Daily Answers

1-across – She’s one of the 4, perhaps : LADY

3-across – Mediaeval street in York : SHAMBLES

9-across – Man’s soft felt hat : HOMBURG

10-across – Sore : ULCER

11-across – Implant : IMBED

12-across – Acclimatise : ATTUNE

14-across – Affectations of 4, perhaps : AIRSANDGRACES

17-across – Art of growing miniature trees : BONSAI

19-across – Fine : SHEER

22-across – Jewish religious leader : RABBI

23-across – Very ugly : HIDEOUS

24-across – Smart Alecs? : WISEGUYS

25-across – Novice : TYRO

1-down – Accent, an example of the 14 of 4? : LAHDIDAH

2-down – Honourably discharge : DEMOB

4-down – Important and influential: arrogant : HIGHANDMIGHTY

5-down – Shed feathers, fur etc : MOULT

6-down – Conical? : LACONIC

7-down – How one of 4 may have been addressed? : SIRE

8-down – Alternatively, Gautama Siddhartha : BUDDHA

13-down – Coffee : ESPRESSO

15-down – Oblique-angled parallelogram : RHOMBUS

16-down – Lodge : RESIDE

18-down – Simple weapon : SLING

20-down – Very dark wood : EBONY

21-down – Summit : BROW

1-across – An 11 event : TRIPLEJUMP

7-across – Long-billed aquatic bird : PELICAN

8-across – Scourges : WHIPS

10-across – Passage : LANE

11-across – Fit : ATHLETIC

13-across – Pressed : IRONED

15-across – Site of Greek oracle : DELPHI

17-across – Go into the red : OVERDRAW

18-across – An 11 event, informally : SHOT

21-across – Traffic : TRADE

22-across – Spectre : PHANTOM

23-across – Timepiece : WRISTWATCH

1-down – Claw of a bird of prey : TALON

2-down – Andean culture : INCA

3-down – By which 1a and 10 are judged : LENGTH

4-down – Seller of precious stones, etc : JEWELLER

5-down – Platform at the pinnacle of a mast : MAINTOP

6-down – Graphically describe : SPELLITOUT

9-down – Make a forceful impression on yours truly! : SOCKITTOME

12-down – Without reason : NEEDLESS

14-down – Outdoor : OPENAIR

16-down – Custard apple : PAWPAW

19-down – Dream up : HATCH

20-down – Enormous : VAST

1-across – Fool around : ACTTHEGOAT

7-across – Cessation : STOPPAGE

8-across – Midge : GNAT

9-across – Aquatic bird : COOT

10-across – Metallic element, symbol Y : YTTRIUM

12-across – To cut a long story short : INANUTSHELL

14-across – Strand : ISOLATE

16-across – Froth : SCUM

19-across – Adult male deer : STAG

20-across – Much to be desired : ENVIABLE

21-across – Of rivers and lakes : FRESHWATER

1-down – Athenian Greek : ATTIC

2-down – Sago pudding : TAPIOCA

3-down – Temperature : HEAT

4-down – Best-ever : GREATEST

5-down – Harbinger : AUGUR

6-down – Instruction book : MANUAL

11-down – Prop up : BUTTRESS

12-down – In the original position : INSITU

13-down – Charm : ENCHANT

15-down – Bottom-fermented beer : LAGER

17-down – Grinding tooth : MOLAR

18-down – Admit openly : AVOW

1-across – Lose impetus : RUNOUTOFSTEAM

8-across – Nymph whose love Narcissus spurned : ECHO

9-across – Excessive use of words : VERBIAGE

10-across – Prime cut of pork, etc : TENDERLOIN

12-across – Docking facility for pleasure craft : MARINA

14-across – In golf, one under par for a hole : BIRDIE

15-across – WW1 chemical weapon : MUSTARDGAS

19-across – Occurring twice a year : BIANNUAL

20-across – Elects : OPTS

21-across – Spoil an opportunity : QUEERTHEPITCH

2-down – Clue’s man? : UNCLESAM

3-down – Egg-shaped : OVOID

4-down – Greek bar/restaurant : TAVERNA

5-down – Abjure : FORGO

6-down – More runny : THINNER

7-down – Transport to find the Golden Fleece : ARGO

11-down – Morally instructive : DIDACTIC

13-down – Vast : IMMENSE

14-down – Louis ——-, inventor of an aid to the blind : BRAILLE

16-down – Crouch down : SQUAT

17-down – Indian loincloth : DHOTI

18-down – Stead : LIEU

1-across – Personality disorder : SCHIZOPHRENIA

8-across – Treaty, agreement : PACT

9-across – Aristocrat : NOBLEMAN

10-across – Ascribed : ATTRIBUTED

12-across – Political grouping : CAUCUS

14-across – Duck-like walk : WADDLE

15-across – Periodical bulletin : NEWSLETTER

19-across – Part of the Freudian unconscious : SUPEREGO

20-across – Weft : WOOF

21-across – Embarrassingly reveal a secret : SPILLTHEBEANS

2-down – Empty words : CLAPTRAP

3-down – Bury : INTER

4-down – Collection of works : OMNIBUS

5-down – Custom : HABIT

6-down – Corrected : EMENDED

7-down – Islamic minister : IMAM

11-down – Indicator of rarity : BLUEMOON

13-down – Solidify : CONGEAL

14-down – Greet warmly : WELCOME

16-down – Snatch from : WREST

17-down – Leather strap : TAWSE

18-down – Witticism : QUIP