Crossword 2795

ACROSS

1 Preceding in time, order or importance (9) 5 Exercise one’s discretion (3) 6 Unfold; develop gradually (6) 7 A sibling’s daughter (5) 8 Accustom an infant to food rather than its mother’s milk (4)

9 Flat and smooth (4) 12 Long accompanied song for solo voice (4)

14 A skin condition marked by itchy and inflamed patches of skin (6) 17 Short-sighted (6)

18 Large wide-mouthed jug (4) 19 Snare (4)

21 Central space in a church (4) 22 Fret (5)

23 Place of ideal perfection (6) 24 Large passenger vehicle (3) 25 Accept a possible result (4,1,4)

DOWN

1 Head of a republican state (9)

2 Summon up from the past (5) 3 Approached (4,4)

4 Place where animal hides are tanned (7)

5 Extend over so as to cover partly (7)

10 Way of thinking, opinion (4) 11 A circuit used for motor racing (4,5)

12 A person who’s engaged in a pursuit or sport on an unpaid basis (8)

13 A very small amount; jot (4) 15 Filled with or inspired by intense enthusiasm or zeal, fervent (7)

16 To follow a winding course, zigzag (7)

20 Plural of pappus (5)

Yesterday’s solutions ACROSS 1 Hole in one 8 Lilac 9 Nourish 11 Tragic 12 Exhale 14 Ice 15 Ante 18 Earl 20 Stir 21 Trey 22 LOH 23 Riffle 26 Athena 28 Anyn Rand 30 Blown 31 Kilolitre . DOWN 1 Hence 2 Laugh 3 IMI 4 OGHR 5 Elegant 6 Glacier S 7 Achieve 10 Steely 13 Ajar 15 Astray 16 Tiff 17 Lullaby 18 Ethanol 19 Rethink 24 Feast 25 Endue 27 Nail 29 Nil