Daily Answers

1-across – <span>‘I will show you fear in a handful of ___’ : DUST

3-across – Wrestling hold – barber’s instrument : SCISSORS

9-across – Third letter of the Nato alphabet : CHARLIE

10-across – E Asian republic : CHINA

11-across – Sooty’s friend – chimney worker : SWEEP

12-across – Of the countryside : RUSTIC

14-across – Unharmed : ALLINONEPIECE

17-across – Sophisticated evening gathering : SOIREE

19-across – Assistance in climbing a wall : LEGUP

22-across – Constellation with a ‘belt’ : ORION

23-across – On the line : ATSTAKE

24-across – Test cricket series : THEASHES

25-across – Unit of heredity : GENE

1-down – Part-fact,part-fiction TV : DOCUSOAP

2-down – Nuance – ghost – bulb protection : SHADE

4-down – Where you can find a bargain : CLEARANCESALE

5-down – Clinton cat – footwear : SOCKS

6-down – Nostril,eg : ORIFICE

7-down – Stamp – sometimes earless mammal : SEAL

8-down – Easily donned,like some shoes : SLIPON

13-down – Be asleep : BELPAESE

15-down – Like the king of the jungle : LEONINE

16-down – From Gdańsk,eg : POLISH

18-down – Ladder steps : RUNGS

20-down – Crystallised,like some cherries : GLACE

21-down – Usain – what he does : BOLT

1-across – Abs’ composition : STOMACHMUSCLE

8-across – Mister in Münster : HERR

9-across – One selling goods abroad : EXPORTER

10-across – Waistline deposit : LOVEHANDLE

12-across – Like some wire and comments : BARBED

14-across – You,now : SOLVER

15-across – Eatery with entertainment : SUPPERCLUB

19-across – Usually monthly payments for usually non-manual labour : SALARIES

20-across – Partly open,as a door : AJAR

21-across – Government leader : FIRSTMINISTER

2-down – Abstemious : TEETOTAL

3-down – Inventor Samuel or Inspector Endeavour : MORSE

4-down – TV announcer’s aide-memoire : CUECARD

5-down – Sulked – 50cc? : MOPED

6-down – US liver : SURVEIL

7-down – Vichyssoise veg : LEEK

11-down – Control – synchronise : REGULATE

13-down – Retiree’s travel document : BUSPASS

14-down – Intervenes : STEPSIN

16-down – Refracting glass object : PRISM

17-down – Form – lesson – status – style : CLASS

18-down – Island in Indonesia,east of Java : BALI

1-across – Roster of the indisposed : SICKLIST

5-across – Salmon – dog food – amigo : CHUM

9-across – Gather in great quantity : AMASS

10-across – Expression conveying doubt : IWONDER

11-across – In such a way as to cause disorder : DISRUPTIVELY

13-across – Cream,cooking or oloroso : SHERRY

14-across – Tierce : RECITE

17-across – I or M,eg : ROMANNUMERAL

20-across – Stuffy : AIRLESS

21-across – Seance board : OUIJA

22-across – Online auctioneer : EBAY

23-across – Smut : LEWDNESS

1-down – One speaking eg Czech or Bulgarian : SLAV

2-down – Goblet : CHALICE

3-down – Fixture in many an office : LASERPRINTER

4-down – Revealing,like some beach wear : SKIMPY

6-down – Living barrier : HEDGE

7-down – <span>Will Scarlet,Alan-a-Dale,Friar Tuck </span><i>et al</i> : MERRYMEN

8-down – Dossier of the convicted : POLICERECORD

12-down – Password partner : USERNAME

15-down – 1971 Lennon song : IMAGINE

16-down – One from Perth,perhaps : AUSSIE

18-down – Soprano Callas,1923–77 : MARIA

19-down – Uncastrated male sheep : RAMS

5-across – Language of c. 200-600 AD : LATELATIN

8-across – ‘Venerable’ historian of c. 673–735 AD : BEDE

9-across – ‘Holy’ bluish-green marine food fish : MACKEREL

10-across – Tooth decay : CARIES

11-across – Peak – meeting : SUMMIT

13-across – Emphasis – hassle : STRESS

15-across – Cape – intellectual Susan,1933–2004 : SONTAG

16-across – Yeasty spread : VEGEMITE

18-across – Foot part – baddie : HEEL

19-across – Reflect on : TENORCLEF

1-down – Rest : TAKEFIVE

2-down – Wing-shoed messenger son of Zeus and Maia : HERMES

3-down – <span>eg </span><i>Bullshot Crummond</i><span>,</span><i>Noises Off</i><span> and </span><i>Run for Your Wife</i> : FARCES

4-down – <span>Bird of prey – </span><i>Mary Poppins</i><span> toy</span> : KITE

6-down – A pretence : PECANTREE

7-down – One honoured in a piece of art : DEDICATEE

12-down – Craving for food : MUNCHIES

14-down – Man seeking your hand in marriage : SUITOR

15-down – Nasty niff : STENCH

17-down – Large wide-spouted water jug : EWER

1-across – Controlled by an evil spirit : POSSESSED

8-across – 2015 Adele song – word spoken on answering phone : HELLO

9-across – Eight-tentacled mollusc : OCTOPUS

10-across – Copied : EMULATED

11-across – Shawl or stole : WRAP

13-across – Courage – container for Courage? : BOTTLE

14-across – Dauphinoise starch : POTATO

16-across – Use a phone on another network : ROAM

17-across – ‘Unless I’m very much ___ … ’ : MISTAKEN

19-across – Public,popular or medical : OPINION

20-across – Poetic rhythm : METRE

21-across – Judges may hand them down : SENTENCES

1-down – Likely : PROBABLE

2-down – Closer to now – rather : SOONER

3-down – Grub : EATS

4-down – ‘Bagging area’ shops : SUPERMARKETS

5-down – Thwarted : DISAPPOINTED

6-down – Allotment conveyances : WHEELBARROWS

7-down – Drawings – exemplification : ILLUSTRATION

12-down – Highland,bathing and swimming,e.g. : COSTUMES

15-down – A walk in the park – or what may follow one : PICNIC

18-down – Patna,basmati or wild : RICE