCAPE

24-across – Take the initiative : BLAZEATRAIL

2-down – Fury : IRE

3-down – Ghost : PHANTOM

4-down – Formulate : CODIFY

5-down – Central place of worship : MECCA

6-down – Pad,stuff and cover furniture : UPHOLSTER

7-down – Conflagration tackler : FIREFIGHTER

8-down – Buddhist’s spinner? : PRAYERWHEEL

12-down – Phone communication made to a neighbour? : LOCALCALL

16-down – Furniture item : DRESSER

17-down – Division of poem : STANZA

19-down – Ballroom dance : WALTZ

23-down – Cassius Clay,later : ALI

1-across – Top : MAXIMUM

8-across – Egg-shaped instrument : OCARINA

9-across – Surmount or defeat : CONQUER

10-across – Background : AMBIENT

11-across – Lifting device : WINCH

13-across – Joke : WISECRACK

15-across – Frippery : BAGATELLE

18-across – Razor sharpener … : STROP

21-across – … 18 Across : TANTRUM

22-across – Sink unblocker : PLUNGER

23-across – Align : ARRANGE

24-across – Ruby or Shrove time of the week? : TUESDAY

1-down – Parrot : MACAW

2-down – Noble gas,symbol Xe : XENON

3-down – Delicious : MOUTHWATERING

4-down – Tangle : MORASS

5-down – Dip for ribs? : BARBECUESAUCE

6-down – The pictures : CINEMA

7-down – Hungarian composer : BARTOK

12-down – Midwestern US state : IOWA

14-down – Hi and bye : CIAO

15-down – Caped crusader : BATMAN

16-down – Landed types? : GENTRY

17-down – Type of mollusc : LIMPET

19-down – Stiff : RIGID

20-down – Cold : PARKY

1-across – Old gun : FLINTLOCK

8-across – Sound system : HIFI

9-across – Abnormal; sans serif : GROTESQUE

10-across – Tea or dinner? : MEAL

13-across – Jeopardy : PERIL

15-across – Put right : REPAIR

16-across – Brain cell : NEURON

17-across – Public square : PIAZZA

19-across – Crumb : MORSEL

20-across – Pinny : APRON

21-across – Fluid-holding receptacle or tank : SUMP

24-across – Water off Greece : IONIANSEA

25-across – Sty sound : OINK

26-across – Unkind and spiteful : OBNOXIOUS

2-down – Master : LORD

3-down – A,B,C,D,E,F or G? : NOTE

4-down – Inferior : LESSER

5-down – Relative : COUSIN

6-down – Squeezer in Chardonnay-making process : WINEPRESS

7-down – With aggression : VIOLENTLY

11-down – Spherical projectile : GRAPESHOT

12-down – Breath-freshening flavour? : SPEARMINT

13-down – Four seasons,say : PIZZA

14-down – Citrus fruit : LEMON

18-down – Self-confidence and calm : APLOMB

19-down – Cuban cocktail : MOJITO

22-down – Enemy : ANTI

23-down – Lover : BEAU