Clues

1-across – On which Kipling wrote sadly to mother an’ dad; a poem followed : THEROADTO

6-across – Ordain, following Peter’s habit : FROCK

9-across – Might the next part come to one of the 25? : EXPECTANTMOTHER

10-across – New look from this Christian : DIOR

11-across – See 1 : MANDALAY

14-across – Film director resisting inclusion of tear-jerker : ANTONIONI

15-across – Show, in two senses, to have sickness benefit : AVAIL

16-across – Hydrophobic cab-driver madly spilling derv : RABIC

18-across – First new town wise about event, perhaps : STEVENAGE

20-across – Puck’s pursuer on edge? : ICESKATE

21-across – Newshound’s epitaph? : DEAD

25-across – One law is detaining unruly court attendants : LADIESINWAITING

26-across – Sound, square and smelly : SOLID

27-across – Author with only a few : FAYWELDON

1-down – Suiting precious daughter : TWEED

2-down – Soak feet, say : EXPLOIT

3-down – Cetologist’s quarry from Balearic Islands : ORCA

4-down – Tie up the Guardian’s charge? : DRAW

5-down – As was Ishmael or Socrates, I’d gathered : OSTRACISED

6-down – Flower stemmers needed apres Louis XV and de Pompadour? : FLOODGATES

7-down – Catastrophe liable to take issue with Polonius : OPHELIA

8-down – Packer down of dog : KERRYBLUE

12-down – Weak supporters touching caps once KKK den assembled : KNOCKKNEED

13-down – Who stole Shergar? Fish out one of the others! : HORSETHIEF

14-down – What Lindbergh used to ventilate WC? : AIRFIELDS

17-down – Would Alfred tear into Beethoven”s first line in New York? : BRENDEL

19-down – One said how he’d remain’d hopelessly in reserve : AMERIND

22-down – Samson destroyed his temple after many an attempt. Name? : DAGON

23-down – With, for example, outside influence : SWAY

24-down – See 21 : LINE

8-across – Thoughtful expert stumbled on : PROFOUND

9-across – Celebrity in place to divorce heartless woman : RENOWN

10-across – Catch sight of tail of large mole : ESPY

11-across – Good point is to have jacket and skirt hard-wearing at the front : STRONGSUIT

12-across – Firm will supply second catalogue : STABLE

14-across – Exhibit rodents being put back in school enclosure : SPECIMEN

15-across – Where there”s a will, the analysis gets digested : TESTATE

17-across – Prepared column written by editor : TRAINED

20-across – Troubled firm needing loan for free : INFORMAL

22-across – Knocked into upper-class MP when in garden : BUMPED

23-across – Arty fruit bowls perhaps, not sparkling, attracting foul flies : STILLLIFES

24-across – Bill: he will be suffering : ACHE

25-across – Miss Dashwood”s hesitation about floor covering : ELINOR

26-across – Relic as a familiar term of endearment : OLDTHING

1-down – Start to make a type of beer, so tackle the job boldly : GRASPTHE

2-down – It’s full of uncertainties, when top of padded bag is missing : IFFY

3-down – Follow when uncle dips into wallet : PURSUE

4-down – A daughter needs a frock, but where to find her? : ADDRESS

5-down – State of drug near changeable : GRANDEUR

6-down – Religious movement is coming stealthily to capture a saint : GNOSTICISM

7-down – An onerous gift, destroying health with wine and pate : AWHITE

13-down – Crucial factor is a short letter found under the bed : BOTTOMLINE

16-down – Glasses for acrobats : TUMBLERS

18-down – See 7 : ELEPHANT

19-down – Suspension bridge where cold cat keeps foot tucked in : CLIFTON

21-down – See 1 : NETTLE

22-down – Close to Sidney, half-disguised in a meeting : BESIDE

24-down – Extremely pale one avoiding observation : ASHY

1-across – Silver in change? Fancy! : VAGARY

4-across – Excels, taking in food for sudden changes in attitude : CAPRICES

9-across – Change handle : RENAME

10-across – Complaint about new girl – not a help to bring things back : MNEMONIC

11-across – Dames of the theatrical world : THEUGLYSISTERS

13-across – Rally act right foolishly in charge supporting equal rights : DEMOCRATIC

14-across – Opposition’s brittle element? Not half! : ANTI

16-across – River sport : WEAR

18-across – Caught in a way to settle dispute: drugs, perhaps : MEDICATION

21-across – Was the ticker important for this body? : WATCHCOMMITTEE

23-across – Ingrid’s English needs improvement? Obtain best view here : RINGSIDE

24-across – Restaurant in Bristol where student goes dancing : BISTRO

25-across – Where one makes something to put on the horses? : SADDLERY

26-across – Equip with new personnel and decide, initially, to return to custody : REMAND

1-down – Extremely light : VERY

2-down – State of ground? No ball? Amateur stuff! : GINGHAM

3-down – Drink of unusual striking power : RUMPUNCH

5-down – Unbelievable state : AGNOSTICISM

6-down – I’m turning up for church in recess, being forgetful : REMISS

7-down – Business worry : CONCERN

8-down – Withdrawal of Nessie – Scotch half drunk : SECESSION

12-down – I can occupy the House for a term! : LEASEHOLDER

13-down – How this word goes in : DOWNWARDS

15-down – Parking matter I got round for some of the day : PARTTIME

17-down – Accustomed to m-melody in the present age : ATTUNED

19-down – This sort of selling can mean stagnation : INERTIA

20-down – Central heating I sell mainly to cheat : CHISEL

22-down – Grove – a famous music man : WOOD

1-across – Crafty move before close of play : SHIFTY

4-across – Decorated about noon, has to deliver a speech : ORNATE

9-across – Take a sea voyage – relax! : EASE

10-across – Private matter that never comes to light : DARKSECRET

11-across – Somehow lost on points – or was robbed? : STOLEN

12-across – Sailor on a voyage to save money : SALTAWAY

13-across – He leaves new chain stores with pastry : CROISSANT

15-across – Illness makes the French quit league : AGUE

16-across – I play in Roman children’s game : LUDO

17-across – Not on green, perhaps, yet below par : OFFCOLOUR

21-across – Compositions one added to the performance : CONCERTI

22-across – Urges some simple modification : IMPELS

24-across – Nerve twice required in traffic jam : BOTTLENECK

25-across – Some currency back in circulation : EDDY

26-across – Hitherto the aim of boys wanting to go out with girls : TODATE

27-across – A race calling for tremendous effort : STRAIN

1-down – Surprise Mum with an unusual treat : SHATTER

2-down – Perfect profession for a croupier? : IDEAL

3-down – News of current interest? : TIDINGS

5-down – Take stock of others : RUSTLE

6-down – Chilled port for Michael? : ARCHANGEL

7-down – Cheer for most of the players at end of game : ELEVATE

8-down – Screw on the doors inside : PRISONOFFICER

14-down – Drew attention to article pocketed by accused : INDICATED

16-down – A warning to those who are too introspective? : LOOKOUT

18-down – Fair game? : CRICKET

19-down – Led a nun astray, but not charged : UNLADEN

20-down – Full of zeal for a new trend : ARDENT

23-down – Religious representation of two Greek letters : PIETA

1-across – Record snub : PUTDOWN

5-across – Moth getting by without extreme poverty : BEGGARY

10-across – Concerning wild oats : ASTO

11-across – Tudor drink : BLOODYMARY

12-across – Dogfish on film : BASSET

13-across – Rolled gold ware of inferior quality : LOWGRADE

14-across – Priest, perhaps, making well-known person fulminate : CELEBRANT

16-across – Insulting language from American imprisoned by Lincoln : ABUSE

17-across – Coal remaining at the end of three months : EMBER

19-across – Almost 50% treasure birds : OSTRICHES

23-across – Scale for winds in the open air : ALFRESCO

24-across – Preserve the end of past prestige : CACHET

26-across – Saucy book planted before man of brass : HERBALPERT

27-across – Clothes worn back-to-front for game : BRAG

28-across – Odysseus’s first demand – to hold you once like a Cyclops : ONEEYED

29-across – Cell material in heart of young Rudge : BARNABY

2-down – Steal the limelight from the coach to London : UPSTAGE

3-down – The medicine goes down : DROPS

4-down – Composer crossing street to see lexicographer : WEBSTER

6-down – Supplies the same in every way? : ENDOWS

7-down – Adhesive setting for tooth and tongue : GUMARABIC

8-down – Screen left out round solderer : REREDOS

9-down – Group playing north or south lost Elgin marbles, perhaps : ROLLINGSTONES

15-down – River and seafood the French found atrocious : EXECRABLE

18-down – Scottish promontory with a German plant : MULLEIN

20-down – Biscuit loaded with leaves? : RICHTEA

21-down – We blame knitter for small woolly jumper : EWELAMB

22-down – Yseult’s other name is Old English : ISOLDE

25-down – Murderer outside second-class compartment : CABIN