Metro Crossword Answers September 8 2017

Clue	Solution
Rocky projections	OUTCROPS
Gave off fumes	SMOKED
Shortens	ABBREVIATES
Permit to	LET
Historical period	ERA
Jewelled headband	TIARA
Cutting light-beam	LASER
Unreliable	IRRESPONSIBLE
Dressing-down (6-7)	TONGUELASHING
Lunches or dinners	MEALS
Honourable	NOBLE
Catch in the act	NAB
Reproductive cells	OVA
Absorbed	ASSIMILATED
Neatened	TIDIED
Rates	ASSESSES
Said yes to	OKAYED
Keyboard spacing key	TAB
Go back in (2-5)	REENTER
Temperamental star, … donna	PRIMA
Biceps	MUSCLES
Kgs	KILOS
Discouraged	DETERRED
Beverage vessels	TEAPOTS
From India or China	ASIAN
Broken-limb supports	SPLINTS
Initiated	BEGAN
Eradicate (5,3)	STAMPOUT
Outshine	UPSTAGE
Floating frozen sheet (3,4)	ICEFLOE
Houses	ABODES
Hollywood prize, Academy …	AWARD
Explosive weapons	BOMBS
It is (poetic)	TIS