Daily Answers

1-across – Seabirds and golfer harassed former WI captain : GARFIELDSOBERS

8-across – Should mean the end of most of the dry season : OUGHT

9-across – Man-eater with writer in cut : CANNIBAL

11-across – Kitchen unfinished on 1588 vessel : GALLEON

12-across – Cut short a game with partners from all quarters : ABRIDGE

13-across – Oil hostilities cut short by mufti’s decree : FATWA

15-across – Chess move,by the way : ENPASSANT

17-across – Contrite traveller coming in,dropping a bit of rubbish : REPENTANT

20-across – Scrap of shelter after half-time : MELEE

21-across – Broke right away,left high and dry : BEACHED

23-across – Short debut in top league : PREMIER

25-across – Metal pot cooked state tree : PALMETTO

26-across – Children: a bone of contention : ISSUE

27-across – Fruit from Romanian garden : MANDARINORANGE

1-down – <span>Prince with class next to </span><i>Lamp-post </i><span>singer</span> : GEORGEFORMBY

2-down – Drink up at the King’s : REGAL

3-down – Sailing Spanish waters,generally : INTHEMAIN

4-down – Freedom that’s tolerated – or excess : LICENCE

5-down – Tanner wastes Palm Sunday taking 24 hours off : SUNLAMP

6-down – Pipe valley running through Britain : BRIAR

7-down – Author making way round lake with boy turning up holding hands,at first : ROALDDAHL

10-down – It doesn’t come as much of a blow : GENTLEBREEZE

14-down – Best of the bunch? : TOPBANANA

16-down – He may recommend Veuve Cliquot at river to one in ambush? : SOMMELIER

18-down – Accountant with car on hilltop : AUDITOR

19-down – Whirlwind Frank? : TYPHOON

22-down – Damp smell I detect at first : HUMID

24-down – Dramatist featured in Swinburne’s biography,on reflection : IBSEN

1-across – Predator,not one half donkey,half yak,half cow: no animals here : LONDONZOO

6-across – Fill full of food,fried,filleted : SATE

8-across – Inappropriate sightseeing,missing nothing,revealing everything : NATURISM

9-across – Having regard to predator,turned back stock? : FLOWER

10-across – In some parts of the UK,they say they can’t afford a bite to eat : CANAPE

11-across – They’re privileged to be locked up next to ravens’ cage : INSIDERS

12-across – Architect of housing for big beasts and a smaller one covered in fleece : CASSON

15-across – Idle beast unearthed,defying odds : STAGNATE

16-across – ‘You can see the solution: bag it!’ – a Tory activist : AGITATOR

19-across – Bank on not counting pence and cents to be interchangeable : EXPECT

21-across – Boatman in time of growth after answer is hopeful : ASPIRING

22-across – Eagle,one escaping from captivity,to depart : GOLDIE

24-across – Architect starts to build urban retreat to observe nature : BURTON

25-across – Architect,revolutionary,built new enclosure for king and : LUBETKIN

26-across – Stare at head of Guy the Gorilla? : GAPE

27-across – Country intended to be heard in report : STATEMENT

1-down – One supporting erection of commercial housing for animal : LLAMA

2-down – Sweets? Give mixed nuts a go : NOUGATS

3-down – All are dead and drab : OLIVE

4-down – Last above the grave,headless,risen even on Sunday: they’re undead : ZOMBIES

5-down – Storm in Beaufort scale,lacking components of real cloud : OBFUSCATE

6-down – Architect of ultimate in homes currently on London’s east side : SNOWDON

7-down – Architect-designed home for polar bears : THEARCTIC

13-down – Argonauts’ wrecked bark : ANGOSTURA

14-down – Carbohydrates,fats etc not normally inert in vegan protein sources : NUTRIENTS

17-down – Tesla man’s let off: a prickly type : THISTLE

18-down – They might be seen on leader of Algeria after revolution : REGALIA

20-down – Enclosure curtailing boundaries of aquatic mammal’s range : PALETTE

22-down – Boatman under back of big empty llama-house where roof ends : GABLE

23-down – In a manner of speaking,expending money on,say,tea in a mug : IDIOT

1-across – Nun gets broken arm : STENGUN

5-across – Get hold of jailbird said to be connected : CONTACT

9-across – Accessory involved in sex,traditionally : EXTRA

10-across – Groupie heard to follow turkey? It’s a joke : TOMSWIFTY

11-across – Run around centre of Livery Hall and tour Mayfair,say : GALLERYHOP

12-across – Toughie,at its heart? Yuck! : UGH

14-across – Spooks centre stage,dancing to Moussorgsky’s Fifth : SECRETAGENTS

18-across – Cooked old tree’s bark crafted into farm fare : CATTLEFODDER

21-across – Convenient device in section of meat market : ATM

22-across – Commit to each shelter rescue’s value : PERPETRATE

25-across – River bird catches swallow : GREATOUSE

26-across – Supply material for laughfactory.com? : EQUIP

27-across – Seek supplements? : EKESOUT

28-across – Outstanding saltine crackers : SALIENT

1-down – In speech,do away with troika? : SLEIGH

2-down – Touts divorcée’s upside-down position : EXTOLS

3-down – Royal’s EKG clearly doctored : GRACEKELLY

4-down – Spruce infested with bugs,reportedly : NATTY

5-down – Collected round bottom of cesspit and turned rotten? : COMPOSTED

6-down – Bit of force dropping on Shakespearean eye donor? : NEWT

7-down – Modifying source of waste water and rolling in it : AFFLUENT

8-down – Where doll may be found in attempt to win young fellow heading off to Switzerland : TOYCHEST

13-down – Lots and lots to flush,perhaps? : AGREATDEAL

15-down – Stock component of stunt flier’s tail : RIFLEBUTT

16-down – It may order you to stop excluding Scotland Yard from fraudulent accident log : OCTANGLE

17-down – Impressed with ecstasy rush : STAMPEDE

19-down – Applaud end of cholesterol in fried food : SALUTE

20-down – Bombshell executive in a pickle : SEXPOT

23-down – Petitions withdrawing conclusion of suit : PLEAS

24-down – <span>This </span><i>Simpsons</i><span> character goes both ways</span> : OTTO

1-across – Taking picture for retirement : WITHDRAWING

9-across – Sex-obsessed pair taken out and shot : PRIAPIC

10-across – Trouble if such a plant appears : FUCHSIA

11-across – Controls big problem with app to be fixed by this : REINSTALL

12-across – Dope that creates a big stink : SKUNK

13-across – Green coach losing time : SAGE

14-across – Injury odd French fellows eventually get : IMPAIRMENT

16-across – History of Gauguin’s final piece? Shown to be expert about it : PROVENANCE

19-across – Garment for water sport : POLO

21-across – Enormous number one zero short for writer : GOGOL

22-across – Aggressive using handwriting : INCURSIVE

24-across – Family man is captivated by artist’s extremes: one’s a shocker : DADAIST

25-across – Humble,grow up in such blocks? : LOWRISE

26-across – Quality vineyard in depression in these awful religious wars : THECRUSADES

1-down – Sitting at the traffic lights,spot some drama : WAITINGFORGODOT

2-down – Round area providers of hot and cold snacks : TAPAS

3-down – Loudly announce large contribution to year-end target : DECLAIM

4-down – Repeatedly,articles about loaf crusts as fodder : ALFALFA

5-down – Inspectors of pub measures said to have teeth : INCISORS

6-down – Unserious proposals that scatter specious glitter : GESTUREPOLITICS

7-down – Kindles to deposit aboard ship : SPARKS

8-down – Request submitted to obtain seal : GASKET

15-down – An officer interrupts myself three times when gong is heard : MEALTIME

16-down – Father Zeus,say,at a temple : PAGODA

17-down – A name of Scots celebrity : ALISTER

18-down – Pupil barrister turning up in case foolishly laughs : CACKLES

20-down – Gong you had responded to : OBEYED

23-down – Run over one day,got into argument : ROWED

1-across – In excruciating terminal pain,you said? That’s awkward : GAUCHE

4-across – Englishmen’s ball : POMPOM

9-across – Massive heart,cryptically? : EARTHSHATTERING

10-across – In this country one permitted to get heart,liver or kidney : GIBLET

11-across – Footballers hogging the centre of attention? That’s pants! : KNICKERS

12-across – East of France consuming load of this delicacy : ESCARGOT

14-across – Keeps longing internally as they laugh : HYENAS

15-across – <span>‘Marine life law rejected by RSPC leader’ – </span><i>The Guardian</i> : WALRUS

18-across – Given a fine joke Philistine discarded : PUNISHED

21-across – Eats out after a brief rest: minute steak,fish ‘n’ chips or haute cuisine,for example : ANAPAEST

22-across – Awards for SUVs? : OSCARS

24-across – Income tax malarkey 75%? Ridiculous! : EXCLAMATIONMARK

25-across – Tennis score ends with indistinguishable seeds : SESAME

26-across – My usual heartless chaotic refuge : ASYLUM

1-down – Be inappropriate with young Indian woman : GOAMISS

2-down – Up to the point when circling crow flies off jauntily : UNTIL

3-down – Head of household turned aghast seeing this on X : HASHTAG

5-down – Wealthy East German first reality denier : OSTRICH

6-down – Soldier and poet to speak of birds : PARAKEETS

7-down – After thirty seconds,rave about goddess : MINERVA

8-down – King Edward dressed for dinner? : JACKET

13-down – An agricultural product and where it’s stashed up for the citadel : ACROPOLIS

16-down – Supported by previous partners,woman getting extensions : ANNEXES

17-down – Relative pace and quiet : STEPMUM

18-down – See 8 : POTATO

19-down – Business invested in gas supply primarily for right-wingers : NEOCONS

20-down – Eastenders pick up percussion through it : EARDRUM

23-down – Beast arrived and left : CAMEL