Daily Answers

9-across – Car men possibly needing welding ring AA : OPERA

10-across – Hardcore fans frequently very forgiving? : ULTRASOFT

11-across – Misuse of tacky tape in Yankees’ game : PATTYCAKE

12-across – Stuffed thing in underwear : TEDDY

13-across – Explorer brought back oddly cool plant : TOBACCO

15-across – Dynasty’s leading male produces puzzle : TANGRAM

17-across – 1-0 by the end for Manchester City : LUXOR

18-across – <span>Comeback of </span><i>Twilight</i><span> mostly a bit of froth</span> : SUD

20-across – Sinner’s broken by Norrie at the start and quits : EVENS

22-across – Father working in old juvenile training pants : YFRONTS

25-across – Spooner’s cash balance when things may be on the line? : WASHDAY

26-across – Nothing stops fair contest : JOUST

27-across – Expelled inspectors embarrassed outside pub : DISBARRED

30-across – Dorothy’s aunt and British drunk get involved : EMBROILED

31-across – Main movements of Mendelssohn’s 4th introduced by strings : TIDES

1-down – Block essentially tackled by drain cleaner : SOAP

2-down – Packed lunch from dodgy old Spar : BENTOBOX

3-down – Honey bee swallowed by horse : BABY

4-down – Aussie groundsmen stuck up schedule to feed dogs : CURATORS

5-down – <span>Where you might see </span><i>Neighbours </i><span>actress not finishing on time</span> : STREET

6-down – 1 tip to stop festival succeeded : EASTENDERS

7-down – Snow leopard finally cutting teeth : POWDER

8-down – <span>Supporter beginning to sing </span><i>Flower of Scotland</i> : STAY

13-down – Giveaway on the back of Monopoly set : TELLY

14-down – Businessmen making a return on people’s investment : CORONATION

16-down – Confused footballer on the radio : MESSY

19-down – Negative director upset Sid Owen : DOWNSIDE

21-down – Jackie Corkhill finishes fish in fabulous place : ELDORADO

23-down – Hamburg’s endless winding steps : RHUMBA

24-down – Seat deals flying with Delta : SADDLE

26-down – Young Australian’s delight catching English opener : JOEY

28-down – Defaced information book : ACTS

29-down – Prepared food for heart-throb : DISH

8-across – Jack built new houses: a number on top of the world : JUBILANT

9-across – Obvious Charlie’s King : CLEAR

10-across – Removing a corner from wood stacks : MANY

11-across – Japanese fish served in wild leaves : DARJEELING

12-across – In 2000,Spain rejecting port’s account : MEMOIR

14-across – Time period at the heart of Romeo and Juliet? : NOVEMBER

16-across – I don’t believe helium is found in a nucleus of matter : ATHEIST

18-across – At home with special hot date? Rather! : INSTEAD

21-across – Frenchman retired after shake with artificial milk : WHITENER

23-across – Finish mailing out 17 : ENDING

24-across – Cooking mash first then the ultimate in jelly-filled doughnut : STIRFRYING

26-across – Film society hosted by Cambridge University : MIST

27-across – 50 close to farms keep sheep in Sussex town : LEWES

28-across – Radio set played rock : ASTEROID

1-down – American friend’s a nuisance in European 2 : BUDAPEST

2-down – 100,120 went off football team? : CITY

3-down – Wife more majestic once King George departs to ramble : WANDER

4-down – Looking for our sun,perhaps,in edge of galaxy : STARING

5-down – Measure the holy soul : ACRE

6-down – To secure vote,Reform lied with items like male pattern baldness? : SEXLIMITED

7-down – Singer in terrible danger : GRANDE

13-down – Public arguments involving husband’s ‘extras’ : OVERTHROWS

15-down – Hooligan ignores young bloke reversing vehicle : VAN

17-down – Uplifting new Big Issue : SON

19-down – Sceptic’s odd actions over the origin of God : AGNOSTIC

20-down – As seen,Bogart is a naturally skilled worker : ARTISAN

22-down – H-h-housing? : HOTELS

23-down – What describes authority to abolish leader’s position? : EIGHTH

25-down – Former Liverpool striker regularly worried about header from Mason Mount : RUSH

26-down – See 25 : MORE

8-across – Unstructured feature of shelf reef or massif : FREEFORM

9-across – Agitate live,dumped freshwater fish : RUFFE

10-across – Great opera houses going under? The opposite : ATOP

11-across – Ken’s verbal rendering of ‘To be,or not to be’,say : BLANKVERSE

12-across – Condescending southern outdated name given to Clark? : SNOBBY

14-across – Rubbish,vacuous tutorial fills the silence : THROTTLE

16-across – City’s upset with ref,right? : RECTIFY

18-across – Martin’s residence in row that’s not highly rated? : ONESTAR

21-across – Transferred in the manner indicated : ASSIGNED

23-across – <span>One struggling to comprehend the </span><i>Guardian</i><span> gets </span><i>Observer</i> : VIEWER

24-across – Anticipation’s useless except with name-dropping former First Lady : EXPECTANCY

26-across – Stiff,wow,having died inside! : BODY

27-across – Also diverted river as energy source : SOLAR

28-across – Wisdom of imposing flag on a large community : SAGACITY

1-down – Cover figure in fancy crepe : PRETENCE

2-down – Live recording’s electronic alert : BEEP

3-down – Devious worker,bully and lout getting a rise : COWBOY

4-down – Laying it on thick: ‘One’s too old for love’ : IMPASTO

5-down – Hiker told about covering arduous walk : TREK

6-down – Lingering sensation of behind getting smack : AFTERTASTE

7-down – Shelves heaving – husband’s abandoned junk? : VESSEL

13-down – Excessive to introduce diamonds into construction of Bill the artist? : BOTTICELLI

15-down – See 17 : RUN

17-down – Pleasure to manage sporting charity event : FUN

19-down – A relative : ANECDOTE

20-down – Spare cape’s peculiarity : ODDNESS

22-down – It is male discrimination? : SEXISM

23-down – Goya worked in extremely venerable passage : VOYAGE

25-down – Spooner’s Rivulet Sailing Course retreat : TURN

26-down – See 25 : BACK

1-across – How Monet changed Paris,for him : HOMETOWN

5-across – Creates small chess pieces : SPAWNS

9-across – Flowering plant with bacterial infection’s left out : WISTERIA

10-across – Unusual steel boxes very slender : SVELTE

12-across – Antelope from European country : ELAND

13-across – Criticise member of orchestra ignoring Conservative guest on game show? : PANELLIST

14-across – Send explicit message to gent regularly seen in musical group : SEXTET

16-across – Nevertheless,start to test idea : THOUGHT

18-across – Bleak agenda covering emission : LEAKAGE

20-across – American cavalry commander organised truces : CUSTER

22-across – Parrot part of the bible loudly,some non-traditional material : POLYESTER

23-across – Greatly affect stupendous hosts : UPEND

24-across – Seat in parliament offered up for favours enacted,primarily : POUFFE

25-across – Intense dislike of one training the fleas : SELFHATE

26-across – Fight is interrupting break : RESIST

27-across – Evidently live broadcast that is not heartless : SENTIENT

1-down – Stupid mistake from that woman protecting member of parliament : HOWLER

2-down – Places where rubbers are readily available? : MASSAGEPARLOURS

3-down – Time to study grooved rubber on a tyre : TREAD

4-down – Dog,cat,cat? : WHIPPET

6-down – Father with six big cats in exhibition buildings : PAVILIONS

7-down – Alleged tweaking shocked US union official : WALKINGDELEGATE

8-down – Watch Virginia,perhaps,nursing muscle : SPECTATE

11-down – Biting insect? Bite back : GNAT

15-down – Model T Ford safe for compromises : TRADEOFFS

17-down – Cunning tabloid,perhaps,that can catch pests : FLYPAPER

19-down – Cycling saddle corrodes : EATS

20-down – Train my team’s leader,for example,back in office : CORTEGE

21-down – Commercial opening in liturgical season : ADVENT

23-down – Inappropriate single person blocked by female : UNFIT

1-across – Bill’s relative keeps Charlie company : ACCOUNT

5-across – Aussie rugby international’s fool to tackle All Blacks’ biggest units : WALLABY

9-across – Stretch and run,feel pain after cycling : REACH

10-across – <span>Person getting break on </span><i>QI</i><span>?</span> : LIFEFORCE

11-across – This could make Liam hide? : PAPEROVER

12-across – Determined game was up : RULED

13-across – Suit : SIGNS

15-across – Stunned as Bambi became this grand deer with animation : STAGGERED

18-across – 90 got through on buzzer to go to the loo : BEEXCUSED

19-across – Edward VI possibly died thrashing about on reflection : TUDOR

21-across – News article on ambassador to add colour? : HENNA

23-across – Penny read about politician being prone to stalking : PREDATORY

25-across – Alan Turing’s beginning to comprehend Nazis’ smart tech he attacks : ASSAILANT

26-across – Hotel of inferior quality – not the first in Whitley Bay? : HORSE

27-across – How’s your father’s leg strain initially? See how far you can push it? : TRYITON

28-across – Man cleared out space in resort and pitches tents : ENCAMPS

1-down – A very large rugby player breaks fitting : APROPOS

2-down – Rich red and variety of canapes might do inside : CHAMPAGNE

3-down – You,me and that Girl Guide : USHER

4-down – Shows guys making American jeans : TELEVISES

5-down – Returning uncooked iron-enriched biscuit : WAFER

6-down – These parts of 26 will get her everywhere : LEFTRIGHT

7-down – Case of protestor getting into trouble in days immediately following March : APRIL

8-down – Bore seeing almost all eyelids sadly,drooping at the start : YIELDED

14-down – See 2 : SOCIALIST

16-down – See 6 : ANDCENTRE

17-down – Player of music ultimately wanting in on Mardi Gras parties : RADIOGRAM

18-down – From memory,Spooner’s greeting a Simpson : BYHEART

20-down – Short song by Queen covered by extremely raucous rappers? : RHYMERS

22-down – Snooping on revolutionary agreed in retrospect : NOSEY

23-down – Discussed aircraft’s manifest : PLAIN

24-down – For this special purpose,stir round hot and cold : ADHOC