Clues

1-across – Regulations pertaining to certain appointments? : POSTCODES

6-across – Editor all prepared for a scoop : LADLE

9-across – Range master is a lizard : AGAMA

10-across – Part swiftly after the wedding? : BREAKFAST

11-across – Considerable tension is required to pull it : GOODSTRAIN

12-across – This is it! : CLUE

14-across – One of a dozen : TWELFTH

15-across – Farm out wild polecat : FOUMART

17-across – You must be literate : READERS

19-across – K : WEEKEND

20-across – You could put one on your head : TOPI

22-across – Lively music for the M25? : JAMSESSION

25-across – In some degree the whole of Ireland may be seen dancing : BALLERINA

26-across – Declaim about VAT on bread? : ORATE

27-across – Put in chips but no fish : ENTER

28-across – Where to drink, having no trouble with 26 : SPEAKEASY

1-down – Police chief called after an accident : PRANG

2-down – Laundry works entertainment? : SOAPOPERA

3-down – Advertisement not for publication : CLASSIFIED

4-down – She may be a society girl ? or a horse : DEBORAH

5-down – He follows the trail of the lawless, if fresh : SHERIFF

6-down – Mere northern sport : LAKE

7-down – Sketch plate, so to speak : DRAWL

8-down – Begged for free hand-out, being in dire need : ENTREATED

13-down – Piece of Windsor Castle? : QUEENSROOK

14-down – Go overboard for a record : TURNTABLE

16-down – Heather got taken in by a shifty man from the States : AMERICANA

18-down – Structure acts its part in mathematical syllabus : STATICS

19-down – Without a dedicated person, remuneration would be unprofitable investment : WASTAGE

21-down – In bed one may use a joystick : PILOT

23-down – Poor state on banks of rising river : NEEDY

24-down – Apprehension of fare dodging? : FEAR

9-across – A mathematician keeping time with hospital as sequel : AFTERMATH

10-across – Every man for himself: queue up at sixes … and sevens : SAUVE

11-across – See 10 : QUIPEUT

12-across – NB: spoil the queue for an audience : MARKYOU

13-across – Going steady? Let ’em ‘ave it! : ITEM

14-across – Thousand pound container for a pound in Venice : GRANDCANAL

16-across – Bunting from Windsor to Lancaster : ORTOLAN

17-across – Mournful blend of gale and ice : ELEGIAC

19-across – Ram in cherry tree maddened dog with energy : GETUPANDGO

22-across – See 3 : BEAN

24-across – A large ‘allo for King David’s girl : ABIGAIL

25-across – Work hard on lamb that was drowned? : OPHELIA

26-across – Was father to request a time? : BEGAT

27-across – Group to get off when torched? : SETALIGHT

1-down – Good Friday: Banquo’s army routed by lord of tavern : MARQUISOFGRANBY

2-down – Shrill in complaining of southern weapon : STRIDENT

3-down – Environmentally friendly chap, a runner : GREEN

4-down – Supported by press, actors are impregnable : CASTIRON

5-down – Witch doctor, not the genuine article : SHAMAN

6-down – They won’t see the way to separate love from wealth : OSTRICHES

7-down – Creator of pilgrim sounding footsore? : BUNYAN

8-down – 15 represent them in the case of landlord at shindig : REPUBLICANPARTY

15-down – Peel off county and church and I would find Kipling’s little giant : ELEPHANTS

17-down – Means of hatching, for example, to put into barbarian : EGGTOOTH

18-down – 8, for example, has one that is goodly when revised : IDEOLOGY

20-down – One of two, for example, turning up with a bit of conscience? : TWINGE

21-down – You will be surprised to hear as much? : NOLESS

23-down – See 15 : CHILD

1-across – Postage to be delivered by secret service : GESTAPO

5-across – Grain, or 28 : CHICKEN

10-across – See 5 : FEED

11-across – Welshman with French horn breaks into the old-fashioned number : THREESCORE

12-across – Author wants hedge trimmed : BARRIE

13-across – In which reporters harass and fight? : PRESSBOX

14-across – Plain cream is all you can give : LEVELBEST

16-across – The Arabian Nights number takes time for a 29 : MONET

17-across – Sack the band : STRIP

19-across – Doing 14 for our 17? : STEVEBELL

23-across – Sea battle requires most of warships and one in Florentine river : NAVARINO

24-across – Country doctor leaves, admitting love of French style : ROCOCO

26-across – On the mountains, negotiating summit with oxygen, at the world’s extremities : ANTIPODEAN

27-across – 17 for each 17? : JANE

28-across – 17, though not much to show for it! : PEANUTS

29-across – Craftsman needed to secure craft? : PAINTER

2-down – Lift victorious day up in lift : ELEVATE

3-down – Soundly munched on a house : TUDOR

4-down – Ingredient of soup, other broth’s flavouring : POTHERB

6-down – Listed at last? : HEELED

7-down – Reportedly, one over the eight wants curry on top of a male 5 : COCKSCOMB

8-down – Award appended to noble appendage : EARLOBE

9-down – Backing arranged, having acted as solicitor : PROPOSITIONED

15-down – Removing hair, arrange into a pile : EPILATION

18-down – Fall in support for student : TRAINEE

20-down – Lynn and Dicky on stage outdoors : VERANDA

21-down – Insects delightful? Not one – that’s right! : LICENCE

22-down – Dress with which I try to get into the groove : RIGOUT

25-down – Acadian preparation of 5, taking about a month : CAJUN

1-across – Answer to this clue should be clearly stated : PUTACROSS

6-across – The man’s father is said to be an immature person : CHILD

9-across – Candidate’s question paper? : APPLICATIONFORM

10-across – Extremely hot over ridicule : HOOT

11-across – When batting, duck’s broken by boundary drive : AMBITION

14-across – Regarding the veins, say, is putting too much weight on! : OVERLOADS

15-across – For pop concert, book this joint : GIGOT

16-across – Asked about work, little boy flinched : POSED

18-across – Animals’ skins to be treated : STEINBOKS

20-across – Has the shivers about game? That’s a beastly tale : APOLOGUE

21-across – Self-contained number, given backing, immediately succeeding : NEXT

25-across – Mixed team line up at net for quarter final, perhaps : ANTEPENULTIMATE

26-across – Water bird for ever consuming fish? Endlessly! : EIDER

27-across – Record of hours worked for two newspapers, mostly the first : TIMESHEET

1-down – Dish of fruit : PEACH

2-down – Cream and jam will be A1 : TOPHOLE

3-down – Money spinner? : COIN

4-down – Scottish resort where anything goes? : OBAN

5-down – One i/c vessel – tramp is she, perhaps? : SHIPMASTER

6-down – Swindle fellow out of money? : CONTINGENT

7-down – Is this housework decreasing? : IRONING

8-down – One name among party cronies calls the shots : DOMINATES

12-down – Constable’s restraining hold broken by lout : CLODHOPPER

13-down – Knight and queen involved at different stages in endgame : LANSQUENET

14-down – Doctor – paragon he to have established such an institution : ORPHANAGE

17-down – Dismissed, having carried on strike called : SHOUTED

19-down – Being too old, mean to have leader replaced : OVERAGE

22-down – The newspaper’s job : THEFT

23-down – Fruit that’s fleshy for the most part : PLUM

24-down – A slip of a girl : MISS

1-across – Objection to hospital bill about cleaning equipment : BATHTUB

5-across – Volatile dictator forgetting one-time head supplier : CAROTID

9-across – Stop at nothing : COUNTDOWN

10-across – Refuse to bed down around king : DROSS

11-across – Push lacking force is uncovered : NUDE

12-across – Nothing judicious takes time to be apparent : OSTENSIBLE

14-across – Shore split by river opening : BREACH

15-across – Wild flower without name : VIOLENT

16-across – Amerindians step on ice : CHOCTAW

18-across – First the Left may finally score : TWENTY

20-across – Instrument performed with dire effect in schmaltz : DIDGERIDOO

21-across – Neat stall to copy : CRIB

24-across – South in remedy for a 9 in Scotland : CURSE

25-across – First two of 2’s clue second : TWINKLING

26-across – Baby gear’s still needed in the wee hours : LAYETTE

27-across – Forcing an entry into hiding place : TANNERY

1-down – It can be brought home and saved : BACON

2-down – Loudly denounce the most subordinate : THUNDER

3-down – Child-bearing system that’s for the better : TOTE

4-down – Buffalo Bill show, The West, goes public : BLOWSTHEWHISTLE

5-down – One into talking exchanges vs one into making no changes : CONSERVATIONIST

6-down – Find out second time colour is spread : REDISCOVER

7-down – Three times English going for French – where’s the problem? : TROUBLE

8-down – Sweet twisted in strands : DESSERT

13-down – Fighting men taking first defensive measure : BATTLEMENT

16-down – Will extra detectives turn up in wind? : CODICIL

17-down – Arranged for hospital worker : ORDERLY

19-down – Crawler said to designate power : TERMITE

22-down – Purchase involving delivery of horse and carriage : BUGGY

23-down – Peel’s trick : SKIN