Daily Answers

8-across – Kippers? They’re on the way from Mallaig to Fort William : SLEEPERS

9-across – Aroused by adult party in Ireland : AWAKE

10-across – Flower that’s yellow, outside Germany or in it : ODER

11-across – Carmen in East London area, leading to boos and hisses? : BARRACKING

12-across – Unsettled after Scientology’s first dissemination : SOWING

14-across – Ice pack only partially needed : DIAMONDS

15-across – Like Mr & Mrs Smith, finally was dying : HITCHED

17-across – Sexually ambivalent? Leave chap from the ’50s, intolerant of others’ ideas : BIGOTED

20-across – Conservative leader suspended for being shifty? : CHANGING

22-across – Arabs perhaps coming from other shores : HORSES

23-across – Delete from Will’s Tinder his raving about me subjectively : DISINHERIT

24-across – Little bits of dirt under sofas, typically : DUST

25-across – Rue missing intro for White Bird : EGRET

26-across – Striking hat? It might be Haydn’s : CREATION

1-down – Bloomers German chap initially lampooned in Room 101 : GLADIOLI

2-down – Woman’s right to a German address? : HERR

3-down – Leaves through different gate, admits airline : TEABAG

4-down – A way to go on 22 across? : ASTRIDE

5-down – Indian princess has hair a man styled : MAHARANI

6-down – Cloak our resident Druid originally ordered in black? : DARKCOLOUR

7-down – As 22 across might be, by one German in 6, perhaps : REINED

13-down – Explosive new book describing dates with former England footballer : INCENDIARY

16-down – Descriptive words no good for teeth pig’s lost : EPITHETS

18-down – Turning out to be the online type : EVERSION

19-down – Fungi with some seaweed one’s eating cold : AGARICS

21-down – Acknowledged Henry was unwell : HAILED

22-down – Sexy bottom? It might encour­age rapid but unwelcome developments : HOTBED

24-down – See one’s stoned : DATE

9-across – Travelling people after a bouquet : AROMA

10-across – Sweat embarrassingly in a tuxedo? : EXUDATION

11-across – Conservative party member demanding vessel : HARDLINER

12-across – Mad freebooter relinquishing power : IRATE

13-across – Mate in Sydney holding large hammer : CLOBBER

15-across – Stray has accommodation in which there’s no time to relax : DIGRESS

17-across – Pick up article in valley : GLEAN

18-across – Clutch component, say, coming closer : EGG

20-across – King of Mercia primarily laying waste : OFFAL

22-across – Determination to complete the crossword again? : RESOLVE

25-across – Missionary position in middle of Wales : APOSTLE

26-across – Fiddle with French car that’s dropping back : FRAUD

27-across – Beginners from Oxford University set off in boat : OUTRIGGER

30-across – Cast is so grand for directors : ROADSIGNS

31-across – Attentive dealer taking part : ALERT

1-down – Party for 13 across : BASH

2-down – Golf match involving more of us : FOURSOME

3-down – Fit, we hear, for a drop of the hard stuff? : HAIL

4-down – Ewe turns out to be supplier of milk : WETNURSE

5-down – Rotten place requiring short journey : PUTRID

6-down – Gung-ho gunners encircle country in Africa : RARINGTOGO

7-down – Angry outburst from one stuck in traffic : TIRADE

8-down – Old queen with no love for a new one : ANNE

13-down – 26 down, say, holding Joe up in Havana? : CIGAR

14-down – Land makes outlaw happy and he’s reformed : BANGLADESH

16-down – 3 for Roman healer : SALVE

19-down – Titanic female at sea, as gent is : GIANTESS

21-down – Corpulent guide, terribly weary : FATIGUED

23-down – Central bank supporting false medicine man : SHAMAN

24-down – One hug, possibly as good as a feast? : ENOUGH

26-down – Where one goes from bank to bank to get a bit of dosh : FORD

28-down – My word is annoying you at first : ISAY

29-down – Legal documents, reportedly, for Swiss hotelier : RITZ

8-across – Behind sound of Irish song, London initially put out : DERRIERE

9-across – English are heard repeatedly admitting old mistake : ERROR

10-across – Some industriousness is needed for today’s theme, for instance : TRIO

11-across – Interpreted, we hear, sign that woman’s married? Misleading clue! : REDHERRING

12-across – Corrupt dealer has something worn at table hiding king and queen : BRIBER

14-across – School backed legal action — there’s usually money in it : NOTECASE

15-across – Tenacious pursuer’s blunder, entering bank : TERRIER

17-across – Source of marble artists placed on vehicle : CARRARA

20-across – More stylish going over line, one who finishes nicely? : POLISHER

22-across – Use fan improperly, creating hazard : UNSAFE

23-across – Reckoning that I must be involved with crime : ARITHMETIC

24-across – British educational foundation’s reaction to freeze? : BRRR

25-across – In summer are roasts not cooked as much? : RARER

26-across – More like canal boat, quickly moved around with oar : NARROWER

1-down – Confused restorer turned back : RETRORSE

2-down – Vigour from writer after change of heart : BRIO

3-down – Dread it disappearing from territory no end : TERROR

4-down – Being a student in university city : READING

5-down – Detain me improperly, making problem for head : DEMENTIA

6-down – Eg tapes in advance piano note repeated on strings : PRERECORDS

7-down – Managed university in America, part of the system we’re in : URANUS

13-down – Defenders sometimes put obstructions across street : BARRISTERS

16-down – They yield short-term interest, showing edge in record time : EPHEMERA

18-down – Concerning previous person trying to fix things : REFORMER

19-down – Making corrections in speech or text : WRITING

21-down – Unknown to mathematicians, supporting awful 9 in astronomical model : ORRERY

22-down – Open bottle containing a French port : UNCORK

24-down – A piece of 4 or 19 youth’s not completed satisfactorily : BOOK

1-across – Players putting Irish broadcaster in a spot, according to some : QUARTET

5-across – Southern peninsula, a massive area : SIBERIA

9-across – Enthusiast gets to live, say, east of East Span River : EAGER

10-across – Obnoxious person was in the van, refusing to bend : PIGHEADED

11-across – Boxing Day fare that might be imposed on trippers? : COLDTURKEY

12-across – No socialiser should be left with a womaniser : LONE

14-across – Ceremonial dancing: it curtails stifling independence : RITUALISTIC

18-across – Nark about rifles and stuff, taking a long time : STOOLPIGEON

21-across – Industrious sorts in active communal working parties : BUSY

22-across – Reprobate Dolly pursues Sooty : BLACKSHEEP

25-across – In vacuous orgy, male smeared sun oil with menace : OMINOUSLY

26-across – Block an uncompleted foul : ANVIL

27-across – Antisemitic affair victim : DREYFUS

28-across – Beset by depression, make mistake of only half being a clown : PIERROT

1-down – Heartless monarch has church put out : QUENCH

2-down – Strange Lancastrian housing name : ANGELA

3-down – Act the soup-maker and keel over : TURNTURTLE

4-down – One who records spill : TAPER

5-down – Don’t join ‘Easter Egg’ movement : SEGREGATE

6-down – See 21 : BEES

7-down – Old soldiers flushed out a Scot : REDCOATS

8-down – Induce rehabilitation in hospital department for TV watchers? : AUDIENCE

13-down – Main part of the rugby team has moved on : LIONSSHARE

15-down – Indian river ignored by powerful businessmen who hope to become major players : TRIALISTS

16-down – Hair colour like Henry James, perhaps, cut by Latin? : ASHBLOND

17-down – An unhappy existence of stick-retrieval etc? : DOGSLIFE

19-down – See 9 : BEAVER

20-down – Cooker put on time program? : APPLET

23-down – Praise miniature railway in container : CRYUP

24-down – See 12 : WOLF

1-across – Inspect each benefit : PERUSE

4-across – Read erratically, following quiet joint : SHARED

9-across – ‘Car of sweetheart polluted’ : WEATHERFORECAST

10-across – Repeat dance for man on board : BISHOP

11-across – First exam covers writer with spirit : ORIGINAL

12-across – Considered Matilda as terribly rude : MEASURED

14-across – Escorts for girls : GUIDES

15-across – Be there when the news is read at last : ATTEND

18-across – Fix mood having drunk a barrel : MAKEGOOD

21-across – Major’s really sick : CRITICAL

22-across – Where fielders may be in a position to play : ONSIDE

24-across – Hotel with cooler bathroom product : HAIRCONDITIONER

25-across – First of children to turn 13 : ELDEST

26-across – Likely to happen for strange boy : ODDSON

1-down – Bang on about recipes : PRECISE

2-down – Leave an impression after really top gag : RETCH

3-down – Agent is one out for the count : SLEEPER

5-down – Harry initially going astray for swimmer : HERRING

6-down – Not serving rice, given stew : RECEIVING

7-down – Nearly set aside dodgy complaint : DISEASE

8-down – Have enough money for a French car : AFFORD

13-down – Protected Theresa deal, but not as planned : SHELTERED

16-down – Police car returns holding up houses : TERRACE

17-down – Professionals court indoors : DOCTORS

18-down – Gosh, takes dole back in part? : MELODY

19-down – Secured some junk, not Ted’s : KNOTTED

20-down – My friend’s used kidney, say : OLDBEAN

23-down – Labours small records : SLOGS