Daily Answers

1-across – They join old singer when playing clubs : SOLDERINGIRONS

8-across – Cut green tree – it might be used for a hedge? : ECASH

9-across – Complex issue in question: board meeting with anger : QUAGMIRE

11-across – They line the arteries in time: fat essentially providing blockage : INTIMAE

12-across – Flatten out gold on layer with metal : PLATEAU

13-across – Women drunk beer: he worked on bars : WEBER

15-across – Early spin in cricket match: play shot with force : TESTDRIVE

17-across – Playing advantage to break John McEnroe – glad, ultimately at a loss for American : NONPLUSED

20-across – Traps placed outside small dens : NESTS

21-across – Partners in tight corsets : ESCORTS

23-across – Fighter is harmful when ignoring the odds: right then left from boxer : SAMURAI

25-across – I stir middle of cup vigorously drinking morning coffee in this? : TIRAMISU

26-across – One after wheels? Parking to sit in old Ford : CAPRI

27-across – Starter of gazpacho with a mostly tough mushroom: it might stop you getting more food : GASTRICBALLOON

1-down – As singer noted reviews when touring : STEVIEWONDER

2-down – Like to cut rent for poorest : LEAST

3-down – Brief here? Lap dancing to entertain this writer : EPHEMERAL

4-down – Judicial review is through: way to receive pardon for Spaniard : INQUEST

5-down – All guys round pinball machine, initially excited: American one with flipper : GRAMPUS

6-down – Rhythmic music from drum and bass put together : RUMBA

7-down – New focus for court’s set in order — they might take the kids? : NURSERIES

10-down – Great teaching out of university – son admitted avoiding 13? : SUPERSTITION

14-down – Single friend after bachelor: could be a dishy thing? : BONECHINA

16-down – Cad mainly going out full of energy : DYNAMICAL

18-down – Is mash cooked with one Japanese dish : SASHIMI

19-down – Upset detective bust criminal without resistance : DISTURB

22-down – Slam in the lamb, perhaps : ROAST

24-down – Referring to master copy : REPRO

1-across – Entertained by situation, you reportedly saw compilers in stadium : CIRCUS

4-across – See 1 : MAXIMUS

9-across – Giving notice of rebellion on Instagram? : APPRISING

10-across – I see leader of maquis in charge of resistance units : OHMIC

11-across – Base sent back American troops one’s put in the rear : ENEMA

12-across – Trash lies scattered behind London attraction : VANDALISE

13-across – Dim kind of family initially delayed : UNCLEAR

15-across – A winning song for one who might sing a lullaby : AUPAIR

17-across – Great cook’s equipment – mine comes from the east : TIPTOP

19-across – Might such rhetoric be no great shakes? : LITOTES

22-across – When circling, wild monster is concerning : INTERMSOF

24-across – Antipathetic sort scoffed, introduced to personnel : HATER

26-across – National newspaper runs article accompanying TV panel show : IRAQI

27-across – Director of Chekhov, one receiving new bits of information : ANTONIONI

28-across – Boy who upset girls, say, turned quiet in endless, wild parties repeatedly : GEORGIE

29-across – See 28 : PORGIE

1-down – Supply thé and café au lait for French drink supplier : CHATEAU

2-down – Asian ready to use the bathroom after sport : RUPEE

3-down – Like certain atoms in air probed by a learner after university : UNIVALENT

4-down – Kid’s utterance, eating chap’s plum : MAGENTA

5-down – Zulu’s close relative has ox to transport : XHOSA

6-down – Writer of top spy book upset about bloomer : MEMOIRIST

7-down – Spies dry, gnarled trees by river with very frozen water : SECRET

8-down – What optimists seek – or what we will need to make wage? : SILVER

14-down – Ronaldo’s current, boring antics or fooling around : CRISTIANO

16-down – Get on with horse, stifling feeling of irritation : PITCHINTO

18-down – Extract personal info about father when hosting son : PASSAGE

19-down – See 1 : LAFITE

20-down – See 7 : SERVICE

21-down – See 8 : LINING

23-down – Feeling contrite about calamity? Good! : RUING

25-down – Crowd booting out king? This shows a lot of cheek : THONG

1-across – See 25 : NOTWOWAYS

6-across – Large group out to lunch, starter unavailable : ARMY

8-across – A rude Etonian struggling to maintain working relations, promptly dismissed : INONEEAR

9-across – On ship heading for Africa, in the doldrums reportedly? : ABOARD

10-across – See 8 : ANDOUT

11-across – See 8 : THEOTHER

12-across – Cook passed quarterdeck? : SPADES

15-across – Comparative amount fed to horse all the time : DURATION

16-across – Allotment 21 gone to seed : QUOTIENT

19-across – See 22 Down : MOTHER

21-across – Letter about surrender, as near as dammit? : NOTQUITE

22-across – Abscess: one in five say, drained : QUINSY

24-across – No frills on trip west of small Italian port : RIMINI

25-across – What can’t be said of a palindrome, for sure : THEREARE

26-across – Book horrifying production company, extremes trimmed back : EMMA

27-across – American author in German vessel on water : STEINBECK

1-down – 6.75 + 0.6 recurring for silky fabric : NINON

2-down – Spice added to reference book was passionately expressive? : TANGOED

3-down – Coe rival, yet often fastest, always showing heart? : OVETT

4-down – Sparkling hospital department, highly thought of : AERATED

5-down – Piece of kit, coat on seen with a ’70s jumper : SNAREDRUM

6-down – See 25 Across : ABOUTIT

7-down – Tom dashed here? : MORSECODE

13-down – More Italian mafiosi initially surrounding airport, dangerous element? : PLUTONIUM

14-down – Names European Community provided filed by operatives : SPECIFIES

17-down – Alcoholic drink, beverage inspiring old writer briefly : TEQUILA

18-down – Case of Agincourt in place identified as scene of action : THEATRE

20-down – Flag featuring leader in Rome on me, old warship : TRIREME

22-down – Consort, German essentially? : QUEEN

23-down – Ogre: call to have one evicted : SHREK

7-across – Popular schoolgirl royally entertained at the Albert Hall? : PROMQUEEN

8-across – Keep one article away from us : GUARD

9-across – Sack employees in insufficient numbers, getting attacked? : UNDERFIRE

10-across – A bishop finished, almost — in heaven? : ABOVE

12-across – Mechanism to eliminate sex crime? : DEVICE

13-across – Crop tail, suffering in such heat : TROPICAL

16-across – Local speech day: smart chap opens it : DIALECT

19-across – Top tune, two consecutive notes short : DESCANT

22-across – Appointments — mine gets rearranged : MEETINGS

25-across – Group of artists urgently enthusiastic? : RARING

27-across – Glasses of wine knocked back in bad temper : STROP

28-across – Speech to which no one replies : SOLILOQUY

29-across – Householder making very slow progress : SNAIL

30-across – Getting into Emirates improperly, very short cut : TIMESAVER

1-down – One for placing behind the silver? : BRONZE

2-down – In August, a stag with lots of points and a beard : IMPERIAL

3-down – Trump extremely liable to be disturbing : RUFFLE

4-down – Hide in a corner of Greek island : SECRETE

5-down – Old lady on airline to India — where exactly? : MUMBAI

6-down – In short test, four or six quiz questions perhaps : TRIVIA

11-down – Drink too much to exercise : TOPE

14-down – Converse about the French holiday home : CHA

15-down – See 14 : LET

16-down – Woman entitled to conceal a grand loss : DAM

17-down – See 16 : AGE

18-down – Inclination to talk hypocritically : CANT

20-down – One bearing stripes from such punishment? : CORPORAL

21-down – Area of Europe crumbling into sea : ESTONIA

23-down – Stretch old canvas : EXTENT

24-down – Also related being deceived : TOOKIN

25-down – To be given a lift not initially approved of : RAISED

26-down – Sexless: imagine uterus partially removed : NEUTER

5-across – Earlier term for monastery or other religious building : PRIORY

6-across – Tense anger about King’s ultimatum : THREAT

9-across – Problem in America backing hostile stance : ANIMUS

10-across – Ecstatic feeling reversed unparalleled regret after consuming noodle soup : EUPHORIA

11-across – Animal cry beginning to resound over a river : ROAR

12-across – Calm debate has father overruling copper : DISPASSION

13-across – Lawless people who may be found climbing rocky brutal crags : CATBURGLARS

18-across – Hostility? A good man is not provoked : ANTAGONISM

21-across – Signal information for racing fraternity I overlooked : GONG

22-across – Line secured by camping expert? It often flaps about : TENTACLE

23-across – Country set in mostly established area : LATVIA

24-across – Critical comment about Scottish island – no end to that uproar : TUMULT

25-across – Supplementary ROM eminently embodies this, on reflection? : MEMORY

1-down – Beginning to threaten song after the wee small hours? It must be the liqueur : TIAMARIA

2-down – Times editor getting rubbed out : ERASED

3-down – Steal dog and lizard : WHIPTAIL

4-down – People often emulated that man and revolted, we hear : HEROES

5-down – Secure one working cogwheel : PINION

7-down – One has three legs? That’ll be the consequences of taking drugs : TRIPOD

8-down – Leaf collector, or artisan working with tree : TEASTRAINER

14-down – Sibling about to get upset stomach, mostly from vegetable : BROCCOLI

15-down – Prayer allowance about to proceed heavenwards : ROGATION

16-down – Wretched person who’s joined religious movement? : INSECT

17-down – US University coming in to repudiate ignoring Democratic opposition : ENMITY

19-down – Variation in maths and algebra finally leading to complaint : ASTHMA

20-down – The writer’s uplifting story, linked to high-class environment : MILIEU