Daily Answers

9-across – 2 sat wagging tongue : ESPERANTO

10-across – West African rhino has Unitarian retreating : NAIRA

11-across – Material taken from ground from the east : DENIM

12-across – White flower displayed by Wise when playing with Leeds : EDELWEISS

13-across – Extravagantly ornate vessel loaded with cargo at the back : BAROQUE

14-across – Popular sibling without hesitation beginning to suggest demands : INSISTS

17-across – Hat is miserable,lacking will ultimately to inspire : IMBUE

19-across – Regularly offered payment : FEE

20-across – Torture admitted by alien nation : EGYPT

21-across – Quiet country hotel,first-class fish : PIRANHA

22-across – Last slice of Arctic roll for pud : CRUMBLE

24-across – Inexperienced head that’s likely to get chopped : GREENBEAN

26-across – Broad-shouldered bloke getting time off finally : ATLAS

28-across – Former garret,very large area,right? : SOLAR

29-across – Teach cool new Topic? : CHOCOLATE

1-down – Watch over third of Penelope Cruz covers : TEND

2-down – Batter,work Frenchman over : OPENER

3-down – Run out of tent seized by darn crazy hysteric : DRAMAQUEEN

4-down – Military standard unveiled by East Wing : ANNEXE

5-down – The Times: Oysters Turned Up Outside Sam’s Home : YOSEMITE

6-down – A congested city rises again : ANEW

7-down – Judi exhausted,carried by terribly skinny chap in tights : NIJINSKY

8-down – Welshman’s platform : DAIS

13-down – Low character,Liberal,one probing British parliamentarian : BLIMP

15-down – Vegas’s last crook gambler : SPECULATOR

16-down – French barman posed,tied,naked : SATIE

18-down – Nick rolled over,rolled over topless in brothel : BORDELLO

19-down – Corporal perhaps put on fine,shiny material for dance : FLAMENCO

22-down – Republican supporting Tory Party high flier : CONDOR

23-down – £1 filled Chinese bun pintxos sold here : BILBAO

24-down – Stomach punched by second blow : GUST

25-down – Average type,and not married : NORM

27-down – For starters,some marinated eel with duck : SMEW

1-across – Endless effect of gravity – time to leave white dwarf,say,for something denser : PULSAR

4-across – A lot of delay blocking courthouse discharge : CATARRH

9-across – Cephalopod fresh from the sea mostly branded at first a disappointment : DAMPSQUIB

10-across – Leave in middle of stint,being cross : TIGON

11-across – Drink and dish uncovered : LATTE

12-across – Team backed tense striker for international : TESTMATCH

13-across – Temporary appointment? Reputation no good : STANDIN

15-across – Sound of complaint seven days after crew loses diamonds : SQUAWK

17-across – Former student extracting iodine from metallic oxide : ALUMNA

19-across – Husband all set to consume spicy dish,dismissing starter – look lively : HURRYUP

22-across – Crime is a burden,one ignored on the Left? : SINISTRAL

24-across – Attraction in avoiding source of electric shock : APPAL

26-across – Additional symbol of affection beginning to torment in time : EXTRA

27-across – One criticising UK currency,keeping it personal to begin with : NITPICKER

28-across – Private eye capturing Chinese backing popular applied science : TECHNIC

29-across – A delightful time,welcoming soldiers in public areas : AGORAS

1-down – Pleasure boats? Sod pleasure – not certain at sea : PEDALOS

2-down – Rather drunk,though maintaining motorway’s maximum speed,perhaps : LIMIT

3-down – Morning vapour surrounding road in European city : AMSTERDAM

4-down – Artists in request for more during economies : CUBISTS

5-down – Venerated symbol,feature of racetrack,followed by millions : TOTEM

6-down – Imposition of socialism would mean this immediately? : RIGHTAWAY

7-down – Hard working? Largely avoid Asian island : HONSHU

8-down – Target working feature of control panel : BUTTON

14-down – Capital,after editing,to include a note describing certain lenses : APLANATIC

16-down – Roughly repair gun inclining to shoot high? : UPREARING

18-down – Articles with satirical humour,ousting leader of Jewish priesthood : AARONIC

19-down – Chap’s imprisoning a good many slaves : HELOTS

20-down – Part of gut grumbling softly,upset,having received nothing : PYLORUS

21-down – Way of viewing a group regularly infiltrated by police constable : ASPECT

23-down – Spot injury to muscle,cancelling run : STAIN

25-down – Acceptable to interrupt a jabber? : POKER

1-across – Ultimately penned by innocent child,a letter on papyrus,perhaps? : LAMBDA

5-across – A parting bicycle travelling,getting away from relations : CELIBACY

9-across – Ill-conceived,a plastic boyfriend on film : MISTAKEN

10-across – Partner once put on green top : VERTEX

11-across – Train carriage required with this? : WEDDINGDRESS

13-across – See 2 Down : TEST

14-across – Megastar at sea port : RAMSGATE

17-across – Bounty boarded by a mutineer finally,astern : REARWARD

18-across – Baseball team certainly not heard of in Europe? : NINE

20-across – Villa’s place secured in prize museum piece : ROSETTASTONE

23-across – Vishnu,leader lost in war following attacks,reportedly? : AVATAR

24-across – Prison,where racketeer has time inside : ALCATRAZ

25-across – Sequence logged by gentleman,resubmitted when typed the wrong way? : USERNAME

26-across – A loch,out of which pulled the first old nut : ALMOND

2-down – Critical evaluation,turning of tides indeed? : ACID

3-down – Someone loathing vampire,point driven through heart – might this cover the body? : BATHWATER

4-down – Duck under perfect child in martial art : AIKIDO

5-down – On which it’s cold and bitter after temperature in liquid decreasing? : CENTIGRADESCALE

6-down – Feeling ready for tennis achievement : LOVEGAME

7-down – Drill,tedious thing? : BORER

8-down – Preserving wood,one going in strong,ecofreak? : CREOSOTING

12-down – Monsters had been identified as footballers : WEREWOLVES

15-down – Cat still gripping tail of dog,another cat upset about that : GINGERTOM

16-down – Bugs Bunny’s first song about carrot extremely emotional at first : BACTERIA

19-down – Caught in German town,you’ve been captured! : GOTCHA

21-down – Key tenant initially lost? : ENTER

22-down – Embroidered anecdote? : YARN

1-across – First of the chickens moulting as programmes finishing once : CLOSINGDOWN

9-across – Poor actor’s part as expressed on picnic menu : HAMROLL

10-across – Bottle party? : NOCANDO

11-across – Martin’s followers reform most of unearthly beliefs ultimately : LUTHERANS

12-across – They’re not here,but are in Sussex and Hampshire : DOWNS

13-across – College official – idle,vain,absent now and again : DEAN

14-across – Welsh girl about to be cuddled by cute pedigree pet : PERSIANCAT

16-across – Rude hallo I might produce? : LOUDHAILER

19-across – Regularly – often – tea is cheese : FETA

20-across – Beauty captured by the lens : HELEN

21-across – Trousers,lost at the start,eventually turned up : RETROUSSE

23-across – Tastier dancing from this performer? : ARTISTE

24-across – Duck. On reflection,20! : NOSCORE

25-across – NT character making drop-goals in error : PRODIGALSON

1-down – Finish one’s sentence and heed driving instructor : COMETOAFULLSTOP

2-down – Invigorating air in Gozo? Never! : OZONE

3-down – Sick notes lead to notoriety : ILLFAME

4-down – Band’s origin : GENESIS

5-down – Islander’s love of pastoral life lacks initial attractiveness : ORCADIAN

6-down – Windies won – Kent gets caught out,when the last man is batting : NINEWICKETSDOWN

7-down – Letter to boy questionable help getting Botham as US citizen : PHILADELPHIAN

8-down – It’s deteriorated a lot,sadly wasn’t over here : WORSETHANEVER

15-down – F. Gump actor cuts toe,because of … ? : THANKSTO

17-down – Sharon,say,is PM,losing head : ISRAELI

18-down – Land collapsing into sea : ESTONIA

22-down – Orchids,originally unaltered,an ikebana requirement? : OASIS

1-across – Manage to obtain expert remedy : PROCURE

5-across – Fight to secure wizard : WARLOCK

10-across – The opera for petrolheads? : CARMEN

11-across – Eternity may be represented as wholeness : ENTIRETY

12-across – Gaffer seen in good sort of light : GUV

13-across – Disconcerted in hearing having elevated seat : THRONE

14-across – Charges and unhorses criminal : ONRUSHES

15-across – A lawyer,but not for long? : BRIEF

16-across – Given a certificate with some reservations : QUALIFIED

19-across – Two words of compliance in song,or three such at sea : AYEAYESIR

21-across – Major Shakespeare role,new,to memorise : LEARN

24-across – Small child to eat with family : MUNCHKIN

26-across – Salad plant: I have the last bit first : ENDIVE

27-across – I am moving round train : AIM

28-across – No ordinary lake? : SUPERIOR

29-across – Obvious time for old lament : PLAINT

30-across – She leads a hand-to-mouth existence : DENTIST

31-across – Ivy for one in a soft shoe : CREEPER

2-down – Child hero involved in treachery : REACHER

3-down – More usual answer for these days : COMMONERA

4-down – Park-keeper’s great annoyance following run : RANGER

6-down – Coming in last in spite of everything? : AFTERALL

7-down – Primate leads off responses in services from the front : LORIS

8-down – How Tom sees road safety feature : CATSEYE

9-down – Lenin for one turning in his grave? : REVOLUTIONARY

17-down – Bird fled a fire,flying off : FIELDFARE

18-down – Feeble-sounding stories in magazines : WEEKLIES

20-down – Solvers on underground platform : YOUTUBE

22-down – Receipts are concerning meeting place : REVENUE

23-down – Moderate rage : TEMPER

25-down – Luckily avoid both cold and high temperature : CHEAT