Daily Answers

1-across – Strongly anger unionists, being enthusiastic : FIREDUP

5-across – Not quite have time to cover puzzles, essentially reversing instruction : MITZVAH

9-across – See 6 : DUCTS

10-across – Exceptional grant and a fourth armed man? : DARTAGNAN

11-across – Humanitarian organisation’s driver possibly going round in circles : ROTARYCLUB

12-across – Fortitude may be needed in readiness for real snow and ice : TRUE

14-across – Is Monet misrepresented in tiny but fundamental matter? : QUESTIONMARK

18-across – Merrymaking composer pens the ultimate in music, reject­ing secure articles : BACCHANALIAN

21-across – Redeem myself, partly to get an award : EMMY

22-across – Consider purposeful shop reprimand : DELIBERATE

25-across – Desolate nature’s in evolution : SATURNINE

26-across – Bothered bit by bit, as they say : FAZED

27-across – Parker cooked hot fish outside : DOROTHY

28-across – About marriage, when it turns belligerent : MARTIAL

1-down – Iron rod upon a hat : FEDORA

2-down – Brief script, yet evenly read : RECITE

3-down – First in cold blast to become agitated : DISTRAUGHT

4-down – What could make Cupid easily embarrassed : PUDIC

5-down – In a kind of miracle, they say you are fickle : MERCURIAL

6-down – One left rusticated arrangement of flowers in grief : TEAR

7-down – May be even true of sex : VENEREAL

8-down – Write down curse for Spooner’s nags : HENPECKS

13-down – Unattended vehicle’s broken into in Paris: a damaged Ford : UNCAREDFOR

15-down – From the time of Rome, it took years to start with honesty : SINCERITY

16-down – Snob houses closed, only half occupied : OBSESSED

17-down – Weapon of racism : SCIMITAR

19-down – Long live the Emperor of Zanzibar, unclothed and dancing : BANZAI

20-down – Part of Venezuela due for uprising, like most of Europe once : FEUDAL

23-down – Brought up breakfast cereal, bypassing the beginning of stomach and small intestine : ILEUM

24-down – See 12 : GRIT

1-across – One’s left being embraced by 007 at end of movie? : BLONDE

4-across – One in a class to recall skipping RE : MEMBER

9-across – Ice to glide audibly : FLOE

10-across – Greek character, first to get into row, a barbarian! : PHILISTINE

11-across – Respect with love to the fore? There’s some resistance : OHMAGE

12-across – Noted person about to be given honour — affected type : COMPOSER

13-across – Epic team’s playing — its multidimensional : SPACETIME

15-across – Adult in employment suffering setback — one giving away a basic right : ESAU

16-across – Multitude in hurry, very cramped : HIVE

17-across – Big chaps set about ending in various theatre roles : STRAPPERS

21-across – Number to sing — something positive or negative? : TRILLION

22-across – One who was well known I caught entering city : YORICK

24-across – Beetles wandering round in cooler peat : COLEOPTERA

25-across – No end of bother in economic collapse — what’s missing in it? : CASH

26-across – Give new order to seaside town? : RESORT

27-across – Keep from harm in brilliant finish : DEFEND

1-down – Short beauty given hotel work as porter : BELLHOP

2-down – Co-operative stores such an entertaining experience : OPERA

3-down – Most idiotic to cook food on street : DOPIEST

5-down – Puzzle imagined to be tricky — not the first or last : ENIGMA

6-down – Toast Shakespeare’s character with drink : BOTTOMSUP

7-down – Piece of music making man money, we hear : RONDEAU

8-down – Situation in travelling show, including naughty men’s act : CIRCUMSTANCES

14-down – People going underground badly restricted — they grumble : CAVILLERS

16-down – Time to get around bar, sloshing port : HARBOUR

18-down – What’s in saliva to break up meal, say : AMYLASE

19-down – Sports field in service, or put out of action? : RECUSED

20-down – Captains will have this fish aboard ship : KIPPER

23-down – What scoundrel turns up in something frilly? : RUCHE

9-across – One’s not committed? Get an answer to this : FREEAGENT

10-across – Retail giant right to leave island : TESCO

11-across – Congress can get ready to remove Trump, initially for being crazy : HAVINGA

12-across – Power mindless Republican held, looking back, is worry : PERTURB

13-across – Sell one before hotel gets turned over : FLOG

14-across – See 11 : SCREWLOOSE

15-across – Decide to repair boot Victor’s wearing : RESOLVE

17-across – Useless dope taking over — resentment generally high : DUDGEON

19-across – Doctor got billed crossing river here? : TOLLBRIDGE

22-across – Pool money before finishing : MERE

23-across – A number on side street taking the most negative view : ATWORST

24-across – Cancelled by Henry, with or without consideration : OFFHAND

26-across – Either way, woman’s not denying love affair : EVENT

27-across – Botch pronunciation of maiden name : MISHANDLE

1-down – Top-quality programme that writer’s off — point taken : OFTHEFIRSTWATER

2-down – Receptive earlier, after energy up slightly : PERVIOUS

3-down – Save new building in the countryside? : BARN

4-down – Foolishly charmed by English political manoeuvre : DEMARCHE

5-down – Quietly stops old joiner : STAPLE

6-down – Did rock celebrity ultimately meet all the crowd? : STARTLED

7-down – Does up building that’s not authentic : PSEUDO

8-down – Condemned rude teen’s blonde jokes : DOUBLEENTENDRES

16-down – Meant to get 20% off? It’s free! : LIBERATE

17-down – Wells up with old soak outside — this place is disgraceful : DOGHOUSE

18-down – It’s nice to see president and disgraced royal in conversation : EYECANDY

20-down – Barman’s wife in bed? : LAWYER

21-down – Eventually cheers up, having left close friend : INTIME

25-down – South-east Asian fellow’s upset young Arab? : FOAL

9-across – Drive away, restricting speed initially, then create a stir : ROUST

10-across – Traveller’s hurt before county game : MARCOPOLO

11-across – Mate with an unusual sibling produces litter : PALANQUIN

12-across – Adhesive teeth quite lacking? : GUMMY

13-across – US student crosses English river, looking amorous : COWEYED

15-across – Slippery customer takes months to track and select for jury duty : EMPANEL

17-across – Romeo and Oscar have sex over August : ROYAL

18-across – Polish problem : RUB

20-across – Act like a student after bad mark horror : DREAD

22-across – Military type knocked back drink when having one-on-one : SAMURAI

25-across – Hebe variety planted in front of one’s busy workplace : BEEHIVE

26-across – Indian archway not suitably constructed to frame ancient deity : TORAN

27-across – Invitation postponed when sewer inspection fails to start : RAINCHECK

30-across – Universities collectively taking climber the distance : IVYLEAGUE

31-across – Barnet seals? : LOCKS

1-down – Produce whip : CROP

2-down – Robin Hood’s situation: showing ring, truly desperate to take a wife : OUTLAWRY

3-down – Where some may learn of drug : ETON

4-down – Burn with very little smoke and turn to dust : SMOULDER

5-down – Surrey’s top feature, musically : FRINGE

6-down – Device for carrying back, say, fatty mixture : HODGEPODGE

7-down – Rather crude bitter? A familiar complaint : COMMON

8-down – Horse sucks energy from flower : PONY

13-down – Kinks to play winter sport stadium at first : CURLS

14-down – Hollywood star who once shone at the top : YULBRYNNER

16-down – Writer’s place in the wilds? : LODGE

19-down – Fine material from Dylan: ‘Chuck the Alien’ : BOBBINET

21-down – Led away from exceedingly awkward pressing need : EXIGENCY

23-down – Oscar-winning film: King Sebastian : MARTYR

24-down – Lives round New Badger, like Cinderella : INRAGS

26-down – Tip: it’s an inheritance limitation : TAIL

28-down – See 7 : COLD

29-down – Plonker from Stanislavski’s school : KISS

1-across – Swamp with antelope eating tons : WETLAND

5-across – Some tablets, another and then another to get back into shape : ELLIPSE

9-across – Perfect example of first car … : ARCHETYPE

10-across – … another goes smoothly along : ROLLS

11-across – Floor is fine for cycling : KAYO

12-across – With people, share prediction : DIVINATION

14-across – Inform of allergic reaction to tin? : SNITCH

15-across – Late king finally coming out for princess, a northerner : GEORDIE

16-across – One opening homeless person’s file : DOSSIER

18-across – Soldier’s gear, which stays at home : TINHAT

20-across – Charlatan, one eluding policeman at store : MOUNTEBANK

21-across – Tree minute but unbending : FIRM

24-across – Commonly about to hear one who’s had it : GONNA

25-across – In battle with airline I get in the final word : ELALAMEIN

26-across – Shambling comedian’s hesitation ending in mockery : DODDERY

27-across – Chose to be made redundant as detective? : DECIDED

1-down – Seaweed beginning to wither on frame : WRACK

2-down – After working on yacht, in principle it goes very fast : TACHYON

3-down – Crown close cousin with kiss : APEX

4-down – Extortionate price foolish brother gayly bid : DAYLIGHTROBBERY

5-down – Getting level grade for paper : EVENINGSTANDARD

6-down – Book on Leonardo reissued : LORNADOONE

7-down – Unable to move, university housed one in flat : PALSIED

8-down – Old ascetic conceals cold heart : ESSENCE

13-down – Band consuming drinks in cabaret performance : STRIPTEASE

16-down – Injured old man calls wizard in : DAMAGED

17-down – Given call to attention, ignored : SHUNNED

19-down – Imogen gets to open some bananas, not initially for flavouring : ANISEED

22-down – One half-day, plus a day : MONAD

23-down – Refuse to have gospel read out : MARC