Metro Crossword Answers September 26 2017

Clue	Solution
Right of control	AUTHORITY
Playful skip	CAPER
Australian gems	OPALS
Loom operators	WEAVERS
Crab’s pinch	NIP
Spring back	RECOIL
Type of nuclear bomb	ATOM
Monarch’s sons	PRINCES
Slight (of change)	GRADUAL
Portion	SEGMENT
Flavourless	INSIPID
Transcription	COPY
Staring at	EYEING
Cricket score	RUN
Common law (marriage) (2,5)	DEFACTO
Falls suddenly	DROPS
Olympic swimmer, … O’Neill	SUSIE
Gleeful	DELIGHTED
Decorate	ADORN
Treading underfoot	TRAMPLING
Hindered	OBSTRUCTED
Accuses	INDICTS
Gaping tiredly	YAWNING
Edible mollusc	CLAM
Fold (in skirt)	PLEAT
Appeared like	RESEMBLED
Dachshund (7,3)	SAUSAGEDOG
Zip numbers	POSTCODES
Highest	UPPERMOST
Neck gland	THYROID
First	INITIAL
Pants	PUFFS
Nuzzled	NOSED
Point of perfection	ACME