Daily Answers

1-across – STI which may lead to Aids : HIV

3-across – Captain Haddock’s first name in the Tintin books : ARCHIBALD

8-across – Sony __,portable cassette player : WALKMAN

9-across – Parasitic insect : LOUSE

10-across – Movie star and co-owner of Wrexham FC : RYANREYNOLDS

12-across – Stands used by artists : EASELS

14-across – __ Weeks,song and album by Van Morrison : ASTRAL

15-across – Queen deposed in favour of Mary I and later beheaded : LADYJANEGREY

19-across – German city,birthplace of Karl Marx : TRIER

20-across – Technique of painting with thick oils : IMPASTO

21-across – The man who rocked around the clock? : BILLHALEY

22-across – Eisenhower’s nickname : IKE

1-down – Welsh village and castle where Gladstone lived in his later years : HAWARDEN

2-down – Russian river reaching the Caspian Sea near Astrakhan : VOLGA

3-down – Landmark building separating Trafalgar Square from the Mall : ADMIRALTYARCH

4-down – __ Island,home to its eponymous Cyclone rollercoaster : CONEY

5-down – Island in the Thames Estuary : ISLEOFSHEPPEY

6-down – Matthew 19:6: “What therefore God hath joined together,let not man put __” : ASUNDER

7-down – __ Barrymore,star of Charlie’s Angels : DREW

11-down – A Scottish two-handed sword – or a manga series : CLAYMORE

13-down – Breed of gun dog : SPANIEL

16-down – Character from The Tempest – or a poem by Sylvia Plath : ARIEL

17-down – Valentino __,former motorcycle racing world champion : ROSSI

18-down – Wikipedia’s term for a short article in need of expansion : STUB

1-across – See 19 Down : BURNHAM

5-across – Iraqi city on the banks of the Tigris : MOSUL

8-across – __ board,also known as a spirit board : OUIJA

9-across – London suburb where Raymond Chandler and Nigel Farage went to school : DULWICH

10-across – Waterway linking Ellesmere Port and Salford Quays : MANCHESTER

11-across – Abbreviation for ‘God willing’ in Latin : DV

13-across – Spurge genus often used as an indoor plant : CROTON

14-across – Antelope endemic to southern Africa : LECHWE

16-across – The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter : PI

17-across – Centre-right Irish political party : FIANNAFAIL

20-across – Card game for two or more players similar to rummy : CANASTA

21-across – See 10 : CANAL

22-across – Moshe __,Israeli defence minister during the 1967 six-day war : DAYAN

23-across – Sir Ben __,sailor : AINSLIE

1-down – Leopold and Molly __,protagonists in Ulysses : BLOOM

2-down – Queen in Welsh mythology : RHIANNON

3-down – W __,illustrator known for his drawings of unlikely contraptions : HEATHROBINSON

4-down – Mythical woman with snakes in her hair? : MEDUSA

5-down – The __,noir thriller by Dashiell Hammett : MALTESEFALCON

6-down – See 10 Across : SHIP

7-down – French port on the Seine estuary : LEHAVRE

12-down – Fragments of exploded ordnance : SHRAPNEL

13-down – Peninsula making up much of Massachusetts : CAPECOD

15-down – The Turkish capital : ANKARA

18-down – French city near the Belgian border : LILLE

19-down – Mayor of Greater 10 : ANDY

7-across – Lesley __,star of Birds of a Feather : JOSEPH

8-across – Hardy’s partner in comedy : LAUREL

9-across – Helmut __,former German chancellor credited with bringing about reunification : KOHL

10-across – Term for the population surge following the end of the second world war : BABYBOOM

11-across – Roman name for Paris : LUTETIA

12-across – See 22 : TIMOR

15-across – Oklahoma’s second city : TULSA

17-across – Gulf of __ – formerly Mexico? : AMERICA

20-across – Country once known as Swaziland : ESWATINI

22-across – Country once part of Indonesia : EAST

23-across – City now known as Gdansk : DANZIG

24-across – A single leg support for cameras and such : UNIPOD

1-down – Hawaii’s largest city : HONOLULU

2-down – South African term for maize or corn : MEALIE

3-down – French white wine : CHABLIS

4-down – Rosa __,antagonist in From Russia with Love : KLEBB

5-down – City once known as Bombay : MUMBAI

6-down – Roman emperor,the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty : NERO

13-down – “__ smiles upon a second leave.” Hamlet : OCCASION

14-down – Form of transport frequented by the ordinary person? : OMNIBUS

16-down – Patrick __,star of Ghost and Dirty Dancing : SWAYZE

18-down – Former Roman province covering much of what is now Lombardy and the Tirol : RAETIA

19-down – Miss __,Muppet : PIGGY

21-down – Kingdom,now Thailand : SIAM

6-across – 1982 Al Pacino comedy when repeated? : AUTHOR

8-across – Wayne and ? : COLEEN

10-across – Belgian beer brand : LEFFE

11-across – Kipling’s great grey-green,greasy river? : LIMPOPO

12-across – Sondheim musical set during the Klondike gold rush : ROADSHOW

13-across – About __,Nick Hornby novel : ABOY

15-across – 14 and ? : JAYZ

16-across – Sudden spasm or seizure : PAROXYSM

20-across – Who drowned for 4? : LEANDER

22-across – Ancient Egyptian god of fertility,associated with water and with procreation : KHNUM

23-across – Kamala Harris and Doug __? : EMHOFF

24-across – Benny Bianco and ? : SELENA

1-down – Travis and ? : TAYLOR

2-down – Whom the world will always welcome,as time goes by? : LOVERS

3-down – Pam and ? : TOMMY

4-down – Who waited across the Hellespont for 20? : HERO

5-down – Mark __,Roman general : ANTONY

7-down – __ & Co – where Holly Golightly had breakfast? : TIFFANY

9-down – 5 and ? : CLEOPATRA

14-down – Lead singer of Destiny’s Child : BEYONCE

15-down – Romeo and ? : JULIET

17-down – Archipelago off the northern coast of Scotland : ORKNEY

18-down – For whom Shah Jahan built the Taj? : MUMTAZ

19-down – Abbreviation for a bacterium which causes diarrhoeal infections : CDIFF

21-down – __ Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus hit : ACHY

1-across – Jack __,author of On the Road : KEROUAC

5-across – Garlic flavoured sauce : AIOLI

8-across – Sweet tropical fruit from southeast Asia : LICHI

9-across – A collection of literary works : OMNIBUS

10-across – Wine-producing area of France between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers : ENTREDEUXMERS

11-across – The 49th state? : ALASKA

12-across – Reproductive organ of a flowering plant : STAMEN

15-across – Social capital,named for junior Guides : BROWNIEPOINTS

18-across – Period of fasting for Muslims : RAMADAN

19-across – A measure of metal,typically iron or gold : INGOT

20-across – Per __,meaning “each year” : ANNUM

21-across – Word used to describe Slavs from Lithuania and surrounding areas : RUTHENE

1-down – Another Australian word for boomerang? : KYLIE

2-down – Type of Italian slightly sweet whey cheese : RICOTTA

3-down – Nation that took its current name in 1927 : UNITEDKINGDOM

4-down – Spices native to the Moluccas : CLOVES

5-down – One who favours taking land by force? : ANNEXATIONIST

6-down – A gradual blending of colours – especially in hairdressing : OMBRE

7-down – Channel 4 drama series exploring gay life in 1980s London : ITSASIN

11-down – Canadian province,capital Edmonton : ALBERTA

13-down – 1 __,Australian pop sensation : MINOGUE

14-down – 1 __,American social media star : JENNER

16-down – Richard __ author of The Thursday Murder Club : OSMAN

17-down – Erik __,composer known for pioneering ideas about ambient music : SATIE