Search Results for: ta da

1-across – High-flying singer – frolic : LARK

3-across – Branch of mathematics : CALCULUS

8-across – Take a breather – : REST

9-across – Criticise – malign : BADMOUTH

11-across – Finished item : ENDPRODUCT

14-across – 8-ing – sort of electricity, line or memory : STATIC

15-across – Ancient Greek city, capital of Laconia : SPARTA

17-across – Whirred hat : HITHERWARD

20-across – Hot off the production line : BRANDNEW

21-across – Cob – pen : SWAN

22-across – Aircraft supported by freely-revolving rotors : AUTOGIRO

23-across – Greg of the BBC : DYKE

1-down – Magnanimous bestowal of gifts : LARGESSE

2-down – Left over : RESIDUAL

4-down – Payments – prizes : AWARDS

5-down – ‘Patience’, for example : COMICOPERA

6-down – Praise – celebrate : LAUD

7-down – Huntsman’s call – area of London : SOHO

10-down – North American burrowing mammal : PRAIRIEDOG

12-down – New York Theaterland : BROADWAY

13-down – Move rhythmically : TAPDANCE

16-down – What a pity/shame/surprise! : OHDEAR

18-down – Scandinavian supergroup : ABBA

19-down – Throw – actors : CAST

1-across – Hoax : PRACTICALJOKE

8-across – Unsettle – perturb : FAZE

9-across – South African carnivores : MEERKATS

10-across – Longest word obtainable using only the top line of a normal keyboard : TYPEWRITER

12-across – Christmas : TINSEL

14-across – Behave uncooperatively : PLAYUP

15-across – One drunkenly out on the town : PUBCRAWLER

19-across – Breadth for interpretation : LATITUDE

20-across – Pour down : TEEM

21-across – Safety-in-the-locality scheme : NEIGHBOURHOOD

2-down – Pre-prepared, requiring only the addition of liquid : READYMIX

3-down – Finely wrinkled fabric : CREPE

4-down – Licentious – dissolute : IMMORAL

5-down – On the ball : ALERT

6-down – Capital of Indonesia, also spelled with initial D : JAKARTA

7-down – Light frame toy held on a string – bird of prey : KITE

11-down – Moral part of the : SUPEREGO

13-down – Young tree : SAPLING

14-down – Upstart : PARVENU

16-down – Commendations on book jacket : BLURB

17-down – See 21 : WATCH

18-down – Wise man – flavoursome plant : SAGE

1-across – Kick in a trap : CAPTAINKIRK

9-across – Great painter : OLDMASTER

10-across – ‘The Greatest’ : ALI

11-across – Musical time : TEMPO

13-across – Small songbird : COALTIT

14-across – Same material, different mix : REHASH

15-across – Dangerous cricket delivery – used by 1, 24, 7 and 8! : BEAMER

18-across – Petrol station facility : CARWASH

20-across – Of sight or the eye : OPTIC

21-across – Military : OPS

22-across – Jerboa – WW2 British soldier in North Africa : DESERTRAT

24-across – Stock’s prime : MISTERSPOCK

2-down – Augment : ADD

3-down – Brewing vessels! : TEAPOTS

4-down – All in one piece : INTACT

5-down – Fate – destiny : KARMA

6-down – Try again : REATTEMPT

7-down – Coy CD-Rom Cot : DOCTORMCCOY

8-down – Strict tomes : MISTERSCOTT

12-down – Hindu instructor : MAHARISHI

16-down – Experience enjoyed by the conceited : EGOTRIP

17-down – Weapon used by 1, 24, 7 or 8 : PHASER

19-down – Accounts check : AUDIT

23-down – Large bird of legend : ROC

1-across – Phone receiver : HANDSET

8-across – Ferrous mineral : IRONORE

9-across – Racecourse near Esher : SANDOWN

10-across – Nazi secret police : GESTAPO

11-across – System of rules of behaviour : ETHIC

13-across – Loud clamour : HUEANDCRY

15-across – : MUMANDDAD

18-across – World book : ATLAS

21-across – Giving personal attention : HANDSON

22-across – Come into : INHERIT

23-across – Idi Amin, for one : UGANDAN

24-across – Old illuminator : GASLAMP

1-down – More of this proverbially slows you down : HASTE

2-down – This symphony was Beethoven’s Choral : NINTH

3-down – Do coach-stands : SCOTCHANDSODA

4-down – Sensational thrill : TINGLE

5-down – Dad and hostess : DOTSANDDASHES

6-down – Artistic design of glass or stones : MOSAIC

7-down – Grave crime : FELONY

12-down – Forbidden : TABU

14-down – Flightless South American bird : RHEA

15-down – Elephant keeper/driver : MAHOUT

16-down – Servile : MENIAL

17-down – Eating : DINING

19-down – Immature form of insect : LARVA

20-down – Exalt – arrange – begin : SETUP

1-across – Pointed food remover : TOOTHPICK

8-across – Mark on body or tree : SCAR

9-across – Encounter difficulties : GETINAFIX

10-across – Stop pouring! : WHEN

13-across – Completely : QUITE

15-across – Without a like : UNIQUE

16-across – Mineral such as jacinth : ZIRCON

17-across – With skill : DEFTLY

19-across – One of the four humours : PHLEGM

20-across – Drink the health of – brown bread! : TOAST

21-across – Measure of land : ACRE

24-across – Fine earthenware : PORCELAIN

25-across – Wading bird : IBIS

26-across – Annual sailing event : COWESWEEK

2-down – Finished – across – in excess : OVER

3-down – Small branch – divining rod – realise : TWIG

4-down – Memorial slab : PLAQUE

5-down – : CHINTZ

6-down – Sport with puck : ICEHOCKEY

7-down – Manufacturer identification : BRANDNAME

11-down – Sort of equation in algebra : QUADRATIC

12-down – Completely stunned : HITFORSIX

13-down – Padded bed cover : QUILT

14-down – 2 cubed : EIGHT

18-down – Old sailors’ chant : YOHOHO

19-down – The beloved of Eros : PSYCHE

22-down – : FLAW

23-down – Style of fast dance music : JIVE

1-across – Scrivener’s palsy : WRITERSCRAMP

9-across – Spanish table wine : RIOJA

10-across – Trivial object – silly person : GUBBINS

11-across – Young animal – part of leg : CALF

12-across – This was Ceylon : SRILANKA

14-across – Spasmodic : FITFUL

15-across – : XRATED

18-across – List of runners and riders : RACECARD

20-across – Gripper – in place of – immorality : VICE

22-across – Last day of a twelve month period : YEAREND

23-across – Kiss – fishing vessel – taste – heroin : SMACK

24-across – Feeling : HAPPYASLARRY

2-down – Small radical : ROOTLET

3-down – A drop of sadness : TEAR

4-down – Look at – estimation : REGARD

5-down – Shoe workers – nonsense! : COBBLERS

6-down – Make : ALIGN

7-down – Bedpan shocks : POSHANDBECKS

8-down – British entertainer, 75 this year : BRUCEFORSYTH

13-down – Medical pretensions : QUACKERY

16-down – Nothingness into/from which things might magically : THINAIR

17-down – Women getting married : BRIDES

19-down – Strong fastener : CLAMP

21-down – Large continent : ASIA

1-across – See 13 : SOLDIERSAILOR

8-across – Sign of tiredness – gaps may be : YAWNING

9-across – Noise of breaking barrier : SONIC

10-across – See 9 : BOOM

11-across – Economise : RETRENCH

13-across – First four careers indicated by cherry stones on plate : TINKER

14-across – See 13 : TAILOR

17-across – Sergeant : ESTRANGE

19-across – Continuous pain : ACHE

21-across – Founder of prizes : NOBEL

22-across – Give backing to : ENDORSE

24-across – Variegated translucent material : TORTOISESHELL

1-down – 15’s alternative fourth career : SPY

2-down – Base – information! : LOWDOWN

3-down – Wading bird : IBIS

4-down – Be mildly sorry : REGRET

5-down – Member of ancient empire : ASSYRIAN

6-down – Cloth from flax : LINEN

7-down – Core share : RACEHORSE

10-down – Advice to refrain : BETTERNOT

12-down – Harem : SERAGLIO

15-down – Author of Smiley’s People : LECARRE

16-down – Way out : EGRESS

18-down – Root of potato etc : TUBER

20-down – Day in Roman calendar : IDES

23-down – Fish : EEL

5-across – One extreme of Britain : JOHNOGROATS

7-across – Gin : TRAP

8-across – The other extreme of Britain : LANDSEND

9-across – Fred, dancer : ASTAIRE

11-across – Turning instrument : LATHE

13-across – Deceit, especially financial : FRAUD

14-across – Fine transparent fabric : CHIFFON

16-across – Lucky acquisition : WINDFALL

17-across – Lament : WAIL

18-across – Burden : ENCUMBRANCE

1-down – Piece of meat – the sack! : CHOP

2-down – Post on road or quay : BOLLARD

3-down – Reproduce – publish : PRINT

4-down – Shakespearean knight : FALSTAFF

5-down – Task forbidden to lunatics, clergymen, etc : JURYSERVICE

6-down – Cause to happen at the same time : SYNCHRONISE

10-down – Bridge carrying water : AQUEDUCT

12-down – Love potion : PHILTRE

15-down – Mad : BARMY

17-down – Lower eyelid briefly : WINK

1-across – Waste matter : SEWAGE

4-across – Selected : CHOSEN

8-across – Raised strip of land : RIDGE

9-across – Warlike : MARTIAL

10-across – City : BRISTOL

11-across – Dance : TANGO

12-across – Disciplinary centre in military unit : GUARDROOM

17-across – Theme : TOPIC

19-across – Canadian province and lake : ONTARIO

21-across – Leave undealt with : NEGLECT

22-across – City of Belarus : MINSK

23-across – Give : DONATE

24-across – Quick, light : FLURRY

1-down – Wormwood _____ : SCRUBS

2-down – Audience for the 13 14 : WEDDING

3-down – See 2 : GUEST

5-down – Hamlet’s friend : HORATIO

6-down – Offspring : SCION

7-down – Admiral called 5 : NELSON

9-down – Awkward – unskilful : MALADROIT

13-down – Old salt in Coleridge’s poem : ANCIENT

14-down – See 13 : MARINER

15-down – High on drugs : STONED

16-down – Primate : MONKEY

18-down – Heathen : PAGAN

20-down – South Indian : TAMIL

1-across – I call host : SAILCLOTH

8-across – City of Jordan : AMMAN

9-across – Late afternoon meal : HIGHTEA

10-across – Pastry from Derbyshire : BAKEWELL

11-across – See 10 : TART

13-across – Pare : REDUCE

14-across – Surly and unforthcoming : MOROSE

16-across – Basis of pottery : CLAY

17-across – Film with Julie Andrews : THESOUND

19-across – See 17 : OFMUSIC

20-across – Very stupid person : MORON

21-across – Feeling : SENSATION

1-down – Slices with filling : SANDWICH

2-down – Breathe in : INHALE

3-down – Place of confinement : CAGE

4-down – Defeat by superior ingenuity : OUTMANOEUVRE

5-down – Agonisingly sad : HEARTRENDING

6-down – Where to see a fine lady on horseback : BANBURYCROSS

7-down – Fishy delicacy : SMOKEDSALMON

12-down – Rider : HORSEMAN

15-down – Precious or affected in style : CHICHI

18-down – Continent : ASIA