Daily Answers

1-across – Informal expression : COLLOQUIALISM

8-across – Spendthrift : WASTREL

9-across – Collier : MINER

10-across – Crank : KOOK

11-across – Rapture : EUPHORIA

13-across – Thin slice of fried meat : CUTLET

14-across – European capital : VIENNA

17-across – Typical : STANDARD

19-across – Cutesy : TWEE

21-across – Corrupt : ABASE

22-across – Hanging car – boat : GONDOLA

24-across – Bait : TAKETHEMICKEY

1-down – Crow’s call : CAW

2-down – Fiercely launch a verbal or physical attack : LASHOUT

3-down – Edible pods : OKRA

4-down – Diacritical mark : UMLAUT

5-down – Comfy seat : ARMCHAIR

6-down – Central : INNER

7-down – Orange jam : MARMALADE

10-down – Get motorbike,or business,going : KICKSTART

12-down – Where there is no outright winner : DEADHEAT

15-down – Big Apple : NEWYORK

16-down – Accent – shoe : BROGUE

18-down – Woe is me : ALACK

20-down – A tin : ANTI

23-down – Some : ANY

5-across – Caracas’s country : VENEZUELA

8-across – Whiff : PONG

9-across – Scandinavian place of bliss : VALHALLA

10-across – Suddenly move to one side : SWERVE

11-across – Grain-damaging beetle : WEEVIL

13-across – City on the Belgian coast : OSTEND

15-across – Connect to and grip : ENGAGE

16-across – Seller : MERCHANT

18-across – Horse’s foot : HOOF

19-across – Deserving of respect : VENERABLE

1-down – Hard-boiled eggs and fish dish : KEDGEREE

2-down – Creative work : OEUVRE

3-down – Wading bird : CURLEW

4-down – Arm part : ULNA

6-down – Coat type : SOUWESTER

7-down – Fruit bat : FLYINGFOX

12-down – Delicate layer : EGGSHELL

14-down – Old seller of textile fabrics : DRAPER

15-down – Snare : ENTRAP

17-down – Sous cook? : CHEF

5-across – I’ve experienced the same thing! : JOINTHECLUB

7-across – Thick haze : SMOG

8-across – Teaching : PEDAGOGY

9-across – First moment : BIGBANG

11-across – Type of dance – taking a minute for Chopin? : WALTZ

13-across – Disturbance – troublemaking : AGGRO

14-across – Dried fruit : SULTANA

16-across – Launching device : CATAPULT

17-across – Frolic – theatrical performance : PLAY

18-across – Here’s to good luck! : KNOCKONWOOD

1-down – Charles III,say : KING

2-down – Modest allowance : STIPEND

3-down – Intoxicating : HEADY

4-down – Barefaced : FLAGRANT

5-down – Type of exercise,arms and legs wide apart : JUMPINGJACK

6-down – Nothing special : BOGSTANDARD

10-down – Bridgetown’s country : BARBADOS

12-down – Wild horse : MUSTANG

15-down – Irritable and huffy : SULKY

17-down – Trudge : PLOD

1-across – Trade in unauthorized goods : PIRACY

4-across – Sloping,of typeface : ITALIC

8-across – Jewish teacher : RABBI

9-across – Messaging platform,now X : TWITTER

10-across – 1 or 2,say : INTEGER

11-across – Mess tin : DIXIE

12-across – Overweight : CORPULENT

17-across – Astor : ROAST

19-across – Brutal : INHUMAN

21-across – Floral perfume : JASMINE

22-across – From Aberystwyth,say : WELSH

23-across – Sewing pin : NEEDLE

24-across – Mix : HYBRID

1-down – Licence : PERMIT

2-down – Jerky? : ROBOTIC

3-down – Stick : CLING

5-down – Twist : TWIDDLE

6-down – Milky sap : LATEX

7-down – Eye part : CORNEA

9-down – Greenish-blue : TURQUOISE

13-down – Second hearing : RETRIAL

14-down – Type of glass : TUMBLER

15-down – Diligent worker : TROJAN

16-down – Without footwear : UNSHOD

18-down – Side passage : AISLE

20-down – Cowboy’s greeting? : HOWDY

1-across – Sheets holder : PAPERCLIP

8-across – Lending at extortionate rates : USURY

9-across – Border dog? : TERRIER

10-across – Most delicious : TASTIEST

11-across – Lies : ISLE

13-across – Dismissed while in a hurry? : RUNOUT

14-across – Local – drinker : BOOZER

16-across – Carp relative : CHUB

17-across – Binding agreement : COVENANT

19-across – Dignify : ENNOBLE

20-across – 1996 Frances McDormand film – Wells __,financial services company : FARGO

21-across – Soldier for hire : MERCENARY

1-down – Body structure : PHYSIQUE

2-down – Fertiliser : POTASH

3-down – Unusual : RARE

4-down – Advocating non-interference : LAISSEZFAIRE

5-down – Infliction : PERPETRATION

6-down – Biscuit type : CUSTARDCREAM

7-down – Lab equipment : BUNSENBURNER

12-down – Wasp-like insect : HOVERFLY

15-down – Wine shop : BODEGA

18-down – Bale : ABLE