Clues

1-across – Surgeon given sixpence outside the theatre : TREPANNER

6-across – ‘Iker’s desire? : ITCH

10-across – More or less unkind : ROUGH

11-across – Intelligence may fruit unsuccessfully though readily : WITHAWILL

12-across – Cost unknown but not much, we hear : EXPENSE

13-across – Try Mischief – 11? : TESTATE

14-across – See 3 : ISAJOYFOREVER

17-across – Guillotine cart guillotined finally and it takes put-up jobs : UMBRELLASTAND

21-across – 10 pm and all is shattered by a hurricane : OILLAMP

22-across – China dog turned red by fish dish : CHOWDER

24-across – To grip the device with the foot might be useful! : TIGHTROPE

25-across – Where Jeremy’s chained : IRONS

26-across – Cheese produced another way : EDAM

27-across – Crisis point – information comes in – godsend! : EMERGENCY

1-down – Ingredient of endless curries, mean time : TURMERIC

2-down – Provide English joke : EQUIP

3-down – If a voyager journeys to faith, be composed: aesthetic appreciation is immortal : ATHINGOFBEAUTY

4-down – PTO in spring : NEWLEAF

5-down – It goes round and round and round and … : ROTATOR

7-down – Historic Sicily can be reached by train – car first, possibly : TRINACRIA

8-down – See 20 : HOLDER

9-down – Approve English saint’s family entering cat: DIY and it’s even more sick-making : PASSIVESMOKING

15-down – One member – one in water – is Columbine : AQUILEGIA

16-down – First day without a god? Possibly : IDARESAY

18-down – Go slow in river and go off : EXPLODE

19-down – She was raped and the money went to the church : LUCRECE

20-down – Second at the ring brings courage to last year’s winner : BOTTLE

23-down – Doctor to confess – don’t let anyone hear! : DROWN

1-across – In the course of laughter, gloating heard – just as gloom sets in? : AFTERGLOW

6-across – Using a buff envelope? : NAKED

9-across – Realise full potential as a high-flier : SPREADONESWINGS

10-across – One’s report from the old days : YOUR

11-across – Spend freely, with minor damage, as shares are reliable : BLUECHIP

14-across – Georgette and Sophie meeting Norwegian explorer : HEYERDAHL

15-across – Failure to maintain standard circuits ending in catastrophe : LAPSE

16-across – State rate for classic dish! : NYMPH

18-across – Carpeting in a Times political leader one ignored : AXMINSTER

20-across – Danger signal – abandon town! : REDDITCH

21-across – Hairstyle rejected – some ‘scissor factor’? : AFRO

25-across – Improve personal finances and prepare to install new clutch : FEATHERONESNEST

26-across – Proceed as native Americans, quietly on the trail : CREEP

27-across – Copy a poor conductor : MISBEHAVE

1-down – When, for example, to test for quality : ASSAY

2-down – Something absurd turning up – chance for tie-up where Fawlty Towers was concerned : TORQUAY

3-down – Mount discussion of Continental waterway : ROAN

4-down – Threaten John and Mark : LOOM

5-down – Illegal parking restriction : WHEELCLAMP

6-down – Almost catch dawn breaking, full of enthusiasm in the country : NEWZEALAND

7-down – Sorts daughter out with stylish family connection : KINSHIP

8-down – Be going somewhere, or go nowhere? : DISAPPEAR

12-down – Provincial administrator? : ARCHBISHOP

13-down – Did you force that woman in jest to have peculiar drink? : JAMAICARUM

14-down – Title appears terrible right away – given no substitute : HONORIFIC

17-down – Ponder, given no time to intervene : MEDIATE

19-down – Turnover of rich cheese becomes material : TAFFETA

22-down – First part of course postponed – very unusual : OUTRE

23-down – Sound off, denying ultimate responsibility : ONUS

24-down – Man offers a corny clue for this? Fair? : ISLE

7-across – David’s work book : PSALTER

8-across – Conceal an increase in the premium? : COVERUP

10-across – Study some in deep depression : CANYON

11-across – Write letters in bed in quarters : INSCRIBE

12-across – After the salmon she gets food poisoning : ELLA

13-across – Be unlucky in raffle, but lucky at Russian roulette : DRAWABLANK

14-across – Cornish trip fixed for May : FLORALDANCE

19-across – Check one’s speed : DECELERATE

22-across – High light, low point : MOON

23-across – A wild cat, lithe and muscular : ATHLETIC

24-across – Worked in fields, but got laid off : HEDGED

25-across – Fortunate, even without so much in retirement : BLESSED

26-across – Large meal causes spare tyre to be put on : BLOWOUT

1-down – Make an attack on an old sailor, we hear : ASSAULT

2-down – Co-operate in production of drama and dance : PLAYBALL

3-down – Checked in, in a rush : REINED

4-down – Doctor to ask us about a dish we may have eaten abroad : MOUSSAKA

5-down – A moving spirit : PETROL

6-down – He’s married, so means to economise : HUSBAND

9-down – Camille is upset about an unsuitable marriage : MISALLIANCE

15-down – X-ray unit : ROENTGEN

16-down – Humiliating return from a summit meeting? : COMEDOWN

17-down – Some cheering at this address? : PEPTALK

18-down – Old flue needs replacing; that’s sad : DOLEFUL

20-down – Join forces? : ENLIST

21-down – Get out of breath, being no longer fit : EXHALE

8-across – Inactive business partner swallowing bone : COMATOSE

9-across – Prophet and priest getting God : ELIJAH

10-across – Water drowned second biblical brother : ESAU

11-across – Know-all gets to paint Posh Spice’s head somehow : PANSOPHIST

12-across – Right place to find variety of leaf : CARPEL

14-across – Renewed success for compiler with degree stuffing bird : COMEBACK

15-across – Feature on board in the Channel : STRAITS

17-across – Notice habit of speech : ADDRESS

20-across – Cheap accommodation for government? : STEERAGE

22-across – Growth is said to follow popular demand : INSIST

23-across – One of the first people : PREADAMITE

24-across – Chopper beginning to leap and jump : AXEL

25-across – Sort of gland that’s at home in ring : PINEAL

26-across – 13’s one quatrain, perhaps, means everything : UNIVERSE

1-down – Faithful, but getting new man into bed : CONSTANT

2-down – Seaman’s union circumventing ban : TABU

3-down – Record subsuming records all about the truth : GOSPEL

4-down – Name used by Swiss skaters? : BERNICE

5-down – Class in the grass given new constitution : REFORMED

6-down – They sleep when it’s absurdly bright in nests : NIGHTBIRDS

7-down – A very long way to analyse words and a number : PARSEC

13-down – Negotiator has what makes ticker tick without energy : PEACEMAKER

16-down – Works on ways to include bible translation : TRAVAILS

18-down – Poet almost keeping America in a state of excitement : SUSPENSE

19-down – Love duet is getting repetitive : TEDIOUS

21-down – Plough furrow up – it’s not very exciting : TURGID

22-down – Scripture on film raised and promoted by 13? : IRENIC

24-down – The end of the New Testament : AMEN

1-across – Dry pulp for fuel housed in military camp : BAGASSE

5-across – Inventor whose produce may be diverse : DEVISER

9-across – Barrier will restrict union – that’s a fact : DATUM

10-across – See 15 : TONOTHING

11-across – Armed conflict is shameful act – Sadat : CRIMEANWAR

12-across – Young woman for the most part elegant : CHIC

14-across – Finishes without father, one real buddy : CLOSEFRIEND

18-across – Shocks with a tune that’s dissonant? : STOCKHAUSEN

21-across – Cut end off pocket cloth to make loop : HANK

22-across – Look certain after record brings revelation : DISCLOSURE

25-across – Caribbean celebrity, ace surrounded by island plants : WISTARIAS

26-across – The Peaceful King raged uncharacteristically : EDGAR

27-across – Bird making circuit, a flier : LAPWING

28-across – Dick can no longer see, presumably : DEADEYE

1-down – For part of dress person needs diamonds : BODICE

2-down – Chief invader’s artistic style : GOTHIC

3-down – What can make men sick: ale fomented with sweet food : SIMNELCAKE

4-down – The Continental fashion suits British singer : ELTON

5-down – Something mucky on a Welshman’s overalls : DUNGAREES

6-down – Prohibition couched in negative tones : VETO

7-down – Of little significance? Editor is insulted! : SLIGHTED

8-down – Man, one police trace finally – wanted for killing : REGICIDE

13-down – Art form with which you might see old lady fool the academy : GRANDOPERA

15-down – Ann, too upset, going round concealing love object in a hopeless situation : ONAHIDING

16-down – Abstention called for in church. : ESCHEWAL

17-down – Gathers the milk deliveryês finished? : ROUNDSUP

19-down – In summer month girl has cut out middle growth that’s excessive : JUNGLE

20-down – Stage unit in a circle? : DEGREE

23-down – Examined closely, not like a paperback : CASED

24-down – A language originally in holy setting : PALI