Daily Answers

1-across – I don’t care where TV actor originally worked : WHATEVER

5-across – Refuse to get secretaries drink : PASSUP

9-across – Queen always surrounded by a lot of old money : GUINEVERE

11-across – Right to live in the city though it did have strings attached : REBEC

12-across – Watch it! He’s angling for trouble : NIGHTINGALES

15-across – Hairy bloke in middle of the sauna : ESAU

16-across – Put in grave situation — people in Northern Territory being detained : INTERNMENT

18-across – Debauchery of girl condemned : PROFLIGACY

19-across – When caught only cuddling : ONCE

21-across – Unseated riders, those unfamiliar with a powerful horse initially restrained : STRAPHANGERS

24-across – Point to Sally’s dress : EQUIP

25-across – Touch wrong handle on boat, some might say : SCINTILLA

26-across – Makes dirty joke finally in second bar : SMEARS

27-across – Chain fences round square : PENNINES

1-down – Conduct was largely good at start of evening : WAGE

2-down – I doubt that oaf is about to show up : ASIF

3-down – Close to scene, police in charge encouraging evacuation : EMETIC

4-down – Plant hangers designed with petals : ELEPHANTGRASS

6-down – Superior skill keeps Josh’s associate at table : ARROGANT

7-down – Officers not the first choice to convert Poles : SUBALTERNS

8-down – New era shortly — PC state the end of white van man? : PACESETTER

10-down – Wise old head active in emergencies : EMINENCEGRISE

13-down – Go to collect new guides — they’re probably in the office : PENPUSHERS

14-down – Somewhere in LA likewise being picked up in bar — you can bet on it : BATONROUGE

17-down – Crafty old man meets a killer in the house : FLYPAPER

20-down – Risk includes rector touching Norman’s neighbour : BRETON

22-down – Clear but doesn’t have one idea : PLAN

23-down – Land of the Rising Sun holding American : LAOS

1-across – Creativity of that bloke is shown in pastry : THEARTS

5-across – Dove in America perched eyes down, primarily to take a breather … : PLUNGED

9-across – … parts of which being low, best left incomplete : LOBES

10-across – Love to follow dictator hiding in Scottish island? It’s handy! : MULTITOOL

11-across – Does cannon shot flash? : NANOSECOND

12-across – Front view partially screened : ONTV

14-across – Groomer getting fix by the Cutty Sark? : NAILCLIPPER

18-across – Treat all these as a capital : TALLAHASSEE

21-across – Bad typos scattered around the back of newspaper, some of which are here : BODY

22-across – Parties veto motion by broadcaster and writer : DOSTOEVSKY

25-across – Naughty niece after honour at last redeemed for good behaviour : OBEDIENCE

26-across – See 21 : PARTS

27-across – Naming and shaming starts and row gets worse : NASTIER

28-across – Just get rid of dad but don’t let on! : KEEPMUM

1-down – Ability to get an old coin : TALENT

2-down – Be back before Crosby’s decline : EBBING

3-down – What Jesus did for breakfast? : ROSESUNDAY

4-down – Spice up writer : SUMAC

5-down – After sporting event, kisses for high jumpers : POLONECKS

6-down – One’s continually upset to some extent : UNIT

7-down – Adults can be wrong on purpose? Nothing odd in that : GROWNUPS

8-down – Labour’s end pitch : DELIVERY

13-down – Pleasant folk found in Provence? : NICEPEOPLE

15-down – Where spiders might be up against it? : INACORNER

16-down – Difficult objections raised and delivered : STUBBORN

17-down – Slow movers ultimately suffer in misusing dope and LSD : PLODDERS

19-down – Like hotel stuff in place of seclusion : ASHRAM

20-down – See back covered in adhesive plaster : GYPSUM

23-down – Make adjustments to the bottom of chainsaw when cutting wood : TWEAK

24-down – Colette’s soldiers : GIGI

1-across – Incapable airborne fighter left city in ruins : PARALYTIC

6-across – A fine venue for a royal meeting : ASCOT

9-across – Element of military training an option for doctor? : PRIVATEPRACTICE

10-across – Old money securing peculiar place for urban developers : TOWN

11-across – See 10 : PLANNERS

14-across – Choosy lad unhappy here, perhaps : DAYSCHOOL

15-across – Dictator’s a pure and simple ruler in the Gulf : AMEER

16-across – Docked vessel carrying American fare to the East : SUSHI

18-across – Like Nelson’s tooth, with lack of metal filling? : MONOCULAR

20-across – Limitless homes adopting East European dish : OMELETTE

21-across – Dashes back to the front to get bargain : SNIP

25-across – Announce end of labour for special postal service : EXPRESSDELIVERY

26-across – Conditions in which pupils are taught : TERMS

27-across – Reserve player’s attitude when facing reality : SUBSTANCE

1-down – Seed, just the thing for bird : PIPIT

2-down – Basis for tracking transport overnight? : RAILWAY

3-down – Advance unaccompanied, so to speak : LOAN

4-down – Swarm’s come together, moving north : TEEM

5-down – Part of underground business after revolution : CIRCLELINE

6-down – Mastery of various dances, some with constant interruption : ASCENDANCY

7-down – Central sheen in exotic light source : CHINESE

8-down – Money man from Tuscany’s top firm stuck in lift : TREASURER

12-down – They wrote extremely romantic verses in novel : SCRIVENERS

13-down – Playwrights go up in artist’s place, being assertive types : DOGMATISTS

14-down – Bent cops refine superintendent’s case : DISHONEST

17-down – See 2 : SLEEPER

19-down – See 7 : LANTERN

22-down – One getting money from scheme for tax evasion, principally : PAYEE

23-down – Cutting from rather bushy aromatic plant : HERB

24-down – Cheers when reversing car : FIAT

1-across – Lose ground as learner crashes into rear end : BACKSLIDE

6-across – Wag’s partner has Italian dress : HABIT

9-across – Country I represented in Nato communications : INDIA

10-across – Open and close inside short period : OVERNIGHT

11-across – Parent of boy who’s a rascal? : GUN

12-across – Bespoke Italian gear for everyone : EGALITARIAN

14-across – Broadcast that is going after voting system — that’s plain : PRAIRIE

15-across – His involvement in heartless frauds creates divisions : SCHISMS

16-across – Hired to provide evidence that ladies are being used : ENGAGED

19-across – Muse endlessly about this, for example : PROBLEM

22-across – Seat must have top class cover — a logical way to think : APOSTERIORI

23-across – Nothing is held back in … : NIL

24-across – … film by old striker who keeps things tight : SKINFLINT

26-across – Tablets regularly shown in display desk : IPADS

27-across – Half of duo’s styles are somewhat shabby : DUSTY

28-across – Tired chap worried for nothing really : DIRTCHEAP

1-down – Introduce faction in local rising : BRINGUP

2-down – Untrustworthy type reportedly calls off a solo passage : CADENZA

3-down – Fellow in house left causing actor to stop performing : STAGEFRIGHT

4-down – Cut off is suspended once leaders get delayed : ISOLATE

5-down – Seedily manipulated protection for viewers : EYELIDS

6-down – Finishes off with single green layer : HEN

7-down – Capture spirits of family in the shire : BAGGINS

8-down – Offensive ass may transmit it through biting : TETANUS

13-down – Aid ship orca damaged, which arouses those chasing it : APHRODISIAC

16-down – Section of quaysides Palermo erected are out of date : ELAPSED

17-down – They need protection perhaps, taking on good deliveries : GOOLIES

18-down – Radio’s airtime schedule essentially gets fouled up : DIRTIED

19-down – Spin doctor lacking degree becomes university official : PROCTOR

20-down – Descent described by eagle? : LINEAGE

21-down – Mummy’s boy switching tops on delicate fabric cleaner : MILKSOP

25-down – Intelligent dash display : FLY

7-across – Plant I confused with peanut : PETUNIA

8-across – Vehicle with nothing working? That’s a joke : CARTOON

9-across – Rule about large barrier : WALL

10-across – Bleak loch in storm — nothing escapes it : BLACKHOLE

12-across – Bear black disaster : BRUIN

13-across – In fort, help to pronounce on part of rifle : STOCKADE

15-across – Get engaged : MESH

16-across – Completely? Only somewhat : QUITE

17-across – Weight around a ton gives a measure of power : WATT

18-across – Fitting program on old web page : APPOSITE

20-across – At hotel, commander gets piece of cake : CINCH

21-across – Girl’s daily gamble, missing railway : CHARLOTTE

22-across – Cordial start of meeting after hostilities : WARM

24-across – Simulated feeding frenzy : FEIGNED

25-across – County symbol: two bottles? : REDROSE

1-down – Second-class egg whisk, by the sound of it : BETA

2-down – Leave coat by lake : FURLOUGH

3-down – Where to see the time ebbing away : BIGBEN

4-down – A column of people : BACKBONE

5-down – Busy having illustrations for magazine run off : ATWORK

6-down – Desire short journey east : HOPE

11-down – Away, drinking can, not overindulging : ABSTINENT

12-down – One may remove bad language from feeble episode : BLEEP

14-down – Make emergency landing in Channel : DITCH

16-down – Writer was a bit of a goose : QUILLPEN

17-down – Taking this position invites a blow in the face : WINDWARD

19-down – House with no stove : ORANGE

20-down – Extremely cheerful and always bright : CLEVER

21-down – Caught by communist, this gives one respect on street : CRED

23-down – In hurry, sweeper missing header : RUSH