Daily Answers

1-across – Meringue-like cake or biscuit : MACAROON

6-across – Test : EXAM

8-across – Predatory whale : ORCA

9-across – Divine food : AMBROSIA

10-across – Move restlessly : FIDGET

11-across – Edible legume : LENTIL

13-across – French astrologer known for his prophecies : NOSTRADAMUS

16-across – Take weapons from : DISARM

18-across – Exhilarate : THRILL

19-across – German motorway : AUTOBAHN

21-across – Amphibian – vile person : TOAD

22-across – Wavy hairdo : PERM

23-across – Lesson : TUTORIAL

2-down – Call before a court : ARRAIGN

3-down – Pain relief : ANALGESIA

4-down – Abstract style associated with Bridget Riley : OPART

5-down – Gnawed at : NIBBLED

6-down – Self-importance : EGO

7-down – Legal defence : ALIBI

12-down – Part of a fraction : NUMERATOR

14-down – Spreading unchecked – standing on the hind legs : RAMPANT

15-down – Dried fruit : SULTANA

17-down – Harden : INURE

18-down – Doctrine : TENET

20-down – Resistance unit : OHM

6-across – Place of ablutions and of Marat’s assassination : BATHTUB

8-across – Stuff oneself : GORGE

9-across – Leg bone : TIBIA

10-across – Former student : ALUMNUS

11-across – Where Poirot investigates the murder of Samuel Ratchett : ORIENTEXPRESS

14-across – Race instructions : READYSTEADYGO

17-across – Mythological monster – illusion : CHIMERA

18-across – Add together : TOTUP

20-across – Beg : PLEAD

21-across – Missing : LACKING

1-down – Slaughterhouse : ABATTOIR

2-down – Attempt : STAB

3-down – Sieve – tax : STRAIN

4-down – Fruit tree plantation : ORANGERY

5-down – Optical device – French city : LENS

7-down – Do pioneering work : BLAZEATRAIL

8-down – Cantankerous person : GRUMP

12-down – Unreal : IMAGINED

13-down – Obstruction – cessation : STOPPAGE

15-down – Give in : YIELD

16-down – Assault : ATTACK

17-down – Get by : COPE

19-down – Hallucinogenic experience : TRIP

1-across – High-grossing film : BLOCKBUSTER

8-across – Someone reluctant to throw things away : HOARDER

9-across – Strong, usually blue fabric : DENIM

10-across – Small monkey – H. H. Munro’s pseudonym : SAKI

11-across – Fish supplying caviar : STURGEON

13-across – Chronicles : ANNALS

14-across – Crossword rival? : SUDOKU

17-across – Exceed : OUTSTRIP

19-across – Pericles, Prince of ___ : TYRE

21-across – Song’s opening passage : INTRO

22-across – Flowering plant – faeries : FREESIA

23-across – Long-running Australian soap : HOMEANDAWAY

1-down – Char, say : BLACKEN

2-down – Probability : ODDS

3-down – Martial art : KARATE

4-down – Sell more cheaply than : UNDERCUT

5-down – Anxious : TENSE

6-down – I may be one : ROMANNUMERAL

7-down – Leningrad Symphony composer : SHOSTAKOVICH

12-down – Abundance : PLETHORA

15-down – Epic journey : ODYSSEY

16-down – Peeved : MIFFED

18-down – Possibly sacred, symbolic object : TOTEM

20-down – Feline utterance : MEOW

7-across – Refuge – Britpop band : OASIS

8-across – Imaginary troublemaker : GREMLIN

9-across – Hard to get your hands on : INSHORTSUPPLY

10-across – Ben-Hur’s racing vehicle : CHARIOT

12-across – Elegance : GRACE

13-across – Bloodsucker : LEECH

14-across – Descriptive term : EPITHET

16-across – Being sold cheaply : GOINGFORASONG

19-across – Car frame : CHASSIS

20-across – Wading bird – weight lifter? : CRANE

1-down – It contains twelve different signs : ZODIAC

2-down – Egyptian goddess : ISIS

3-down – Amaze : ASTONISH

4-down – List of options : MENU

5-down – Haphazard : SLAPDASH

6-down – Protein that accelerates a chemical reaction : ENZYME

8-down – Suffer a terrible decline : GOTOTHEDOGS

11-down – Variety of English : AMERICAN

12-down – Advice : GUIDANCE

13-down – Bequest : LEGACY

15-down – Pooh’s friend : TIGGER

17-down – Pant : GASP

18-down – Gemstone : OPAL

1-across – Sparkling wine : CAVA

4-across – Link to find a website in future : BOOKMARK

8-across – Digitalis plant : FOXGLOVE

9-across – Francophone African country : TOGO

10-across – Dye indicating acidity : LITMUS

11-across – Exam superseded by GCSEs : OLEVEL

12-across – 13th-century ruler : GENGHISKHAN

15-across – Remember : RECALL

17-across – Repress : SUBDUE

18-across – Mythical, hairy humanoid : YETI

19-across – Excessive self-centredness : EGOMANIA

20-across – Person who is present : ATTENDEE

21-across – Matilda author : DAHL

2-down – Filled with love : ADORING

3-down – Disputatious : ARGUMENTATIVE

4-down – Puss’s pantomime accessories : BOOTS

5-down – Taxing : ONEROUS

6-down – Nursery rhyme character with a “poor dog” : MOTHERHUBBARD

7-down – Rascal : ROGUE

13-down – Pole with an axe head and a spike : HALBERD

14-down – Aliment : NOURISH

16-down – Choose : ELECT

17-down – Afternoon tea food : SCONE