Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – There is no way to make a cut holding a weapon with no tip : NOTACHANCE

6-across – Little one eating hot fish : CHUB

9-across – French and German articles written by Rose and Roger : UNDERSTOOD

10-across – Some included Dahl’s old tales : EDDA

12-across – Clearly identify evil criminal : DEFINITIVELY

15-across – Small bird found in whiskey barrel at sea : WARBLER

16-across – Discovered your book about origin of Coriolis effect : OUTCOME

17-across – Outside wanting kiss that’s endless : ETERNAL

19-across – 12 keeping horse in shape : NONAGON

20-across – That is horrid news to broadcast : INOTHERWORDS

23-across – Summit talks shunning both sides : PEAK

24-across – Parts of speech? : VOCALCORDS

25-across – Look back across lake to find slender swimmers : EELS

26-across – Jack and Jenny excited to tackle beginning of maths test : ASSESSMENT

1-down – <span>Part of speech given by </span><i>The Sound of Music</i><span> extra accepting Oscar</span> : NOUN

2-down – Spruce in yard – it shot up : TIDY

3-down – The cable car travels across Norway with complete freedom : CARTEBLANCHE

4-down – Swimming in tears,becoming more nervous : ANTSIER

5-down – Sausage from Australia one served up after work ended early : CHORIZO

7-down – Hot dog prepared with last of vegetable fat mixture : HODGEPODGE

8-down – Somehow heads across city’s east side with many cycling : BYANYMEANS

11-down – Defenceless targets police trap including one that initially escapes : SITTINGDUCKS

13-down – Start of short emotional film tackling connection and love : SWEETIEPIE

14-down – Struggle with wordplay for ‘floral’? : FREEFORALL

18-down – Ronald’s cooking some bacon : LARDONS

19-down – Gas upset baby : NEONATE

21-down – Something growing in street : TREE

22-down – Leaders of private schools start to pay attention : PSST

1-across – Row about newspaper backing Panama? : TITFER

4-across – Silly positions must be rejected – I would : STUPID

9-across – Exploit flyer with imperfect tenses to get personal benefit : FEATHERONESNEST

10-across – Bowler may be here to give evidence : ATTEST

11-across – Proprietor with joiner in funny comeback : LANDLORD

12-across – Nightcap on vacation during jovial preparatory celebration : HENPARTY

14-across – John is one outwardly for hire : TOILET

15-across – First couple of letters dispatched,so not here : ABSENT

18-across – Sounds like Bath perhaps being in short supply : SPARSITY

21-across – Settle where stated in Oxford or Derby : FOOTWEAR

22-across – Learnt to play the horn : ANTLER

24-across – Best in everything for big Brits : THEFATOFTHELAND

25-across – Ease with which judge accepts falsehood : RELIEF

26-across – Stick poster,but not over there! : ADHERE

1-down – From Goethe,a tremendous play enacted here : THEATRE

2-down – I then took odds on twenty in order to get hitched : TOTIE

3-down – One chooses shock treatment in role reversal : ELECTOR

5-down – See 2 : THEKNOT

6-down – Palestine suffering sanctions : PENALTIES

7-down – Want to start eating potato : DESIREE

8-down – Disparate motel with a twist in the tail? End of story! : MOTLEY

13-down – Fill up ten forms,that’s more than enough : PLENTIFUL

16-down – Relative souper? : BROTHER

17-down – Prepared letters of support : TRESTLE

18-down – First and last to arrive can generate conflict : STRIFE

19-down – Embarrassed to display university degree in an outhouse : ABASHED

20-down – Cute name that is for a youngster : TWEENIE

23-down – Finally enrol in crash diet mañana,got that,but not tomorrow : TILDE

1-across – Wearing this,somersault a failure : FLIPFLOP

6-across – Simpleton with broken leg he can’t magically fix : MUGGLE

9-across – Something to eat with tea say coming in? Exactly : SPOTON

10-across – Pelting rain made a liquid mixture over some food : MARINADE

11-across – One may start this contest,but one won’t finish : RELAYRACE

13-across – Fine supplier of venison returns,out of jail : FREED

15-across – Story books,a special gift : TALENT

17-across – End of insect: illegally dispose of it : FLYTIP

18-across – Hand over a first thin coat : RENDER

19-across – Large quantity of beer over which one is powerless : BARREL

21-across – On planet,hot waterlogged area : MARSH

22-across – Drunken wine lover is a glutton : WOLVERINE

25-across – As part of detective force,sent first off to disturbance : INCIDENT

26-across – Barrier to become weaker perhaps,a likely result of crash : DAMAGE

28-across – Crucial moments for which Charlie gets up : CRISES

29-across – Essential oil for a car test on mass of ice : BERGAMOT

2-down – Part of body disappearing as one stands : LAP

3-down – Bread is mine,thank you : PITTA

4-down – Wild West law enforcer,one separating two hands with fury : LONERANGER

5-down – Abrasive,turned up with computer peripherals : PUMICE

6-down – Horse that appears on the moon : MARE

7-down – Shivering,got nearer source of energy : GENERATOR

8-down – Band of light aircraft : LEDZEPPELIN

12-down – Somehow retrain teen for job in showbiz : ENTERTAINER

14-down – Salad lover moved to the country : ELSALVADOR

16-down – Naturally,they may fall off a cliff : LANDSLIPS

20-down – Centre installs unwarranted bath : HOTTUB

23-down – A Cuban export,strong drink,going by airline : RUMBA

24-down – Ponder aloud in old stables : MEWS

27-down – Sticky stuff not entirely satisfactory : GOO

8-across – Indian resort put on a real spread for poacher’s hunting ground? : GOALAREA

9-across – Scrub part of moustache at hairdresser : HEATH

10-across – Left in spa,smooth as a baby’s bottom : BALD

11-across – Following rubdown with oil – everything not quite working : FUNCTIONAL

12-across – Quit following Cameron’s first split : CLEAVE

14-across – Owners developed mantra for those who produce history’s first draft : NEWSROOM

16-across – How lovely! Cute! At last,it follows that setter’s wonderful : AWESOME

18-across – Promotes risk of unprotected sex in one library in Edinburgh : INSTILS

21-across – It’s monstrous if that man is preceding one drawn to light : BEHEMOTH

23-across – Make bigger or smaller resolution? Checks out on the radio : RESIZE

24-across – The first hot combos bent picks : TOOTHCOMBS

26-across – Harp on after lady loses heart : LYRE

27-across – Symbol of intention to marry sent back by the-love-that-dare-not-speak-its-name : STONE

28-across – First-rate novel includes things that are untrue : EARLIEST

1-down – Andrew,once at Number 10,managed comeback after box office passed bill : BONARLAW

2-down – Happy to gallivant,swallowing drop of LSD : GLAD

3-down – <i>Zuppa inglese non è niente?</i> : TRIFLE

4-down – Firing last of women in hiding … : CANNING

5-down – … which leads to her arrest and transportation : THAT

6-down – Chosen ones regrettably sour at five : FAVOURITES

7-down – That which raises pitch overwhelms ambassador in budget : CHEAPO

13-down – Refusal to choose teetotaller’s way out : ABSTENTION

15-down – Competition’s finale to follow Test team’s victory : WIN

17-down – Bellow’s return in part of Bloomsbury : MOO

19-down – Would-be Iron Lady rusts badly after Soviet limo reverses : LIZTRUSS

20-down – Put 9’s head : CHAMBER

22-down – One as vain as 19? Last to arrive,first to depart : EGOIST

23-down – Martyr – a sorry reflection – choked prayers : ROSARY

25-down – Dear revolutionary – and its leader : CHER

26-down – Set down in language without first thought : LAIN

7-across – Edges of empire sacked by Egypt’s last queen : PERIMETER

8-across – Told ally to lose three pounds before tomorrow : TODAY

9-across – Bring this novel for Leo,perhaps : BIRTHSIGN

10-across – Reportedly failing,fell : FLOOR

12-across – Some thoughts on Gabonese Bantu language : TSONGA

13-across – Always,come rain or shine,tongue in cheek? : ACROSTIC

14-across – In bits,heads to America : ASUNDER

17-across – Earliest of begonias continued blooming : BLASTED

20-across – Free money for Americans,with short notice : BUCKSHEE

22-across – Goes off round centre of Damascus and swelters : ROASTS

24-across – Delicate international agent put on weight : WISPY

25-across – Exciting yet gloomy study of roots : ETYMOLOGY

26-across – Brief question for bachelor in automobile : QUICK

27-across – Oblique signal in setter’s work : CROSSWORD

1-down – Einstein retrospectively taking legal action over equation’s origin : GENIUS

2-down – Lustrous,wingless bug : LISTENIN

3-down – Parched after cycling in area south of Suez : REDSEA

4-down – Loose gravel’s slippery stuff : VERGLAS

5-down – See you doffing cap a lot : OODLES

6-down – Fossil fuel left dons suffering agonies : GASOLINE

11-down – Offer and appraisal both turned out to be unwritten : ORAL

15-down – False promise goads nurses : SPURIOUS

16-down – Authentic beach huts oddly disappearing : ECHT

18-down – Buys barrier to stop litter droppers : SWALLOWS

19-down – Familiar with your sib’s butt trouble : PERTURB

21-down – Roger backing strike for change in Russia : KOPECK

22-down – Lacking vigour in harem is shameful : REMISS

23-down – Chasing game,regularly dispatching zebras and big cats : TIGERS