Daily Answers

1-across – Old country jazz fan coming to dance : CATHAY

4-across – Anger in rural establishments — they may kill people : FIREARMS

9-across – Fellow clean, having removed soft muck : MANURE

10-across – Break in street with work finished : STOPOVER

11-across – A lone wolf poet’s destroyed in a single fierce move : ATONEFELLSWOOP

13-across – What’s sweet in big book, lines offering nonsense : TOMFOOLERY

14-across – Stand at front of church? Very cold, not dry : BIER

16-across – What’s in title of poem by Coleridge or Frost : RIME

18-across – Mum entertained by Jagger et al performing — one getting into rock? : STONEMASON

21-across – Fruit ruined by terrible shower : WHORTLEBERRIES

23-across – Tale-teller is candid, love being rejected : FRANKLIN

24-across – A new hair product possibly needed by a lady : ANGELA

25-across – Part of Greece has style that’s unusual : THESSALY

26-across – Batty woman returning to quiet plain in Israel : SHARON

1-down – Thoroughly search most of the valley : COMB

2-down – Small boy can finally slay the enemy, expending minimal energy : TINYTIM

3-down – A dormant drunk in a disorderly state : ATRANDOM

5-down – Enthusiastic about the French and their country — female lacking bigotry : INTOLERANCE

6-down – Show up with old lover’s model : EXPOSE

7-down – Recipe with mayonnaise — very little in that Italian food : RAVIOLI

8-down – Fight over one fellow getting stuff for recycling? : SCRAPIRON

12-down – Be good enough to satisfy hungry pelican? : FILLTHEBILL

13-down – Formula for getting fat — I lose it : THROWAFIT

15-down – Plant amazing initially, suffering harm when penetrated by insect : AMARANTH

17-down – For example, a space to the north where a boat may berth : MOORAGE

19-down – Be covered in fleece as female animal : SHEBEAR

20-down – England’s all-rounder gets all fired up : STOKES

22-down – Flatter shade of brown : FAWN

7-across – Material without intro is for backing singer : SINATRA

8-across – Old opponent fairly devoid of it : ANTIQUE

9-across – See 17 : DEAD

10-across – Pretty good sound toys stuffed, tummies originally getting squeezed : NOTSODUSTY

12-across – Predict sea changes in old business : SPICE

13-across – Not a sausage, fight to eat dry dish : OMELETTE

15-across – See 16 down : FISH

16-across – Teaching English, shelter dons : TENET

17-across – Appear late in day having failed in appeal : PLAY

18-across – Seem not unsettled by last trace of whopping shiner? : GEMSTONE

20-across – See 19 : METRE

21-across – Familiar odd punches beaten by one shot : ACQUAINTED

23-across – See 26 : TEST

25-across – Rip-off in guide, watch my words? : LIPREAD

26-across – 1 5 invested in most uninter­esting assessment that’s on the way : DRIVING

1-down – Delightful topping to be used later : NICE

2-down – Golf course offering up a couple of slices? : SANDWICH

3-down – 1 5 with underwear on, not a sculpture : BRONZE

4-down – 1 5 supporting local officer’s first baby : INNOCENT

5-down – Price fruit higher than flower : FIGURE

6-down – Case one of four : SUIT

11-down – Out of tune, this tenor most sharp : THORNIEST

12-down – 1 5, appropriate : SEIZE

14-down – See 12 across : TRADE

16-down – 1 5 consuming very good source of veal with hot, wet colourful things? : TROPICAL

17-down – Supposed musical sheep flipped : PUTATIVE

19-down – Measuring unit concerned with setter dividing second 1 5 : SQUARE

20-down – Current shade up during day : MODERN

22-down – Hit when good health reduced by half : CHIN

24-down – 1 5 in public inquiry reportedly went down : SANK

7-across – One taking charge of CIA, crudely infiltrating abductor : CAPACITOR

8-across – Sally in fight to get round in : FORAY

9-across – Engine opening, inertia beaten with a kick-starter : AIRINTAKE

10-across – Fast way to get drunk : TIGHT

12-across – Superior ale to drink time after time : BETTER

13-across – Excited, drunk and available online : UPLOADED

16-across – Rum ration left as a test : ONTRIAL

19-across – Dry? Knock back spirits, raised before going out : PARCHED

22-across – Spooner’s underage drinker, a failure with poor attitude : BADLOSER

25-across – Types of bar in which to get drunk fast on empty stomach : SHAFTS

27-across – Stale, thus getting a beer : STOUT

28-across – Extreme complication lately affecting more pregnancies — seek immediate aid at the beginning : ECLAMPSIA

29-across – Caught duck, say, in the drink : CIDER

30-across – On sides of bottle, a drop formed of high alcoholic content : BEADPROOF

1-down – Pass case of Rioja onto wine producer … : RAVINE

2-down – … case of cold wine brought up : CANISTER

3-down – British ale or German equivalent overwhelms non-drinker : BITTER

4-down – Takes in drunk on drink : SOAKSUP

5-down – Bareback rider avoiding flips in exiting : GODIVA

6-down – Old club whiskey’s source, that is : MASHIE

11-down – Tip of foliage creeping up jumper : FLEA

14-down – Note on hospital discharge : DOH

15-down – Prepared ingredients in Bacardi daiquiri : DID

16-down – Boatman’s out of drink in a round : ORB

17-down – Touch the heart of secret admirer : TAD

18-down – It’s further coming back from Yugoslavia : ALSO

20-down – Drink commonly produces gas and cramp inside : CHAMPERS

21-down – Drunk and disorderly crew landed with doctor missing : WRECKED

23-down – Part of regiment loses second line, with nothing to gain : ATTAIN

24-down – Strange allure of symbol of honour : LAUREL

25-down – Clue for shy drinker’s light refreshment : SHANDY

26-down – Examination of drunk about rupture inside : TRIPOS

1-across – Leafstalk trailing river duck : POCHARD

5-across – Self-important holy one’s going after fair return : POMPOUS

9-across – Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount? : GETON

10-across – Motion was altered drastically to cover gold : LAUREATED

11-across – Marker makes toenail red : DELINEATOR

12-across – See 9 : ONES

14-across – Pepper restricted by winter’s perseverance : INTERSPERSE

18-across – One form of ancient hut not in tune with Sartre’s philosophy? : INAUTHENTIC

21-across – See 9 : HIGH

22-across – Refusing to change opinion of university, Wayne Slob, a mess, drops round : UNSWAYABLE

25-across – One supplying air when tennis player gets colour back : SERENADER

26-across – See 9 : HORSE

27-across – Call up the day before about ball and whip : EVOCATE

28-across – Case of senior overcome by auditorium : HOLDALL

1-down – A party opening up a temple : PAGODA

2-down – Swimmer dislodges top from sink : CUTTLE

3-down – Declare sadly a tunic’s been appropriated by old queen : ANNUNCIATE

4-down – Party line taken with state dish : DOLMA

5-down – God starts to create really awful, terrifyingly rich man : PLUTOCRAT

6-down – Look out, Emin! : MIEN

7-down – Whipped a tycoon boxing king of 8 : OCTONARY

8-down – Dodge’s wings and favoured elevation : SIDESTEP

13-down – Happy with coral being destroyed without proper backing : APOCRYPHAL

15-down – Draw with articulated flatline textile process : TIEANDDYE

16-down – Be a tourist with sense to understand : SIGHTSEE

17-down – Go out with Anorak Joey? : KANGAROO

19-down – Peninsula of African country with no western boundary : IBERIA

20-down – See 24 : SEWELL

23-down – Tasteless Taming of Shrew : WERSH

24-down – Classic book author’s 12-month record about the rise of a Sussex town : ANNA

1-across – Confident, like retiring American left-winger : ASSURED

5-across – Perform check, covering county where Homer settled? : DOVECOT

9-across – Shell uncovered beside cape — a crab’s disabled without it : CHELA

10-across – Visited area excluded from redraft of final edict : INFLICTED

11-across – Girlfriend installed in French­man’s love nest, maybe : PIEDATERRE

12-across – Expressed regret for euro, say : ROO

14-across – Priest in country after a spell oddly lost independence : SELFRELIANCE

18-across – Keeping quiet, with some little doubt : PRESERVATION

21-across – Rubbish article in Times : TAT

22-across – Adequate turnover for Guardian, working well without capital : SUFFICIENT

25-across – Body of Christians threatening war leader : CHURCHILL

26-across – Review of global IT firm in Sky features : NIMBI

27-across – Release bargain offer for telly addicts? : SETFREE

28-across – Hold back company books and most of inventory : CONTROL

1-down – Agree to clubs participating in expert training : ACCEPT

2-down – One’s endeavouring to spot king and queen : SEEKER

3-down – Revived a festival introduced by Magritte and Dali, originally : REAWAKENED

4-down – Press campaign : DRIVE

5-down – Furore following elevated journalist’s stay : DEFERMENT

6-down – Worthless classical poet promoting his verse : VOID

7-down – Processed grain etc, providing food : CATERING

8-down – See through end of telescope in port after it’s set up : TIDEOVER

13-down – Insular Spaniard working as cathedral junior : MINORCANON

15-down – Preferred winding route via south of France : FAVOURITE

16-down – Remove clogs, seeing good time ahead : UPSTICKS

17-down – Put an end to trusted criminal carrying drug : DESTRUCT

19-down – Curmudgeon in receipt of Nutmeg’s misdirected delivery? : BEAMER

20-down – Where you’d expect a barrister from superior chambers? : ATRIAL

23-down – Upset roughly one litre of pharmaceutical acid : FOLIC

24-down – Damage statuette, knocking head off : SCAR