Metro Crossword Answers September 27 2017

Clue	Solution
Licence to sell company’s products	FRANCHISE
Orca, killer …	WHALE
Not as good	WORSE
Lengthen (4,3)	SPINOUT
Dine late	SUP
Beer/lemonade mix	SHANDY
Double-reed instrument	OBOE
Showy bird	PEACOCK
Feudal farm worker	PEASANT
Dig up	UNEARTH
Snarled	GROWLED
Expression of annoyance	DRAT
Noisy summer insect	CICADA
Emerald or sapphire	GEM
Announce (4,3)	READOUT
Eight-piece group	OCTET
Reverie	DREAM
Areas for ship-building	DOCKYARDS
Young deer	FAWNS
Passenger jet	AEROPLANE
Chequered game surface	CHESSBOARD
Bruise treatment (3,4)	ICEPACK
Backed off (5,2)	EASEDUP
Dam	WEIR
Nagasaki destroyer WWII (1-4)	ABOMB
Begged	ENTREATED
Drug factory	LABORATORY
Pillaged	PLUNDERED
Crocodile relative	ALLIGATOR
Hauled up	HOISTED
Vividly depicted	GRAPHIC
Not asleep	AWAKE
Wardrobe pests	MOTHS
Student sleeping hall	DORM