Clues
Across
- 1, 1D Percussion played at speeds beyond Mach 1 (10)
- 4 Dance hit (3)
- 6 Shiny long stocking material (5)
- 7 Heckler regularly cut in: “make it last!” (3)
- 8 Wader’s caught near waves (5)
Down
- 1 See 1A.
- 2 Dance of a thousand cut-backs (5)
- 3 Fruit tree yielding old variety (5)
- 4 Make a purchase for delivery later (3)
- 5 Writer’s circle entertained by exercise (3)
Setter’s notes
Not much to say about this one, except that it’s been a while. I hope you have fun with it.
Across
- 1 & 1 Down An anagram (“played”) of PERCUSSION — SUPERSONIC.
- 4 Double definition: a dance and a hit — BOP.
- 6 Hidden word: “shiNY LONg” — NYLON, stocking material.
- 7 The even letters (“regularly cut in”) of “hEcKlEr” — EKE.
- 8 “Caught” = C + an anagram (“waves”) of NEAR — CRANE, the wader.
Down
- 2 A + “thousand” = K + “cut” = LOP, all reversed (“backs”) — POLKA.
- 3 “Fruit tree” = ORANGE, losing “old” = O — RANGE, “variety”.
- 4 Sounds like (“for delivery”) “make a purchase” = BUY — BYE, i.e. “later!"
- 5 “Circle” = O, inside “exercise” = PE — POE, the writer.