Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Looking like a Teletubby with a sour expression? : POFACED

5-across – Material is wonderful and no end costly : FABRIC

9-across – Airborne soldier without his dog tag is unnecessarily fearful : PARANOID

10-across – Meat spread left in light shade : PASTEL

12-across – Send girl to do work for tree specialist : DENDROLOGIST

15-across – She dropped everything to tour Midlands town : LADYGODIVA

17-across – Cannon and Ball : POM

19-across – See 17 : POM

20-across – Like the part of Africa that is below the sand? : SUBSAHARAN

22-across – Faulty information on the computer : ERRORMESSAGE

26-across – An interval before VAT comes back reduced : OCTAVE

27-across – Religious leader who’s gone off the record : ANTIPOPE

28-across – Very small,or a little high : TIDDLY

29-across – What dogs do,pleased to see bird : WAGTAIL

1-down – Without permission snaps A-lister’s breasts : PAPS

2-down – Tyson’s rage : FURY

3-down – Meet to study a strip of grass : CONVERGE

4-down – What’s definitely decided is cut with this : DRIED

6-down – The river that moves vast quantities of goods : AMAZON

7-down – Later I failed to leave car in out-of-town centre : RETAILPARK

8-down – Remember: ring for the babysitter? : CALLTOMIND

11-down – The pack,or a whole team : WOLVES

13-down – Warmly received,returning to pavilion,exhausted : CLAPPEDOUT

14-down – Vaguely outlined throwing mud at beard : ADUMBRATED

16-down – Put out needing two days to cross river : DOUSED

18-down – Clubs embracing in-your-face charity collection : CHUGGING

21-down – Material for path of serious length : GRAVEL

23-down – Strength of wines intoxicated : SINEW

24-down – Scrap part of an alphabet : IOTA

25-down – Phone to America from prison : CELL

8-across – During game First Lady has energy drink : BEVERAGE

9-across – A story involving Carroll’s lead girl : ALICE

10-across – 100 escape jail ring : LINK

11-across – European town beset by germs spread by couriers : MESSENGERS

12-across – Drunk princess breaks record : CANNED

14-across – God is protecting Earth leading everyone to speculate : THEORISE

16-across – Long winded poetry describes flower seen in the mirror : VERBOSE

18-across – Read about the origin of law throughout sailor’s trials : ORDEALS

21-across – Hippies excited to catch fellow swimmer : PIPEFISH

23-across – Season starter of nachos – garnish with bit of greenery : SPRING

24-across – A tip about jewellery making : ASSEMBLING

26-across – Hit copper with great force : CUFF

27-across – Mate finally moving to centre of mountain range : CHAIN

28-across – On river long ago,you returned with make-up : EYELINER

1-down – Fine iced tea brew includes slice of lemon : DELICATE

2-down – Passionately kiss fashion designer after 1-0? : NECK

3-down – Heated battle over sea : WARMED

4-down – God admits partners’ stupidity : DENSITY

5-down – Frozen without top of thin material : LACE

6-down – 8 queen put on big green pants : GINGERBEER

7-down – Prized examples of fruit,large and small : PEARLS

13-down – Award – final two exchanged money and the rest gold? : NOBLEMETAL

15-down – The Listener’s not half simple,right? : EAR

17-down – Runner is prepared to tackle 1K : SKI

19-down – Neil cooked oats,maybe to control character : LINEFEED

20-down – Church director installs locks then ran meeting : CHAIRED

22-down – Perhaps cricket side’s exhausted after batting then caught : INSECT

23-down – Seal is swimming with gent : SIGNET

25-down – Group not allowed on the radio : BAND

26-down – Extract 150 over 3.14? : CLIP

1-across – That’s all on Feds busting politician : ENDOFSTORY

6-across – Swinging both ways in the guise of intolerance : BIAS

9-across – Seriously funny minute where head blown off in which Groucho’s prop backfires? : TRAGICOMIC

10-across – Equerry’s rump plastered in red sauce : MAYO

12-across – Fly,say,in starter of soup etc,dining we found funny? : WINGEDINSECT

15-across – Pompous,more than is usual at an airport,did you say? : HIFALUTIN

17-across – Hitch where consumption disturbed by whiff : THUMB

18-across – III wrong? Alternatively,I or II divided by the number : ETHER

19-across – Colour in image on rock for sign : PREDICTOR

20-across – Some Sandinista,get role in a dictatorship after revolution – would I? : DANIELORTEGA

24-across – Member of the orchestra I understand,violin player picked up? : OBOE

25-across – Queasy one,relative gulping oxygen is in a state : ILLINOISAN

26-across – Spot channel on the radio? : MOTE

27-across – Victorian author set to field question left after fumbles overheard? : MRSGASKELL

1-down – Food waste at several stores : EATS

2-down – Flat flatfish: that’s about right : DRAB

3-down – Delicate creatures tomorrow and for another week,according to one’s horoscope? : FRITILLARIES

4-down – 17 21 brief,17 21 to 21? : THONG

5-down – People staying at home,and stumbling,hopeful steps taken before a fall? : RAINDANCE

7-down – Short,and a quite misshapen nose,ultimately : INADEQUATE

8-down – Unctuous windbag,potential killer? : SMOOTHBORE

11-down – Show agony and sign the forms : ANYTHINGGOES

13-down – Heart palpitating over wife in bedroom,tickler of infant’s bottom? : THREADWORM

14-down – Back stabbed by company in African country – warmer in Asia? : AFGHANCOAT

16-down – A packet with something sticky,work on sweetie that’s wrapped up : TOPDOLLAR

21-down – Aversion to heights is never good where always at the summit? : THING

22-down – Sky,might you have said? Oddly it’s blue! : ISLE

23-down – Particular Turner turned up? : ANAL

5-across – Crude guy also accompanying prisoner on return : GALOOT

6-across – Greek character with blemish,not one monstrous type? : MUTANT

9-across – Steal money going round in school : SNITCH

10-across – ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ perhaps heard in French city : TOULOUSE

11-across – Sad saint may be found in Derbyshire cave : BLUE

12-across – Delicious cold food served after sign to remove something : DELECTABLE

13-across – I tap my chest,animatedly commiserating : SYMPATHETIC

18-across – Minister transporting a gent around in old vehicle : VINTAGECAR

21-across – See 11 : JOHN

22-across – See 23 : AURELIUS

23-across – What disturbs us – a mercurial US ‘emperor’ : MARCUS

24-across – Brill employment brings ease : DEFUSE

25-across – He sang about an Indian god : GANESH

1-down – Like something flapping – say,insect going round : FLUTTERY

2-down – Disciple upset before he had had some loaves and fishes? : NOSHED

3-down – Sore member of the family hiding under something warm : FURUNCLE

4-down – Jazz fan turned up with old mum in American city : TACOMA

5-down – Intelligent leader – kind inside : GENTLE

7-down – Union less troubled or fighting? : TUSSLE

8-down – Requirement to do well in heat? This climate is awful : ATHLETICISM

14-down – I spit egg out,being most disgusting at the meal? : PIGGIEST

15-down – Damages home fitting panels below : INJURIES

16-down – Got to the top – said to be so offended : PIQUED

17-down – Top of country house that’s horrible for bird : CHOUGH

19-down – Be a swinger at the club,stripped to the waist? : TEEOFF

20-down – Musician and artist married overlooking water abroad : RAMEAU

5-across – That island repeatedly disturbed this island : TAHITI

6-across – Person distributing shares is fraudster if doubly so : DEALER

9-across – Shade in US area,with same again for state : COLORADO

10-across – More than once,clumsily handle fruit : PAWPAW

11-across – Bear what is ridicule if repeated : POOH

12-across – Replacement notices changed as one result of twice dividing : SUBSECTION

13-across – Cheat producing score in old notation : DOUBLECROSS

18-across – Initially beat a retreat,then once more in German town : BADENBADEN

21-across – Good argument for double,for example : GROW

22-across – Reveal 13 : BETRAY

23-across – With it in audition,one most like to make others double up : WITTIEST

24-across – Continent reflected about multinational group in hot spots : SAUNAS

25-across – <i>Doppelgänger</i><span> translated from writer in German</span> : RINGER

1-down – Train – train endlessly,train endlessly : CHOOCHOO

2-down – Secures in carriage,sandwiched between twin sons : STRAPS

3-down – Once more show up a rep being doubly wrong : REAPPEAR

4-down – Lost opportunity in double withdrawal : BLEWIT

5-down – Moreover,encored excessively : TOOTOO

7-down – Indication of ‘again’ verbally supported by a boy,and why : REASON

8-down – Reaffirmed commitment,thus made pillow much softer : DOUBLEDDOWN

14-down – Nobel Laureate who lyrically discouraged doublethink : BOBDYLAN

15-down – New members of team reorganised Sing Sing : SIGNINGS

16-down – <i>Guardian</i><span> etc. added section about double</span> : PAPERS

17-down – Second person on computer is chasing kitty : MOUSER

19-down – Reprimand making one sad or scared,losing head – it’s even worse in stereo? : EARFUL

20-down – Silly ass – it follows direction repeatedly : NITWIT