Daily Answers

1-across – Island depicted by Gauguin : TAHITI

4-across – Marsupial : POSSUM

9-across – Gush : CASCADE

10-across – Suit : BEFIT

11-across – Suez’s country : EGYPT

12-across – Downmarket? : LOWBROW

13-across – Multiple chat-up event : SPEEDDATING

18-across – Cycling group : PELOTON

20-across – Good : NOBLE

22-across – Walrus tooth material? : IVORY

23-across – 17 down : EXPUNGE

24-across – Gusher : GEYSER

25-across – Region : IGNORE

1-down – Pass : TICKET

2-down – Hurried : HASTY

3-down – Browned snack : TOASTIE

5-down – River’s loop : OXBOW

6-down – Crocus stigma flavouring : SAFFRON

7-down – Automobile City / Diana Ross label : MOTOWN

8-down – Hips-gyrating performer : BELLYDANCER

14-down – Ridicule : PILLORY

15-down – Pin hammered into ground : TENTPEG

16-down – Season of regeneration : SPRING

17-down – Strike out : DELETE

19-down – Mint relative with small leaves : THYME

21-down – Ta-da! : BINGO

5-across – Clever – dazzling : BRILLIANT

8-across – e.g. ‘The Moon and the Yew Tree’ : POEM

9-across – Insinuates or proposes : SUGGESTS

10-across – Mum’s bros : UNCLES

11-across – Well- or hard-____ : EARNED

13-across – More feral – film director Billy : WILDER

15-across – Tierce : RECITE

16-across – Regularly recurring : RHYTHMIC

18-across – 12 : NOON

19-across – By the same token : SIMILARLY

1-down – Displayed anxiety – belt Mr. Ed : TREMBLED

2-down – Holders of tea or schnapps : FLASKS

3-down – Return’s ticket counterpart : SINGLE

4-down – First word of many a fairytale : ONCE

6-down – Sonata or flit : MOONLIGHT

7-down – ‘Now that I have your ____’ : ATTENTION

12-down – Of late : RECENTLY

14-down – Europhile’s watchword : REMAIN

15-down – Care to : RECOAT

17-down – Head’s counterpart : TAIL

5-across – Rivalry – contest : COMPETITION

7-across – Tins : SNIT

8-across – At the ____ hour : ELEVENTH

9-across – Snack with name meaning ‘twice cooked’ : BISCUIT

11-across – <i>Carmen</i><span> composer</span> : BIZET

13-across – Harmful micro-organisms : GERMS

14-across – Who ‘every man’ may be for? : HIMSELF

16-across – Pilferage : STEALING

17-across – Pop’s sis : AUNT

18-across – Littoral edifices averting maritime mishaps : LIGHTHOUSES

1-down – Leave out : OMIT

2-down – Perquisite – dividend – bonus : BENEFIT

3-down – Cut into little cubes : DICED

4-down – Garbs of distinction : LIVERIES

5-down – Alternative to Full English : CONTINENTAL

6-down – Benelux monarchy : NETHERLANDS

10-down – Endeavour before an election : CAMPAIGN

12-down – Monarchy with a male? : KINGDOM

15-down – ___ certificate,rate or control : BIRTH

17-down – Not to mention : ALSO

1-across – Spanish currency replaced by the euro : PESETA

4-across – Scottish team playing at Parkhead : CELTIC

8-across – Plant yielding a sugar substitute : AGAVE

9-across – Secret ____ : ADMIRER

10-across – Afloat – liquid which dissolves a substance : SOLVENT

11-across – Gave off light : SHONE

12-across – Check for errors : PROOFREAD

17-across – Gather in a heap : AMASS

19-across – Place to change into swimming costume : CUBICLE

21-across – Stiffness of manner : ICINESS

22-across – Camel’s cousin : LLAMA

23-across – Fellows who won’t disagree : YESMEN

24-across – Proviso : CAVEAT

1-down – ‘I come to bury Caesar,not to ____ him’ : PRAISE

2-down – White/orange seafood speciality : SCALLOP

3-down – He met : THEME

5-down – All together : ENMASSE

6-down – Trunk,sans head or limbs : TORSO

7-down – Bank – cant – tip; NE acre : CAREEN

9-down – Nifty camera function : AUTOFOCUS

13-down – Beyond suggestive : OBSCENE

14-down – I do ____! : DECLARE

15-down – Cause of dental distress : CAVITY

16-down – Fancier word for nosh-up : REPAST

18-down – AKA : ALIAS

20-down – Light wood : BALSA

1-across – Prankster’s call : APRILFOOL

8-across – Session with crossword and granola? : LIEIN

9-across – Workplace filling station : CANTEEN

10-across – Chardonnay and Perrier,perhaps : SPRITZER

11-across – Singer – ale – fish : BASS

13-across – See 17 : EIGHTY

14-across – ‘Beefy’ cricketer Ian : BOTHAM

16-across – Pick a ____,any ____ : CARD

17-across – Orwell novel with Room 101 : NINETEEN

19-across – <i>Fleabag</i><span> and </span><i>Frasier</i><span>,e.g.</span> : SITCOMS

20-across – Modern alternatives to cabs : UBERS

21-across – Knocks down with a feather : SURPRISES

1-down – Add notes to : ANNOTATE

2-down – Din – con – sports kit : RACKET

3-down – Achieve – country – alight : LAND

4-down – One who does better than necessary : OVERACHIEVER

5-down – Solitude – seen moonless : LONESOMENESS

6-down – Items of protection while broken bones knit : PLASTERCASTS

7-down – Item often atop a freezer : REFRIGERATOR

12-down – Smokescreens and façades : COVERUPS

15-down – <span>Booths for tickets and copies of the </span><i>Guardian</i> : KIOSKS

18-down – See 17 Across : FOUR