Missed My Bus

**Solvers!**  Thanks for giving my puzzle a try, I hope you enjoyed it.  Let me know how you got on in the comments below, and feel free to follow https://crosshare.org/tuber for more like this.  Here's the wash-up:

ACROSS. 1A. ||homophone of "dull palette" = GREYS/GRAYS.||  5A. ||"Thank you" = TA + last letter of "Gordon".||  6A. ||Reversal of "and so on" = ETC, contained in "books" = OT (old testament.)||  8A. ||Cryptic def.|| 9A. ||"Sail into the wind" = TACK + first letter of "yachtsman".||

DOWN.  1D. ||Good = G + crowd = HOST.|| 2D. ||anag. ORC.|| 3D. ||Reversal of "Italian city" = CITTA.|| 4D. ||"Venture" = TRY, supporting last letters of "sustainable" and "fashion".||  7D. ||Hidden reversed in "pinKLEgwarmers".||

Cool :) Though I don't quite get 3D - how is the answer related to Greek capital?

I saw it as an adjective meaning "related to Athens"; attic is the dialect of ancient Greece that was spoken in the region of Attica, closely associated with the capital, Athens.

Glad you enjoyed it :)   My dictionaries give this definition for "Attic": "of, relating to, or having the characteristics of Athens or its ancient civilization."

My definition is therefore not "Greek capital" but "*from* Greek capital."

Cryptic 5x5 #20 by tuber

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