Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – See 26 : BOROUGH

5-across – Frank discussions in a trade-off digested : SINATRA

9-across – Clue about bulb,essentially? : TULIP

10-across – A few missing artist in essence,US president : ROOSEVELT

11-across – See Yorkshire flower near Sheff U v Sheff W,say : LOCALDERBY

12-across – Last of ham we taste mixed up – in this? : MEAT

14-across – Land idols in trouble? : SOLIDGROUND

18-across – US actress,how might she cause a stir in speech? : WITHERSPOON

21-across – Groovy chassis on a jalopy : HEAP

22-across – Sense of outrageous theatre initially dressing Australian in drag : SNOOZEFEST

25-across – <i>Boy in Blue</i><span> artist … </span> : CONSTABLE

26-across – … gets quarter : GAINS

27-across – Team getting stuffed in flop,I give up! : SCREWIT

28-across – Close,as Mexican dog in East London? : AIRLESS

1-down – Pluck item from the wine rack? : BOTTLE

2-down – Survivor brightened up again having caught cold : RELICT

3-down – Rough tongue in nude rogue : UNPOLISHED

4-down – Western Samoa discontented here with poor supply : HORSE

5-down – Animated solver’s clue? : SCOOBYDOO

6-down – Christmas movie cut,cut for Christmas! : NOEL

7-down – Hawker steals present from that place : THEREOUT

8-down – A cap in use tilted badly,level up : ALTITUDE

13-down – That said in support of stinker,describing nicer comic 23 down : PRINCEIGOR

15-down – Chance gone,lots being wasted? : LOSINGBET

16-down – Expression of embarrassment while burying head in whelk shell : AWSHUCKS

17-down – Riddle from Sphinx’s first teacher : STRAINER

19-down – Little bird in leak : PETITE

20-down – Force once applied to opening in sink blockage : STASIS

23-down – See 4 : OPERA

24-down – See 12 Across : STEW

1-across – Put out bin at front – one of two : BOTHER

4-across – Main house where one might get depressed : KEYPAD

9-across – Perhaps,Labour on holding a poll,finally Andy Burnham is running : ANIMALHUSBANDRY

10-across – Person sparking up pressing a lighter : FAIRER

11-across – Insect transported via straight banana : PLANTAIN

12-across – M&amp;S restricting space to show clothing range : MENSWEAR

14-across – Stop speaking English – virtually nothing : ENOUGH

15-across – Have sex with old females in sack : LAYOFF

18-across – Supporter on seat in stand getting behind defender : BACKREST

21-across – Handle of shortened rifle concealed by jacket from tracksuit : TRANSACT

22-across – Get lost taking on run in country : NORWAY

24-across – Botched tattoo line,briefly – nearly balls up in this drawing : NATIONALLOTTERY

25-across – Only fish by lake close to jetty : SOLELY

26-across – Make out while retired women swing : SEESAW

1-down – Date after chemistry and kinky sex : BONDAGE

2-down – Watch money deposited in bank : TIMER

3-down – Blow up balloon : ENLARGE

5-down – Semi-naked couple cuddle : EMBRACE

6-down – Over in beer garden at the back knocking back port wine : PINOTNOIR

7-down – Love letter’s opening written in bold : DARLING

8-down – Large bottom: cut showing cheek : BUMPER

13-down – Bird to cuddle bachelor in bed? : SPOONBILL

16-down – Pair regularly on bender,ultimately they pick up debt : ARREARS

17-down – Wash face with this soft soap : FLANNEL

18-down – British PM doesn’t finish campaign : BATTLE

19-down – Sympathise as Charlie not off jobseeker’s allowance : CONDOLE

20-down – Bird bath with rook pinching top spot off family member : SPARROW

23-down – Admires topless chests : RATES

1-across – How many setters start the day in chaos? : DOGSBREAKFAST

10-across – A long lens ultimately keeping Lenny’s body in range : APENNINES

11-across – Supports while accepting risk : ABETS

12-across – Check Republicans’s been sacked – result! : ENSUE

13-across – Awkward our being close to Spanish border : NEIGHBOUR

14-across – Is company taking on somebody as playwright? : IONESCO

16-across – Enjoyment’s over – ready to leave for good : SNUFFIT

18-across – ‘Gathered government’s not productive’ : GLEANED

20-across – Keep boss cut off,exactly as ordered : BESPOKE

21-across – Go with girl to collect a little cabinet – it should contain drawers : LIFECLASS

23-across – Load coach before journey : CARGO

24-across – See 26 : CLOSE

25-across – I made a mistake taking heroin during journey – 19s might be on it : TROOPSHIP

26-across – Prices down,cleaners refurbished undesirable address in Norwich? : PRINCEANDREWS

2-down – Honour thrilled niece – ASBO! : OBEISANCE

3-down – Confess,having originally eaten char : SINGE

4-down – Drive home to meet : RUNINTO

5-down – Lays into American behind troubles : ASSAILS

6-down – Gordon,comically tight,sent back shooting accessories : FLASHGUNS

7-down – Take responsibility for diatomic carbon,they said : SEETO

8-down – Women doctors taking train east nervous – ‘Where can one get a drink?’ : WATERINGPLACE

9-down – Dire prospects unsettled group morale : ESPRITDECORPS

15-down – Students about to have sex endlessly – nurse providing some sort of protection : SUNSCREEN

17-down – Shocks on the way in cabaret : FLOORSHOW

19-down – Crazy English repeatedly defending king – one chosen to serve : DRAFTEE

20-down – Idiot stops benefit – blow it! : BASOOON

22-down – Cake maker with large number over : FLOUR

23-down – Skip picked up more packing cases : CAPER

8-across – Long for captive juvenile’s frivolous past : MISSPENT

9-across – See 8 : YOUTH

10-across – Just water : MERE

11-across – Solvers being solvers with every other beauty product : YOURSELVES

12-across – Officer sounding a bit of a nut : KERNEL

14-across – Last users promoting the ultimate in rock’n’roll hits : CLOBBERS

16-across – Tom’s entry for Spooner’s headgear : FLATCAP

18-across – Skinhead speaker’s undesirable presence : STALKER

21-across – Big beast that was unsettling to nomads : MASTODON

23-across – Bravo,gambling drunk : BLOTTO

24-across – Toast giving thanks to Schubert composition : BRUSCHETTA

26-across – They care when warm clothing not provided and we fully support that : HEAR

27-across – Discovered love in money : FOUND

28-across – Crude oil charge mostly makes wealthy and powerful individual : OLIGARCH

1-down – Stellar team,one from Spain : SIDEREAL

2-down – Man possibly barring a passage : ISLE

3-down – Different types of KY jelly handed out : JEKYLL

4-down – Firm stem : STAUNCH

5-down – One expression of approval or several : AYES

6-down – Commotion when a bear seen near city : HULLABALOO

7-down – We’re disappointed when ostrich skin gets expensive : OHDEAR

13-down – Perhaps silk handkerchief is irrelevant : NOTATISSUE

15-down – Choose Pinot? : OPT

17-down – See 3 : AND

19-down – Cast a spell on the way in : ENTRANCE

20-down – Juliet exits crossing to get ointment : UNCTION

22-down – Commercial division is off course : ADRIFT

23-down – Dine in part and leave : BEATIT

25-down – See 3 : HYDE

26-down – See 26 Across : HEAR

1-across – Detectives so worried about a former data-storage platform : VIDEOCASSETTE

10-across – Set of wooden bars cut between axes and whetstone : XYLOPHONE

11-across – Stout or beer seen regularly : OBESE

12-across – Cat bound to scratch head : OUNCE

13-across – Elaborate cycling honour and ring cyclist maybe accepts : EMBROIDER

14-across – Hesitant setter would back lines on article : DITHERY

16-across – Energetic daughter splitting : DRIVING

18-across – Confound what could be seen as negative? : NONPLUS

20-across – Peeling away front,disclose broken bone : OSSICLE

21-across – Very famous cricket side totally gutted,eleven runs in 24 hours : LEGENDARY

23-across – Summons Pope intermittently filled out? : PAGES

24-across – Literary genre evident in podcaster’s Athenian letters : SCIFI

25-across – Naughty kid is turning into fool,collapsing inwards : IMPLOSION

26-across – In one sense,food flipped in hot fat remains revolutionary number one : AFTERAFASHION

2-down – Harpo pitches books around north London borough : ISLINGTON

3-down – Some steeplejack’s climbing record : ELPEE

4-down – I’m here to host two kings separately for cuisine : COOKERY

5-down – Fostering environment created by dame and duke supporting diocese : SEEDBED

6-down – Chiefly moot ‘science’,for the most part blurry? : ECONOMICS

7-down – With time,perhaps dock material : TWEED

8-down – Shoe tongue,one that’s a bit stiff? : OXFORDENGLISH

9-down – Poor girl almost regrets son going back : RETROGRESSING

15-down – Fragrant plant,say,a linnet damaged : EGLANTINE

17-down – Having ditched ‘Mike’,coming into new assumed identity : INCOGNITO

19-down – Dispelling onset of ennui,inspires rising energy : STAMINA

20-down – Half of African country welcomes retiring setter’s large source of games? : OLYMPIA

22-down – Composer lowering final note causes trouble : GRIEF

23-down – Dog muck held up by child : POOCH