Daily Answers

1-across – Bald eagle: fly off with cold chill around North : FOLLICLY

5-across – Teacher’s to take one school to collect college books : SCOTCH

9-across – Gangster stole one : SCARFACE

10-across – Cry as body of collier found in coalface? : SCREAM

11-across – A good sign for workers here : APIARIES

12-across – Spot politician going into mansion : PIMPLE

14-across – Bow tie mostly bent back before party: one might get fixed on entrance : ARCHITRAVE

18-across – Children’s entertainer delivers party drink in these? : PUNCHBOWLS

22-across – Give up drugs with cocaine cut : ESCHEW

23-across – Soldiers with blanket, asleep, essentially woken by this? : REVEILLE

24-across – Rich one, Conservative joining club : IRONIC

25-across – Troubles of computing stopping American businessman : AGITATES

26-across – Spread out blind to get through : EFFUSE

27-across – Grip hard racket the wrong way on advantage to American : ADHESION

1-down – Financial relief is calculated to a limited degree : FISCAL

2-down – Opening shot at the crease : LEADIN

3-down – Wearing fashion to shop : INFORM

4-down – Change in this cabinet: Heath upset : LOCKERROOM

6-down – Riders from celebrity on vacation: see notes : CYCLISTS

7-down – No Oscar for 1993 film featuring special actor … : THESPIAN

8-down – … drunk actor with case of Moselle wine : HAMMERED

13-down – See 1 across : CHALLENGED

15-down – Liking small area at the front with parking : APPETITE

16-down – Nick run down on vacation : KNOCKOFF

17-down – Tricks from 6? Little deceit to trap husband : WHEELIES

19-down – Focus on going after foreign money : CENTRE

20-down – They’re in behind tooth, primarily cutting gum with one : GLUTEI

21-down – Someone with a child : PERSON

1-across – Snakes will increase, not decrease, say leaders : WINDS

4-across – Support doctor inhaling O₂ as a way out : BACKDOOR

8-across – The art of home improvement? Si! : INTERIORDESIGN

10-across – Shape of unloaded trailer, one thrown into fire : TRIANGLE

11-across – 100 + 0 over 10, right? I’m licked : CORNET

12-across – One working out cries uncontrol­lably after river run : EXERCISER

15-across – Old cave unearthed by instant replay : ANTRE

17-across – Teacher to express displeasure with men : TUTOR

18-across – It joins any pets, if playful : SAFETYPIN

19-across – District gets hard capital upfront : PARISH

21-across – Console warrior online using this? : KEYBOARD

24-across – After comic opera, villager embraces hot bird : MIKADOPHEASANT

25-across – Reptiles get bad press biting man’s head off : SERPENTS

26-across – Criminal nears noose : SNARE

1-down – Card game the French see making a comeback in campaigning politician’s itinerary : WHISTLESTOPS

2-down – Food fan: I’m tucking into split : NUTRIMENT

3-down – Femme fatale keeps heads of idiotic rich earls in tin : SIREN

4-down – Injured boss I’m carrying up mountain as living material : BIOPLASMS

5-down – Finale where nothing divides 100,500 by 1 : CODA

6-down – Clashing and not crashing around space station : DISSONANT

7-down – Newspaper boy from Wales is unmarried : ORGAN

9-down – Holy lady gets rescue dog right away — better when undressed? : STBERNADETTE

13-down – Vehicle has trouble in road revers­ing and parking? Cheat! : CARDSHARP

14-down – Royal breaking free — she initially sprints, then jogs : REFRESHES

16-down – Star who’s the pick of the bunch? : TOPBANANA

20-down – Lift beams, say : RAISE

22-down – Britain’s behind in US money : BRASS

23-down – Hard growth is essentially difficult : HORN

7-across – Report on economic success indicates it’s a joke! : BOOMBOOM

9-across – You got me to put note around that hurt : TOUCHE

10-across – Spoon out extreme bits found in nasal cavity : SNOT

11-across – Routine bureaucratic approach with a potentially explosive package? : BOXTICKING

12-across – Serbians detest commerce? At heart, I don’t care : BITEME

14-across – Again catalogues begrudgers rejecting society : REENTERS

15-across – Poet and wife killer : WHITMAN

17-across – Elastic band stuck in clock : SPRINGY

20-across – Foreign office accountant caught spies forging Italian product : FOCACCIA

22-across – Nothing is shown by glib sort of language : PATOIS

23-across – Faust’s bind is desperate, with many reservations : IFSANDBUTS

24-across – Record overseas resident returning when vote is lost : TAPE

25-across – Army prisoner restraint is missing lower end : LEGION

26-across – Putting together orchestral open­ing as interlude for musical : LIONKING

1-down – Not so old housing collapsed after year : YOUNGISH

2-down – Some men use these tips for titillation : SMUT

3-down – Working stiff from Haiti : ZOMBIE

4-down – Start playing in attack when winning : STRIKEUP

5-down – Terrible tickle in chest — do this before you die! : BUCKETLIST

6-down – Eye damage from sun, perhaps : SHINER

8-down – They like being with people and often lift spirits : MIXERS

13-down – Auntie has a concoction that puts one to sleep : EUTHANASIA

16-down – West’s leader becoming a calamity? : ACCIDENT

18-down – Complaining about president is exciting : GRIPPING

19-down – Being careless is responsible for United getting relegated : CASUAL

21-down – Compensation for travelling group : OFFSET

22-down – Toilet break after surgery : POSTOP

24-down – Trouser part of Greek attire is raised : TAKE

4-across – Managing to be top : COPING

6-across – Short garments — test out the cloth : MINISTRY

9-across – Greek character, sailor, about to cross river — the quickest route? : RATRUN

10-across – Perplexing activity on the cricket field : STUMPING

11-across – Support wickedness, bumping off one in proximity : PROPINQUITY

15-across – Bar money in famous wedding location : CANTINA

17-across – Perform inadequately as less fancied competitor? Not good : UNDERDO

18-across – Donkey isn’t moving with energy — a hard problem : KIDNEYSTONE

22-across – Messengers and companions wasting time : COURIERS

23-across – Smooth language : POLISH

24-across – A gremlin up in the air is a malicious type : MALIGNER

25-across – Hooligans attempted to switch sides : TOUGHS

1-down – To cancel, one rings : ANNULI

2-down – Broadcast from underworld with acclaim : DISTRIBUTE

3-down – Demoralised, like the Tories with Theresa gone? : DISMAYED

4-down – Get cover quickly behind vehicle : CARAPACE

5-down – Like a plant in difficulty — spots show this : POTBOUND

7-down – Namely, loveless idiot : TWIT

8-down – Immature adult — a Parisian lacking discipline : YOGA

12-down – When in Paris, stars will create difficult situations : QUANDARIES

13-down – Slobbering attracted Heather, it’s said : DROOLING

14-down – Jewish historian to tease our sort, penning record : JOSEPHUS

16-down – Oxford literary group in Cam­bridge college, entertaining learner : INKLINGS

19-down – Boy that’s 5? You’ve got it! : SPOTON

20-down – Being heartless, get away with trick : SCAM

21-down – Good shot brings oppressor to premature end : BULL

8-across – Came across roundabout in Morecambe at great speed : METEORIC

9-across – Parasites battening on a woman : ALICE

10-across – One fortieth of a nap? : WINK

11-across – Expelled from office — so took too much of a beating? : DRUMMEDOUT

12-across – How prisoner’s board game may end? : INMATE

14-across – Nasty injury from cricket ball : LEGBREAK

16-across – Sport as a criminal activity : FENCING

18-across – Supporters that Oliver requested? : SECONDS

21-across – In the long run, one may not be competitive : SPRINTER

23-across – Eight days or weeks with hail : OCTAVE

24-across – Promoter backs it through unfavourable run : ADVERTISER

26-across – Don’t eat so quickly : FAST

27-across – City is the best, it’s said : LEEDS

28-across – Such a cloud may expand rapidly : MUSHROOM

1-down – Lower classes intended mutiny : DEFIANCE

2-down – Look for Indian to speak : SEEK

3-down – It’s cooler following narrow hilltop : FRIDGE

4-down – Moral difficulty has little weight : SCRUPLE

5-down – One Sunday, needing a bit of a hand : PALM

6-down – Maximally obstruct, right at the back : HINDERMOST

7-down – A lot of stars unable to play : NEBULA

13-down – Old Greek could be forced to heed racism : ARCHIMEDES

15-down – Half a horse? Wow! : GEE

17-down – Catch in cricket practice : NET

19-down – Duke, one with ability to see discord : DIVISION

20-down – One smoker dreadfully annoying : IRKSOME

22-down – A pleasure at the beach? You may not have it up the creek : PADDLE

23-down – Formidable female, not entirely progressive : OGRESS

25-down – Host served up rubbish : TOSH

26-down – A presidential car? : FORD