Daily Answers

1-across – Hopeless : ABJECT

4-across – Nervous – as a flea or frog? : JUMPY

7-across – Solar system member? : PLANET

8-across – Thwack : WALLOP

9-across – Lowest : NEAP

10-across – Plot together : CONSPIRE

12-across – HGV operator? : LORRYDRIVER

17-across – Huff : HARRUMPH

19-across – Grey matter – brown or white sliced food? : LOAF

20-across – Nocturnal antipodean marsupial : WOMBAT

21-across – Venetian area and bridge : RIALTO

22-across – Siren : RINSE

23-across – Study of language structure : SYNTAX

1-down – Valerian plant : ALLHEAL

2-down – Gin plant? : JUNIPER

3-down – Calamity : CATACLYSM

4-down – Casual trousers : JEANS

5-down – Bad feeling : MALAISE

6-down – Hoorah! : YIPPEE

11-down – Wind blowing towards the south : NORTHERLY

13-down – Male in Oxford or Cambridge crew? : OARSMAN

14-down – Heroic : VALIANT

15-down – Levy for car user : ROADTAX

16-down – Rabble – rain : SHOWER

18-down – Habit : USAGE

1-across – Multi-coloured : KALEIDOSCOPIC

8-across – Within a restricted space : TIGHTLY

9-across – Very cold : POLAR

10-across – Pint or half? : BEER

11-across – Sugar type : DEMERARA

13-across – Capital on the Tagus : LISBON

14-across – Strong and enduring : TROJAN

17-across – Marine sport : YACHTING

19-across – Full of yolks? : EGGY

21-across – New Orleans flood barrier : LEVEE

22-across – Cooking apple : BRAMLEY

24-across – Four-sided figure : PARALLELOGRAM

1-down – Strip : KIT

2-down – Unable to stand up? : LEGLESS

3-down – Bit : IOTA

4-down – O : OXYGEN

5-down – South American martial art performed to percussive music : CAPOEIRA

6-down – Three steps and a hop Bohemian dance : POLKA

7-down – Sure thing : CERTAINTY

10-down – Shocking dive : BELLYFLOP

12-down – Canadian city : MONTREAL

15-down – Manipulator of airborne clubs etc : JUGGLER

16-down – Nebula : UNABLE

18-down – Put a lid on : COVER

20-down – Type of shark : MAKO

23-down – Subtropical tuber : YAM

5-across – Beach attendant : LIFEGUARD

8-across – Inclination – askew : BENT

9-across – Channel Island – cow : GUERNSEY

10-across – Arrange according to class : ASSORT

11-across – Injure or obstruct racehorse intentionally : NOBBLE

13-across – Sagging : DROOPY

15-across – Sorbet : STROBE

16-across – Mediterranean flavour : MARJORAM

18-across – Linen and seed oil plant : FLAX

19-across – Forenames : FREEMASON

1-down – Brilliant performer : VIRTUOSO

2-down – Burden – standardised balancing block : WEIGHT

3-down – Soup holder : TUREEN

4-down – Small bird – woman in the Navy : WREN

6-down – Quilt : BEDSPREAD

7-down – Gelatinous sweet : JELLYBEAN

12-down – How hot coals walked over? : BAREFOOT

14-down – Delivery aimed toward the feet : YORKER

15-down – Ape,say : SIMIAN

17-down – Sudden tug – piece of work : JERK

5-across – Designer : FASHIONISTA

7-across – Sow’s partner : BOAR

8-across – Old Spanish gold coin,used in American colonies : DOUBLOON

9-across – Far Eastern green beans : EDAMAME

11-across – Desolate – Marvel’s Iron Man,Tony ___ : STARK

13-across – Tea or golf club holder? : CADDY

14-across – Routine : HUMDRUM

16-across – Quietly curt dismissal : BRUSHOFF

17-across – Stop galloping! : WHOA

18-across – Honeyed : MELLIFLUOUS

1-down – Rats : TSAR

2-down – I’m so : DIDDUMS

3-down – Cancel,make void : ANNUL

4-down – Set apart : ISOLATED

5-down – Chart of operations sequence : FLOWDIAGRAM

6-down – Weights system based on the pound,or 7,000 grains : AVOIRDUPOIS

10-down – In humble manner : MODESTLY

12-down – Wild ox : BUFFALO

15-down – Quipster : COMIC

17-down – Kennel noise : WOOF

1-across – Indifference : APATHY

4-across – Ciggy butt : FAGEND

8-across – Flower : BLOOM

9-across – Victoria Falls river : ZAMBEZI

10-across – Bottle-in-a-basket Italian wine : CHIANTI

11-across – Tries : RESIT

12-across – Scotch bonnet? : GLENGARRY

17-across – Single : UNWED

19-across – Iberian king’s daughter : INFANTA

21-across – Leafy : VERDANT

22-across – Indonesian cloth dyeing method : BATIK

23-across – Blush : REDDEN

24-across – Snub : REJECT

1-down – Church jurisdiction : ABBACY

2-down – Gordian : ADORING

3-down – Studmuffin : HEMAN

5-down – Fan : ADMIRER

6-down – Big cheeses in business : EXECS

7-down – Delicate and charming : DAINTY

9-down – Spirit of the time : ZEITGEIST

13-down – Part of chess match where few pieces left : ENDGAME

14-down – River flowing north of Shanghai : YANGTZE

15-down – Container for arrows,crossbow bolts or darts : QUIVER

16-down – Sachet : PACKET

18-down – Weird : WIRED

20-down – Brief : FIBRE