Author name: crosswordanswers

9-across – Spread moist leaves out : OMITS

10-across – Top female Republican with manic air enters contest : MATRIARCH

11-across – Department head in charge of exclusive sea food : DOVERSOLE

12-across – Old Man Time’s desire : COVET

13-across – Administrative division or dividing branch : BOROUGH

15-across – Divorcee with attitude: dad’s first to be denounced! : EXPOSED

17-across – Tree having less on top is topped : ALDER

18-across – Stop druggie being ultimate beneficiary of software : END

20-across – Pan’s treasure about to be returned? : PETER

22-across – Disputed area’s reported money,pure and simple : KASHMIR

25-across – Inclined to prattle? Try second drink : GOSSIPY

26-across – Mastermind introduction of baby shower : BRAIN

27-across – Crafty assessor of tax,one covered by scheme : TESTPILOT

30-across – Virtue of one-time payment made by conquered country? : ATTRIBUTE

31-across – Cat’s powerless to make sudden leap : OUNCE

1-down – ‘Doctor of Retraction’ gets cross : FORD

2-down – Given a fancy coat,delivers bananas : SILVERED

3-down – See 18 Across : USER

4-down – Drink time – oh,so riotous! : SMOOTHIE

5-down – One subsequently meets earth goddess : ATHENE

6-down – Try to sell briars as tuning aids? : PITCHPIPES

7-down – Wine,gallons,at parties : GRAVES

8-down – Attempt to extract everything from onion : SHOT

13-down – Champion outside left,pretty grim : BLACK

14-down – Realistic reproduction of Roman tunic : UNROMANTIC

16-down – Consider bylaws essentially old hat : DERBY

19-down – Have a hippie liking for drugs Edward’s taken in : DIGESTED

21-down – Paltry thieves start plundering : TRIFLING

23-down – Cabin aired by working seaman? : SHANTY

24-down – Good to break poor tutor’s rough spirit : ROTGUT

26-down – Tack produced by supporter at United’s final : BRAD

28-down – Kitty gets wind up : POOL

29-down – Plane possibly needs way to ditch wings : TREE

8-across – Casual household : FAMILIAR

9-across – Dislike trio of characters leaving for lack of enthusiasm : APATHY

10-across – Produce green bananas at back of store : GENERATE

11-across – Fancy meal in US city to be specific : NAMELY

12-across – Detest photo created behind cricketer still showing fear? : ROOTEDTOTHESPOT

15-across – View complication with no end of disgust : ANGLE

16-across – Sign jazz musician is wanting grand : MINUS

20-across – Plane then flying east of continent is type of jumbo : AFRICANELEPHANT

21-across – Evidence of cold hospital put in place by English and US company : PHLEGM

23-across – Rex probes risky rooms for guests : PARLOURS

25-across – Find uncovered opening for coin : INVENT

26-across – Four points to keep plant in unlicensed establishments : SHEBEENS

1-down – Unconventional romance for old premier : CAMERON

2-down – Inspector,one from Baltic area formerly,opposed to triflers : DILETTANTI

3-down – Grim leap on and off for lizard : GILA

4-down – Latitude following English actor given award : FREEDOM

5-down – Base for shuttles? : LAUNCHSITE

6-down – Lack of wind in local mountains : CALM

7-down – Mum has to set aside small vegetable : SHALLOT

13-down – First person’s held up in this deal arranged for chef : DELIASMITH

14-down – State about to feature in a UK shoot for broadcast : SOUTHKOREA

17-down – Asian bread in a fine country snubbed by India : AFGHANI

18-down – Hate dish endlessly covered by exotic seeds : DESPISE

19-down – Popular advertising with pointer in the East End describing a good book? : INPRINT

22-down – Detectives entering Surrey estate : EYES

24-down – Reportedly,study part for a clarinet : REED

1-across – Feline,wild being on the moor,only tail glimpsed : PANTHER

5-across – Serene icon punched by a cleaner : PACIFIC

9-across – Debauched son in Cornish town : LOOSE

10-across – Joy sees what to do with 8 down,say,in Cornish town : BEATITUDE

11-across – Mischievous pals shut in leader’s office : SULTANSHIP

12-across – Tiny amount,nothing to plug hole in the wall : ATOM

14-across – Gone west,westernised drink! : DESSERTWINE

18-across – Operation where end of scalpel slices through Afro/Cornish meat dish? : RHINOPLASTY

21-across – Gorilla somewhere in Cornwall,where hilly? : GOON

22-across – What lover of Cornwall might do,scoffing English biscuits : DIGESTIVES

25-across – Less emphatically,train finally coming in late? : NOTNEARLY

26-across – Feline with shaved ball? : OUNCE

27-across – Group experiencing the blues record : SETDOWN

28-across – Article with check so enclosed? : THEREIN

1-down – Coming from Europe – like staff? : POLISH

2-down – Around Land’s End,lack of Spanish enthusiasm it seems for pasta : NOODLE

3-down – Performance of the ode encapsulates style of fast-paced walk : HEELANDTOE

4-down – Very uplifting southern puzzle : REBUS

5-down – Remarkably sharp jackets I detect for ancient sect : PHARISEES

6-down – Murderer in good book residing in Jamaica Inn : CAIN

7-down – Nut and oaf dancing in spring : FOUNTAIN

8-down – Put together with jam ultimately covered,a Cornish treat : CREAMTEA

13-down – So,may hate going out,time taken inside? : STAYATHOME

15-down – Having bagged last of garbage,dumped metal stick with it : SOLDIERON

16-down – Robbers in briny leaving New York,Penzance pirates people? : BRIGANDS

17-down – Criticise one tipster dressed for Royal Ascot? : HITOUTAT

19-down – ‘arbour used regularly as street : AVENUE

20-down – Towards the back,seat adjusted before service : ASTERN

23-down – Country where Eden Project failed,say: ultimately foolhardy exercise : EGYPT

24-down – Reminder,a few seconds for myself? : MEMO

9-across – Old fellow at French guest-house outside of Exeter : PENSIONER

10-across – Somewhat well-endowed woman : ELLEN

11-across – Complaint from one head about pupils : ILLNESS

12-across – Short time before new seed withdraws : SECEDES

13-across – Trout-fishing river’s matches : TESTS

14-across – Limeys from a distant place amongst spectators : SEAFARERS

16-across – 1964 horror fantasy film of Lazio playing the A.S. team? : ROMEAGAINSTROME

19-across – Giant Carmelites,perhaps,too much to expect : TALLORDER

21-across – Sounds essential but cut short,I see : MUSIC

22-across – In real trouble,shock treatment for sort of complex : ELECTRA

23-across – Straw breaking camel’s back,doubly profligate : WASTREL

24-across – Severely criticize cook : ROAST

25-across – Flowering shrubs from R. E. Dale & Son : OLEANDERS

1-down – Tip: borstal may be what he needs : SPOILTBRAT

2-down – Representation of the USA by pawnbrokers before midday : UNCLESAM

3-down – Several folk snorkelling : DIVERS

4-down – Australian group is overabundant,we’re told : INXS

5-down – Danger is spoken of in style of radiological machine : MRISCANNER

6-down – Wholesale trader with Ivory’s film partner : MERCHANT

7-down – Santa likely,initially,to move cautiously on it? : SLEDGE

8-down – It’s ours to bear! : ONUS

14-down – Flower and photo by fierce type : SNAPDRAGON

15-down – Dumbfounded there is no address? : SPEECHLESS

17-down – One no longer believing in a job caused worry : APOSTATE

18-down – <i>The Spectator </i><span>or Sunday newspaper</span> : OBSERVER

20-down – General method to establish latitude : LEEWAY

21-down – Craftsmen for two generations : MASONS

22-down – Nobleman nearly at the centre : EARL

23-down – Heartless worries! : WOES

1-across – Medic’s poor score with Guardian crossword debut : CARDIAC

5-across – See 1 : SURGEON

9-across – A model turned storyteller : AESOP

10-across – Being criminals sucks : ASPIRATES

11-across – Each prior show to begin with cast : PERFORMERS

12-across – Single move divorce city’s backing : ONER

14-across – Old individual helping to get acquittal : EXONERATION

18-across – They possibly pilfer hot stores,removing content : SHOPLIFTERS

21-across – Feel reasonably well or berserk : AMOK

22-across – Nasty and perhaps guilty,wearing fake suntan : UNPLEASANT

25-across – Teaching the students at last,mathematician is using body language : GESTURING

26-across – See 24 Down : LIBRE

27-across – Farm work up to maturity : TILLAGE

28-across – Look embarrassed seeing nurse regularly in motion : TURNRED

1-down – Express unhappiness about programme that’s trashy : CRAPPY

2-down – Awfully sorry to have pocketed a chaplet : ROSARY

3-down – Poorly writer’s in favour of vague reply : IMPROPERLY

4-down – Clue for March: one in seven desperately trying to make friends and influence people : CHARM

5-down – Replace McEnroe in broadcast? : SUPERSEDE

6-down – Almost raw and red : RARE

7-down – Not going to a restaurant with inane git misbehaving : EATINGIN

8-down – Wedding band for a shilling in Northern poor regions : NOSERING

13-down – Pianist playing ‘Waterfalls’ : FATSWALLER

15-down – See 4 : OFFENSIVE

16-down – Is in France consuming load – this? : ESCARGOT

17-down – Massive waste in fossil fuel : COLOSSAL

19-down – <span>Criticism oddly not heard for </span><i>Figaro</i><span>?</span> : BARBER

20-down – On board boat,ten days – be there! : ATTEND

23-down – Go straight : LEGIT

24-down – Cocktail – one drunk by a clubber dancing : CUBA