Author name: crosswordanswers

9-across – Beautiful tree: feel bad with any being cut down in such a manner : AILANTHUS

10-across – Wide gap,though with nothing removed : WHOLE

11-across – Trendy to inject heroin after a litre drink : ALCOHOL

12-across – The American author eliminating last hero from Greece : THESEUS

13-across – I’m a Bishop,tucking into meagre vegetarian food : LIMA

14-across – Uncooked meat? Experts brutally cut it open at first : PROSCIUTTO

15-across – Is ‘zero’ accepted by English logician? Meaty stuff : VENISON

17-across – Publication I term running short regarding glamour : MAGICAL

19-across – Offering easy growth in computing? Clear hype’s misplaced : HYPERSCALE

22-across – See 13 : BEAN

23-across – Something described as metallic burning smell surrounding one … : LITHIUM

24-across – … largely swamping one with some water? : MOISTLY

26-across – Keen to abandon Right,adopting Left as standard : EAGLE

27-across – Roux perhaps about to backtrack after redesign of kitchen : THICKENER

1-down – Artefact of old battle? Bet Valhalla came alive : BALACLAVAHELMET

2-down – Government official,large,appearing in bowler? : PLACEMAN

3-down – Easy thing to miss top edge : INCH

4-down – Drive through South American country with Northern seed : CHILDREN

5-down – Position occupying excellent section in the current circumstances : ASITIS

6-down – Top of sluice losing liquid on a big scale : SWEEPING

7-down – Convincing information secured in crib : COGENT

8-down – Police operation – dastardly con,apparently : NEWSCOTLANDYARD

16-down – Showed precipitation without precipitation? That’s twisted : SPRAINED

17-down – Exploit making no sense,kidnapping one farmworker : MILKMAID

18-down – Beguiling warmth after cold : CHEATING

20-down – Servant carrying some Londoner’s scalding soup : POTAGE

21-down – Refined behaviour inclined to take a back seat around Cambridge University : COMITY

25-down – Dark and perverted,though not at first : INKY

1-across – Ford Capri starts making constant power – it’s hot : PAPRIKA

5-across – Guide a Dutch cap’s sticky-out bit : ADVISOR

10-across – Quickly stop cycling around on … : PRESTO

11-across – … high gears – satisfied punctures must be what accounts for energy consumption : GASMETER

12-across – Sailor’s objective? Get lost : TAR

13-across – Maybe comic books I reordered will be undamaged : INTACT

14-across – Old Italian curate’s travelling north : ETRUSCAN

15-across – Coat brand Mark is wearing : SMEAR

16-across – Does he tend to hack Yahoo after turning on firm? : STABLEBOY

19-across – Problem with locks and rent stops : SPLITENDS

21-across – Bitter’s free on account : ACRID

24-across – Perhaps Violet Beauregarde’s second to go back after Wonka’s introduction – monstrous creature! : WEREWOLF

26-across – Charm of drug smuggler passing through airport on vacation : AMULET

27-across – Drive in motorsport – getting cross : FIX

28-across – Identify problem in San Diego unfortunately : DIAGNOSE

29-across – Bring out psychedelic Italian trousers : ELICIT

30-across – Good lord – Mary’s swimming in river : DEARYME

31-across – Small tent’s not finished before daughter gets soaked : STEEPED

2-down – A classic Doctor Who fan may finally start to manufacture Tardis for one : ACRONYM

3-down – They have faith in Gunners – with group of footballers blocking big shot and Isak’s header : RASTAFARI

4-down – Sticky chicken ultimately overdone in Kentucky : KNOTTY

6-down – After demolition derbies,carbon is present : DESCRIBE

7-down – Plans from 15th of March,say to host 1st of April : IDEAS

8-down – By all conclusions two or three turn over a new leaf? : OREGANO

9-down – Discovered both deer and giraffe somehow accept not seeing eye to eye : AGREETODIFFER

17-down – Private is last to solve 10 and possibly 11 across assuming 5 is reversed : EXCLUSIVE

18-down – Jack and chairman stood on the counter to get bottle : JEROBOAM

20-down – Fed up – framed by force making assumption : PREMISE

22-down – Record if the amp is occasionally set virtually : ITEMISE

23-down – Airport in France is most lenient : LAXEST

25-down – 9’s keen : EAGER

1-across – Newspaper seller in survey wanting youth back : SCANDAL

5-across – <span>On the rise,she finally featured in </span><i>City of Angels</i><span> and </span><i>You’ve Got Mail</i> : LEAPING

10-across – See 22 Down : LINE

11-across – Who’s for arena? : SHOWGROUND

12-across – Come down in city in 29 after landing,originally : LESSEN

13-across – Relic back in bag in city in 29 : HANGOVER

14-across – Fish placed by entrance for chick : HATCHLING

16-across – Charming – as a city in 29? : BONNY

17-across – Champ in city in 29,one knocked out : MUNCH

19-across – My band,set to play classic song : STANDBYME

23-across – Settler,swimmer from city in 29,could you say? : COLONIAL

24-across – Dog trouble securing a lead : MANAGE

26-across – Deponent wearing fluttering sari in catchment area : RIVERBASIN

27-across – Possible opener further up by one’s ear? : HIYA

28-across – Catch partners in North America gatecrashing earlier : ENSNARE

29-across – Country,origin unspecified : GERMANY

2-down – Striker of note,a fantasy : CHIMERA

3-down – Doctor leaving Dresden for surgery – must partner? : NEEDS

4-down – Strikers in reserve team : ARSENAL

6-down – Three points and incarceration of drink driver? : ENGINE

7-down – Hoot when swerving a lot passing leader in panic – crash still? : PHOTOBOMB

8-down – Cotton has old lady itching : NANKEEN

9-down – English not too shabby,might as well enter test? : NOTHINGTOLOSE

15-down – In rotation,work on an epic : CYCLOPEAN

18-down – Fairy-tale ending for you and I in panto after transformation : UTOPIAN

20-down – Agent called before,one day turning up earlier : NOMINEE

21-down – Player from 29 : MEGRYAN

22-down – Sentence about city in 29’s growth limit : TIMBER

25-down – Somewhat benign,a humane prophet : NAHUM

1-across – Obtained tea using sneaky trick : GOTCHA

5-across – Ladies maybe into uncouth sort? It’s very revealing : LOWCUT

8-across – Obvious hiding place for one sick individual : PATIENT

9-across – Strengthen couple in the lead : BRACEUP

11-across – Bureau run by substantial type suited to command? : OFFICERMATERIAL

12-across – Consider cycling to find birds : EMUS

13-across – Mad family is an accident waiting to happen : BANANASKIN

17-across – Attending twice with some soothing words : THERETHERE

18-across – Wound from cleaning out septic abductor : SCAR

20-across – Hate one minister whipped up delivering such motivational guff? : THERESNOIINTEAM

23-across – Complex mix seen as source of rigid compilers’ code : XIMENES

24-across – Audacity works to build careers : GALLOPS

25-across – Announces data about Europe : STATES

26-across – Defeated and cut : SAWOFF

2-down – Flat perhaps with no air left? : OUTOFTUNE

3-down – Tightly grip uncle’s French armchair in the middle : CLENCH

4-down – Result of following US subject : AFTERMATH

5-down – Begin looking into building really attractive sign : LIBRA

6-down – Blubber when a few halt getting thrown out : WHALEFAT

7-down – Somewhat cute ritual places we’ve all been in originally : UTERI

8-down – Characteristic strain suffered when buying a house : PROPERTYTAX

10-down – Radar sees two of them : PALINDROMES

14-down – Granules I melted to make carrier : AERLINGUS

15-down – Dismissed as soon as it started : KICKEDOFF

16-down – Belt tune out when high on this narcotic stuff? : BETELNUT

19-down – Little support for home force arrival : INFLOW

21-down – Chap contributes some rising system measurements : EMMET

22-down – Only half of Cannes gets cosy housing : NESTS

1-across – Censor correspondent,a contributor to comedy show : GAGWRITER

6-across – No longer measure use of computers by youngster : CUBIT

9-across – Strange lad with pet,one a lot of money backed : ODDSONFAVOURITE

10-across – Vegetable ship brought back : LEEK

11-across – They fly around area by way of rocky peaks : AVIATORS

14-across – Submarine at first lacks rust protection : UNDERSEAL

15-across – One consuming an apple : EATER

16-across – Established pansy regularly in garden : BASED

18-across – Movingly describe united salvage effort : RESCUEBID

20-across – Domestic occupation for the woolly-minded? : KNITTING

21-across – School class in shape for months : FORM

25-across – Roller making its way through London in song : OLDFATHERTHAMES

26-across – Very much unfinished : NOEND

27-across – The way to get to the bottom of things : DOWNWARDS

1-down – Angry sound from Greek member of parliament : GROWL

2-down – Vulcan’s demise unexpectedly good news? : GODSEND

3-down – A measure of whisky not opened? It’s on the house : ROOF

4-down – Swell to maximum volume : TOFF

5-down – Powerful preacher is on exam schedule : REVIVALIST

6-down – These days going into small business American is intrepid : COURAGEOUS

7-down – Airline gets one oaf to make emergency jump : BAILOUT

8-down – Beloved certain to walk round : TREASURED

12-down – Believe spade for one to be plastic : CREDITCARD

13-down – Having cut back tree drench all around : RETRENCHED

14-down – Not recognised tossing and turning on new bunk : UNBEKNOWN

17-down – In a little less wind,let’s take someone for a ride : SWINDLE

19-down – Septuagenarian perhaps eating large loaf : BLOOMER

22-down – Old Testament figure who took the tablets as directed : MOSES

23-down – Inconclusive game that attracts a crowd : DRAW

24-down – Not many heard this sigh of relief : PHEW