| GIGO | Acronym meaning the results depend on the quality of the data |
| ASKA | (and 23 across, 3 down, 6 down, 7 down, 20 down) Proverb saying that the quality of a response is dependent on the quality of the query (4) |
| ATTRIBUTE | At first, compliment on the quality (9) |
| GEMSTONE | Ruby and Jules on the radio - what's the quality of the sound? (8) |
| WATER | Wavy lustrous sheen on moire taffeta and some silk and satin; or, the quality of the brilliance or clarity of a diamond or other gemstone (5) |
| ANEMOMETER | Tests the quality of the blow and measures the speed for Gale (10) |
| MEATINESS | The quality of the flesh for consumin' in the canteen! (9) |
| AERATE | Ants turn and ___ the soil, allowing water and oxygen to reach plant roots, thereby improving the quality of the soil |
| SPLEEN | Which organ regulates the quality of the body's blood? (6) |
| ANGLICISM | After running claiming second - such is the quality of the English! |
| MOONSTONE | The quality of The Who's drummer is a gem |
| SALINITY | The quality of the sea Italy's in perhaps |
| SHORTNESS | The quality of the crumbly biscuit (9) |
| ABINITIO | Last of the data conceals the dirt in the interests of leaders in Latin countries to begin with (2,6) |
| STATISTICS | Nuisance on the radio admits winner is finally making sense of the data (10) |
| DATUM | One of the data is given a line that's on the level (5) |
| WINGED | The quality of the chariot Marvell hears at his back when addressing his coy mistress? (6) |
| ENRICH | Improve the quality of, ... the soil |
| AGAMEOFFINCHES | Bird sport, where the outcome may depend on the narrowest of margins? |
| OPERETTAS | Type of entertainment which depends on the state of the rope (9) |
