Author name: crosswordanswers

9-across – A yearning for hope initially : AITCH

10-across – About ready to flip,if ditched in canal : FINANCIAL

11-across – One who survives embracing political party that bombed : LANCASTER

12-across – Crazy but well : BARMY

13-across – Brit absorbing ‘hard worker’ spirit : PHANTOM

15-across – Lover,once having pried,turned and ran out : EXPIRED

17-across – Nation elected to get back funds : INDIA

18-across – Shiner causes squint oddly : SUN

20-across – Sexual declaration used in poems? : IAMBI

22-across – State calls for end of free vote petition : EXPRESS

25-across – Say one’s left deposit,in full : UTTERLY

26-across – Maybe squash plant variant? : SPORT

27-across – Hot tar’s forced into near empty navigational aid : NORTHSTAR

30-across – Bear on a Piano by surreal painter : APPERTAIN

31-across – X’s house arrest finally overturned : TIMES

1-down – See 28 : MAIL

2-down – Single-stemmed plant’s quality improved : STANDARD

3-down – Question one: What might be said to end a ride? : WHOA

4-down – Habitually fit some plastic to retain temperature : OFTTIMES

5-down – Nice way to support nut production? Wrong : UNTRUE

6-down – Christian making Satan a bit peeved at first : ANABAPTIST

7-down – Imitate Spanish artist capturing Republican revolutionary leader : MIRROR

8-down – Fine plant for skin : FLAY

13-down – Old writer holding lives in balance : POISE

14-down – Car,jet brazenly parked on politician’s path! : TRAJECTORY

16-down – On a regular basis,a diver may be heard : DAILY

19-down – Particle,negative,orbiting form of inert uranium : NEUTRINO

21-down – Nautical remit: ‘Aim to swim!’ : MARITIME

23-down – Concert part for theatre assistant : PROMPT

24-down – Said dessert’s a week’s portion : SUNDAY

26-down – Row of bugs turned over : SPAT

28-down – Malicious stuff,the crap about a ‘jumped-up’ Brit band member : HATE

29-down – See 2 : ROSE

1-across – Restrained by some Parisian,crowd reverts to peaceful mode : DEMOBS

4-across – Lover,first character to hide in library? : LEANDER

9-across – Endless upset about copper nabbing one wise man : CONFUCIUS

10-across – Waste material not fresh dumped by a lake : OFFAL

11-across – US beer – an early version? : DRAFT

12-across – Film-maker with something black excited nation : TARANTINO

13-across – Small animal needs unusual fortifier if fading : ROTIFER

15-across – Male,say,to grumble : MUTTER

17-across – Work on Scottish island for a bit : COLLOP

19-across – American guy getting left trapped shows bravado : BLUSTER

22-across – Moment era changes – one can gauge the pressure : MANOMETER

24-across – I see nothing – then across time small image appears : OPTIC

26-across – Reason for not going to work? Deceitful story fashionable : LIEIN

27-across – Singer to manage mystical sound in musical sections : BRUNOMARS

28-across – Drunkard in this place offering words of defiance : SOTHERE

29-across – Terribly idle,inwardly you flap : EYELID

1-down – Beast pins hero in crucial contest : DECIDER

2-down – Comic book with some inhuman gags : MANGA

3-down – Spreading fun,Liberal in short out to be bighearted : BOUNTIFUL

4-down – Desire that’s odd for a number of years : LUSTRUM

5-down – Sailors having a party on deck : ADORN

6-down – Not the same with identity as monarch no longer reluctant to speak out? : DIFFIDENT

7-down – We cannot wait for one sort of deodorant! : ROLLON

8-down – Beer warm? Certainly not! : BITTER

14-down – Terribly inert host becoming most prickly : THORNIEST

16-down – Reportedly instructed in a science? That must be right : TAUTOLOGY

18-down – Italian water that’s taken on board is OK for drinking : POTABLE

19-down – Ship’s protective layer,as you might say : BARQUE

20-down – Secured criminal let off court appearance? : RECUSED

21-down – Enthusiast for self-improvement appears to be happy : SMILES

23-down – Maiden in church to act in affected manner : MINCE

25-down – ‘Dog’ could be about right for this : TRAIL

1-across – One for sorrow,two for joy? Quite the opposite : SYLLABLE

6-across – Gold ordered for morning delivery? : AUBADE

9-across – It measures your velocity – during swim? : SPEEDO

10-across – At sea,Tudor won second phase of fight : ROUNDTWO

11-across – It’s at risk when making phone call : ONTHELINE

13-across – Latest figures include returned contributions : GIFTS

15-across – Caesar came by empty commune that’s in northern Italy : VENICE

17-across – It has neck and defines it perhaps : BOTTLE

18-across – Stretches out to take on regular heavy duties : LEVIES

19-across – Some money to be made from talking about meaning : TENNER

21-across – Chap whose happiness sets the standard for us all : LARRY

22-across – Keep close tabs initially for a couple of weeks : FORTNIGHT

25-across – Model has relations banned – don’t get involved : SITITOUT

26-across – Evaluate what to do after vacation : UNPACK

28-across – Middle managers trading fabrics from major African city : AGADIR

29-across – Plastic has affect bordering polluted lake : BAKELITE

2-down – Settle up for waffle : YAP

3-down – Freeloader in shelter next to church : LEECH

4-down – Wild colt I broke becomes servile type : BOOTLICKER

5-down – After slip,worker becomes wayward : ERRANT

6-down – Opening of any new unit supplies another opening : ANUS

7-down – Poor working surroundings for money maker’s game : BADMINTON

8-down – Basic requirement for successful parachute jump : DOWNTOEARTH

12-down – Contemplating part of church windows,learner climbs up : NAVELGAZING

14-down – Engaged by chance,strove desperately to become besotted : LOVESTRUCK

16-down – Retracted study about pests? Not to worry : NEVERMIND

20-down – Excessive deposit in heart may induce sweating there : HOTTUB

23-down – Setter’s pelvis broken in half by force : IMPEL

24-down – Deplore Republican vulgarian : BOOR

27-down – Refuse to acknowledge reduced reward : CUT

1-across – With this,what I may need becomes themed in a way : ANAGRAM

5-across – See 10 : MARRIED

10-across – As newlyweds slightly damaged,one trapped : JUST

11-across – Taxpayer ultimately being squeezed by wretched PM – something alcoholic required! : BLOODYMARY

12-across – Grace perhaps,through catching some light : PRAYER

13-across – Country ending in recession,many leaving country avoid work : MALINGER

14-across – Debunking of fairy tale the cost for conspiracy theorists : FLATEARTH

16-across – Two items of footwear left with everything one’s got : BOOTS

17-across – Flat hand : FLUSH

19-across – Real jerks backing legal draft I rejected,undemocratic : ILLIBERAL

23-across – See 24 : SPEAKING

24-across – With pressure on,Paul being sick unfortunately – giving Ted Talks etc? : PUBLIC

26-across – A report about damaged tin foil : ANTITHESIS

27-across – One ripping up verses,perhaps,after first found in Christmas cracker? : CODE

28-across – See 14 : SOCIETY

29-across – See 27 : BREAKER

2-down – Renault coloured grey or beige? : NEUTRAL

3-down – Stout belly surprisingly empty : GUTSY

4-down – Banff originally in with it,a Canadian province : ALBERTA

6-down – See 16 Across : ANDALL

7-down – Chap certainly not into flower,strong smeller? : ROMANNOSE

8-down – Piece from electioneer,I established,most weird : EERIEST

9-down – Astronomer captures alien for features editor : COSMETOLOGIST

15-down – Maestro in performing encore lifted up at end of opera : TOSCANINI

18-down – Battle fitting last of scrap into shed : LEPANTO

20-down – Visited by male,I question unwelcome guest : IMPOSER

21-down – Princess and I are entwined : ARIADNE

22-down – With this I’m making a blunder? : MISHIT

25-down – Sponsor picked up for a quid,say? : BACCA

8-across – After short dash caught fish that’s come too close : ENCROACH

9-across – Does some housework,run off feet : HOOVES

10-across – Comes into lots of land: who from abroad is squatting? : ACQUIRES

11-across – Gift of story book : TALENT

12-across – Spread animosity at uni,filthy swine? I already knew about that : SOWHATELSEISNEW

15-across – Competitor,one who has turned up without filling in card : RIVAL

16-across – Check on a rod for fish : PERCH

20-across – Tusker has to be in pain,carrying round this on the face? : WALRUSMOUSTACHE

21-across – Gap that all can see in ruined canal : LACUNA

23-across – Abjuring alcohol,holding parties sadly’s ending in farce : TRAVESTY

25-across – Hours on knees ultimately enthusiastic about ancestor worship : SHINTO

26-across – Put hands together on mouth creating gibberish : CLAPTRAP

1-down – Keep rapping: that may lead to a scrum : KNOCKON

2-down – Less comfortable indoors,young relative takes in US state one part at a time : DRAUGHTIER

3-down – Agree not to vote,even in France : PAIR

4-down – Overgrown with prickles,front of house is with predictable exceptions totally covered : THISTLY

5-down – Madman in church starts to rebuke several people unable to keep quiet : CHATTERERS

6-down – One bird following another : FOWL

7-down – Repairman captures a snake : MEANDER

13-down – Interpreter cis for now,might we hear? : TRANSLATOR

14-down – Pouch closed,filled with noodle soup: capital! : SACRAMENTO

17-down – Change a nasty sweet filling : GANACHE

18-down – In part of joint,a thousand erotic moves : MORTICE

19-down – Two infusions to finish off menu in country house : CHATEAU

22-down – Some beautiful Namibians,one on each arm : ULNA

24-down – A wife always on holiday? : AWAY