Daily Answers

1-across – Put together advance to break plot : BLENDED

5-across – Deceptively rich clothing for one going commando : FURCOAT

10-across – Sound hesitant in signing for another quiz : PUMP

11-across – Lady who ran distribution for artist … : ANDYWARHOL

12-across – … hired gymnasium, showing stuff that’s avant garde : EDGY

13-across – It’s offensive ignoring Victor when in a bad way, financially : INSOLENT

14-across – Oscar called? Call back — he insists on marching : ORANGEMAN

16-across – Spoil quiet swamp : MARSH

17-across – Knock over playground equip­ment? Sounds a bit rude : SAUCY

19-across – Your howl about importing nitrogen causes major dispute : UNHOLYROW

23-across – Where royalty may get comfort, it’s said : BALMORAL

24-across – Finish off job quickly but lose some information : BYTE

25-across – As expected, not betraying class : TRUETOFORM

26-across – Urgent approach when evacuat­ing large part of the US : UTAH

27-across – Conservative type on warm day regularly becomes passionate : AMATORY

28-across – Clever clogs finish up, when permitted : ENABLED

2-down – Clean up the Italian and German and US medical program : LAUNDER

3-down – US city harbours a very quiet waste containment facility : NAPPY

4-down – When it’s due, celebrity is about to come out : EMANATE

6-down – In the middle of June, Swiss friends get silly : UNWISE

7-down – Company pitch a line — this may be the result : COROLLARY

8-down – Sums made by relatives embrac­ing a Latin way of working : AMOUNTS

9-down – Sad mainland loser? He was very successful at sea : ADMIRALNELSON

15-down – Wrong moment to go after rising criminal, admitting nothing : NOCOMMENT

18-down – Varied characters Croat actor played, for example : ANAGRAM

20-down – Legend upset by article describing old empire : OTTOMAN

21-down – Fury when abandoning run leads to power loss : OUTRAGE

22-down – Passion of East Ender trying to sound more tough : ARDOUR

24-down – Something obscure on book may help to sell it : BLURB

1-across – It could play music in USA: Simply Red’s best CD released : PUBLIC

4-across – See 1 : ADDRESS

9-across – Handle books: take off sticker : SELLOTAPE

10-across – Way boss ultimately added to company expenses : COSTS

11-across – Play a shot in the lead : DRAMA

12-across – Step in time, free rein when dancing to provide entertainment : INTERFERE

13-across – Caught child’s toes dropping piano: they may get put out by foot : CIGGIES

15-across – Substitute with rest punching match official : RELIEF

17-across – Load of women with a curvy figure : WEIGHT

19-across – Have sex with risk? Her husband is late : DOWAGER

22-across – Bore to compose film score : PENETRATE

24-across – Mostly stick on port wine : RIOJA

26-across – Figure of speech from Hamlet’s closing line : TROPE

27-across – Shoot gangster? Weapon that might be raised with smoke : FIREALARM

28-across – Mock exam’s last part: writer’s quote is the wrong way round : MIMETIC

29-across – Hidden camp housing soldiers : SECRET

1-down – Conservative supporting column by party researcher : POSTDOC

2-down – Bark on this Labrador upset it : BALSA

3-down – Cutting off oil giant’s supply : ISOLATING

4-down – Adult on drink clutching sober partner : ABETTER

5-down – Empty drawer containing ice cube? One might : DICER

6-down – Get grease in bits: it may be found by a child in spring : EASTEREGG

7-down – See 1 across : SYSTEM

8-down – Worries about the first dental problem : CARIES

14-down – Newly-wed carrying on with nurse in place behind the scenes? : GREENROOM

16-down – Small type of cow: one with disease : LOWERCASE

18-down – Heading for court, if Trump is lying about deal : TRAFFIC

19-down – Boring date — back on eHarmony, ultimately : DREARY

20-down – Accept once more a duke in post : READMIT

21-down – Stand during reckoning: what might come out of one’s mouth? : SPUTUM

23-down – Lifting toe on foot, hard for the old : THEFT

25-down – Love song around noon playing on the radio : ONAIR

1-across – Delight in birdsong when crossing height : THRILL

5-across – Second small cap went astray again : BACKSLID

9-across – Solution obtained by division not quite working : QUOTIENT

10-across – Blighted cast close to mutiny : MOULDY

11-across – Spotted girl going round grand cathedral’s colourful display? : STAINEDGLASS

13-across – Leading lady starts to dominate in vaudeville act : DIVA

14-across – Moves awkwardly and clears off, hampering doctor : CLAMBERS

17-across – Thriving, or just OK? : VERYWELL

18-across – Outstanding poetry recital : OWED

20-across – Consequence of sheep’s sex change procedure? : RAMIFICATION

23-across – Minimal payments covering women’s toilets at first : FEWEST

24-across – Doddering engineers on retiring list after last month : DECREPIT

25-across – Temple of Greek god, old parts in addition : PANTHEON

26-across – Annoyed when raven’s last aboard Noah’s craft : NARKED

2-down – Takings from assembly room picked up : HAUL

3-down – Undergoing trial with a company’s banks when will’s lacking : INTESTACY

4-down – Spooner’s small Scottish song room : LEEWAY

5-down – Bone and short cartilage injured where beds arranged for visitors : BOTANICALGARDEN

6-down – Entertainer’s trick taking in reporters etc : COMEDIAN

7-down – Head’s row overheard : SKULL

8-down – Reckless trendy individual turning tail : INDISCREET

12-down – Movie-maker’s constant echo penetrating behind closed doors : CINECAMERA

15-down – Ex-PM put up with fearsome Eurasian : BROWNBEAR

16-down – Underrate French peach, one dry inside : BELITTLE

19-down – Jewish people accepting Roman Catholic gem : ZIRCON

21-down – Bumbling in record time : INEPT

22-down – Foul lifts not recorded : LIVE

1-across – One can lose a lot of wealth: a message for banker dividing capital : THAMES

5-across – Pub round back of village shortly to be renovated : HOSTELRY

9-across – The way to encourage Nicola? : STURGEON

10-across – Part of shirt about to sever : CUTOFF

11-across – Tentative old fairy at a sort of arithmetic? : EXPERIMENTAL

13-across – Vagrant has nothing to put on top of cooker : HOBO

14-across – Wrongly agreed to be disparaging : DEROGATE

17-across – The cheapest accommodation always in the theatrical profession : STEERAGE

18-across – Insubstantial type of penguin the first to go : AIRY

20-across – Red-carded player is just getting started : OFFTHEGROUND

23-across – After fight, finally notice abrasion : SCRAPE

24-across – All I have to do is to replace dark wool : WORKLOAD

25-across – Second match perhaps less important : SLIGHTER

26-across – Comparison I show amusement about : SIMILE

2-down – Husband swallowed strong feelings : HATE

3-down – A venerable communication system, that’s the long and the short of it : MORSECODE

4-down – High-level guide’s phrase needs translating : SHERPA

5-down – Fight of the century? : HUNDREDYEARSWAR

6-down – Macabre, speaking to further tree : SYCAMORE

7-down – John, who’s let off working : ELTON

8-down – Obstinate official gets player in line : REFRACTORY

12-down – Final topic to be settled for the pope : PONTIFICAL

15-down – Winning all the competitions can be a very tricky affair : GRANDSLAM

16-down – Sir Roger’s name is in the frame : CASEMENT

19-down – Arrogance: rub his out : HUBRIS

21-down – Nasal tone of wife in Dynasty : TWANG

22-down – Cut-price offer announced for boat trip : SAIL

8-across – Fish the deep bay? : SEAHORSE

9-across – Stop measure by lawyers : EMBAR

10-across – See 5 : CORN

11-across – Unity’s lost diary in tatters outside institute : SOLIDARITY

12-across – Old compact Danish city : ODENSE

14-across – Material about eastern Mediterranean area : RELEVANT

16-across – Famous silent film character left before last of the crush : TRAMPLE

18-across – Labour on retrospective cover-up : SWEATER

21-across – Beautify, being fairly excited : PRETTYUP

23-across – Intertwine branches of fruit around line : PLEACH

24-across – One who endures sees signs of ageing : LIVERSPOTS

26-across – Little dear for an essayist? : LAMB

27-across – Take by force? Nice! : EXACT

28-across – Water runs through this county estate with ultimately little resistance : COLANDER

1-down – One who progresses the motion of drones circling London’s financial centre : SECONDER

2-down – Don’t embrace husband when star’s around : SHUN

3-down – Swears to move main residents : WRASSE

4-down – Disapprove of Democrat research to do away with vote : DEPLORE

5-down – Censored dodgy assets for the generation of future profit : SEED

6-down – Precis of two books about dissecting fly : ABBREVIATE

7-down – Surrealist Brontë novel : BRETON

13-down – Variation on a Haydn theme: Hearts Neglected to Set a Match Date : NAMETHEDAY

15-down – See 17 : LOW

17-down – Top song base : LAY

19-down – Eastern US state linked to brown hamper : ENCUMBER

20-down – Mark’s parcel accepted by school : SPLOTCH

22-down – Forced into bankruptcy, one breaks under review : RUINED

23-down – Cheapest leather covers grinding tool : PESTLE

25-down – Was an MP with ecstasy supply too much? : SATE

26-down – Cat joints can be heard : LYNX