Daily Answers

1-across – Buckle is not commonly something potential combatants wear : WARPAINT

5-across – A model lives in these conditions : ASITIS

9-across – A client is terribly inflexible : INELASTIC

11-across – Extremely rough on East river : RHONE

12-across – They require a hand when performing : GLOVEPUPPETS

15-across – Central tribes hide in the same place : IBID

16-across – Regulations blocked by alien figures : STATUETTES

18-across – Slippery politician’s career path? : GREASYPOLE

19-across – Celtic language employed in Somerset : ERSE

21-across – House representatives get at Senate’s corruption : ESTATEAGENTS

24-across – Something bloggers hope to get,being all the same : ALIKE

25-across – Decide where to go for whatever food’s available : SETCOURSE

26-across – Butcher with tin fork becomes farmer : TILLER

27-across – It’s good form to make first pass : PROTOCOL

1-down – Fancy that chap going after women : WHIM

2-down – <i>S</i><span>ound shocked by Republican stench</span> : REEK

3-down – Story lacking intro can still yield results : ARABLE

4-down – Spy a vital tiny modification needed for seasonal pageants : NATIVITYPLAYS

6-down – Small change that can do widespread damage : SHRAPNEL

7-down – Sports cars with no room for third wheel? : TWOSEATERS

8-down – Frantically resists pet becoming something acquired following divorce? : STEPSISTER

10-down – One renting London accommodation – it follows a period in USA : CAPITALLETTER

13-down – Consort with mariner supplying Spooner with alcohol : SINGLEMALT

14-down – Dismiss a material military order : FIREATWILL

17-down – Sweater I unravelled in a way : ASITWERE

20-down – Funding source doesn’t regularly make this,the upper limit : ATMOST

22-down – Reptile found when bottom of jar removed : CROC

23-down – Starts to find every little lesion to be malign : FELL

1-across – Deliver bundle,article wrapped by calendar girl showing top – and bottom here too? : MAILLOTJAUNE

9-across – Insect briefly circling top of tall plant : LOTUS

10-across – End of documentary as a sequel screened by European – is that filmic? : POLYTHENE

11-across – Play touring country,number overbooked? : TOOMANY

12-across – Recovered,some of the military balloon in site of incident? : ROSWELL

13-across – Proceeds beyond incredible initially,money brilliant : IRIDESCENT

15-across – Tree,one serving well? : ACER

18-across – Reportedly not 11 across,thank goodness! : PHEW

19-across – Flabbergasted,mum? : SPEECHLESS

22-across – Bulb that’s lit? : PICKLED

24-across – Banker after a lot of money for profit,by the sound of it? : FORTUNE

25-across – Cake and cup of tea for some carrier : SPONGEBAG

26-across – See 22 : ONION

27-across – Chicken and bovine in first gear? : YELLOWJERSEY

1-down – Auditor’s more substantial claim – matter dropped? : METEORITE

2-down – Obviously wearing suit : INSPADES

3-down – Overly bold colouring stick : LIPPY

4-down – Accommodation for rental cut,people admitting frustration ultimately : TOLERANCE

5-down – Designer stubble originally maintained by a right berk : ARTIST

6-down – Relative featured in masterpiece I nailed up : NIECE

7-down – Excess that is lifted behind muscles : GLUTEI

8-down – See 24 Across : TELLER

14-down – Match fixer,3 down thing? : CUPIDSBOW

16-down – Potential for being scammed,as drunk lured into trading place : CREDULITY

17-down – Kings discussing lovely flower? : PHARAOHS

18-down – Catholic,sanctimonious in days gone by : PAPIST

20-down – Author back on the radio? : STERNE

21-down – Mode in which companion defends delay : PLAGAL

23-down – Some garlic in cold relish : CLOVE

24-down – Composition of stuffy air extremely unsuitable : FUGUE

8-across – Still developing latest things in better toy soldiers : INFANTRY

9-across – Dismal cold house I avoided,one out of many : GLOOMY

10-across – Lit one after my cigar : CORONA

11-across – Indicators to assess Groucho on the radio? : WAYMARKS

12-across – Fell over during unobjectionable music? : MOOR

13-across – Chap’s court case involving old college at various points in the past : HISTORICAL

15-across – Decide not to meet comedian : STANDUP

16-across – Bears seen around river beaches : STRANDS

18-across – Nonconformist mostly tucked into quantity of wine,employing a bit of brain : CEREBELLAR

19-across – Courage shown by former King going to Troy : GRIT

20-across – Nobody accepting Ness rippling? Rubbish : NONSENSE

22-across – Right to switch components by agency : PERPRO

23-across – Small piece,not advisable for swell organ : SLIVER

24-across – Aerospace work? Shock European attempt : ROCKETRY

1-down – Very happy controlling line in gospel message : ONTOPOFTHEWORLD

2-down – Unions reveal bit at work requiring lots of work : LABOURINTENSIVE

3-down – Restaurant quiet about wood floating on river : STEAKHOUSE

4-down – When speaking the writer was hard,being 20? : EYEWASH

5-down – Nasty,uncovering lechery in extreme cases : UGLY

6-down – Source of floral stuff repurposed in banal decorating : BOTANICALGARDEN

7-down – Deceptive stuff in newspapers supporting donkey being introduced to beach : SMOKEANDMIRRORS

14-down – NASA’s concern: shots off target and rate of progress : OUTERSPACE

17-down – Quickly reduced claim with staff being cut : ALLEGRO

21-down – Right to engage in study,turning – into this? : NERD

7-across – School reunion you can’t get out of your mind? : OBSESSION

8-across – Being so captivated by Schumann : HUMAN

9-across – They lend two overlapping signs : LIBRARIES

10-across – Factor in a chap : AGENT

12-across – Park official who won’t give up? : KEEPER

13-across – Half caught in large-scale outbreak : EPIDEMIC

14-across – Incidental benefit of bringing fast bowlers back? : SPINOFF

17-across – Run into wrong castle,looking embarrassed : SCARLET

20-across – Accurate,which this isn’t for Marianne : FAITHFUL

22-across – Foreign letter from boy a doctor accepted : LAMBDA

24-across – House is plain,article not seen in it : VILLA

25-across – Staff briefly enrage Norwegian city : STAVANGER

26-across – Have no money,displaying spite : VENOM

27-across – Showy flower in enclosure Monet’s reproduced : PENSTEMON

1-down – Compel to be helpful : OBLIGE

2-down – Partner and I ordered turtle : TERRAPIN

3-down – A person of great interest : USURER

4-down – Was still off the ground? : HOVERED

5-down – Reluctantly move across island for pet : BUDGIE

6-down – Yellow fever? : JAUNDICE

11-down – CID’s erroneous record : DISC

15-down – For hypocrite,hard to get up to join in exercise : PHARISEE

16-down – Unbelievably noisy about a fiddly task : FAFF

18-down – Catholic church’s love stories : ROMANCES

19-down – Conspirator’s device for making chart : PLOTTER

21-down – Incredible – old wife is fat : TALLOW

22-down – Like loos to be abundant? : LAVISH

23-down – Approached in trembling wonder : DREWON

9-across – At age close to retirement,Ivy fit to have sex toys : SIXTYFIVE

10-across – Queen’s retired getting something to go : SENNA

11-across – One tooth at the back extracted in Italian city : IMOLA

12-across – Exchange of opinions in bad-tempered attack : CROSSFIRE

13-across – Relations relaxed in shelter that river surrounds : DETENTE

14-across – Recipe to make rum loaf? : FORMULA

17-across – Traps with ensnared amphibians : NEWTS

19-across – Port from Uruguay region : AYR

20-across – Ant right to get cosmetic preparation : TONER

21-across – Sexy Malcolm’s crew collecting limousine with ladies initially inside : MCLAREN

22-across – Doctor’s companion left stopping impatient motorist : BLEEPER

24-across – Scrap – can it still be recycled with reduced temperature? : SCINTILLA

26-across – March on,principally occupying 19 maybe in revolution : TROOP

28-across – More than one light punches : LAMPS

29-across – Bacon perhaps has insects cooked with it : SCIENTIST

1-down – Drink – plastic bottles? : ASTI

2-down – Send out old lover half-heartedly,unfortunate start of tiff : EXPORT

3-down – Train sentry to work,sacking one-time bully : TYRANNISER

4-down – Group entertainment where the French replaces us : CIRCLE

5-down – Hand over – criminal pocketed present once more : RECONFER

6-down – Coaches without starting exercises : USES

7-down – Islander is against bird-droppings being cleared at last : ANTIGUAN

8-down – Bachelor place unfinished and vile : BASE

13-down – Fabric searched after turning over : DENIM

15-down – Departing minister – again one no good following : RETREATING

16-down – Maiden more disinterested,beginning to leave : AIRER

18-down – Tennis player’s wish with high aims : WILLIAMS

19-down – Record keeper,an important boxer of note : ANNALIST

22-down – Cabaret actress upset after brother’s a nut : BRAZIL

23-down – Cheers for plonk! : PROSIT

24-down – Trading insults finally before beer : SALE

25-down – Check website regularly after start of tennis : TEST

27-down – Way to knock up hard : PATH