Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Out-of-this-world 23 coming together,system rapidly forming : STARBURST

6-across – Weed in pig’s ear? : HASH

8-across – Use unknown technique for out-of-this-world 23 : MILKYWAY

9-across – Recovered,trouble far from islander : TONGAN

10-across – See 1 : GALAXY

11-across – Divorcee,after breaking up,froze : ICEDOVER

12-across – Vicious swine sent back in time machine : TARDIS

15-across – Dreary lecture,reportedly – that would never take off : GREATAUK

16-across – Question having caught cold: is spring here? : PUMPROOM

19-across – Extra tests: restrain oneself,turning tail : RESITS

21-across – Old scandalmonger keeping politicians in check : DEMPSTER

22-across – Eat around a fire : LAUNCH

24-across – Out-of-this-world 23,smashing stuff in the kitchen? : FLYING

25-across – Some birds pecked others : BITTERNS

26-across – Austrian maestro with an uber-Germanic piece : BERG

27-across – Very much for the love of God! : SERIOUSLY

1-down – Say no more,narcissist has doffed cap for supreme Being : SHIVA

2-down – Difficult work,or not,opening present : AWKWARD

3-down – Explicit case of wood in tree : BAWDY

4-down – Song about India in raga oddly similar in sound : RHYMING

5-down – Child,and corn she has on the backside? : TOTHEREAR

6-down – For ‘haunt’,try entering an anagram of that! : HANGOUT

7-down – Capacity remains for out-of-this-world 23 : SPACEDUST

13-down – A river down below capital of Zimbabwe in shade : AZUREBLUE

14-down – Rags,those sent abroad,insufficient amounts : SHORTAGES

17-down – Sweet thing,flower impressed by dancing when excited : POPPING

18-down – Out-of-this-world 23 warps beam : MARSBAR

20-down – See 24 Across : SAUCERS

22-down – Chance to win big wasted,lead blown : LOTTO

23-down – See 17 : CANDY

1-across – Take off clothing quietly – like sex naked and calm : APPEASE

5-across – England through winning match : BLIGHTY

10-across – Land every uppercut in left side : PERU

11-across – I get erect when excited hugging adult that might be hot in drag? : ECIGARETTE

12-across – See 9 Down : CARPET

13-across – Home-improvement work with little drilling,sadly : DISMALLY

14-across – Lay down part of hand – one folded at table? : PLACECARD

16-across – Supporter following most of top stars : LIBRA

17-across – Holiday resort surrounded by country : SPAIN

19-across – Older children learn about English name : BIGCHEESE

23-across – Bowls over grass to get prizes : JACKPOTS

24-across – Winning team getting advantage : UPSIDE

26-across – Unsold books and souvenirs outside front of airport : REMAINDERS

27-across – Book performers : ACTS

28-across – Extremely short experiment on rat : CURTEST

29-across – School gripped by teacher retiring after last of one-night stands : TRIPODS

2-down – Can holding on then playing,win? : PREVAIL

3-down – Prepare ecstasy and crack : EQUIP

4-down – One questioning pussy stopped by opening of catflap : SCEPTIC

6-down – Contact newspaper: passage having line moved to top : LIAISE

7-down – Enraged drunk covering up wearing syrup : GRENADINE

8-down – Protecting a turtle at sea : TUTELAR

9-down – Flooring Keir Starmer – depict end,primarily lost to Reform : KIDDERMINSTER

15-down – Attention-seeker online to get on with bachelor needing sex : CLICKBAIT

18-down – Item of crockery placed on gold table : PLATEAU

20-down – Horse and cocaine runs through old addict : COURSER

21-down – Relaxed and went out after a lot of sex : SEDATED

22-down – Folds money : POUNDS

25-down – Rogue to con prince : SCAMP

9-across – Something funny from US city that’s disgusting : LAUGH

10-across – Music enhancer,provided one’s in more spacious surroundings : AMPLIFIER

11-across – Holder,accountant,wears pants with elasticated top : BRIEFCASE

12-across – Was an establishment type wrongly implicated? : SETUP

13-across – Start to neuter rescue strays and put down : CENSURE

15-across – <span>Do a ‘</span><i>homo erectus</i><span>’ and wash?</span> : STANDUP

17-across – Not some other viewer’s rubbish : MYEYE

18-across – Sally’s restraint : GAG

20-across – Played by band just starting to almost ring out : INTRO

22-across – Nude in rude act? : CABARET

25-across – In town? Go alone – the other side will appreciate it : OWNGOAL

26-across – Hit the drink : PUNCH

27-across – Entertainment from such activity around one in shopping centre : MUSICHALL

30-across – Mountains figure in Aspen resort : APENNINES

31-across – Sovereign changes sides – fool! : CLOWN

1-down – Iron a suit – not hem : CLUB

2-down – Poet outside independent church house : AUDIENCE

3-down – Cook big cheese after centre removed : CHEF

4-down – Utterly fail to produce a breakfast item? : LAYANEGG

5-down – Piles rocks on top of soil to form pitches : SPIELS

6-down – Onus is said to melt caution : DISSUASION

7-down – Jack’s partner getting end away with Bill’s partner,so dropped : JILTED

8-down – Support for piano : PROP

13-down – Taking the —s out of universal wit : COMIC

14-down – ‘Turning up a hunter’s pants’ in German : UNEARTHING

16-down – Discontented,poor,solemn type – creep! : PROWL

19-down – Go mad with stress – most off-putting : GROSSEST

21-down – Stole from a milliner and acknowledged public approval? : TOOKABOW

23-down – Ten cooks in pub making jokey remarks : BANTER

24-down – <span>Making of a good joke? Turning it up on </span><i>Dynasty</i> : TIMING

26-down – Top dictator’s little dog : PEAK

28-down – Bird’s tail pulled out of drink : COCK

29-down – Dash to cover the inside : LINE

9-across – Like 0,nothing : OVOID

10-across – It’s not her fault being most difficult : THORNIEST

11-across – One secures Milligan no trouble : SPIKENAIL

12-across – Bubbly girl in Germany on vacation,not Luxembourg : GASSY

13-across – Tea includes some butter and bread : CHAPATI

15-across – Country imports dry fencing material : WATTLES

17-across – Sailor’s ship crossing unknown gulf : ABYSS

18-across – On retreat,say love of the earth : GEO

20-across – The final of some game shown : OMEGA

22-across – In Ireland,my dear,telecom company completes high speed runs : MACHREE

25-across – Drug lines captured by film : CODEINE

26-across – Magic time : SPELL

27-across – Where executives are allegedly uninterested by discharge : BOARDROOM

30-across – Sent flying,high admiral tours Italy and Spain : AIRMAILED

31-across – Call for help preserves university lecturer’s spirits : SOULS

1-down – Master beginning break over the weekend? : BOSS

2-down – Single rebel royalist : SOLITARY

3-down – Club sacks woman with fringe : EDGE

4-down – Very angry man gets upset over independence : STEAMING

5-down – Doctor Who saves 50,500 in pit? : HOLLOW

6-down – Piece covering honour : KNIGHTHOOD

7-down – Against German city scrapping new large ship : VESSEL

8-down – Remain close to boats on river : STAY

13-down – Church wing’s appeal : CHARM

14-down – Perhaps Dame Edna is a natural disaster : AUSTRALIAN

16-down – Floor to ceiling,hell’s in gloom : SHADE

19-down – Where to find fruit tea lined by gold roads : ORCHARDS

21-down – Corrupt police wanting Conservative government to reverse EU’s conclusion : EPILOGUE

23-down – The King asks ‘Why guard that woman’s virginity?’ : CHERRY

24-down – Curried lamb follows starter of egg and finally plum preserve : EMBALM

26-down – Male to talk about employing technical leader : STAG

28-down – Drop down tree : DASH

29-down – To hide tiara from bank robbers ends in calamity : MASK

1-across – Pretty shy hugging me at rear of school : COMELY

4-across – Get over arch,and one may make a bolt for it : CROSSBOW

9-across – Relish oxygen brought by sudden wind : GUSTO

10-across – Old Parliamentary radicals who told it to you straight? : LEVELLERS

11-across – Deal-maker in pub,one taking a profit : BARGAINER

12-across – A brief experience of discrimination : TASTE

13-across – Lower tier seats filled first for this film? : ROOMATTHETOP

17-across – In isle grey tomb crumbling,typically romantic : BOYMEETSGIRL

20-across – Have no argument with an Athenian amputee : AGREE

21-across – Missile landing in sniper’s lair: this tightest of squeaks? : NARROWEST

23-across – On journey,train isn’t moving : INTRANSIT

24-across – Track down a very tiny amount : TRACE

25-across – Kubrick briefly portrayed Scottish patron : STANDREW

26-across – Not simple,so restive : UNEASY

1-down – Budgie perhaps free in big cedar : CAGEBIRD

2-down – Swell breakfast item : MUSHROOM

3-down – An idiot picked up sponge : LOOFA

5-down – Brazen volte-face about poem,‘Polecat’ : REVERSEFERRET

6-down – People searching for these here but they lack concentration : SOLUTIONS

7-down – Reach the top of chest : BREAST

8-down – Hardy folk lived here in primarily wild county : WESSEX

10-down – Hello again,rector: still not made a bishop? : LONGTIMENOSEE

14-down – Ideas for a reform mentioned earlier : AFORESAID

15-down – New American widescreen system : CINERAMA

16-down – Cook breakfast,including coffee,getting insincere praise? : FLATTERY

18-down – Spoke of what one has in each arms : RADIUS

19-down – Shrub and vegetable penetrated by decay : PROTEA

22-down – Many times relent,though not at first : OFTEN