Author name: crosswordanswers

8-across – Dodgy plastic pipes around museum pieces cracked and leaked,perhaps : PASTPARTICIPLES

9-across – After a couple of days,was the person in charge confused? : ADDLED

10-across – Frustrated senior journo pursuing hard liquor : SCOTCHED

11-across – You shouldn’t have stood up periodically hiding something up your sleeve? : THANKYOU

12-across – Bit of ramen ultimately eaten a lot,but not quite finished : NOODLE

13-across – Carry on being cheeky about female relative : PERSIST

16-across – <span>Love one playing </span><i>Disintegration</i> : EROSION

19-across – Widely recognised architectural style outside capital of Crete : ICONIC

21-across – Elegant features of associations in a French resort? : NICETIES

24-across – Family experiences in South America and somewhere in Africa : KINSHASA

25-across – Animal noises filling stable at sunset : BLEATS

26-across – Part of the UK rioters trashed with such glee : GLOUCESTERSHIRE

1-down – Moved hods wearing sensible footwear : SANDSHOE

2-down – Hot German Christmas cake one left out : STOLEN

3-down – Line penned by Victorian author? I don’t think so! : HARDLY

4-down – Academic’s third paper up for discussion : ATISSUE

5-down – Boat rather packed with deckchairs in the middle : SCHOONER

6-down – Misleading promise of payment included in project details : SPECIOUS

7-down – Soap maybe picked up; it’s usually sold in boxes : CEREAL

14-down – Posts secured at the front with one stud,possibly : SENDSOUT

15-down – I need help taking on case for philosopher : SOCRATES

17-down – Upset created by obvious item you can dispense with? : OVERTURN

18-down – Admirer cheers to support popular Spanish princess : INFANTA

20-down – Dish taken from church illicitly : CHILLI

22-down – Extremely cocky tennis champ is somewhat mechanical individual : CYBORG

23-down – Cut,in a way,assistance for driver,mostly at that time : TEETHE

7-across – <i>Squid Game</i><span> uncovered racial manoeuvring</span> : CALAMARI

9-across – Harpo dealt with new undesirable counterpart of widow? : ORPHAN

10-across – Firm’s fine when internally upset : OAKY

11-across – Coping with much support,adults bear struggles : BALUSTRADE

12-across – Trouble held back plant : DAHLIA

14-across – Update me – he wants different wife? : WHATSNEW

15-across – Ineffectual sort of check on unopened list of options around university : EUNUCH

17-across – Disappear à la goods vehicle? : VANISH

20-across – Bombastic outburst breaks cautious guarantee : WARRANTY

22-across – Fruit bar,50% pineapple : BANANA

23-across – Self-governing modus operandi in car intelligence : AUTONOMOUS

24-across – Small piece of timber hit with heavy blows : SLOG

25-across – Payment contributing to current allowance : RENTAL

26-across – Work out tax spanning years,off and on : EXERCISE

1-down – Information store starts to defrag and thus degrade : DATABASE

2-down – Simple Minds ultimately stops cycling old agreement : EASY

3-down – Second adult to abandon Latin dance character overseas : LAMBDA

4-down – Tense aquatic bird crushed by snake somewhere in South Africa : BOTSWANA

5-down – Breaking in,proposes tyranny : OPPRESSION

6-down – Gangster that is holding up police HQ? : YARDIE

8-down – Relations slain violently around west : INLAWS

13-down – Time taken for nearest neighbour to come round again? : LUNARMONTH

16-down – Pet food not wrapped in something waxy : CANOODLE

18-down – Shelter with presumably one or more layers under roof : HENHOUSE

19-down – Former farewell involves lifting drink : BYGONE

21-down – Charm a beast,given time : AMULET

22-down – Hamper opinion about demand : BASKET

24-down – Setter and solvers upset church so much : SUCH

9-across – Mountains an anxiety for some drivers : RANGE

10-across – A head pirate staggering,eating his hat? : PERCAPITA

11-across – Acts ingratiatingly,securing everyone personal weapons : SMALLARMS

12-across – Little pet in the pool : KITTY

13-across – Warmer,immersed in feeble court case : WETSUIT

15-across – The only sort of shirt and vest : SINGLET

17-across – Unprofessional men backing top family member : ROYAL

18-across – Once before broadcast,ready to go on this? : AIR

20-across – Police car’s first in front : FORCE

22-across – Band member departs to collect large glass : DRUMMER

25-across – For scavenger,damaging allegations just a bit of fun : MUDLARK

26-across – An element of specialised legalese judge avoided? : ARGON

27-across – Chat supervisor rated room out of order : MODERATOR

30-across – Making move rue an erroneous tactic : MANOEUVRE

31-across – Advertising video for medic : PROMO

1-down – Poet’s eyes opening on really beautiful scene : ORBS

2-down – Men on foot,youngster on railway : INFANTRY

3-down – Mammal is permanently close : SEAL

4-down – G&amp;S work gets a treetop rocking : OPERETTA

5-down – Forcibly grabs whiskey and relaxes : WRESTS

6-down – Sailor,stabbed,doubled over : JACKKNIFED

7-down – Failed plot: is one to be shot? : PISTOL

8-down – Old labourer,losing heart,is blue : NAVY

13-down – To catch girl at last,promise the earth : WORLD

14-down – Badly made tunnel not missed : UNLAMENTED

16-down – Say,fine tune,initially tender and soft : TWEAK

19-down – A corps ceased to operate? Fixed! : REMEDIED

21-down – Certain to go wild receiving nothing in response : REACTION

23-down – Not to be put off,I say you are a good bloke : URGENT

24-down – Take off and go wandering,holding me up : REMOVE

26-down – Host always closes empty room : ARMY

28-down – European clutching some pearls : ROPE

29-down – Public disturbance that is extremely funny : RIOT

1-across – I superfluously join two banks in which the same cards are issued : DUPLICATEBRIDGE

9-across – Cats for example not normally considered this? : MUSICAL

10-across – Turning,pig conceals curly bit,a monster : GOLIATH

11-across – Indian address the US taxman rejected : SRI

12-across – Revolutionary’s taking ammunition round: very brief opportunity to finish off king here : BULLETCHESS

13-across – Foolishly let eclair start to curdle in such a storm : ELECTRICAL

15-across – Understood sourdough not provided with starter : READ

18-across – Observer takes in Queen Jane,a heroine : EYRE

20-across – Favour cured meat,a somewhat dicey business : BACKGAMMON

23-across – One small request,excessive space on motorway badly designed : MISBEGOTTEN

25-across – Laundry regularly returned,lots of it in the cells : RNA

26-across – Possibly a Russian national tree : NATASHA

27-across – Creature said to take to the water with young on back clinging to side of neck : ROEBUCK

28-across – This bad-tempered oath a mystery : CROSSWORDPUZZLE

1-down – Block a piece of drama making sudden transformation : DAMASCENE

2-down – On rising exude vigour,4 across examples here : PASTIME

3-down – Brood as Guantanamo is extremely tense : INCUBATE

4-down – Radical supporter on left : ALLYL

5-down – From lectern,offer for sale one or two birds of prey : EAGLEHAWK

6-down – Old widow taking lid off article for repair : RELICT

7-down – Marksman’s expressionless gaze : DEADEYE

8-down – Distinctive character of those cycling : ETHOS

14-down – Soon desert old sweetheart : INAMORATO

16-down – Teacher,put my way some work I don’t know : DONTASKME

17-down – From people in leading university high-level options here : MAINMENU

19-down – Cook,first to offer to stir dish : RISOTTO

21-down – Nobel laureate’s emblem unknown : MARQUEZ

22-down – Leg straps for James and Norman : JESSES

23-down – Computer receiving new input initially furiously busy : MANIC

24-down – Ready to drop some older items over : TIRED

1-across – Don’t be cruel to old comedian,simple at heart : GOEASYON

5-across – Duck as light motorcycle loses one wheel? : SCOTER

9-across – Leave secretly,ramp unavailable : SLOPEOFF

10-across – Contended resistance stops suffering from malaria : ARGUED

12-across – Go up: temperature perfect for returning : ERUPT

13-across – Great area on Earth’s exterior in which woodlice are found : CRUSTACEA

14-across – Intuit a chess blunder,making up for it : ENTHUSIASTIC

18-across – Resentful air spoiled farewell observances : FUNERALRITES

21-across – Such mathematics left audience floundering : EUCLIDEAN

23-across – Be terrified of judge’s pronouncement : DREAD

24-across – Homeland Security for one get on closing clubs in E Coast city : AGENCY

25-across – In depresssed area knight spies city : VALENCIA

26-across – They are beaten less,or flogged : LOSERS

27-across – Game that looks easy for beginners in brief sketches : SKITTLES

1-down – Effusive person’s good conduct : GUSHER

2-down – <i>The Great Escape</i><span> – film and book</span> : EXODUS

3-down – Inducement to include small number in series : SWEETENER

4-down – Apparently warming up,beginning to harry senior minister : OFFICEHOLDER

6-down – Weight of stone accepted in shopping basket : CARAT

7-down – Honest admitting name,sort of burglar in dock : TRUNCATE

8-down – It’s good this getting shot of a pest : RIDDANCE

11-down – Doubt the gospel? : QUESTIONMARK

15-down – What noon means to some people: time correction : AMENDMENT

16-down – Coming in last,contrary to expectations : AFTERALL

17-down – Batters liable to be caught in the bar : SNICKERS

19-down – Drawer twice the size of another : PENCIL

20-down – Highest standards of ladies’ dancing : IDEALS

22-down – Suffer,beyond medical help,disabled : INCUR