Daily Answers

1-across – Savoury snacks child tucks into, not the genuine article : PASTICHES

6-across – Abandon attempt to get to game : BINGO

9-across – Cask beer picked up for military detachment : DRAFT

10-across – Spooner’s low-alcohol drink a boon to errant drivers : WHITELINE

11-across – Never lie to angry clubman : LEETREVINO

12-across – Standard breached by Catholic faction : SECT

14-across – Adult in his own field carrying more weight : MEATIER

15-across – Managed to fire rifle : RANSACK

17-across – Summit goes into matter, turning sound off : SPEAKUP

19-across – Understanding landlord’s profit? : BARGAIN

20-across – Clarets, perhaps, or their Premiership rivals? : REDS

22-across – Bulk transport lines supplying crates : PORTLINESS

25-across – Effect from explosion of wine and whiskey kept in store : SHOCKWAVE

26-across – Youth leader makes plan, not taking sides : AKELA

27-across – Cheerful star, nominally on vacation : SUNNY

28-across – Cheerful jailbird temporarily housed? : CONTENTED

1-down – For instance, clutch ring inlaid with diamonds : PEDAL

2-down – Contrary chap, say, probing food item on a bill? : STAGENAME

3-down – Joins players from Milan on golf course : INTERLINKS

4-down – But we must supplant president’s last love : HOWEVER

5-down – Bowler, wayward type harnessing a touch of pace : SPINNER

6-down – Complain as book price rises : BEEF

7-down – Green water often bottled up : NAIVE

8-down – Successive balls received and struck : OVERTAKEN

13-down – Extraordinary rendition transporting a suspect : INORDINATE

14-down – Modern Miss guarding flower in Wales grew fragrant blooms : MUSKROSES

16-down – A criminal securing crooked mate’s remission : ABATEMENT

18-down – Mundane master, so it appears, inspiring article : PROSAIC

19-down – Sharp tail of garden bird : BITTERN

21-down – Third of Tories wearing blue go under : DROWN

23-down – What archaeologists may find strenuous, spades to the fore : SHARD

24-down – Fine wine unopened : OKAY

1-across – Servant attending queen, maybe in ceremony : PAGEANT

5-across – Corrupt bishop, when caught in action : DEBASED

9-across – Young dogs chewing the end of bedroom foot attire : PUMPS

10-across – Feeble person taken aback by mathematician showing off : POSTURING

11-across – Entertainer looks disheartened, confused, when grabbed by tot : FOLKSINGER

12-across – Drink — twice it gets knocked over : ASTI

14-across – In general, sedimentary material with nasty smell and coarse : MARLBOROUGH

18-across – Ambassador frequently flanked by two chaps who launched ships? : HELENOFTROY

21-across – Prophet, character finally appearing in time : EZRA

22-across – What’s expressed primarily by tender man, rambling? : ENDEARMENT

25-across – At home, only once losing head, showing rudeness : INSOLENCE

26-across – Put out of school, former student lurks outside gym : EXPEL

27-across – Author in hurry to disappear? Yes, once! : RUSHDIE

28-across – Positive greeting meets Virginia in school : YESHIVA

1-down – Dandy holding another up in exit : POPOFF

2-down – On walk lightning’s ultimate risk : GAMBLE

3-down – Examination of fools, blokes blocking street : ASSESSMENT

4-down – Feature on green paint splashed about : TAPIN

5-down – Tear apart or show contempt for someone in the club? : DISMEMBER

6-down – In the vicinity, avoiding a fight : BOUT

7-down – Extends message suggesting honest communication? : SPINSOUT

8-down – Engagement in the air? : DOGFIGHT

13-down – Urge seizing philosopher, left asking for nothing : PRAYERLESS

15-down – Put new money into political party — get clear about that : REFINANCE

16-down – Like a broader smile from son that is held in acclaim : CHEESIER

17-down – Rose and Lily may be in these shops— flirts so naughty : FLORISTS

19-down – Roofless London theatre in the old city : DELPHI

20-down – Lager girl? : STELLA

23-down – Poem, say, inscribed in cathedral : ELEGY

24-down – PC 49 plus one in enclosed space : PLOD

1-across – Attend a soldier’s party and make a run for it : BEATARETREAT

9-across – Taxidermist initially given rotting body part : THIGH

10-across – Giant mice to be dealt with? That’s baffling! : ENIGMATIC

11-across – Qualified as proficient in goal : ENABLED

12-across – Composure of bishop getting a puncture : BALANCE

13-across – Steel drain modified for rabbits : TAILENDERS

15-across – Holy man keeps Jerry in place : SPOT

18-across – Dutch painting is flash : DART

19-across – An abstainer cut with stiletto when driving : ATTHEWHEEL

22-across – Rocky appearance of dated hairstyle : OUTCROP

24-across – Dodgy American parking in camp : SUSPECT

25-across – Nearly let loose for ever : ETERNALLY

26-across – ’oists part of the roof : EAVES

27-across – Gold casket marked and scored : ORCHESTRATED

1-down – Senior officer to fix promotion during last stand : BRIGADIER

2-down – Pains gripping sick old Greek : ACHILLES

3-down – Mark tucks into a scotch — that’s better : AMEND

4-down – Bride hung about in Scotland : EDINBURGH

5-down – Representative in power in disorder : RUMPLE

6-down – Continue to play in London : ACTON

7-down – Stopped king interrupting a challenge : ATREST

8-down – Go along with law restricting fungal growth : ACCEPT

14-down – Get involved with priest’s charity giving fruit trees : DATEPALMS

16-down – Maintained parking’s booked : PRESERVED

17-down – Longs to inhabit street that’s most exclusive : SWISHEST

18-down – Medic terminated farm worker : DROVER

20-down – News of the French trial : LATEST

21-down – Run into fish in Channel : TRENCH

23-down – His or her model beneficiary : THEIR

24-down – More nervous to get pitcher : SHYER

9-across – Scandal in the sluice : WATERGATE

10-across – Blloody triumph : GLORY

11-across – Spreading dirt around hospital is what 2 need to become 12 : THIRD

12-across – Trinity Hall, reading electrical engineering, student starts delving into book : THREESOME

13-across – Speaker’s dainty half-sister : TWEETER

14-across – Previous Egyptian spy that Iran got the covers off : PHARAOH

17-across – Setback for Lebanon, having lost an illustrious prize : NOBEL

19-across – Person in command of isle appears regularly in magazines : MAN

20-across – In Siberia, by small crevasse : ABYSM

21-across – Bend 8 for accessory : HAIRPIN

22-across – Greenware from fancy lace fellow : CELADON

24-across – Fish and rabbit order: parents do it : SCHOOLRUN

26-across – Might prisoner meet the Queen? : POWER

28-across – Layer oddly, ounce after ounce : OZONE

29-across – The obscenely rich use it as a rule of thumb, perhaps : HEURISTIC

1-down – Idiot missing half of proclamation in parliament : TWIT

2-down – Language spoken on the other side of the world is music to Eliza’s ears : STRINE

3-down – Triple disc may be purchased with this? : CREDITSLIP

4-down – Agent’s player after flying start : FACTOR

5-down – Soft inland turtle : TERRAPIN

6-down – Rising thus: Shrek? : OGRE

7-down – Yoko hugged by Harry, promoting 11 as a mark of respect : HONORARY

8-down – Eighty percent included? That’s kind : TYPE

13-down – A fraction in temporary accommodation hotel : TENTH

15-down – Play acting out in a 3-D picture : ANAGLYPTIC

16-down – Individual involved with soldier can become malnourished : HUMAN

18-down – Ceremony heard in good French city : BRIGHTON

19-down – An experience of women, archetypically : MENARCHE

22-down – This diplomat needs to have dined at his place of work : CONSUL

23-down – Because of abbey’s location being unfinished? : DOWNTO

24-down – Break pots? : STOP

25-down – See 24 : OVER

27-down – Lull to sleep with this music : ROCK

8-across – Change popular stimulant for analgesic : MORPHINE

9-across – Idle, maybe cold-blooded creature : PYTHON

10-across – Determined chap’s going to peak close to Everest : HELLBENT

11-across – Poor sportsman in boozer’s back part : RABBIT

12-across – Is it grave or serious? In dark, I am confused : DIACRITICALMARK

15-across – See 3 : PENCE

16-across – Anxious for the future, say : TENSE

20-across – London dignitary, proverbially clever fellow with striking fashion : DICKWHITTINGTON

21-across – After Salah’s header, Aussie player is to dribble : SLAVER

23-across – College member acquiring second language : ESTONIAN

25-across – Helping one to enter shop : RATION

26-across – Busts attractive in photo : SNAPSHOT

1-down – European means to be heard in argument : POLEMIC

2-down – After bout, stop to see if characters are OK : SPELLCHECK

3-down – This makes MP a deputy leader : MIKE

4-down – Worst family turns up for Allen Ginsberg? : BEATNIK

5-down – Oily stuff: it’s about to keep hairdo wonderful : SPERMACETI

6-down – Go crazy the wrong way : STAB

7-down – French playmaker again protects position of ball : MOLIERE

13-down – Rambling in rocky north-east? Nice! : INCOHERENT

14-down – Sort of pig in soy with MSG in it getting cooked : MISOGYNIST

17-down – Privates are behind this English flag, if ordered : FIGLEAF

18-down – Faithless sort cheers up on the job : ATHEIST

19-down – It turns in either direction : ROTATOR

22-down – One in vehicle looking in the mirror a lot? : VAIN

24-down – What could be an improvement in the weather : THAW