Daily Answers

1-across – Feature of Russian Orthodox church architecture : ONIONDOME

8-across – One foretells the future : SEER

9-across – Sunset _____,1950 film directed by Billy Wilder : BOULEVARD

10-across – Split : GULF

13-across – Undergrowth : SCRUB

15-across – Inspire : EXCITE

16-across – Unthinkingly repeat : PARROT

17-across – E-cigarette users take it in : VAPOUR

19-across – Shelter in the garden : CLOCHE

20-across – Paris,____,1984 film directed by Wim Wenders : TEXAS

21-across – Labour : TOIL

24-across – Dirtying – unlit pool : POLLUTION

25-across – Lifeless – like some ducks? : DEAD

26-across – They’re secretly on board : STOWAWAYS

2-down – Sheltered spot : NOOK

3-down – Covered in grease : OILY

4-down – Gizmo : DEVICE

5-down – Difference between the cost and sale price : MARKUP

6-down – Bring back to life : RESURRECT

7-down – Exploit a situation to make money : PROFITEER

11-down – Subjugation : SERVITUDE

12-down – Doubting : SCEPTICAL

13-down – Strong – Guinness : STOUT

14-down – Bowler’s target : BAILS

18-down – Turn a computer off and on : REBOOT

19-down – Inexperienced,naive : CALLOW

22-down – Simmer slowly : STEW

23-down – Curtis or Bennett? : TONY

1-across – Protective spirit : GUARDIANANGEL

8-across – Towards the back of the boat : AFT

9-across – Necessary : ESSENTIAL

10-across – Garden store : TOOLSHED

11-across – Self-referential : META

13-across – Crosser? : BRIDGE

14-across – Cross : GRUMPY

16-across – Ski lift : TBAR

17-across – South American monkey : MARMOSET

20-across – Poor-quality : THIRDRATE

21-across – Romantic promise : IDO

22-across – Financial record : BANKSTATEMENT

1-down – Hard,skin or bone? : GRAFT

2-down – Ruritania oath : AUTHORITARIAN

3-down – Equestrian sport : DRESSAGE

4-down – Novelist buried in Winchester Cathedral : AUSTEN

5-down – ____ Wintour,Vogue editor-in-chief : ANNA

6-down – V2 rocket,for example : GUIDEDMISSILE

7-down – Cradle song : LULLABY

12-down – Opening night : PREMIERE

13-down – Wallow in it : BATHTUB

15-down – Bread fruit? : BANANA

18-down – Oily fish : TROUT

19-down – Probability : ODDS

1-across – RAF conned Don : CANNONFODDER

9-across – Mark of recognition : AWARD

10-across – Turkish city,capital of Roman Syria : ANTIOCH

11-across – Pet Shop Boys and the Carpenters,say : DUOS

12-across – It’s set to go off : TIMEBOMB

14-across – Find it underfoot : INSOLE

15-across – Absolute truth : GOSPEL

18-across – Available breeding material : GENEPOOL

20-across – Tiny insect : GNAT

22-across – Pay attention to : OBSERVE

23-across – Blatant : OVERT

24-across – What’s missing? : LOSTPROPERTY

2-down – Warrior women : AMAZONS

3-down – Where a leaf grows : NODE

4-down – Vitamin B3 : NIACIN

5-down – Precisely : ONTHEDOT

6-down – Florentine cathedral : DUOMO

7-down – Bring back – Blairite hate : REHABILITATE

8-down – Child’s water holder? : PADDLINGPOOL

13-down – Twaddle : CLAPTRAP

16-down – Strong-smelling : PUNGENT

17-down – Do without : FOREGO

19-down – Find them in a rookery : NESTS

21-down – Tender : SORE

1-across – Harshly critical – or violent : SAVAGE

4-across – Came back down to earth : LANDED

9-across – Warning to sailors : FOGHORN

10-across – Train or boat? : GRAVY

11-across – Periods of calm : LULLS

12-across – Breathe : RESPIRE

13-across – Spread – seed in a mist : DISSEMINATE

18-across – Get rougher : COARSEN

20-across – Soy sauce flavour : UMAMI

22-across – Family : TRIBE

23-across – It makes one lose interest : TURNOFF

24-across – Not liable : EXEMPT

25-across – Even though : ALBEIT

1-down – Without experiencing harm : SAFELY

2-down – Time to watch and wait : VIGIL

3-down – Interpretations : GLOSSES

5-down – Old dog of Odysseus – shop once known for its catalogues : ARGOS

6-down – Bridget Jones,say : DIARIST

7-down – Sleep,or sit,on it : DAYBED

8-down – Make : INCRIMINATE

14-down – Suppose : IMAGINE

15-down – Non-partisan : NEUTRAL

16-down – Grim Reaper’s implement : SCYTHE

17-down – One’s out of place : MISFIT

19-down – Wool producer : SHEEP

21-down – Solitary : ALONE

1-across – Least perilous : SAFEST

4-across – One of the ‘c’s in ‘cc’ : CUBIC

7-across – Memoirist,perhaps,or essayist : WRITER

8-across – By no means plentiful : SCARCE

9-across – African country where French is spoken : MALI

10-across – Currently : NOWADAYS

12-across – Snug egoists : SUGGESTIONS

17-across – Sold down the river : BETRAYED

19-across – One of four on a car : TYRE

20-across – Greek letters like our ‘A’s : ALPHAS

21-across – ETs : ALIENS

22-across – Relating to ancient Scandinavia : NORSE

23-across – Joins – registers – boards : ENTERS

1-down – Watches iPlayer or Disney+ : STREAMS

2-down – Trying on clothes – apt : FITTING

3-down – Bizarrely : STRANGELY

4-down – Warm mug at night-time : COCOA

5-down – Steal – negotiate : BARGAIN

6-down – Cheshire,for one : CHEESE

11-down – Taciturn – taken from a bank account : WITHDRAWN

13-down – Cutting the mustard : UPTOPAR

14-down – Synopsis : OUTLINE

15-down – There may be none attached : STRINGS

16-down – Procure : OBTAIN

18-down – Without delay : APACE