Daily Answers

8-across – Wireless picks up origins of alien transmission — reading it could heat things up : RADIATOR

9-across – Breaking bail — one’s excuse? : ALIBI

10-across – Recall 20% off cream hat : TILE

11-across – Overly tense and risky to catch female mythical figure : TOOTHFAIRY

12-across – Series of notes in small capitals on drinks : SCALES

14-across – European royal family has swamped Britain with revolting food : HABSBURG

16-across – Address thus includes mountain time : SPEAKTO

18-across – Hurry to climb into bed that’s cleaned : BRUSHED

21-across – Graduate stands outside canteen over by the French group : ASSEMBLE

23-across – Ape eats second and third banana on top of the forest : CANOPY

24-across – Work by English rector in charge of sheets? : TOILETROLL

26-across – Evil king to fall : SINK

27-across – Wise Sanders has blown his top : ERNIE

28-across – The end of acts in play touring old city : CURTAINS

1-down – Snooker player shortens his equipment to gain power in competition : DAVISCUP

2-down – One wearing protective gear in conduit : PIPE

3-down – 40% of numerical facts, 50% lies in America? : STATES

4-down – At Wimbledon bagel order covered by cheese roll : BRIOCHE

5-down – City hit hard : BATH

6-down – ‘I’d stab criminal’, admits gangster in dock : TIDALBASIN

7-down – Note expensive car with gold and red top : MIRROR

13-down – Refrain from taking holiday without other people? : LEAVEALONE

15-down – Sailor upset royal court … : BAR

17-down – … boat’s just capsized! : TUB

19-down – Finally, the Times replaces work from rival advocate : EXPONENT

20-down – On Irish author said to be merry : REJOICE

22-down – Rabble who are rioting, not acting to support society : SHOWER

23-down – Star bit off vegetable : CELERY

25-down – Quaint boiled sweets unwrapped : TWEE

26-down – Pensioners back to front in TV programme : SOAP

1-across – Bob dreads pageboy? : HAIRDOS

5-across – Dish in sink captured by Turner in pictures : LASAGNA

9-across – Forced Pat to hurry to catch American stage show : MADAMEBUTTERFLY

10-across – Recipe with the last word in noodles : RAMEN

11-across – Doctor Dickens et al snubbing English lecturers? : MORALISTS

12-across – Time to block low ball in sporting event : MOTOCROSS

14-across – Piece of cheese, say, and starter from wine list : WHEEL

15-across – Red ruby uncovered and held by John : CUBAN

16-across – Egotist from South America thus raced back : NARCISSUS

18-across – How crow and dove move perhaps or fly sky high? : EYERHYMES

21-across – Replayed service absorbing lots of time : RERAN

22-across – Determined about reaching the top, property tycoon means to be heard : SPEAKINGTRUMPET

23-across – Idiot and nonchalant revolutionary in old kingdom : ASSYRIA

24-across – Strippers stagger around clutching nether regions : NUDISTS

1-down – Low sound on beat failing to generate excitement : HUMDRUM

2-down – Suffering onset of ‘twisties’ and Simone Biles shows resilience! : INDOMITABLENESS

3-down – Party with little quantity of beer is in order : DOMINICAN

4-down – Scrubbing away a sea sponge secretion : SEBUM

5-down – Diversification of retailers is certainly no lark : LATERISER

6-down – Foppish fellow also losing head : SWELL

7-down – Sports gear, if set out, is a sporty adornment : GOFASTERSTRIPES

8-down – From the deep area near a lake entered by ship : ABYSSAL

13-down – Being a lush country with no king after one fails : OENOMANIA

14-down – Way to get a kitty cat plump : WHIPROUND

15-down – Drink bottles different in club : CHELSEA

17-down – Tempting figure’s about to eat doughnut pieces : SONATAS

19-down – One rambling old US leader appears in 60 Minutes : HIKER

20-down – What you can see in bars, turning up for attack : SETON

9-across – Some potato? A lot ordered with a snack in the tube : CHIPOLATA

10-across – Theatre is nothing to heartless devil : ODEON

11-across – International computer system’s not hard, in my opinion : TENET

12-across – Spooner and Imogen agree where Doll Tearsheet worked : BOARSHEAD

13-across – Mac to use moisturiser : OILSKIN

14-across – All our letters after B: A goes, for a start : POSTBAG

17-across – Female, inwardly modest, showing a bit of leg : FEMUR

19-across – Go just over five days? : WEE

20-across – Whiskey wanted back that is in inaccessible place : EYRIE

21-across – It was used for building the holy city? Wrong : MECCANO

22-across – Writing on page about excuse : PRETEXT

24-across – I rouse fools with cunning, no joking : SERIOUSLY

26-across – All the Spanish make commotions : TODOS

28-across – Miss a film that wins Oscar : AVOID

29-across – People carrier’s small opening to reverse in a narrow street : AEROPLANE

1-down – National leader veers off racecourse : SCOT

2-down – Remarkable Belgians performing, not live : SIGNAL

3-down – Abroad, a thousand separately enter coast, a part of peninsula : SOUTHKOREA

4-down – Vehicle engine cover half made of such steel? : CARBON

5-down – Gall as old Greek character almost drowned in beer : OAKAPPLE

6-down – Green shade clothing brothers : MOSS

7-down – Period of which the present day is near the end : DECEMBER

8-down – Woman’s rotten idea scaled down : ENID

13-down – Cunning creature tucks head down a minute: it brings relief : OXFAM

15-down – See the end of Harry Potter prepared for printing plate : STEREOTYPE

16-down – Interrupting wind energy for resident temporarily : GUEST

18-down – About to tuck into brownish-red biscuit : MACAROON

19-down – New moon was spotted event­ually by outdoor worker : WOODSMAN

22-down – They may subsidise part of service, but only with one rupee : PAYERS

23-down – In affection, bind daughter in embrace, finally close : ENDEAR

24-down – Swimmer to show off briefly : SWAN

25-down – Miscellaneous stuff ends with these : ODDS

27-down – Origin of privileged performer : SEED

1-across – Would-be barber on the rampage — all hide! : DELILAH

5-across – Things found in yachts regularly after back-to-back parties : DOODAHS

9-across – First service at 10 : AMASS

10-across – Fancy pickles to stash : STOCKPILE

11-across – Missed having part exchange reviewed : LOOKEDOVER

12-across – Long short time : YEAR

14-across – Hotlines got crossed for student of culture : ETHNOLOGIST

18-across – Wonderful publication: Guardian, finally providing Matilda with little money! : MAGNIFICENT

21-across – Crimes contributing to everybody’s insecurity : SINS

22-across – A girly boot design is essential : OBLIGATORY

25-across – Outstanding underground network in having no leader : UNSETTLED

26-across – More than half a dozen trees found in Kent : SEVEN

27-across – Be quiet about a theologian and American holy men : SADDHUS

28-across – Stress fractures overwhelming writer’s family members : SISTERS

1-down – Absolutely empty lavatory is lethal : DEADLY

2-down – Bully the French soon : LEANON

3-down – Left most of Essex with liver upset — worse things can happen : LESSEREVIL

4-down – Should the East stop ignoring borders? : HASTO

5-down – Stressed at first, man hoovered shoddily : DROVEHOME

6-down – See 26 : OAKS

7-down – Still taking no sides, refer to uprising : AKINETIC

8-down – Running cadence of horse mostly circling donkey : STEPRATE

13-down – No-hopers mislaid baggage containing uniform : LOSTCAUSES

15-down – Trouble with Cats? Musical rubbish : HAIRBALLS

16-down – Has an evening meal, including potatoes, and crashes : SMASHUPS

17-down – Diagnose problem that expressed mental stress : AGONISED

19-down – They say you are each in love with this museum : LOUVRE

20-down – Personified sleep getting endless hype? Not so! : HYPNOS

23-down – Hindus take off clothing and start to swim here? : INDUS

24-down – Computers etc starting to cause headaches and irritation : ITCH

1-across – Many letters received after a number of animals shot : POSTBAG

5-across – Scowling, dropping some flour in gravy : LOURING

9-across – Illness being new, complaining more to listeners : PNEUMONIA

10-across – Finish cleaning second little pet : MOPUP

11-across – Boy, by complete coincidence, not female : LUKE

12-across – Domestic cleaner’s opinion of lottery : SWEEPSTAKE

14-across – Sport I play in good health : PROSIT

15-across – Dismember hanged traitor? Mercy! : QUARTER

16-across – No relaxation, enclosing a direction for poetry : NOREAST

18-across – Recruit is strangely silent : ENLIST

20-across – Settlements in town send me nuts : ENDOWMENTS

21-across – Pointed criticism of second pub? : BARB

24-across – As slaver, master holding nothing back : DROOL

25-across – Is old cat welcoming a time in quarantine? : ISOLATION

26-across – Idiot parent ignoring last notice : FATHEAD

27-across – By the way, threw out mild oath : STREWTH

1-down – That’s one in the eye for scholar : PUPIL

2-down – Presenter and what her voice may come from : SPEAKER

3-down – Many Britons so classified graduate with me : BAME

4-down – Carried away by current film? : GONEWITHTHEWIND

5-down – Is it unfair to ask these of the wealthy? : LOADEDQUESTIONS

6-down – Not in position to admit girl that’s too good to ignore : UNMISSABLE

7-down – Embed Mike into one factory : IMPLANT

8-down – Tackle receiving poor pay in intermediate period : GAPYEAR

13-down – Thus raised concern about untrained playwright : OSCARWILDE

16-down – Number fed on bananas, very many : NOENDOF

17-down – Old soldier, a camp entertainer : REDCOAT

19-down – Perhaps seen from Torquay hotel window, ie waves crashing : SEAVIEW

22-down – Needed as substitutes? Come off it! : BENCH

23-down – Pretty fine appearance : FAIR