Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Setter recovered from the ‘hood : STREET

4-across – Ranks include first of garrison’s fighters : TIGERS

9-across – After what’s taken by Wags,that woman’s right about author : MICK

10-across – Unsettle spirit and fifth columnist : SPOOK

11-across – LS Lowry’s detail is obtuse : SLOW

12-across – Nags if out of drugs : HORSES

13-across – Jointly attempt to reverse effort to create nation-state? : COUNTRY

15-across – Lay ripped to pieces: ready to be sent back : REPLYPAID

17-across – Late Democrat after US leader of the War on Drugs : DEAD

18-across – Weapons! – a Republican manuscript : ARMS

19-across – Writer of rag denied misbehaving : ANDREGIDE

23-across – Spy readies boy to go on the run – one way to get out : JACKSON

24-across – See 9 : HERRON

27-across – Bona fide leader,the Sea Admiral at last : REAL

28-across – Djokovic’s end leads tennis authority to a lesser star : DELTA

29-across – See 23 : LAMB

30-across – King is in groin’s first waxing : RISING

31-across – Weird kid – but worth a flutter? : ODDSON

1-down – Omit 26,it’s used on piste : SKIPOLE

2-down – Debauchees: artist keeps no records : RAKES

3-down – Reduces intensity of cores of cheapo assets; consults quietly : EASESUP

5-down – Pyongyang’s domain slammed into surrounding well : INKPOT

6-down – US actor beheaded uncertain physicist : EISENBERG

7-down – Excitedly sourced,having hunted high and low : SCOURED

8-down – Coffee,Mr Biden? : JOE

14-down – 51 on second team : LIONS

16-down – Cooking – mine kills – in ovens : LIMEKILNS

18-down – Dilettante – in the buff? : AMATEUR

20-down – Struggling harder – having taken pill,tried again : REHEARD

21-down – One who determines entry in party or 8 : DOORMAN

22-down – City where bird entertains new date : LONDON

25-down – Is in charge of the French after ribbing upset leaders : RULES

26-down – Spanish show of approval for Hackney slum? : OLE

1-across – Move work base away from Rink B? : POSTOFFICE

6-across – Computer plug,cheapest possible? : IPAD

10-across – Power to the Common People is not B : PAINT

11-across – What Met man uses elaborately to measure drops in the first instance address depth : UDOMETERS

12-across – ‘You shouldn’t have squeezed into hot Tube’ – having gone west,words to remember you by : EPITAPH

13-across – Origin of our poetry’s American,like Browning’s land from Whitman’s? : OVERSEA

14-across – The stuff of myths cool dude assimilates well! : FANCYTHAT

16-across – Impressive jpeg? : EPIC

20-across – A big fan of messing about on it : INTO

21-across – Unable to get off,recall vacuous Smiths album and vacuous lyrics : SLEEPLESS

24-across – Side set back,fielding captain may employ it : LEGTRAP

26-across – Vietnam city taxi’s reversing place : BACLIEU

27-across – My intake is predominantly seeds,rum or vinegar : GRANIVORE

28-across – One ‘i’ needs tittle for screening B : IDIOT

29-across – A bit of ‘Acol-ade’ as top bridge-player! : EAST

30-across – B metal one owes to Spooner : DEADLETTER

1-down – Go with a B : PEPPER

2-down – Comic Sans 28,so-called : SOIDISANT

3-down – Do better than B&B : OUTMATCH

4-down – Fine and attractive B : FLUSH

5-down – B almost alcohol free,usurping Independent in name : CHOCOLATE

7-down – Stamp one’s taken from B : PRESS

8-down – B channel for bathing resort : DISPATCH

9-down – B flew ejector seats to the north : JEWEL

15-down – B worker leaves trumpeter in shade : TELEPHONE

17-down – Flighty young woman is seduced by my beloved doom-merchant! : PESSIMIST

18-down – Brussels,say,put up B : DIALOGUE

19-down – Road travellers should be warned about this B&B : BLACKICE

22-down – Receptacle where artist hides B : BRAIN

23-down – B,though steep on incline : BUTTER

25-down – <i>Ruddigore </i><span>creators initially introducing its lead character as B</span> : GRASS

26-down – Ill,being fed on B : BREAD

8-across – Bit of drink to convey threat to Aussie,supposedly : DROPBEAR

9-across – Glimpse gold-plated seat missing rear : APERCU

10-across – See 24 : SWAN

11-across – Son unenthusiastic about hospital call when he should be studying? : SCHOOLTERM

12-across – Very,very good occupying tavern,but to no effect : INVAIN

14-across – Interplay of tide and dune not checked : UNEDITED

15-across – Draw US lawyer to right law : ATTRACT

17-across – Conservative guy,not too bright,seen around Republican festival : CHRIMBO

20-across – Trick sign containing Government name : COGNOMEN

22-across – Rector intervening in University accommodation protest? : UNREST

23-across – Nuns and monks initially among the very best groups of motorists? : CARMELITES

24-across – Trumpeter’s accessories provided by pale relative of trumpeter? : MUTE

25-across – What Admiral’s found in hold? : NELSON

26-across – Good for France,back under governance – such as the aristocracy? : ENNOBLED

1-down – Fishing accessory,crude,left covered by overturned canvas : TRAWLNET

2-down – Tournament going ahead,accommodating training during 11? : OPEN

3-down – Common sense in scripture lessons supported by a disciple : REASON

4-down – Classic musician’s musical work twice interrupted by King and ambassador : ORPHEUS

5-down – Comment about a new central heating that uses very small components : NANOTECH

6-down – Information provided in Rhineland city for ‘improver’ of community : GENTRIFIER

7-down – Gain account with regret : ACCRUE

13-down – Someone skilled in the field – and margins too,possibly : AGRONOMIST

16-down – Understand policy about introduction of military service : COMPLINE

18-down – Desperately in love,French are excessive in sexual activity : BESOTTED

19-down – Second article all but elsewhere : ANOTHER

21-down – Sanctioned ‘natter’ to turn up in dictionary : OKAYED

22-down – Bear’s second to enter water : URSINE

24-down – Way of working ascribed to American musician : MOBY

1-across – Rust on a tank,if not reversible farm machinery : ROTAVATOR

6-across – Honey and last drop of milk poured over Middle Eastern dish : KEBAB

9-across – Those who’ll believe anything that’s soon beyond question : QANON

10-across – Function apparently of Romans to break Bohemian : TOGAPARTY

11-across – Bird hearing sound of cat on the internet? : EMU

12-across – Explain possible indication of inventor at work? : SHEDLIGHTON

14-across – Your cups spilling beer then : THEREBY

15-across – A builder of nest behind barrier,firm : ADAMANT

16-across – Player mightily confused,one snookered : SOLOIST

19-across – Arrangement of lines where circle meets square : TIERING

22-across – Could I be on stylish river vessel – to see African natives? : HIPPOPOTAMI

23-across – So,fragile thing ultimately requiring a massage? : EGO

24-across – Tenor learning technique in holiday destination : LANZAROTE

26-across – Sparkle back in vogue,glittering dresses : GLEAM

27-across – Large Australian bouncer,I say! : ROOMY

28-across – Order number checked by fine inspector in the end : EYESRIGHT

1-down – Proposal,that offered by Picasso during siesta : REQUEST

2-down – Brother’s style in fashion without a doubt : TONSURE

3-down – Damaged piece,world half lost,half lost : VENUSDEMILO

4-down – Unsteady – like a calculator? : TOTTERY

5-down – Tackle skin on rare type of melon : REGALIA

6-down – Confinement to bunk,I presume? : KIP

7-down – Milliner turned up where cap missing,bishop needing one on top? : BIRETTA

8-down – Speculation about article that is kind of fitting? : BAYONET

13-down – Musician performing concert tours was dancing wildly – one getting down and dirty? : GRAVEDIGGER

16-down – Academic mark cut by half,or less initially : SCHOLAR

17-down – Blanche Neige et Les Sept Nains in battle? : LEPANTO

18-down – Music genre wife introduced to child and I : TWOTONE

19-down – Flier: ruse seen essentially where unknown number posted? : TRAPEZE

20-down – Two at bottom of Pacific,diver,having surfaced,leaves : ICEBERG

21-down – Small device,inventor’s best friend on audio? : GROMMET

25-down – Some tea in caddy,the latest bits : ANY

1-across – Furniture ultimately not fit for the task : TABLE

4-across – Best sources of general revision before each exam : GREATEST

8-across – Drunk escaping the bar for some downtime : BREATHINGSPACE

10-across – Stuff leaking from small sack : SPILLAGE

11-across – Quick pasta sauce containing last bit of pepper : PRESTO

12-across – Stickers have sides removed : ADHESIVES

15-across – Drifts west after following the shoreline at first : WAFTS

17-across – I broadcast using code : INDIA

18-across – New term describing trademark artist : REMBRANDT

19-across – No storage unit had food : NOSHED

21-across – Shrub in one area on cultivated plot : GARDENIA

24-across – Advantageous transformation – feature of AI? : CAPITALISATION

25-across – Put off expert rascal : PROROGUE

26-across – Mob surrounding old,nasty king : HEROD

1-down – Underground sites of TV channels : TUBESTATIONS

2-down – Flawed Lib Dems he transformed : BLEMISHED

3-down – Praise one-time tax cut : EXTOL

4-down – Examining some farrago in government : GOINGOVER

5-down – Monster rising up thus : ERGO

6-down – Excellent place people often store underwear? : TOPDRAWER

7-down – Belts and items of footwear : SOCKS

9-down – Instructed not to do business internally? : HOUSETRAINED

13-down – Increasingly grand position beset by utter anarchy at its core : STATELIER

14-down – Briefly outline a certain,pronounced issue : SUMMARISE

16-down – One who likes embracing popular moneymaker? : FINANCIER

20-down – Flight from Bari,at sunset,heading north : STAIR

22-down – The end of poverty right away : DEATH

23-down – Was a rat seen in Los Angeles? : SANG