Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – £500 : MONKEY

4-across – Man is one : ISLAND

8-across – Mystical style of Gangnam artist? : PSYCHIC

9-across – After work,a priest knocks off : PIRATES

11-across – Island natives spooked Argonauts and,ultimately,Jason : ORANGUTANS

12-across – Employed setters and someone more senior : USED

13-across – German publican’s spirit : GHOST

14-across – One suspends cuts,recounting encounter with leader of 9 : MEATHOOK

16-across – Spooner’s ‘kick in the pants’ drink : ROOTBEER

18-across – From the mouth,heard by the ear : AURAL

20-across – Rocks back,kisses me,gently content : GEMS

21-across – Might those they work with be stingy? : BEEKEEPERS

23-across – Ernie and Ritchie meet Alec,perhaps : WISEGUY

24-across – Behaves badly – boorish tussling’s no good : INSULTS

25-across – Batman’s thus indicated cloak? : SWATHE

26-across – Like 13as,having no right to short notice : UNDEAD

1-down – One doesn’t like spending time away from man : MISER

2-down – Negative letters from company? Impossible! : NOCANDO

3-down – Body of letter describes quite questionable manners : ETIQUETTE

5-down – Heading for Sandwich in small craft : SHIPS

6-down – Looking to the sky,weighs up a task – it’s taken on if really necessary : ATAPUSH

7-down – Passes Morlocks’ prey,left for fuel : DIESELOIL

10-down – Handy plants for sandy shade? : PALMTREES

13-down – Ordered cigs,unopened beer,or household supplies : GROCERIES

15-down – Trump’s slogan boosted men struggling against legendary warrior : AGAMEMNON

17-down – Teaching paper will be in Spanish as part of the bigger picture : TESSERA

19-down – Part exchange delivered: you are last to receive transport : RAPTURE

21-down – Wild country with river running through shrubby area : BRUSH

22-down – Scored and wore away missing veneer : RATED

9-across – Obscene 54-letter words? First erased in book : LOATHSOME

10-across – Loom that our weaver expertly repaired,initially : TOWER

11-across – Source of herb,green it’s said,essential … : BASIC

12-across – … similarly a __,loosely speaking,source of fruit : LEMONTREE

13-across – Leg bitten right off,figure having been knocked out – partner in theatre : GILBERT

14-across – Notice man after seance regularly appearing : SACKING

17-across – Speed of backpedalling workforce? : TEMPO

19-across – Go,baby! : WEE

20-across – Thing after swerving hit bar : NIGHT

21-across – Act of touching a bottom a scandal,ultimately : ABUTTAL

22-across – For whom sea trip proves villainous? : PIRATES

24-across – Colt’s foal? Bad lot : SONOFAGUN

26-across – Hens,say,female birds : FOWLS

28-across – Type of light you left aloft originally,dangly thing : UVULA

29-across – Ticker no good in goblin on the underground? : METRONOME

1-down – See 20 Across : CLUB

2-down – Servant,fool in throne room upstanding : VASSAL

3-down – Ounce with thick liquid – bottle it : CHICKENOUT

4-down – Relax with books in pigeon English? : COOLIT

5-down – English newspaper snubbing yours truly in general – hmm : LETMESEE

6-down – Mauling legal,team won college match : ETON

7-down – Thick member stymied by electoral change : SWARMING

8-down – Authentic peace agreement missing initial of Caesar : TRUE

13-down – Try time and time again,a must : GOTTA

15-down – System controlling passage of vehicles,wind up and down after chicane : CONTRAFLOW

16-down – More than one opening for a billionaire? : GATES

18-down – Sad,second load of ashes? : MOURNFUL

19-down – See 6 : WALLGAME

22-down – Needle expected then in wooded areas : PINETA

23-down – Bit of a hoot,partner onto it,we hear? : TUWHOO

24-down – Gut fish,did you say? : SOUL

25-down – Pound in sterling for corporation? : FLAB

27-down – A little nose,encrusted,picked out : SEEN

1-across – Rent high? Fraud : RIPOFF

4-across – Sun very low,lying around in swimwear : SPEEDOS

9-across – Cash in is overdue; one pound collected : LIQUIDATE

10-across – Shown piece,oddly relating to report? : SONIC

11-across – Mocking Prince overwhelmed by awful year : APERY

12-across – Show a connection in my marriage guidance : CORRELATE

13-across – Copy English language out of chapter … : EDITION

15-across – … writer’s block beginning to depress : DAMPEN

17-across – Being in a rut,perhaps prepare for party : STAGDO

19-across – Sharpen pen: true quality : HONESTY

22-across – Client with short,straight drink after a pint? : PURCHASER

24-across – Foreign money once in safe including cents : SUCRE

26-across – Bank robber finally caught,one hears : TRIER

27-across – Took on credit – rue getting fired : RECRUITED

28-across – Two presents in remote place : NOWHERE

29-across – Wimp with that woman: horny one with no balls? : WETHER

1-down – Free soldiers let out : RELEASE

2-down – Irritation from foreign character,Manuel’s catchphrase? : PIQUE

3-down – Festival close to Glastonbury: call band that might be on grass : FAIRYRING

4-down – Drunk same wine to get plastered : SMEARED

5-down – Having a private shower? No sex to follow : ENSUE

6-down – Overalls with most of muck and grease coming out : DUNGAREES

7-down – Way to wrap long package : SACHET

8-down – Bird to soar briefly over a rook : FALCON

14-down – Question put to rest on survey : INTERVIEW

16-down – A lot of cut meat,in this,ultimately getting dressed? : MINTSAUCE

18-down – See two tennis shots,first one missing line : OBSERVE

19-down – Poet cut short exciting career : HORACE

20-down – Eyelid fluttering – Romeo is one to give in : YIELDER

21-down – Excellent time during cuddle : SPOTON

23-down – Hotel booking mostly for large group : HORDE

25-down – Collar and tie,Mark going out after college : CATCH

9-across – Reward announced for each returned book : PAPERBACK

10-across – Cause embarrassment to a party : ABASH

11-across – Tory in 4 brief : LACONIC

12-across – Gadgets work before turning almost dark : DOODAHS

13-across – Feel G-string : GROPE

14-across – Voice disapproval of said dessert that comes back : BOOMERANG

16-across – Anyone’s kid can externally hold sway in planning nuptials : TOMDICKANDHARRY

19-across – Johnny went out to eat hamburger,essentially as a snack : CASHEWNUT

21-across – African native’s joint work rejected : HIPPO

22-across – Pants for artists : DRAWERS

23-across – Creator accepting Hamlet’s option to retire : GOTOBED

24-across – Do it nicer? Let’s not go there! : WRONG

25-across – See 24 : DIRECTION

1-down – Police got a criminal to be repentant : APOLOGETIC

2-down – Depict content on film finale following the author of the Raven and Beowulf? : EPICPOEM

3-down – <span>For </span><i>appellation contrôlée,</i><span>look no further than the borders of this country</span> : FRANCE

4-down – Secular part of officialdom coming up : LAIC

5-down – Okay audition,but not as playing seriously : IKIDYOUNOT

6-down – Conan the Barbarian’s small machines : NANOTECH

7-down – Prohibit articles on boozer in antique dodgy state : BANANA

8-down – So close to return with a change of heart : THUS

14-down – This raises sheepish comment about royal turf : BAKINGSODA

15-down – Dance and joke about unknown dodgy donors : GAYGORDONS

17-down – Main dangers of abusing beer and cigs : ICEBERGS

18-down – See 7 : REPUBLIC

20-down – Look into sporting achievement after grand race : SLALOM

21-down – Modern problem around the 4th of November : HITECH

22-down – French morning : DAWN

23-down – Bloody party promoting its third to become leader : GORY

1-across – Nationalist group outwardly glib : PATRIOT

5-across – Have gang passed centre? : POSSESS

9-across – Wonder about a knight being alert : AWAKE

10-across – Centipede perhaps with tip of head trapped by faulty trapdoor : ARTHROPOD

11-across – Fatigue as heinous tax rejigged : EXHAUSTION

12-across – Powder that artillery light carefully at first : TALC

14-across – Can rub oil around with it as means of reducing friction : LUBRICATION

18-across – Negative plan without including man still : NONETHELESS

21-across – Raise back : REAR

22-across – Decision concerning answer : RESOLUTION

25-across – Essential nature of university leader announced : PRINCIPLE

26-across – Tense old lady coming back with old man somewhere in Florida : TAMPA

27-across – Follows sailor as guiding light : DOGSTAR

28-across – Crowds right to wear skimpy pants : THRONGS

1-down – Reached height of powers and looked for audience : PEAKED

2-down – Rubbish attempt to hug tree : TRASHY

3-down – Imbalance of popular European property : INEQUALITY

4-down – Tribute from wild stoat : TOAST

5-down – Look down on seaport in resort : PATRONISE

6-down – Kind of game with no players initially : SORT

7-down – Stress energy rate unchanged : EMPHASIS

8-down – Charming son developing : SEDUCING

13-down – Approve necessity about to be returned to bear examination : PASSMUSTER

15-down – Spooner’s important alarm for apiarist : BEEKEEPER

16-down – First of issues printed out without fear : INTREPID

17-down – Captivating fighting : ENGAGING

19-down – Hot bloke holds appeal for assassin : HITMAN

20-down – Wails about taking in new husband’s family? : INLAWS

23-down – Open ended on time : OVERT

24-down – Glaswegian maybe hiding in friend’s cottage : SCOT