Daily Answers

1-across – Regularly, man bursts on to peak programme : TOPOFTHEPOPS

8-across – Roman fighter gives Daisy one kiss : ASTERIX

9-across – Drunk – on power, that is. Like some potatoes? : PIEEYED

11-across – Drunk a little soup. Like some potatoes? : SMASHED

12-across – In part of Japan, old family on holiday short of yen : OKINAWA

13-across – Do some editing, taking Imogen in last : EMEND

14-across – Closed in a twinkling a drawer for small fruit : TOMATILLO

16-across – Some honours that won’t give you the pip : FACECARDS

19-across – Nearly a colour match : AGREE

21-across – One way to maintain vigour in the country : IRELAND

23-across – Exeunt, trousers perhaps not wanted : CASTOFF

24-across – In Paradise Lost, say, pressure on pair oddly missing a piece of fruit : EPICARP

25-across – After training I belong in base : IGNOBLE

26-across – Moans with blemish turning into utter mess : OMNISHAMBLES

1-down – Bird falls on rodent with energy to test strength : TITRATE

2-down – Why Italian duke sat up : PERCHED

3-down – From hole stared out seeing skylight : FIXEDSTAR

4-down – Creature smaller than whippoorwill? Yes and no : HIPPO

5-down – Expect platter but no coffee – it’s on order : PREDICT

6-down – Always wrapped at first in a cloak of obscurity? Not a feature of our website : PAYWALL

7-down – Tolerant principle in assize: a lifer released : LAISSEZFAIRE

10-down – Manifest reluctance as fiery type set out to claim payment : DRAGONESFEET

15-down – Taking pains to enjoy oneself at great speed, covering in this way first of several miles : MASOCHISM

17-down – Element, one strengthening teeth – oddly easy to replace lack, likewise : CAESIUM

18-down – Man didn’t quite swallow one piece of bread : CHAPATI

19-down – Gunners picking themselves up on the ways back : ARSENAL

20-down – After clearing out rubbish, order transport in regular form : RHOMBUS

22-down – The most intense part of section 8? : DEPTH

1-across – ‘Shock and awe’ upset rogue dissenting group : STUPEFACTION

9-across – Lightning power in Blitz : RAPID

10-across – Viewed without subscription, just banking on film needing nothing : FREETOAIR

11-across – 19 literature is both this and that, would you say? A shade : DARKRED

12-across – Devoted king stamps a deed : ADORING

13-across – Beginning of rumblings in Mexico, the ground giving off heat : EXOTHERMIC

15-across – Old outlaw in Scottish town : OBAN

18-across – Immaculate as Swiss cheese, we hear? : HOLY

19-across – As in Nordic novel? : SCANDINOIR

22-across – Acceptable to rip off book by Welshman, 19 writer : JONESBO

24-across – Line in red and white stripes originally without success : WINLESS

25-across – One has to fight criminal writing : CONSCRIPT

26-across – Tale ultimately penned by Nordic boy just starting primary school? : SEVEN

27-across – Instil say suspicion at the outset in crime, as 19 writer : STIEGLARSSON

1-down – Exeter evacuated, around which wind blows up – American streets emptier? : SUPERBOWL

2-down – See 24 : UNDERTHE

3-down – Certainly endless energy directed upward turned the air blue : EFFED

4-down – From two continents, as Armenia possibly? : AMERASIAN

5-down – 8 of 19? Something not worth having, I should add : TATTOO

6-down – Borders closed off in country of sultanate : OMANI

7-down – See 24 : BRIDGE

8-down – Keep puffing, Puff? : DRAGON

14-down – Reported broken window of a clergyman : RECTORIAL

16-down – Girl hugged by boy after relative recovered expenses : BROKEEVEN

17-down – Olympian gold finally given to noisy crude American : DIONYSUS

18-down – ‘Hello sailor’ appropriate? : HIJACK

20-down – Insurrection is curbed by cartel : RISING

21-down – Lover’s wife, Greek character important, by the sound of it? : PSYCHE

23-down – Group: into eighteen one twice goes! : NONET

24-down – Now forgotten, true maverick comes into range with 19 : WATER

1-across – Suspicion condensation leads to corrosion : MISTRUST

5-across – Hit by stone joining melee : STRUCK

9-across – Unfortunate in gown before court, making confession : OWNINGUP

10-across – Aimlessly toy with instrument : FIDDLE

12-across – The crime that doesn’t pay? : SHOPLIFTING

15-across – During holiday, one further exam : RESIT

17-across – Find a son determined : ASCERTAIN

18-across – PC hurried off as some birds sang : CHIRRUPED

19-across – Live in Llandridnod Wells : DWELL

20-across – Extreme republican counts least in revolution : SANSCULOTTE

24-across – German order for cab : HANSOM

25-across – Having to eat indoors is a tough business : NOPICNIC

26-across – How insignificant person avoids murder charge? : NOBODY

27-across – Judge very rigorous at first on fools : ASSESSOR

1-down – Crazy shows behind lorry : MOONSTRUCK

2-down – Stark alternatives, after making a splash? : SINKORSWIM

3-down – Siren alerts cover this potentially fatal type of failure : RENAL

4-down – Things go wrong, but luggage turns up : STUFFHAPPENS

6-down – Badly regret dig – caused emotional discomfort : TRIGGERED

7-down – Cancel New York reception? : UNDO

8-down – Was familiar with November in the gardens : KNEW

11-down – Did they attend to women unfairly accused once? : WITCHDOCTORS

13-down – National hazard of anonymous cards : VALENTINES

14-down – Infer Uncle Duff has many online followers? : INFLUENCER

16-down – Beat former limit : THRESHOLD

21-down – Tours to be enjoyed on this river : LOIRE

22-down – Have nothing to do with command of the forces : SHUN

23-down – One takes turns at the door? : KNOB

9-across – Spaceman got nr. Mars, going off course : ARMSTRONG

10-across – In lake there is a fish : LOACH

11-across – Herald in old city at end of month : AUGUR

12-across – Having a coat under the table : PLASTERED

13-across – Mister, one you caught as old forger? : MONEYER

14-across – Lonesome artist retreating after short gibe? : INSULAR

17-across – Lines by female boxer, 4 : HENRY

19-across – Face in sleep turning over : PAN

20-across – Type of outfit if tum is abnormal : MUFTI

21-across – Violent speeches? I stared nastily : TIRADES

22-across – It’s said you will record fuel used in winter : YULELOG

24-across – Gem picked up by 9? : MOONSTONE

26-across – Support for Tory PM no longer : TRUSS

28-across – Singer, 4, caught in a deception : ALICE

29-across – Nothing in their cup, sadly, rich in nutrients : EUTROPHIC

1-down – Priest who sounds like a beast : LAMA

2-down – Pianist, 4, at home cuddling cat with little energy : IMOGEN

3-down – As one who sees things looking up? : STARRYEYED

4-down – Gosh – a funny trickster! : COOPER

5-down – Farmland’s getting pouring rain south of Indian city : AGRARIAN

6-down – Idiot in Conservative group : CLOT

7-down – 4’s contribution to humour? : BARRELOF

8-down – Rebuked youngster, learner expelled : CHID

13-down – What I wear on head is rubbish! : MYHAT

15-down – Model needs encouragement, having wasted time : SIMULATION

16-down – Regretting downfall: little good : RUING

18-down – Drug problem, so sir can suffer : NARCOSIS

19-down – Quietly hang round, getting us to eat a piece of cake : PUSHOVER

22-down – Labour MP, 4, reporting electronic check : YVETTE

23-down – See 7 : LAUGHS

24-down – What may sound like old law-maker’s drink : MEAD

25-down – Some fell by the wayside – biblical issue : SEED

27-down – It is heard in these brief periods : SECS

1-across – Wine barrel trimmed to make instrument : SACKBUT

5-across – Daughters interrupted by expression of hesitation I have produced : DERIVED

9-across – They criticise struggle to fill water containers beside river : REVIEWERS

10-across – Parents accommodate heading for Rome : PARMA

11-across – Chilled response about source of unusual accent : BURR

12-across – Love – i.e., bums heaving – in these? : BLUEMOVIES

14-across – Prepared to come round to fix instrument : SPINET

15-across – Detective encountering nonsense about one US city : DETROIT

16-across – Week One in US series is sentimental : MAWKISH

18-across – Nothing new purchased, having missed opening : NOUGHT

20-across – Yorkshire produce an encouragement for Arab? : RIDINGCROP

21-across – Much-favoured bridge team where lawyers gather : INNS

24-across – Short story identifying detective, in brief? : CONTE

25-across – Little space to be engrossed in accommodating a venture : ENDEAVOUR

26-across – Dictionary is holding up returning name of complex : OEDIPUS

27-across – List best type of desks? : ROLLTOP

1-down – Cancel membership fee after receiving credit : SCRUB

2-down – Conceal part of innings in tournament : COVERUP

3-down – Runs after people gathering for a drink : BEER

4-down – Somehow pitches tent OK, securing height and length? Things become more complex : THEPLOTTHICKENS

5-down – Monks heading for Hell, largest first? : DESCENDINGORDER

6-down – Left in charge over European committee appointment : RAPPORTEUR

7-down – Check I leave after taking in conclusion of another Hitchcock film : VERTIGO

8-down – Determined a Duke should be borne by galloping steed : DEADSET

13-down – Source of drugs, I note, given to male politician : INDIANHEMP

16-down – Leather companies taking different directions after excess trimmed : MOROCCO

17-down – Welsh papers stop including English spread : WIDENED

19-down – Display hospital article on inflammatory disease : HANGOUT

22-down – Second year completed? Sweet : SYRUP

23-down – College had reduced students : HALL