Daily Answers

1-across – Criminal restrainer : HANDCUFFS

8-across – Cellar grains : SALT

9-across – Ruckus : KERFUFFLE

10-across – One,no more : ONLY

13-across – Cilla : LILAC

15-across – Person sacrificing life,on principle : MARTYR

16-across – Barack’s state : HAWAII

17-across – Difficult : TAXING

19-across – Smalls : UNDIES

20-across – Tiny aquarium fish : GUPPY

21-across – Gong for performance on the box : EMMY

24-across – Jamaican tangelo : UGLIFRUIT

25-across – Auf Wiedersehen : TATA

26-across – Go ahead! : BEMYGUEST

2-down – Jump on ice : AXEL

3-down – Inadequate : DUFF

4-down – Discriminatory : UNFAIR

5-down – Geezer : FELLAH

6-down – Water-filled pan,into which another pan is placed : BAINMARIE

7-down – Tiddly : ITSYBITSY

11-down – nth : UMPTEENTH

12-down – Neighbourhood : PROXIMITY

13-down – Duplicitous : LYING

14-down – Smart with money : CANNY

18-down – Babble,as flowing water – laugh,as baby : GURGLE

19-down – Haughty : UPPITY

22-down – German female : FRAU

23-down – Pucker up : KISS

1-across – Silk Road hairy carrier : BACTRIANCAMEL

8-across – Dubbed title? : SIR

9-across – Discordant : OUTOFTUNE

10-across – Window cleaner : SQUEEGEE

11-across – Catania volcano : ETNA

13-across – Do one’s bit : MUCKIN

14-across – Cherished : VALUED

16-across – Expected result : NORM

17-across – Chilly : DRAUGHTY

20-across – Samba relative? : BOSSANOVA

21-across – Clodhopper : OIK

22-across – Crunchy stalk : STICKOFCELERY

1-down – Hypothesis foundation : BASIS

2-down – Moveable feast : CORPUSCHRISTI

3-down – Country once bordered by Bechuanaland : RHODESIA

4-down – Branch engaged during rutting : ANTLER

5-down – Tea and coffee server? : CAFE

6-down – South Dakota National Memorial : MOUNTRUSHMORE

7-down – Sheltered from the wind : LEEWARD

12-down – Charge with moisture : SATURATE

13-down – Wee coach : MINIBUS

15-down – Cancel : CRYOFF

18-down – Vile and inedible : YUKKY

19-down – Lender : BANK

1-across – Shade of a bird? : CANARYYELLOW

9-across – Acclimatise : INURE

10-across – High Renaissance great master : RAPHAEL

11-across – In-and-out trend : TIDE

12-across – State and river : COLORADO

14-across – Intensely hot or emotional : FERVID

15-across – Take first golf shot : TEEOFF

18-across – Moment of final confrontation : HIGHNOON

20-across – Bluefin fish : TUNA

22-across – Attention-seeker’s device? : GIMMICK

23-across – Central stage – or where one may be found : ARENA

24-across – Windbag : BLATHERSKITE

2-down – To shreds : ASUNDER

3-down – Hoary? : AGED

4-down – Pungent medicinal herb known as old man’s pepper : YARROW

5-down – Hireling : EMPLOYEE

6-down – Peruvian animal? : LLAMA

7-down – Cold dish from a NY hotel? : WALDORFSALAD

8-down – Talking talent : GIFTOFTHEGAB

13-down – Demonic : FIENDISH

16-down – Sumptuous : OPULENT

17-down – Humdinger – one securing wine? : CORKER

19-down – Greek letter – of brain waves? : GAMMA

21-down – Ruff – rough coating of tree : BARK

1-across – ____ to you : HAPPYBIRTHDAY

8-across – Sleeping : DORMANT

9-across – House,crust or Volta : UPPER

10-across – Smoke + fog = ____ : SMOG

11-across – Seizes – melodic fragments : SNATCHES

13-across – Where they send in the clowns : CIRCUS

14-across – <span>Stereotypical </span><i>Guardian</i><span> reader’s breakfast</span> : MUESLI

17-across – Item between crockery and tabletop : PLACEMAT

19-across – Journalist – chop – uninvited login : HACK

21-across – Limber,lithe and lively : AGILE

22-across – Preparing cheese – harsh : GRATING

24-across – Buccaneer’s quest : TREASURECHEST

1-down – Bricklayer’s receptacle : HOD

2-down – ____ game; pro-Ural : PARLOUR

3-down – Unit of measurement for adult age : YEAR

4-down – Aim : INTEND

5-down – Opposite of suspicious : TRUSTFUL

6-down – Profundity : DEPTH

7-down – Standard for comparison : YARDSTICK

10-down – Patchy son : SYCOPHANT

12-down – Devoid of melodic charm : TUNELESS

15-down – Location beside which I do like to be : SEASIDE

16-down – Pester – clawed mammal : BADGER

18-down – ‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ speaker : ALICE

20-down – Post-shower powder : TALC

23-down – Reaction,feeling or flora : GUT

1-across – Bacon,duck or seaweed? : CRISPY

4-across – Spice or a bit of garlic : CLOVE

7-across – Complex : KNOTTY

8-across – Overcome – loss : DEFEAT

9-across – One’s filled out : FORM

10-across – Open : INITIATE

12-across – Isn’t into CID : DISTINCTION

17-across – Guiding light : LODESTAR

19-across – Cause of inflation? : PUMP

20-across – Overcast : CLOUDY

21-across – Lammas month : AUGUST

22-across – ___ Springfield,English singer,died 1999 : DUSTY

23-across – Immune system’s extreme reaction to infection : SEPSIS

1-down – State of harmony : CONCORD

2-down – Land bridge : ISTHMUS

3-down – Albert Einstein,for instance : PHYSICIST

4-down – Hilltop : CREST

5-down – Mediterranean herb,closely related to marjoram : OREGANO

6-down – Respect : ESTEEM

11-down – Made flesh : INCARNATE

13-down – Under cover : INDOORS

14-down – Questions : IMPUGNS

15-down – Moriarty to Holmes? : NEMESIS

16-down – Undisturbed : PLACID

18-down – With regret : SADLY