Clues

4-across – Nicker, small amount of money : COPPER

6-across – Gold coin unknown as penny farthing : ORDINARY

9-across – Flooding ruins fantastic hotel : INRUSH

10-across – Without risk, bank on shilling, old money : SECURELY

11-across – Fraud pattern, deliberate : CONTEMPLATE

15-across – Payment method recalled with sovereign, a coin of old : DRACHMA

17-across – Capital, money held by staff : CAYENNE

18-across – Start to earn sterling : GETCRACKING

22-across – Sweet thing with lapel put up : FLAPJACK

23-across – Old coin – Sol? : TANNER

24-across – Pipsqueak should save money – that’s basic : RUDIMENT

25-across – Booze alongside drinking money : BRANDY

1-down – Tenant fees seldom put up? Not entirely! : LESSEE

2-down – Strong wind on crane worried worker without contract : FREELANCER

3-down – Crazy motorway driver, see – precisely! : MINUTELY

4-down – Agree how money might possibly be liquidated? : COINCIDE

5-down – Tender payment in support of secretary : PARENTAL

7-down – Credit people having failed exam : AMEX

8-down – Plaything, time after time having gone up? : YOYO

12-down – Material for modelling credit in Spain : PLASTICINE

13-down – American hunter accommodated in lodge : INDIANAN

14-down – Without money, blagger wasted opportunity ultimately : BEGGARLY

16-down – Exhilarated, start event : HIGHJUMP

19-down – Tea vessel tipped up in Hindu centre : CHAKRA

20-down – Limitless adventure holiday thousands of miles away? : AFAR

21-down – Guinea, say: pound plus? : LAND

1-across – Flimsy stuff mostly rejected by one wanting firm material : CALICO

4-across – Bits in rows : SCRAPS

9-across – Fool taking role inwardly confused : PRAT

10-across – Traded as a couple of females – fooled about : TRAFFICKED

11-across – Eminence of Henry first to last – last Henry being that : EIGHTH

12-across – Scattered folk regathered in a Paris do : DIASPORA

13-across – Story of citizen a bishop penned : NARRATIVE

15-across – Girl in jungle said to be this believer : JAIN

16-across – An inn set about establishing a health scheme : BUPA

17-across – Returning chums bond for comedy : SLAPSTICK

21-across – Smell one gets eating everything with egg and cheese : HALLOUMI

22-across – Final message is being sealed in case : VALISE

24-across – A mother ran out – one in London race? : MARATHONER

25-across – One going with the wind – conceited, reportedly : VANE

26-across – Drops a message saying we should get a move on : LETSGO

27-across – Legal principle introduced by chancy president : CYPRES

1-down – My short journey coming to a bullfight : CORRIDA

2-down – Act of lust a hindrance to companion : LETCH

3-down – Problem with computers etc? Face criticism : CATCHIT

5-down – Garment a foot short seen in prison : CAFTAN

6-down – Somehow enact pact, going with the flow? : ACCEPTANT

7-down – Nasty stain here he removed – something fatty : STEARIN

8-down – Performers consisting of very slow mover turning up to grab a superior baddie : VAUDEVILLIANS

14-down – Parent upset about measure that can be offputting : REPELLANT

16-down – In fight notice something piercing? : BRADAWL

18-down – Maiden maybe beset by compassion, not one in need : POVERTY

19-down – People may lose money in them when dipping into loose coins : CASINOS

20-down – As little house with good bit of seafood : QUAHOG

23-down – Tennis champion in revolutionary show exuding energy : LAVER

1-across – Tie up credit frequently for ceramics factory : MOORCROFT

6-across – Brought up to talk about money in an informal way : BRED

10-across – Dirty sort of business a Republican goes after : SMEAR

11-across – Skye local managed to provide security apparatus : YALELOCKS

12-across – Prepared ahead to deliver scam : READYUP

13-across – Murder composer that’s challenging, cold and dangerous : ICEBERG

14-across – Religious type initially essential to churches : ROMANCATHOLIC

17-across – Agricultural stocktaking can put you out : COUNTINGSHEEP

21-across – Fool takes on leading German – it shouldn’t last long : STOPGAP

22-across – Satellite includes operating pole that shows seasonal weather : MONSOON

24-across – Do a gentle twist when stretched : ELONGATED

25-across – Gouda in box occasionally includes fertiliser : GUANO

26-across – Betting group starts targeting operations that eventually … : TOTE

27-across – … locate stand for Spooner where bets are placed : RACETRACK

1-down – Ireland releases information after hoarder makes plea for mercy : MISERERE

2-down – Character has ring that’s enormous : OMEGA

3-down – Funny film about case you’ve kept up in the air? : CARRYONLUGGAGE

4-down – She provides an endless series of games : OLYMPIA

5-down – Everything in note demanding silence is somewhat implausible : TALLISH

7-down – It’s rare seeing her here juggling with two clubs : RECHERCHE

8-down – Amount of drugs given by guru after party : DOSAGE

9-down – Helpless gent is tossing during it – advise 17 perhaps : SLEEPLESSNIGHT

15-down – Small and flexible doesn’t quite describe an IT company : MICROSOFT

16-down – Start betting with something that’s easy to understand : OPENBOOK

18-down – Adviser using time in the US to break bank : TIPSTER

19-down – Travelling around new domain with Charles : NOMADIC

20-down – State authorises subversive regiment to be gutted : ASSERT

23-down – Some boredom a hazard in US city : OMAHA

1-across – Quality of ladies very ordinary : BOGSTANDARD

9-across – He roars uncontrollably, becoming this? : HOARSER

10-across – I give black marks for going on the lash : MASCARA

11-across – Roughly ignore old punter : GONDOLIER

12-across – Thrown, Vulcan takes refuge in hut : SHIED

13-across – Exercise unavailable? Definitely not : NOPE

14-across – Cyclone had disturbed rock : CHALCEDONY

16-across – I’ll be round in a minute : SECONDHAND

19-across – I went first, coming round to shop : DELI

21-across – A single short song going out to listeners : ONAIR

22-across – This ahead for person taking over? Unlikely : BOWLERHAT

24-across – Hurting Dad almost completely : PAINFUL

25-across – Character is a moronic sort : OMICRON

26-across – They were cut out for war : THETRENCHES

1-down – Neurologist throws out crisp banalities : BRAINSPECIALIST

2-down – Exhilaration of oxygen after sudden wind : GUSTO

3-down – It’s awfully hard to hide a navy stain : TARNISH

4-down – Figure almost dead? A long time left : NUMERAL

5-down – Like member of family to be a support : ASSISTER

6-down – Curtail activities, but complete self-portrait as a Devil? : DRAWINONESHORNS

7-down – Such a forced wedding heartless for Japanese ruler : SHOGUN

8-down – After a time children’s author becoming vulgar : TAWDRY

15-down – Charge through the gate : ENTRYFEE

16-down – Rather watery prune mole eats : SLOPPY

17-down – Henry, shoe repairer not opening for one with a limp : HOBBLER

18-down – A different satellite? It’s the same one each time : NEWMOON

20-down – The aim of camping? : INTENT

23-down – Does she check and improve husband? : EDITH

1-across – Distinguished, though undecorated? : NOTICED

5-across – Outstanding money group rejected for laboratory : TESTBED

9-across – Lincoln to the west borders quiet ancient kingdom : SHEBA

10-across – Shark that’s rude farts when swimming : FRAUDSTER

11-across – Rev fills a box with church literature lacking in content : ACCELERATE

12-across – Asian money sound as a bell : DONG

14-across – Fat bags for every brand that’s a big seller : SUPERMARKET

18-across – Classic published about which written huge pile of notes, work recited : WARANDPEACE

21-across – See 6 Down : LIME

22-across – The rich and famous pigs at one with leader in government? : GLITTERATI

25-across – Visiting Cambridge later, I assume summer tourists would go there : GELATERIA

26-across – Front men on the radio? : GUISE

27-across – College essay’s covered in that stuff : TRINITY

28-across – With top off, female working in 14 across? : LIDLESS

1-down – Exchange coupon, finally joining 14 across queue, say? : NASDAQ

2-down – Island 14 across opened by king : TRESCO

3-down – Garden’s cold, almost shivering in the night air : CRADLESONG

4-down – Put off as revolutionary supplied with rations again? : DEFER

5-down – Restaurant where a rubbish dessert served up, one scoffed : TRATTORIA

6-down – Chemical used in anaesthesia, it appears I’m a surrealist! : SODA

7-down – Uprising overblown in English county seat : BUTTOCKS

8-down – Belittle Greek character impaled from below : DEROGATE

13-down – With pins visible, a bleeder badly cut by mount : BARELEGGED

15-down – Messed up with payroll, by and large : POPULARLY

16-down – Figure-hugging clothes fade briefly in autumn : TWILIGHT

17-down – Principality’s family 14 across that’s ghastly? : GRIMALDI

19-down – Green dresses perfect ultimately for mother : NATIVE

20-down – Romantic novel authors from Hollywood discussed? : RIDERS

23-down – Track runs between 7 down : TRAIL

24-down – The Four Tops in elegant tuxedos, unique in fashion designer’s case? : ETUI