Daily Answers

9-across – Chance to happen,as you announced in gallery,on drawing : EVENTUATE

10-across – Location for dicey games lacking excitement,we hear : BOARD

11-across – Probability in relating to one sense organ – or another : OPTIC

12-across – Origin of theme in Brendan’s collection – they can be hard to solve : MYSTERIES

13-across – Associated with probability one can tire when wrecked : CERTAIN

14-across – Bet on way of escaping and withdraw : BACKOUT

17-across – Wager I had placed inside – it helps one clean up : BIDET

18-across – Not enough,as cash – toss for it : SHY

19-across – A non-English type in English course that offers better opportunities : ASCOT

21-across – Poet having change of heart is opportunist : CHANCER

23-across – Diplomacy’s about constant plans to reduce risk : TACTICS

24-across – Embezzles or gambles after initial loss : PECULATES

26-across – Player out of luck,perhaps? Not so far losing head : LOSER

28-across – Uncertain news from France I don’t broadcast : ONDIT

29-across – Company losing little time before a week-end? It has some chance of success : GUESSWORK

1-down – Minimum probability one can get out of maze,roughly : ZERO

2-down – Person risking money on form of Edward is beaten : BETTERED

3-down – Calm about players including husband – it’s randomly determined : STOCHASTIC

4-down – Stake a lot – mostly that’s nonprofessional : LAYMAN

5-down – Within bounds of possibility,female having no difficulty ensnaring bachelor : FEASIBLY

6-down – Accomplished what’s likely after 24 down : ABLE

7-down – Place for gambling in which cash is not always endless : CASINO

8-down – Probability of dice delivering six initially : ODDS

13-down – Like simple random number generator,sugar? : CUBIC

15-down – Perfectly played in part of church,with female ending : CHANCELESS

16-down – Betting system’s takes : TOTES

18-down – Contract overturned in random long-term plan : STRATEGY

20-down – Approach counter in gaming club and drink : CHIPSHOT

22-down – A wrong card,bridge player concludes,for game situation : ARCADE

23-down – Decisively raised a little bit of money – wasn’t easy : TOSSED

24-down – A little difficulty? Before 6,it’s to be expected : PROB

25-down – Something drawn using paper a great deal? : LOTS

27-down – Playboy that takes in money at roulette table : RAKE

1-across – Almost perfect clothes for leisure activity : PURSUIT

5-across – Still retaining ultimate method of payment : PLASTIC

9-across – Old president finally gets changed,going to basin : BIDET

10-across – Perhaps tactful remarks describing snow that has settled : WHITELIES

11-across – Bless attack : LAYHANDSON

12-across – Paul Nash guarding part of his arm : ULNA

14-across – Jargon from mouth was spouting: I approve : GOBBLEDEGOOK

18-across – Concerned with flying a Lear,caution must be exercised : AERONAUTICAL

21-across – Text for printer is not original : COPY

22-across – Daring last desperate stand here for Soviets : STALINGRAD

25-across – Such a sleepy town? : DORMITORY

26-across – Sports car of energy and character : ETYPE

27-across – Why gent fancied Welsh girl : GWYNETH

28-across – Substitute that offers protection for game : RESERVE

1-down – One on the beach said not to be alone : PEBBLE

2-down – Faulty effect of snapping night flight : REDEYE

3-down – Diagnostic aid extremely reliable : ULTRASOUND

4-down – Dragged – why to the church? : TOWED

5-down – Prudish Olive re-read author,a Holocaust survivor : PRIMOLEVI

6-down – The last word in service : AMEN

7-down – Adding together twelve 0s and a 1 makes a huge number : TRILLION

8-down – Big bags carrying lettuce for tsar’s cavalry : COSSACKS

13-down – Jogs round area and sells leftovers : REMAINDERS

15-down – Method of communication depressed canine : BLUETOOTH

16-down – One clamped on wrist perhaps to keep close behind guard : WATCHDOG

17-down – Distinctive feature of a piece of land one has : PROPERTY

19-down – Petition Lord’s,for example : PRAYER

20-down – Stick notice in this place : ADHERE

23-down – Sportsman removing top in bed : LAYER

24-down – Dossier of wasted life : FILE

1-across – Bran flakes maybe are lying about : FIBRE

4-across – New thick cover seen all over nestling bird : NUTHATCH

8-across – Fairy-tale outcome,naked man with heavenly body bordering on regret : ADREAMCOMETRUE

10-across – Warned by horn,flabby person’s knocked down crossing : KLAXONED

11-across – It’s charged for fashionable types : PROTON

12-across – Manually construct labels seen in bathroom water structure : HANDCRAFT

15-across – The writer is going to read out passage : AISLE

17-across – Venerated species? Quickly count how many : TOTEM

18-across – My beloved Music Faculty,and what it does through data transmission : DEARHEART

19-across – Contrarily starts to eat meat – and umpteen set veg : LEGUME

21-across – Surgeon you shouldn’t have taken around to put a stop to feud : VENDETTA

24-across – Measure of liquid being seaweedy,litre one’s about to drink : IMPERIALGALLON

25-across – Order two of each? Right : FOOTWEAR

26-across – Battery stereo system finally reduced by 50% : NICAD

1-down – Engineer cut down below sign : FRANKWHITTLE

2-down – Recycled reticule with weapon kept in drawer : BARMAGNET

3-down – In retirement old books are a source of inspiration : ERATO

4-down – Trump’s tuppenny-ha’penny copshop lined dame up : NICKELAND

5-down – McFly perhaps turning it up satisfied one repeatedly doing twist? : TIME

6-down – A fine term at Harrow – but what points out consequences : AFTERMATH

7-down – Recognise member of European nobility : COUNT

9-down – Extreme disquiet did prevail,according to hearsay : UNRESTRAINED

13-down – MP that whip’s feeding on cheese : CAMEMBERT

14-down – See 5 : TRAVELLER

16-down – Know-all Special Constable arresting market porter? : SMARTALEC

20-down – Fool rolling barrel over lady’s fingers : GUMBO

22-down – Worried chap might be put in the picture : DRAWN

23-down – See 4 : DIME

1-across – Snail shell found in wood in valley alongside river : DAWDLER

5-across – First in steeplechase,barring grey : SUNLESS

9-across – Five bedded in group,and assassin shoots lover? : PANDA

10-across – Hence,a time for commercial music programme : SOAPOPERA

11-across – See 4 Down : THERIVETER

12-across – Pachyderm’s head found buried in ice: that’s woolly mammoth! : EPIC

14-across – After initial,should I be able to add her partner? : SIGNIFICANT

18-across – Where link sought for chain on new cycle,not broken by friction ultimately : ONLYCONNECT

21-across – Network where I must learn to keep my mouth shut! : MESH

22-across – Limit of growth capital invested in magazine : TIMBERLINE

25-across – City in Europe’s mid-Northwest,mid-Northeast proving inaccurate? : TRONDHEIM

26-across – See 14 : OTHER

27-across – Fortune,for lucky fellow always at the end,one in the money? : LOTTERY

28-across – Victory on back of horse,record for jockey : EVENTER

1-down – Second assignment with upcoming exercise penned : DEPUTY

2-down – See 27 Across : WINNER

3-down – Camouflaged creature,appendage on branch covered by something green : LEAFINSECT

4-down – One number I have in work schedule for hard-working poster girl : ROSIE

5-down – Poison to drink? Drunk’s a bit keen! : SNAKEBITE

6-down – Gas one’s lit under bottom of saucepan : NEON

7-down – Cross on temple discovered in possession of listener,ideal : EXEMPLAR

8-down – Famine in southern Detroit? : SCARCITY

13-down – With minimum of warmth,plant grew – did it? : WINTERROSE

15-down – Dope attending university in Cambridgeshire city,as a matter of fact : GENUINELY

16-down – Type left disheartened at home,sadly : HOTMETAL

17-down – Elaborate nude seemingly? : FLESHOUT

19-down – In-jokes,murder : WITHIT

20-down – Ending on foot,dropped brick brings frightful feeling? : TERROR

23-down – Sweet,shell with new filling : BOMBE

24-down – Resting,veteran comedy actor : IDLE

1-across – Diver caught by current around hazardous sea feature? : ICEBERG

5-across – Architectural style of a road round middle of Acton Green : ARTDECO

10-across – Oddly looking in reflection of mirror,Freud reveals damage : DEFORM

11-across – Somehow I’m in car pound to complete fence? : CRIMINAL

12-across – Palladium line-up announced without delay : PDQ

13-across – State of excitement after father leaves me stain remover? : ENZYME

14-across – Ripple of muscle with inappropriate squeezing : UNDULATE

15-across – Show with lead for Dick Van Dyke,say : BEARD

16-across – It’s hard to build on this level of martial arts proficiency : GREENBELT

19-across – Camouflage-wearing soldier on first of these charts : HITPARADE

21-across – Dad and sister occasionally dated : PASSE

24-across – Last of flight crew joining when international airport’s opening in part of Australia : TASMANIA

26-across – Former bowler,possibly 21 : OLDHAT

27-across – Throw pipe down next to yard : SHY

28-across – Top 30 without The White Stripes ultimately taking year out : TEESHIRT

29-across – See you in Ibiza,when snorting a gram,son must go slowly : ADAGIO

30-across – Just soybean spread : BYANOSE

31-across – Torment two bases : BEDEVIL

2-down – Sanitise scalpel – as NHS vet regularly : CLEANSE

3-down – Practical joke – bash knocker – run the other way : BOOBYTRAP

4-down – Miles Pedro cycled went quickly,easily : ROMPED

6-down – Dancer maybe needing control – Fred Astaire chose her conclusively : REINDEER

7-down – Bad doctor starts practice : DRILL

8-down – Property Lawrence left following gossip : CHATTEL

9-down – Bought smack – it’s not for everyone : ACQUIREDTASTE

17-down – Risk for one willing to go after directors : BOARDGAME

18-down – These used to be wine and cheese consuming soirees originally : BRANDIES

20-down – Mental pictures conjured up by this writer’s mature line : IMAGERY

22-down – Language in exchange with Larkin – the poet – after losing pages : SWAHILI

23-down – Lady Gaga finally appearing in fashion mag – not everyone can see this passage : VOYAGE

25-down – A male issue undermining biggest character of Matthew Perry on TV? : MASON