Daily Answers

1-across – Emotional connections : RELATIONSHIPS

8-across – ‘Be mother’ : POUR

9-across – Ocean home to the Falklands : ATLANTIC

10-across – Scenic once : CONSCIENCE

12-across – ____ fancier or ____-toed : PIGEON

14-across – DJs’ appointments : DISCOS

15-across – Final of the ‘five stages’ : ACCEPTANCE

19-across – Senior lawyers or spouses : PARTNERS

20-across – Ridge of rock, coral or sand : REEF

21-across – Under no ____ : CIRCUMSTANCES

2-down – Concerning business and trade : ECONOMIC

3-down – Scare : ACRES

4-down – Nationality of Maria Montessori : ITALIAN

5-down – Director Christopher or singer Linda : NOLAN

6-down – Those seeking heads, witches or fortunes? : HUNTERS

7-down – Not pro bono : PAID

11-down – Actual – sand, gravel and cement : CONCRETE

13-down – ____ band : ELASTIC

14-down – Sedimentary accumulation : DEPOSIT

16-down – Yellowish-white – elite : CREAM

17-down – Panfryer’s protection : APRON

18-down – Very long cloth elaborately swathed : SARI

1-across – 30 on a ruler : CENTIMETRES

9-across – Like most envelopes : ADDRESSED

10-across – Sty – write – swan : PEN

11-across – Go round in circles : ORBIT

13-across – Let out : RELEASE

14-across – Tempestuous – like some towel rails? : HEATED

15-across – Favourable aspect : UPSIDE

18-across – Hazel, e.g. : NUTTREE

20-across – Measures of lengths times breadths : AREAS

21-across – Festive film of 2003 : ELF

22-across – Neither pilot nor crew : PASSENGER

24-across – Recs : PLAYGROUNDS

2-down – Muslim festival : EID

3-down – Playhouse : THEATRE

4-down – Perdition – Kathy Bates film : MISERY

5-down – Basin, wave or power : TIDAL

6-down – Stress – see mishap : EMPHASISE

7-down – Cap – Burns poem : TAMOSHANTER

8-down – Redundant – not called-for : UNNECESSARY

12-down – Descriptor of football as a game : BEAUTIFUL

16-down – Large level tract of elevated land : PLATEAU

17-down – Natural producer of hot air : GEYSER

19-down – Meaning of the ‘R’ of ‘RSVP’ : REPLY

23-down – Pan or Pluto : GOD

1-across – They offer proof of raffle entries : TICKETS

8-across – Verse’s counterpart : CHAPTER

9-across – Tip – dog – arrow : POINTER

10-across – Omegas : ENDINGS

11-across – One going through the agenda : CHAIR

13-across – Impermanent : TEMPORARY

15-across – e.g. ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ : SPIRITUAL

18-across – Additional : EXTRA

21-across – Picture houses : CINEMAS

22-across – e.g. ironing – later in the day : EVENING

23-across – Assort : ARRANGE

24-across – Every 24 hours : NIGHTLY

1-down – Theme – what had a ‘hazelnut in every bite’ : TOPIC

2-down – Plates – state : CHINA

3-down – Eminent natter : ENTERTAINMENT

4-down – Laugh or yell shrilly : SCREAM

5-down – Vegetarian : HARDBOILEDEGG

6-down – Part of a poem : STANZA

7-down – Term describing white wines or lush lawns : GRASSY

12-down – Home ____ or ____ desk : HELP

14-down – Laugh or yell boisterously : ROAR

15-down – Convivial : SOCIAL

16-down – Cut – snub – spurn : IGNORE

17-down – Without anyone noticing : UNSEEN

19-down – Curled piece of citrus adornment : TWIST

20-down – Descriptor of some Birds and Young Men : ANGRY

1-across – What’s acquired through instruction : KNOWLEDGE

8-across – Hackney carriage : TAXI

9-across – Jutting-out land strip : PENINSULA

10-across – Stringed diversion : YOYO

13-across – Glow – Joyce’s Molly : BLOOM

15-across – Those with a deed, perhaps : OWNERS

16-across – Wedding vow word after ‘for’ : POORER

17-across – Anna and Elsa film : FROZEN

19-across – Blues’ counterpart : RHYTHM

20-across – Central point – kind of Ford : FOCUS

21-across – Lou – pondside grass : REED

24-across – Picts’ silk : LIPSTICKS

25-across – Green-, gimlet- or square- ___ : EYED

26-across – Beneficial – rig Andrew : REWARDING

2-down – Entail – necessitate – demand : NEED

3-down – Party disciplinarian : WHIP

4-down – They offer support to artists : EASELS

5-down – More than a canter : GALLOP

6-down – The horse that’s expected to win : FAVOURITE

7-down – Units each equal to 2.205 lbs : KILOGRAMS

11-down – Admitted to full communion : CONFIRMED

12-down – Exposed : UNCOVERED

13-down – Lawyer – dossier – surly : BRIEF

14-down – Winged devourers of mohair : MOTHS

18-down – Spot – ad : NOTICE

19-down – Tolstoy’s country of birth : RUSSIA

22-down – Even – laced : TIED

23-down – Banana ____ : SKIN

1-across – Black hornless cattle breed originating in Scotland : ABERDEENANGUS

8-across – Special ____ : OPS

9-across – One selling reams : STATIONER

10-across – On the payroll : SALARIED

11-across – Total snoozefest : BORE

13-across – Staple : PASTEL

14-across – Blunt or make quiet : DEADEN

16-across – It’s the final word : AMEN

17-across – Muscle moving your shoulder – clear top : PECTORAL

20-across – Like a parrot : IMITATIVE

21-across – Delay – convict : LAG

22-across – Long-haired sporting pooch : ENGLISHSETTER

1-down – Smithereens : ATOMS

2-down – Unchallenging music : EASYLISTENING

3-down – Rat – runaway – renegade : DESERTER

4-down – On cloud nine : ELATED

5-down – With a pH below 7 : ACID

6-down – What we remember on a day in November : GUNPOWDERPLOT

7-down – One doing operations in theatre : SURGEON

12-down – One with a developed appreciation of the finer things : AESTHETE

13-down – Sweet nutty confection : PRALINE

15-down – Decay : PERISH

18-down – Beer served cold : LAGER

19-down – Island east of Java : BALI