Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Cheers one who’d expect to be paid to be an MP? : PROSIT

5-across – Light material suffering more snags if not new : GOSSAMER

9-across – Safe getting hot as Venus in the Louvre : HARMLESS

10-across – Official Aussie pick-up counter : REFUTE

11-across – Putting two lots of uranium into affected corpuscles is dim! : CREPUSCULOUS

13-across – Marine fish in abandoned clay : MARL

14-across – Oval’s pitch initially breaking up till ice melted : ELLIPTIC

17-across – Opera section with city situation : SCENARIO

18-across – Frame in which beauty pageant winner appears? : SASH

20-across – A fibre carpet used to make flatpack kit,say : PREFABRICATE

23-across – Wow,performing with a cigar! : CORONA

24-across – Very into fancy lingerie but right off sweet-talk : INVEIGLE

25-across – Expert: ‘Nessie is mostly brass’ : PERTNESS

26-across – Cat circling a rocking lead vocalist’s equipment : LARYNX

2-down – Fancy knocking off leader for paper? : REAM

3-down – Mark’s house settlement’s not finished : SEMICOLON

4-down – Lulu’s half escaping depression in the old city : THEBES

5-down – Cynically proposing futile measures – a ‘two-fingered salute’ way of governing? : GESTUREPOLITICS

6-down – Lyricist dancing – time for one very popular show : STRICTLY

7-down – Foul’s legal – linesman’s heading off : AWFUL

8-down – Sushi: meant to be prepared with relish : ENTHUSIASM

12-down – End cut off cob stuffed with Parmesan cheese : MASCARPONE

15-down – Notice soldiers pinching one’s bottom : POSTERIOR

16-down – Church head one books into rave for a game : CRIBBAGE

19-down – Wonder if a motorhome’s possessed by a Spice girl? : MARVEL

21-down – US state not allowed to mock : FLOUT

22-down – Nut-covered Latin dish : FLAN

1-across – Sure indications,two of which are apparent in this puzzle : POSITIVESIGNS

10-across – Against being briefly affirmative in written opinion : OPPOSED

11-across – <i>Plus ça change</i><span> with European medicine</span> : CAPSULE

12-across – Shine with half-century in fluctuating game : GLEAM

13-across – Positive about asset’s small excesses : SURPLUSES

14-across – Soften line,something that artist can work on : EASEL

16-across – Setter’s beginning – isn’t fancy,or as good as Paul : SAINTLIKE

18-across – Revolutionary device for playing truant out of order – nearly ran : TURNTABLE

19-across – Go over something obvious left : CROSS

20-across – Indication to remove awful clue,not easy to see : MINUSCULE

23-across – Calm tips from positive pro : PEACE

24-across – Final points,one of which is negative in its conclusion : TERMINI

25-across – Visitor is interrupting perturbed tutor : TOURIST

26-across – Shooting with negative,then positive,results : PHOTOGRAPHING

2-down – Work on academic cancelling of tyrant : OPPRESSOR

3-down – By way of review,minus changes : INSUM

4-down – River trade subtracting tax at the end : INDUS

5-down – In kinky sex and vice you are audibly digressing : EXCURSIVE

6-down – Mostly rude,mostly unfriendly,totally foolish : IMPOLITIC

7-down – Parts of speech using negative pieces from Sun : NOUNS

8-down – More or less inaccurate guess upset this team in red : ROUGHESTIMATE

9-down – Remarks that may require revisions,up or down : REASSESSMENTS

15-down – Some overnight for this and others turning up quickly go : LATESHIFT

16-down – Adding fix minus bugs : SUBSUMING

17-down – One sequence of notes being performed in which person’s unaccompanied : ISOLATION

21-down – Somewhat unorthodox position of negative pole : NORTH

22-down – Positive contribution,taken out of context randomly : EXTRA

23-down – Luxurious and hot : PLUSH

1-across – Angel acts serene moving around following behind bachelor : BENEFACTRESS

8-across – Old organ trapping one actor : OLIVIER

9-across – Adult adores snorting cocaine in corners : ALCOVES

11-across – Regularly speak up about delayed plane : PLATEAU

12-across – Top priest embraced by transgressor? : SPINNER

13-across – In New York find rum bird : NODDY

14-across – Assemble silver work unit around entrance : AGGREGATE

16-across – European people starting to tire following a club in decline : ABATEMENT

19-across – Oracle dropping ecstasy gyrating to song : CAROL

21-across – Effects of decrees by one politician : IMPACTS

23-across – Froideur as I attempt to cover very large land mass : EURASIA

24-across – Bring up work about time by river : NURTURE

25-across – Perfect Lily crushed and caught by papers : IDYLLIC

26-across – Telling niece about tip-off : INTELLIGENCE

1-down – Group keeping kit for highwayman : BRIGAND

2-down – Disgustingly vain yet showing artlessness : NAIVETY

3-down – Create document university passed : FORMULATE

4-down – Men from church spring up : CHAPS

5-down – Right to turn down taking head rest : RECLINE

6-down – South American vehicle in front of North American ecosystem : SAVANNA

7-down – Novel poem contains correction : COMPENSATION

10-down – Watch Parisian on screen with weapon : SURVEILLANCE

15-down – Understanding assembly : GATHERING

17-down – Drug treated sprain around middle of thigh : ASPIRIN

18-down – Old sign across front of door to bar : EXCLUDE

19-down – Fuss over dead and rotting flesh we hear : CARRYON

20-down – Determination to relax : RESOLVE

22-down – Quietly entering market in interval : SPELL

1-across – Pick up bargain : CONTRACT

6-across – Manx cat principally is clearly even smoother : PUMICE

9-across – Use handle to carry case of neon bulbs? : FENNEL

10-across – Digging for diamonds – cheating,dropping ring : PRODDING

11-across – Train thief was closer to going straight : ASTHECROW

13-across – See 11 : FLIES

15-across – House entertaining adult books in shed? : LEANTO

17-across – Mum is back fast : SILENT

18-across – <span>Count miniature </span><i>CK One </i><span>bottles</span> : RECKON

19-across – Fear boss is upset with his PA wasting seconds : PHOBIA

21-across – Parents maybe initiate corresponding with school’s head : BLOOD

22-across – See 21 : RELATIVES

25-across – Breathtaking old flame calling : EXCITING

26-across – One that follows tinker or follows dog : TAILOR

28-across – Hibernating snake taking shelter : ASLEEP

29-across – Maître d’ oddly last to ask is this where the drink got to? : TIDEMARK

2-down – Occasionally coarse rock : ORE

3-down – Swimmer getting number with cold bath at the end : TENCH

4-down – Share a large place : ALLOCATION

5-down – Rolling marijuana – mine is excellent : TIPTOP

6-down – Plan to record over : PLOT

7-down – Style of music Ravel composed with introduction from Brian May,for example : MODALVERB

8-down – Focus on money found in box : CONCENTRATE

12-down – Power car using the sun – at the start one’s a bundle of nerves : SOLARPLEXUS

14-down – Generous Irish broadcaster interrupting show-off : BIGHEARTED

16-down – Recluse has a new job without computers etc : ANCHORITE

20-down – Importance of wife joining crew? : WEIGHT

23-down – Turn of phrase in papers I order : IDIOM

24-down – Solicitor regularly paid by politician : PIMP

27-down – Row on Radio 2 : OAR

7-across – Smoother artist after ammo initially loading type of gun : STEAMIRON

8-across – <span>Turner on </span><i>The Hay Wain</i><span>?</span> : WHEEL

9-across – Rescuing relative at sea,Romeo saved : RETRIEVAL

10-across – Sailing boat in lottery capsized : SLOOP

12-across – Artist not entirely impressed by intro of traditional chant that’s sacred : MANTRA

13-across – Told hoes : TOOLSHED

14-across – Tissue cut then by artist : KLEENEX

17-across – Wood nailed back by bloody artist : GORMLEY

20-across – Artist in cage with lion torn to pieces : ANGELICO

22-across – Whistler recalled mother having little time for theorist : FERMAT

24-across – Whisper first song on record? : ASIDE

25-across – Artist,it’s time to check out food expert! : DIETITIAN

26-across – Artist burst bubble,in a manner of speaking? : DEGAS

27-across – Artifice still for artist : CONSTABLE

1-down – Goddess at one time packing case in America : ATHENA

2-down – Bottle consumed by familiar artist : MAGRITTE

3-down – Artist,artist after split : RIVERA

4-down – Bacon paintings hard for artist : HOGARTH

5-down – Wife and artist keeping pea,essentially,in pod : WHALES

6-down – Artist in clover,one senses : VERONESE

11-down – Sport in which artist has lost tie : POLO

15-down – Artist excited ship’s lookout? : LANDSEER

16-down – Artist,sign unframed? : EMIN

18-down – Manet or Hockney originally turned over : MORETHAN

19-down – Questionable claims come up briefly for artist : MORISOT

21-down – Brow wiped of female,say,stealing a charm : ENDEAR

22-down – Foxtrot is the dancing obsession : FETISH

23-down – In a particular way,what a lone ranger might need? : ANALLY