Daily Answers

1-across – Sharp tooth : CANINE

4-across – Discourage : DETER

7-across – Astronomical dust and gas cloud : NEBULA

8-across – Tricky bit of bowling : GOOGLY

9-across – One sticks out at the seaside : PIER

10-across – First-rate : TOPNOTCH

12-across – Assistance : HELPINGHAND

17-across – Clarify : UNTANGLE

19-across – Poisonous metal – tip : LEAD

20-across – Relaxing room : LOUNGE

21-across – 1ac type of sharp bend : DOGLEG

22-across – Rope holder on board : CLEAT

23-across – Deft : ADROIT

1-down – Hold dear : CHERISH

2-down – Beige,for instance : NEUTRAL

3-down – It came close to happening : NEARTHING

4-down – Die like Ophelia : DROWN

5-down – Get tense : TIGHTEN

6-down – I Got ____,1930 song by George and Ira Gershwin : RHYTHM

11-down – Swinishly stubborn? : PIGHEADED

13-down – Rave : ENTHUSE

14-down – : ALLEGRO

15-down – Most precious : DEAREST

16-down – Common – people : PUBLIC

18-down – When to retire? : NIGHT

1-across – Peak : HIGHWATERMARK

8-across – Difficult situation : PROBLEM

9-across – Kilometres per hour,say : SPEED

10-across – Short – or rough – cut : HACK

11-across – Feud : VENDETTA

13-across – Find them on Instagram : PHOTOS

14-across – Wildly impractical : MADCAP

17-across – Home movie format : CINEFILM

19-across – Shiner? : STAR

21-across – Bathroom dryer : TOWEL

22-across – Flight deck occupants : AIRCREW

24-across – Kedgeree ingredient : HARDBOILEDEGG

1-down – Bitter ingredient : HOP

2-down – Cigar-smoking Marx brother : GROUCHO

3-down – Collapse through lack of water : WILT

4-down – Interfere : TAMPER

5-down – Leftover : RESIDUAL

6-down – Head off : AVERT

7-down – Hostage taker : KIDNAPPER

10-down – Game played in squares : HOPSCOTCH

12-down – Iron or wood? : GOLFCLUB

15-down – Exclusive group : COTERIE

16-down – The opposite to an acid : ALKALI

18-down – More modern : NEWER

20-down – Timber producer : TREE

23-down – Footballer’s partner : WAG

5-across – Saunter in : SATURNINE

8-across – Long journey : TREK

9-across – Euphoric : BLISSFUL

10-across – Set fire to : IGNITE

11-across – Part – share : DIVIDE

13-across – Fantastic : UNREAL

15-across – Puzzling is one – form of a verb : GERUND

16-across – Customer or slope? : SLIPPERY

18-across – It’s sometimes measured in square metres : AREA

19-across – Late bagel : BAGATELLE

1-down – : BACKFIRE

2-down – Unassuming : HUMBLE

3-down – Mean : UNKIND

4-down – Responsibility : ONUS

6-down – Long-bodied insect with iridescent wings : DRAGONFLY

7-down – Fine example : HUMDINGER

12-down – It’s subject to change : VARIABLE

14-down – Wriggle room : LEEWAY

15-down – It spouts hot water : GEYSER

17-down – French course : PLAT

5-across – Prepare to set sail : WEIGHANCHOR

7-across – Dispatch : SEND

8-across – Put into words : DESCRIBE

9-across – Wall or wound covering : PLASTER

11-across – Declined : EBBED

13-across – Warm : BALMY

14-across – Ineffective medicine? : PLACEBO

16-across – Military supplies : ORDNANCE

17-across – Sand bank : DUNE

18-across – Rowan’s fever : WAROFNERVES

1-down – Archaeological discovery – judicially determine : FIND

2-down – Tremble with disgust : SHUDDER

3-down – Grind : GNASH

4-down – Having a sweet,childlike face : CHERUBIC

5-down – Load-bearing garden item : WHEELBARROW

6-down – When stretched,they’ll keep things together : RUBBERBANDS

10-down – Priest school : SEMINARY

12-down – Slow-burning success : SLEEPER

15-down – Type of tobacco : SNUFF

17-down – Plunge : DIVE

1-across – Lane or leg? : INSIDE

4-across – Get used to a change : ADJUST

8-across – Fruity drink : JUICE

9-across – Gun barrel diameter : CALIBRE

10-across – : REGIMEN

11-across – Chopped meat : MINCE

12-across – Disturbing 3 : NIGHTMARE

17-across – Viennese dance? : WALTZ

19-across – Completely : UTTERLY

21-across – Green and lush : VERDANT

22-across – Increased : BUILT

23-across – Pretentiously posh : LADIDA

24-across – Its occupants expect a bumpy ride : DODGEM

1-down – Physical harm : INJURY

2-down – : SMIDGEN

3-down – Night vision? : DREAM

5-down – Situation involving an impossible choice : DILEMMA

6-down – Jungle or myth? : URBAN

7-down – On a number of levels : TIERED

9-down – Put together : CONSTRUCT

13-down – Part of a bird’s stomach : GIZZARD

14-down – Getting : EARNING

15-down – Turn on a pin : SWIVEL

16-down – Methodical approach : SYSTEM

18-down – Sensational : LURID

20-down – Mentioning Macbeth in a theatre,for instance : TABOO