Daily Answers

1-across – Single forehand shot and scores are settled : NOHARD

5-across – See 1 : FEELINGS

9-across – This forced one to take the stairs, thus getting exercise : DEADLIFT

10-across – Cycling in Yorkshire? : RIDING

11-across – Singletons? : LONELYHEARTS

13-across – Resorts of times past : SPAS

14-across – Monk sounds drunk on gin : TRAPPIST

17-across – Mushy peas served with pork pie, right for trainer : ESPALIER

18-across – 15’s range : OVEN

20-across – Attractive European’s bearing? : MAGNETICPOLE

23-across – Make secure? : RESCUE

24-across – Inflexible, as if in Fife : IRONCLAD

25-across – Their own pants became threadbare : WORETHIN

26-across – Stick around, admitting love by the end of fiery speech : EULOGY

2-down – Projection, which could produce a headache with part exchange : OVER

3-down – Dual Asian model somewhere in southern Europe … : ANDALUSIA

4-down – … lowers self for Europeans — just saying! : DEIGNS

5-down – Film of float at a tantric gathering : FATALATTRACTION

6-down – What about cunning bloke? He’s no alien : EARTHMAN

7-down – See 12 : INDIA

8-down – Past one’s best, left to admit defeat on the radio : GONETOSEED

12-down – A father’s wise rewriting of an idiot’s novel : APASSAGETO

15-down – Nice person demonstrated a little energy : PROVENCAL

16-down – 2% of Hawaii, as a state : FIFTIETH

19-down – After a short time, moved up and down : MOROSE

21-down – Special position of hotel in 15 location : NICHE

22-down – See 2 : HANG

1-across – Cleared for takeoff, launched attack : LETFLY

4-across – Put on stone and mellowed : STAGED

9-across – Quartet appearing in sheikdom and sultanate : OMAN

10-across – Their clocks show when it’s time to spread their seeds : DANDELIONS

11-across – African mammal isn’t happy going back East : DASSIE

12-across – Saw guide that might be found in bishop’s wardrobe? : MITREBOX

13-across – Why slap is out of order — that’s how bad-tempered sort reacts : WASPISHLY

15-across – Recordings — save time making copies : APES

16-across – Part of body buried in tropical forest : CALF

17-across – Distribution of rho, sigma and tau, initially, in statistical figure : HISTOGRAM

21-across – Being rude, in a way, about large singer : STARLING

22-across – Beard is something driver will want in part of India : GOATEE

24-across – Classify first of grapes embraced by excited oenophile : PIGEONHOLE

25-across – Small child in danger on icy street : SKID

26-across – Piece about wife that’s foxy : SHREWD

27-across – Fly from Africa, having set out twice : TSETSE

1-down – Priest or monk restricting awful erotic dancing : LAMBADA

2-down – Various kinds of fish in large cask, as follows : TUNAS

3-down – Problems with hose or other firefighting equipment : LADDERS

5-down – London newspaper’s plagiarisms, for example : THEFTS

6-down – Pet subject for experimental scientist : GUINEAPIG

7-down – Hullabaloo over tries for members of Australian pack : DINGOES

8-down – Natural realm, in particular for large varieties of cobra, penguin and prawn? : ANIMALKINGDOM

14-down – Leaders of parties on left and right support endangered species : POLARBEAR

16-down – Dramatic success involving family tree’s production : CATKINS

18-down – Lock soldier up inside for hunting female : TIGRESS

19-down – Fish not a single person wanted after drink : ALEWIFE

20-down – Little one in school present after short time : MINNOW

23-down – Like unedited crossword, a good thing to have : ASSET

1-across – Plucky player has time to take in a measure of inflation : HARPIST

5-across – Show £1 note in court : CONCERT

10-across – Arthur’s most perfect supporter had left party : GALA

11-across – Scream at English nurse: ‘Listen to folk here!’ : HOOTENANNY

12-across – Popular place to wed Irish artist : RENOIR

13-across – A cricket club about to expel individual based on hearing : ACOUSTIC

14-across – Fish worker hauls in one diamond : BRILLIANT

16-across – Aching to retain a hundred notes : SCORE

17-across – Good eggs repelled cheat : STING

19-across – A heavyweight boxer, extremely tidy, ignoring normal scales : ATONALITY

23-across – Greek goddess inspires a bar dance : HABANERA

24-across – Complete one part of play about books : INTACT

26-across – Pianist father and daughter were backing runner : PADEREWSKI

27-across – Lift to be arranged at end of dinner : TBAR

28-across – Advocate getting shot of street obstacle : BARRIER

29-across – Musical theatre, at least initially : LYRICAL

2-down – A couple regularly query lay : AMATEUR

3-down – Spiritual number brings in a grand, perhaps : PIANO

4-down – On radio, avoids current lively pieces : SCHERZI

6-down – Spotted cat circle church group : OCELOT

7-down – Highbrow Charlie Girl I visit briefly : CLASSICAL

8-down – Athlete swallows one more fluid : RUNNIER

9-down – Ladies and gents engage a new supporter to defend a barman : JOHANNSTRAUSS

15-down – Attend new Hamlet, say, hosted by another mad royal : LENDANEAR

18-down – Refrain from painting over articles in Paris : TRALALA

20-down – Top seed unwise to sacrifice length with racket : NOISILY

21-down – Piece played staccato with no introduction : TOCCATA

22-down – Home Counties guy across the Channel composed : SERENE

25-down – Bar last pair, voicing pique all at once : TUTTI

8-across – Wage that shamed liberal’s how much? : WHATSTHE

9-across – See 8 : DAMAGE

10-across – See 4 : BUSH

11-across – Escaped across back of yard with nothing much : FARANDAWAY

12-across – Having headless torso outside, Nancy’s said: ‘This isn’t normal!’ : ODDITY

14-across – Quarter settled first on scones, not wafers : ELITISTS

15-across – Hurried past Coventry’s original ground : CRUSHED

17-across – No old money coming back hurt country : MYANMAR

20-across – Supporter of PM once getting mouthful over lie : BLAIRITE

22-across – Fantasies about mothers overwhelming : DREAMS

23-across – Pressure drops over time, definitely : FORCERTAIN

24-across – Robbery not entirely legal, burglar reflected : BLAG

25-across – Run about in empty garden : GOVERN

26-across – Put off date — notice children around : DISSUADE

1-down – Assume performance banning women’s ruled out : SHOULDER

2-down – Long grass totally pointless : ITCH

3-down – Close with a lot of property? : STUFFY

4-down – Silly bugger whose next-but-one successor was worse : GEORGEW

5-down – Recognise why attack’s mounted after head of state loses face : IDENTIFY

6-down – Eagerness to get at mince pie’s deplorable : IMPATIENCE

7-down – Horrified by experiences in a high-speed car : AGHAST

13-down – Home schooling to start — little ones very amused : INSTITCHES

16-down – Issue about old lady who doesn’t live here now : EMIGRANT

18-down – A lecherous host welcomed in glamorous hangers-on : ARMCANDY

19-down – Called round on policeman’s orders : DEMANDS

21-down – Nothing between left and right — feasible view? : LOOKON

22-down – She doesn’t admit getting small promotion : DENISE

24-down – Fight roughly after losing head : BOUT

1-across – Six rulers are Norsemen : VIKINGS

5-across – Threatening to have no more room for packages? : BALEFUL

9-across – Approach maturity in state prison : RIPEN

10-across – Hang on: one way to get a tip? : WAITFORIT

11-across – Choose to speak for everyone on the register : ELECTORATE

12-across – One facing op may have to take this by mouth : NIL

14-across – Clear speech launches ritual action : ARTICULATION

18-across – Latest possible moment for silently remembering the Armistice? : ELEVENTHHOUR

21-across – What’s the point in Herodotus? : DOT

22-across – Unofficial show for prisoner near end of sentence? : PRERELEASE

25-across – A measure of warmth in the direction of drain cover : TOGRATING

26-across – Magazine I dole out : OLDIE

27-across – Very eager to tour a country : HUNGARY

28-across – Engaged one tank in action : TAKENON

1-down – Former lover putting on a French green top : VERTEX

2-down – One in bed that’s smoked : KIPPER

3-down – Hopeless course, main meal or pudding suggested : NONSTARTER

4-down – Parable of small man in debt : SOWER

5-down – Leave play but maintain contact : BEINTOUCH

6-down – Free ride that takes one up and down : LIFT

7-down – Sick conifers get such investigation : FORENSIC

8-down – Not to mention being undisturbed : LETALONE

13-down – Hard labour to created user guide? : MANUALWORK

15-down – Train is awfully nice: try it! : INTERCITY

16-down – Socialist to abandon Worcestershire seat : REDDITCH

17-down – Write name on official building : PENTAGON

19-down – I am about to study young woman : MAIDEN

20-down – Belittle church dignitary who’s holding me up : DEMEAN

23-down – Tory not initially intelligent : RIGHT

24-down – Starts off hostilities, a Kiwi activity : HAKA