Daily Answers

1-across – Country without a monarch : REPUBLIC

5-across – Folk tale : MYTH

9-across – Great expanse of water : OCEAN

10-across – Aquatic red-billed bird : MOORHEN

11-across – No jack of all trades! : ONETRICKPONY

13-across – Catcher of fish : ANGLER

14-across – Evergreen shrub : MYRTLE

17-across – Hesitate : SHILLYSHALLY

20-across – Or trees : RESTORE

21-across – Typed : KEYED

22-across – I’m off! : TATA

23-across – Binge eating : GLUTTONY

1-down – Chess bird? : ROOK

2-down – Old German coin : PFENNIG

3-down – Drink : BENDTHEELBOW

4-down – __ pentameter,poetic rhythm : IAMBIC

6-down – Boor – hooray! : YAHOO

7-down – Hive hummer? : HONEYBEE

8-down – Worker’s garment : DONKEYJACKET

12-down – Classical Indian language : SANSKRIT

15-down – Call when hunting fox : TALLYHO

16-down – On top : ASWELL

18-down – Stein : INSET

19-down – Whirlpool : EDDY

1-across – Haughty : HOITYTOITY

7-across – From Tehran,e.g. : IRANIAN

8-across – Garbage : TRASH

10-across – Bird – flying toy : KITE

11-across – Leaper’s cry : GERONIMO

13-across – Item inserted into gun-barrel : RAMROD

15-across – Small device attached to computer : DONGLE

17-across – Lavatory : WASHROOM

18-across – Dyke builder : OFFA

21-across – Humid : MOIST

22-across – Yemeni,e.g. : ARABIAN

23-across – Small ornament : KNICKKNACK

1-down – Red card : HEART

2-down – Heron relative : IBIS

3-down – Far distance : YONDER

4-down – Conventional : ORTHODOX

5-down – Melting : THAWING

6-down – Win or lose due to one’s own efforts : SINKORSWIM

9-down – Folk music concert : HOOTENANNY

12-down – __ irony,feigning ignorance to expose ignorance of others : SOCRATIC

14-down – Assignment : MISSION

16-down – Punk’s hairdo : MOHAWK

19-down – Search of person for weapons etc. : FRISK

20-down – Old story : SAGA

1-across – Raw vegetables : RABBITFOOD

7-across – Dreadful – or marvellous : TERRIFIC

8-across – Hired thug : GOON

9-across – Stretching discipline : YOGA

10-across – Deeply in love : SMITTEN

12-across – Level pegging : HONOURSEVEN

14-across – Boastful or self-important : POMPOUS

16-across – Matrix : GRID

19-across – Laze : ZEAL

20-across – Youth : JUVENILE

21-across – Feller : LUMBERJACK

1-down – Shrill : REEDY

2-down – Automatic : BURPGUN

3-down – Dubious : IFFY

4-down – Mud veil on mug? : FACEMASK

5-down – Should : OUGHT

6-down – Preside over : GOVERN

11-down – Sting : PUTUPJOB

12-down – Dancer : HOOFER

13-down – Terrace : VERANDA

15-down – I,Paul : PILAU

17-down – <i>Doctor Who</i><span> adversary</span> : DALEK

18-down – At any time : EVER

1-across – Vagabond : HOBO

3-across – Hiker’s bag : KNAPSACK

8-across – Trouncing : ROUT

9-across – Move to smaller place : DOWNSIZE

11-across – Rom-com,disparagingly : CHICKFLICK

14-across – Well-built : STURDY

15-across – Comprised of blooms : FLORAL

17-across – Mushy : LOVEYDOVEY

20-across – From an Indonesian island : JAVANESE

21-across – Loosen : UNDO

22-across – Call sound : RINGTONE

23-across – Consider : DEEM

1-down – Notes and coins : HARDCASH

2-down – Posh store : BOUTIQUE

4-down – Pasta strand : NOODLE

5-down – Type of cocktail : PINACOLADA

6-down – Central line : AXIS

7-down – Ship’s underside part : KEEL

10-down – Mark my words! : IKIDYOUNOT

12-down – e.g. Newfoundland and Labrador : PROVINCE

13-down – Where toys toyed with? : PLAYROOM

16-down – Individual : PERSON

18-down – Slightly open : AJAR

19-down – All square : EVEN

1-across – Ark grace charm : GRAHAMCRACKER

8-across – Tandoor,e.g. : OVEN

9-across – To the letter : VERBATIM

10-across – Liquid measurement : FLUIDOUNCE

12-across – Dry roasted or salted seed? : PEANUT

14-across – Wild cat – woman with toy boy : COUGAR

15-across – It takes an hour to go round : MINUTEHAND

19-across – Director : CREDITOR

20-across – Dale : VALE

21-across – Premier League champions,2015-16 : LEICESTERCITY

2-down – Gun – spinner? : REVOLVER

3-down – Asian capital : HANOI

4-down – Leave home : MOVEOUT

5-down – Second showing : RERUN

6-down – Castle : CHATEAU

7-down – Immoral : EVIL

11-down – Symbol of challenge – when thrown down? : GAUNTLET

13-down – Wandering : NOMADIC

14-down – Inner circle : COTERIE

16-down – Stone : NOTES

17-down – Devastation : HAVOC

18-down – Birch,e.g. : TREE