Daily Answers

1-across – Advertisement that’s getting worn? : SANDWICHBOARD

8-across – Figure : NUMERAL

9-across – Jousting arena – itemizes : LISTS

10-across – It’s a deal : DONE

11-across – Mr Hyde to Dr Jekyll? : ALTEREGO

13-across – Grain-eating beetle : WEEVIL

14-across – Sister’s headgear : WIMPLE

17-across – Imminent : UPCOMING

19-across – The three of diamonds,say : TREY

21-across – Condescend : DEIGN

22-across – Mix : MELANGE

24-across – Routinely approved : RUBBERSTAMPED

1-down – Error : SIN

2-down – One’s in the running for an award : NOMINEE

3-down – Raise the alarm : WARN

4-down – Without a fuss : CALMLY

5-down – News report : BULLETIN

6-down – Gap in the supermarket shelves : AISLE

7-down – Revelation : DISCOVERY

10-down – Australia and New Zealand : DOWNUNDER

12-down – Decorated with fake sparklers : DIAMANTE

15-down – Root vegetable : PARSNIP

16-down – Hostile feeling : ANIMUS

18-down – Get to the top : CLIMB

20-down – Earnest entreaty : PLEA

23-down – The ___,1969 Beatles song : END

5-across – First : INAUGURAL

8-across – Bald or beauty? : SPOT

9-across – In all likelihood : PROBABLY

10-across – Builder’s binder : CEMENT

11-across – Hopeless : ABJECT

13-across – Secretly follow : SHADOW

15-across – <i>___ Paradiso</i><span>,1988 film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore</span> : CINEMA

16-across – Big party : JAMBOREE

18-across – Flexible sword : FOIL

19-across – Where justice is done : COURTROOM

1-down – From start to finish : ENDTOEND

2-down – Punch or Pinocchio? : PUPPET

3-down – Small dome : CUPOLA

4-down – Computer programming language – densely populated island : JAVA

6-down – School prizegiving event : SPEECHDAY

7-down – 1929 Hitchcock film : BLACKMAIL

12-down – It’s not part of a healthy diet : JUNKFOOD

14-down – Something to rally the troops : WARCRY

15-down – Tomato or picker? : CHERRY

17-down – Squander : BLOW

5-across – No doubt UFO’s : OUTOFBOUNDS

7-across – Pavement edge : KERB

8-across – Proper,legitimate : RIGHTFUL

9-across – Publisher’s brand : IMPRINT

11-across – Go bad : DECAY

13-across – Surge : BURST

14-across – Increased in size : DILATED

16-across – Toxic gas,Cl : CHLORINE

17-across – Cross in church : ROOD

18-across – Critical reaction? : DISAPPROVAL

1-down – Unsurrendered part of a ticket : STUB

2-down – Something offensive : AFFRONT

3-down – Formally make : LODGE

4-down – A mean hat : ANATHEMA

5-down – Gaping : OPENMOUTHED

6-down – Meat and pastry snack : SAUSAGEROLL

10-down – Comeback : RESPONSE

12-down – Portable weapon : FIREARM

15-down – Bitingly cold : NIPPY

17-down – Wander about : ROVE

1-across – Wicket,fingers or end? : STICKY

4-across – Formal approval : ASSENT

8-across – Unsociable individual : LONER

9-across – Feeling of resolution : CLOSURE

10-across – Bun ingredient : CURRANT

11-across – More mature : RIPER

12-across – Cocktail of vodka,cranberry and grapefruit juice : SEABREEZE

17-across – Spring flower : TULIP

19-across – Item which may be genuine – or definite : ARTICLE

21-across – Not analogue : DIGITAL

22-across – Bar or line? : GRAPH

23-across – Beginning : OUTSET

24-across – Gruelling experience : ORDEAL

1-down – Exclusive : SELECT

2-down – Guts : INNARDS

3-down – Cosmic payback : KARMA

5-down – Creator of much suffering : SCOURGE

6-down – Provide : EQUIP

7-down – Conspiracy,chaos or string? : THEORY

9-down – Howl : CATERWAUL

13-down – Sarah Bernhardt or Frida Kahlo,for instance : AMPUTEE

14-down – Valence : ENCLAVE

15-down – Artist’s room : STUDIO

16-down – Deadly : LETHAL

18-down – Authentic : LEGIT

20-down – Booming : TIGER

1-across – Cold-shoulder – ‘cos I stare : OSTRACISE

8-across – Highway network components : ROADS

9-across – One’s competing : ENTRANT

10-across – Angry and indignant : OUTRAGED

11-across – : SCAR

13-across – Hardly ever : RARELY

14-across – : KISSER

16-across – Hitchhiker’s goal : LIFT

17-across – Sea songs – thin seas : SHANTIES

19-across – Measure of voter participation : TURNOUT

20-across – Home to La Scala and the San Siro : MILAN

21-across – Warship which escorts larger vessels : DESTROYER

1-down – Race or course? : OBSTACLE

2-down – Move unsteadily : TEETER

3-down – US car : AUTO

4-down – Remote : INACCESSIBLE

5-down – Full of initiative : ENTERPRISING

6-down – A Trump ordeal : ARMOURPLATED

7-down – University qualification – for a smart set : MASTEROFARTS

12-down – Unsuitable name : MISNOMER

15-down – Talkative : CHATTY

18-down – Knock at the door during bingo? : FOUR