Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – <span>What may appear in </span><i>Cats</i><span> or otherwise</span> : ACTORS

4-across – Unstable,like French director Charlie : ASTATIC

9-across – In the USA,fool quaint girl eating wraps : DINGALING

10-across – Weep about tax officials once backing previous PM? : BORIS

11-across – Corners Poles over permissible charges : NOOKS

12-across – Company introducing ‘wild boar and rum’ stew : CARBONADO

13-across – Get ready to fence unconfined hens by pruned planted area : ENGARDE

15-across – Obscure hints of poor lexicography,the last thing you’d get from Susie Dent : DIMPLE

17-across – He’s easily manipulated my friend from the East : LAPDOG

19-across – Disturb arrangement of extremely diverse set of manufacturer’s products : DERANGE

22-across – In pieces,blokes beginning to trash flat : APARTMENT

24-across – Chose part in reference book : OPTED

26-across – Large casks containing No.1 in imported port : TUNIS

27-across – Everyone who wants to participate calls me or mobile : ALLCOMERS

28-across – Loss of power punctuated with Republican indignation : OUTRAGE

29-across – Some Democrat-Socialist revolutionary,one who shares the bill? : COSTAR

1-down – Gutted American poet is moderately slow in bars : ANDANTE

2-down – Dance beat introduces energy : TANGO

3-down – Liberal US readers relieved of worries : REASSURED

4-down – Irritated,imperilled,avoiding death : ANGERED

5-down – Bill ducks ban : TABOO

6-down – Jolly missionary wearing sailor’s hat : TARPAULIN

7-down – Heavenly twin of Conservative US-born viscountess : CASTOR

8-down – Slip up when going to pot? : MISCUE

14-down – Oppose best-ever sports player securing wins : GOAGAINST

16-down – Traveller’s old stuff picked up with car : MARCOPOLO

18-down – Pineapple order placed around late afternoon,finally : GRENADE

19-down – Too much charging faulty LED burnt plug : DOTTLE

20-down – Recipient tolerates having a pair exchanged : ENDUSER

21-down – Former president oil company snubbed : CASTRO

23-down – Car manufacturer put up plan,saving skin : TESLA

25-down – Sentimental,tense,brief communication : TWEET

1-across – Fumble about university,emptying it of camp gear : GUYROPE

5-across – A tax U-turn if shoddily managed leads into regression : ATAVISM

10-across – Some of these are electric rockers : EELS

11-across – Healthy food ruined in bloody university : GOODFORYOU

12-across – Religious person must embrace a church’s subtlety : NUANCE

13-across – Go to these text locations to find leaks : SEEPAGES

14-across – Smelling loo,in fact revolting : OLFACTION

16-across – It’d be silly to get this plumbing fixture : BIDET

17-across – Riverbank robber : CLYDE

19-across – Certain to return tackling one or other wrong : ERRONEOUS

23-across – Taking a back seat during war : INACTION

24-across – Male host enters perfectly : TOMCAT

26-across – Model husband claimed regularly to make cheese : DANISHBLUE

27-across – Potential riot from this musical composition : TRIO

28-across – From policeman,a temporary discharge : EMANATE

29-across – Heavyweight sent back bum for not having a special suit : NOTRUMP

2-down – Out of tune,quality is not the same : UNEQUAL

3-down – Concerned with evil sticky stuff : RESIN

4-down – Paint FBI agents into a hole : PIGMENT

6-down – Make disapproving sounds,including ‘eff off’ and ‘sit on this’? : TUFFET

7-down – Troubled relatives able to change : VERSATILE

8-down – European slob last to bathe : SLOVENE

9-down – Hairstyle on Lucy sure to get ruffled as it’s done : BOBSYOURUNCLE

15-down – Charlie wearing extra habit : ADDICTION

18-down – Yearn to get a jolly law member? : LONGARM

20-down – In part of month,egocentrics get busy : ONTHEGO

21-down – US keeping Iran struggling at first may prevent its enrichment? : URANIUM

22-down – Intelligence and success are trendy : WITHIT

25-down – Dish out right measure : METER

9-across – Are strangely stressed and reserved : EARMARKED

10-across – Sort of acid,do you find me? Not at all : AMINO

11-across – Relative settles in to new town … : TAUNTON

12-across – … her husband has article needing a wash : UNCLEAN

13-across – Heart ripped out of French town is horrible : VILE

14-across – Not using pen the right way? : LEFTHANDED

15-across – Heart perhaps what will stop you playing any more : REDCARD

17-across – Where choice food is brought back for pet to eat,all in a heap : PILEDUP

19-across – Make for senior teacher for such a direct confrontation : HEADTOHEAD

22-across – A most reduced state : AVER

23-across – Working dog,one with a cold perhaps : SNIFFER

24-across – There’s the problem: I’ve lost all patience : THATSIT

26-across – An order from duke: cut off Yorick’s extremities : DORIC

27-across – From summit,all one can do is make concessions : CLIMBDOWN

1-down – Fell off boat in Devonshire : WENTOVERTHESIDE

2-down – Older,but dreadfully worried : TROUBLED

3-down – Observe Ramadan ahead of time? : FAST

4-down – Aggressive lad had Nikes for running about : SKINHEAD

5-down – Notice gravy needs time to regulate : ADJUST

6-down – What good fielder should do,covering every eventuality : CATCHALL

7-down – Offer to retain information for part of engine : BIGEND

8-down – No letter is ever printed in this : JOINEDUPWRITING

16-down – Greasy spoon turned up in cooked tart,one hand-made : ARTEFACT

17-down – Into the ground put a popular tropical crop : PLANTAIN

18-down – Conflict died,I dream : DIVISION

20-down – Area to change,incorporating one large cage : AVIARY

21-down – Getting changed a chore for old poet : HORACE

25-down – A popular group,whichever way you look at it : ABBA

9-across – I am at concert,and put out a piece of music : IMPROMPTU

10-across – One rascal that can beat nine or ten : KNAVE

11-across – Composer’s heart problem returned : CORELLI

12-across – Fail to appear for pub performance perhaps : STANDUP

13-across – Unoccupied,love to be cast in a film : VOID

14-across – Queen bee only confused by a new name : ANNEBOLEYN

15-across – Create lines on paper for soft toy : RAGDOLL

17-across – Runs on the shore,having to live with twinges : BEACHES

19-across – Old Chancellor not going about town : DARLINGTON

22-across – Energy from writer,one moving along : BRIO

23-across – Recoil from being pierced by a stone shaped like a spear point : HASTATE

24-across – I won’t mention the rest,even quickly : ANDSOON

26-across – Study one initially complicated section of maths : CONIC

27-across – Edible grains in near frozen state stuck to part of face : BROWNRICE

1-down – Was first to see a pattern that threatens the monarch : DISCOVEREDCHECK

2-down – Arranging to take power,but refusing to take advantage : SPORTING

3-down – Frustrate one buttoned up for Olympic event : FOIL

4-down – Not forced to disband one platoon : OPTIONAL

5-down – Be after contract United accepted : PURSUE

6-down – State that is briefly satisfactory : OKLAHOMA

7-down – Cut of meat,second to go bad : SADDLE

8-down – Be very discreet and retain a personal lawyer : KEEPONESCOUNSEL

16-down – Say,Roman soldier up in old tree : OLIGARCH

17-down – Express disapproval of girl with glasses going to dance : BOOGALOO

18-down – March round in ragged sort of progression : HARMONIC

20-down – Object to being given another errand? : RESENT

21-down – As authority,accepts passes : GOESBY

25-down – Dip into Brown Book at last : DUNK

1-across – Collector of cuttings from Spy and Punch? : GRASSBOX

5-across – Shakespeare’s ghost,clutching battered hat,starts to irritate chess club : OLDHAM

9-across – Jovial brother to write back and create harmony : NEPTUNE

10-across – Ancient mariner might use this to cure 5? : OLDSALT

11-across – Project Endless Bliss : HEAVE

12-across – Wild crocuses adorn son and heir : SUCCESSOR

13-across – Unhealthy popular suspicion surrounded old burial ground : INSALUBRIOUS

17-across – Official statement showing how to open security door : PRESSRELEASE

20-across – Wreckage of boats caught by rocks – subject of old English ballad : ROASTBEEF

22-across – New Amsterdam,for instance : NOVEL

23-across – Nuclear missile in possession of 9 : TRIDENT

24-across – Soldier on holiday with cake decorator : OFFICER

25-across – Comedian perhaps from America abandons usual material : ACTUAL

26-across – See 5 : ATHLETIC

1-down – Gujarati leader and two successors : GANDHI

2-down – Draw a rotten apple : APPEAL

3-down – Regimen ruling out stuffing; blocking fries and sweet drinks : SAUTERNES

4-down – Politicians,without hint of shame,engaged in out-and-out exaggeration : OVERSTATEMENT

6-down – Third part of Gormenghast missing from book shelf : LEDGE

7-down – Teacher’s sexy selfie : HEADSHOT

8-down – Moment day-tripper lost heart to bus driver : MOTORIST

10-down – Conductor interacting with field,releasing current,may result in electrical discharge : OCCLUDEDFRONT

14-down – Put out unwrapped gift – tactful to dispense with show : RESENTFUL

15-down – Both leads quit Top Gun musical comedy : OPERETTA

16-down – To a large extent artificer,am I still artisan? : CERAMIST

18-down – Bird’s eggs served up on time in Paris and Rome : AVOCET

19-down – Clergyman ensconced in motorcycle rickshaw : CLERIC

21-down – This particular thank you letter : THETA