Daily Answers

1-across – One aims to be upwardly mobile : SOCIALCLIMBER

8-across – Halfway – house : SEMI

9-across – One’s sent here,then ignored : COVENTRY

10-across – Edgy writing? : MARGINALIA

12-across – IT guru : TECHIE

14-across – British novelist Ian ___,born 1948 : MCEWAN

15-across – Original idea : BRAINCHILD

19-across – Russian alphabet : CYRILLIC

20-across – Big help : BOON

21-across – Residential development – no taste,is huge : HOUSINGESTATE

2-down – Did some theatre work? : OPERATED

3-down – Cake embellishment : ICING

4-down – Official permission : LICENCE

5-down – Pegging or crossing? : LEVEL

6-down – Film shots edited into a sequence : MONTAGE

7-down – Listeners : EARS

11-down – Man’s wedding dress : TAILCOAT

13-down – Spare-time activities : HOBBIES

14-down – Lord Peter Wimsey saw through one : MONOCLE

16-down – Exhausted : ALLIN

17-down – Pattern of behaviour : HABIT

18-down – Printing error : TYPO

1-across – Money needed : WHEREWITHAL

9-across – Their name’s on the envelope : ADDRESSEE

10-across – Good friend : PAL

11-across – Money spent : OUTGO

13-across – Concise quality : BREVITY

14-across – It decides a close contest : RUNOFF

15-across – Get hold of : OBTAIN

18-across – Leave in the lurch : ABANDON

20-across – Ten to one,for instance : RATIO

21-across – Three : TRI

22-across – Wolf breed : FLOWERBED

24-across – Make a counter-accusation : RECRIMINATE

2-down – Took cover : HID

3-down – Recite : REELOFF

4-down – Spicy root used in Japanese cuisine : WASABI

5-down – Where to go from here? : THERE

6-down – One’s seeking something : APPLICANT

7-down – Political organisation – bar Tory Paul : LABOURPARTY

8-down – Double entendre,for example : PLAYONWORDS

12-down – Tease with the offer of something unattainable : TANTALISE

16-down – Enter uninvited : BARGEIN

17-down – Make aware : INFORM

19-down – Give way : DEFER

23-down – Automated computer program : BOT

1-across – Get to grips : GRAPPLE

8-across – Declare invalid : NULLIFY

9-across – <i>___ and Old Lace</i><span>,1944 comedy directed by Frank Capra</span> : ARSENIC

10-across – Requested but not yet supplied : ONORDER

11-across – Room at the top? : ATTIC

13-across – Suffering from insomnia : SLEEPLESS

15-across – Show the limits : DEMARCATE

18-across – Words of casual conversation : SLANG

21-across – Unlawful : ILLICIT

22-across – Learned : ERUDITE

23-across – : PEELERS

24-across – Guy Fawkes’ crime : TREASON

1-down – Tropical fruit used in jams and jellies : GUAVA

2-down – Something valuable : ASSET

3-down – Picnicker Stan – terrified : PANICSTRICKEN

4-down – Scramble using a cipher : ENCODE

5-down – It’s measured with an arm cuff : BLOODPRESSURE

6-down – Tricky question : RIDDLE

7-down – Eastern Mediterranean island : CYPRUS

12-down – Weighty book : TOME

14-down – Discarded bit of banana : SKIN

15-down – Insipid,sentimental : DRIPPY

16-down – Play croquet with one : MALLET

17-down – Confirm : ATTEST

19-down – Spanish farewell : ADIOS

20-down – Pick up : GLEAN

1-across – Append its : STANDPIPE

8-across – Be miserable : MOPE

9-across – Domestic threshold? : FRONTDOOR

10-across – : ESPY

13-across – Drop off – rest : SLEEP

15-across – Film,human or civil : RIGHTS

16-across – Athlete – and a gun/drug smuggler : RUNNER

17-across – Scottish sweet – a medicinal dose : TABLET

19-across – Boil down : REDUCE

20-across – Extraterrestrial robot explorer : ROVER

21-across – Defrost : THAW

24-across – Space – and freedom : ELBOWROOM

25-across – Eating habits : DIET

26-across – What’s next after adolescence? : ADULTHOOD

2-down – Old Celtic jewellery with a twist : TORC

3-down – Beatles’ Revolution number : NINE

4-down – Travels by bicycle : PEDALS

5-down – Fitting : PROPER

6-down – All agree when it’s been reached : CONSENSUS

7-down – <span>US magazine : NEWYORKER

11-down – Appreciative feeling : GRATITUDE

12-down – A whisker? : EGGBEATER

13-down – Take the wheel : STEER

14-down – Not so contaminated : PURER

18-down – Worked hard : TOILED

19-down – Pull back : RECOIL

22-down – Marble or Wellington? : ARCH

23-down – Not possible : NOGO

1-across – Louis minus pal : PUSILLANIMOUS

8-across – Below this is worse than usual : PAR

9-across – Reprimanded : UPBRAIDED

10-across – Sending of scam emails : PHISHING

11-across – Eye up : OGLE

13-across – : GEEZER

14-across – River horses : HIPPOS

16-across – Central London district,known for its nightlife : SOHO

17-across – Every year in ancient Rome? : PERANNUM

20-across – Get meaner : AGREEMENT

21-across – Plastic or metal contraceptive : IUD

22-across – Creative freedom – on Celtic piece : POETICLICENCE

1-down – Make livelier : PEPUP

2-down – Extra cost of eating out? : SERVICECHARGE

3-down – Comic effect? : LAUGHTER

4-down – New York State capital : ALBANY

5-down – Fabric made with tie-dyed yarn : IKAT

6-down – Brits get it in later life : OLDAGEPENSION

7-down – Tragic effect? : SADNESS

12-down – Morally instructive : DIDACTIC

13-down – Old-fashioned light source : GASLAMP

15-down – Tell : REVEAL

18-down – Gnat-like creature : MIDGE

19-down – Stubbs or Strauss? : LEVI