Daily Answers

1-across – Red sauce : TOMATOKETCHUP

8-across – Blur sound : BRITPOP

9-across – Wakes : ASKEW

10-across – Six-faced figure : CUBE

11-across – Debutante : NEWCOMER

13-across – Public opinion broadcast : VOXPOP

14-across – Furry liar? : WEASEL

17-across – Place : LOCATION

19-across – Rich in food from shells : EGGY

21-across – Perfect paradigm : IDEAL

22-across – Moment one of match : KICKOFF

24-across – Totalitarian force,literarily or otherwise : THOUGHTPOLICE

1-down – Vessel : TUB

2-down – Where letters come in : MAILBOX

3-down – Record : TAPE

4-down – Preserved herring : KIPPER

5-down – Ex-UK PM : THATCHER

6-down – Meaningless nonsense : HOKUM

7-down – Push for dominance : POWERPLAY

10-down – Government-to-monarchy pay : CIVILLIST

12-down – Flog soot : FOOTSLOG

15-down – Italian men : SIGNORI

16-down – Case worn round neck : LOCKET

18-down – Set of beliefs : CREDO

20-down – Bounce back : ECHO

23-down – Enemy : FOE

5-across – Chlorophytum comosum,perennial often grown indoors : SPIDERPLANT

7-across – Lump – hot male : HUNK

8-across – Private : SQUADDIE

9-across – Clam soup? : CHOWDER

11-across – Primitive : CRUDE

13-across – Host : EMCEE

14-across – Lycra kin : SPANDEX

16-across – Act of police surveillance : STAKEOUT

17-across – Merge : FUSE

18-across – Ability to see in the dark – dream? : NIGHTVISION

1-down – Candle cord : WICK

2-down – Ate well : FEASTED

3-down – Poppy drug : OPIUM

4-down – Bureaucrat : MANDARIN

5-down – St Mary’s football team : SOUTHAMPTON

6-down – He,for example – Cain? : THIRDPERSON

10-down – Rubble : WRECKAGE

12-down – Artificial satellite built by the Soviet Union : SPUTNIK

15-down – Tall : LOFTY

17-down – Obstruct – metal sheets : FOIL

1-across – Part-living machine : CYBORG

4-across – Aw-____,bashful expression : SHUCKS

8-across – Timer : MERIT

9-across – Nosh lover : GOURMET

10-across – Upper chamber,often : BEDROOM

11-across – Fatuous : INANE

12-across – Belief in the occult : MYSTICISM

17-across – Equipped like some boats : OARED

19-across – Jeremiah : KILLJOY

21-across – Meticulous in a precious way : FINICKY

22-across – Tree with chocolatey fruit : CAROB

23-across – Pan rye : NAPERY

24-across – Tell : RELATE

1-down – Acquire : COMEBY

2-down – 10 across : BOREDOM

3-down – Relationship between quantities : RATIO

5-down – Escapologist : HOUDINI

6-down – Text mark : COMMA

7-down – Retest : SETTER

9-down – Use of strategic ploys : GIMMICKRY

13-down – Motorbike passenger carrier : SIDECAR

14-down – Palma’s island : MAJORCA

15-down – Whizz : BOFFIN

16-down – Toodle-oo : BYEBYE

18-down – Day and hours immediately before : RUNUP

20-down – Money gained : LUCRE

1-across – Of cars and lorries etc. : VEHICULAR

8-across – Learn : RENAL

9-across – Small sun – future A-lister? : STARLET

10-across – I don’t give a damn! : WHOCARES

11-across – Green fruit : LIME

13-across – Relative : COUSIN

14-across – Triangular snack : SAMOSA

16-across – Iota : ATOM

17-across – Gymnastic feat : BACKFLIP

19-across – Don’t come in! : KEEPOUT

20-across – Bush row : HEDGE

21-across – Second team? : RUNNERSUP

1-down – Cavil con : VOLCANIC

2-down – YMCA establishment? : HOSTEL

3-down – Horny nail : CLAW

4-down – Female assisting with crossings : LOLLIPOPLADY

5-down – Baddies : ROTTENAPPLES

6-down – Crispy seafood item : PRAWNCRACKER

7-down – Of a large family of languages : INDOEUROPEAN

12-down – Discuss work when out of the office : TALKSHOP

15-down – Praying ___ : MANTIS

18-down – Pipe – shoe : HOSE

1-across – Spoken exam : VIVA

3-across – Yolk and white mixer : EGGWHISK

9-across – Dish with grains : RISOTTO

10-across – Void : EMPTY

11-across – Glutamate taste : UMAMI

12-across – Rich : YUPPIE

14-across – Sliding wind instrument : SWANEEWHISTLE

17-across – Those keeping strides up : BRACES

19-across – 1940s US jazz : BEBOP

22-across – Fit out : EQUIP

23-across – Air blot : ORBITAL

24-across – British __,arm of international humanitarian movement : REDCROSS

25-across – Plough pullers : OXEN

1-down – Brilliant player : VIRTUOSO

2-down – Prospect : VISTA

4-down – Overly virtuous type? : GOODYTWOSHOES

5-down – Puppy – impudent youth : WHELP

6-down – Name of publisher,time and place of publication of a book : IMPRINT

7-down – Fight’s final fall : KAYO

8-down – Sifter : STRIFE

13-down – Airship : ZEPPELIN

15-down – Onto the shore : AGROUND

16-down – Drink : IMBIBE

18-down – Skip : CAPER

20-down – Neurotoxic protein used cosmetically : BOTOX

21-down – Catcall : JEER