Daily Answers

1-across – One in force using force, if forced? : OFFICER

5-across – Guaranteed supply in crate : CERTAIN

9-across – Tree lost heart? That’s right! : OSIER

10-across – Passing flower round, as in assembly : TRANSIENT

11-across – Confusing me with so-called proportional representation : SCALEMODEL

12-across – One’s inclined to strike with Popular Front : RAMP

14-across – Danish legend translated without assistance : SINGLEHANDED

18-across – Messages from donkey striking in centre of Brussels : SMOKESIGNALS

21-across – Bring in organ before Beethoven’s Ninth : EARN

22-across – Keeping dry in new raincoat? That’s something to go for : ATTRACTION

25-across – Stay in midst of students’ agitation : DEFERMENT

26-across – Gas ring section : OZONE

27-across – Seated in a proper car, Her Majesty waves : ROLLERS

28-across – Hang on for US city’s rogue trader : LASTOUT

1-down – French wood grasped by old-time player : OBOIST

2-down – King in part of Central Asia fears rising : FAISAL

3-down – Focus, say, on manuscript about best friars : CARMELITES

4-down – Men with a half of bitter, looking up or looking back : RETRO

5-down – Fruit packed with energy taken by tea blender : CHAMELEON

6-down – Supporter requires tuna sandwiches : REST

7-down – A key adviser somewhere in Oz : ADELAIDE

8-down – Stationery for writers, engineers and poets : NOTEPADS

13-down – False note? Ring up with promises to pay : FALLACIOUS

15-down – Innocent chicken — one left inside : GUILTLESS

16-down – Upper part of letter or card seen when sorted : ASCENDER

17-down – Lugubrious doctor with contents of vase? : MOURNFUL

19-down – The King and I : KIMONO

20-down – Plan location for circus performance? : INTENT

23-down – Judge accompanied by large mammal : RATEL

24-down – Scottish bank daring to withdraw capital from Venezuela : BRAE

1-across – Sly peep around catches one in fit condition : EPILEPSY

5-across – Latitude given by king, subject admits : TROPIC

9-across – Show anger with ornament ratings here : LOWERDECK

11-across – A bit like Balmoral’s hot stuff? : BOOTY

12-across – Campaigner’s initial boost when running : ABOLITIONIST

15-across – Fellow on edge may do so : FLIP

16-across – Rash from a French ruler unlike Louis le Gros? : UNTHINKING

18-across – Expelling or striking guards : EXORCISING

19-across – He leaves Trojan woman in island : CUBA

21-across – Setter with Observer: all new and very puzzling : IRRESOLVABLE

24-across – Pulse of a police officer touring this country : ADUKI

25-across – Tender, say — moving or not! : SEDENTARY

26-across – Online version of Macbeth is a gas : ETHANE

27-across – American behind bars perhaps shot : INTHECAN

1-down – Keep tabs on vacuous liars — they’re slippery : EELS

2-down – State protected in biowarfare : IOWA

3-down – Stood up on end of bride’s dress : ENROBE

4-down – They restore millions pocketed by retail crew : SMELLINGSALTS

6-down – Problem clues like this will be good after exercise : RUBDOWNS

7-down – Promising support, promises to support it : PROPITIOUS

8-down – Sob quietly to put on weight? One must be cracked : CRYPTOGRAM

10-down – Plot with king’s knight welcoming long warning to swordsmen : KITCHENGARDEN

13-down – Lingering impression it’s time Farage is off : AFTERIMAGE

14-down – Lady Chatterley’s Lover, say, in some long grass, of course? : BITOFROUGH

17-down – Dividing is thus splitting numbers up : SCISSION

20-down – Draw back and head of lion seized by bird : FLINCH

22-down – Stuff from down under is alcohol : MARC

23-down – Lake by that ancient French city : LYON

7-across – Ministers always in tears : REVERENDS

8-across – I would follow nasty smell that’s close : HUMID

9-across – Impromptu test for measles? : SPOTCHECK

10-across – Disreputable motor yacht on the water : SEAMY

12-across – One gets coverage in Mail : ARMOUR

13-across – Why repairer is called excessively : TOAFAULT

14-across – Sort of farm that stores electricity : BATTERY

17-across – Elegant writer’s catalogue for pig farmer? : STYLIST

20-across – Mad to cause vessel to leak? : CRACKPOT

22-across – Gives a false face : VISAGE

24-across – Trim English bird : SNIPE

25-across – This boy is usually a girl : PRINCIPAL

26-across – One’s arrival is a relief for the surgery : LOCUM

27-across – Compel to join group of journalists : PRESSGANG

1-down – Pelt with dried berries : PEPPER

2-down – Vegetable better cooked — nothing old should be swallowed : BEETROOT

3-down – These regions are hell! : NETHER

4-down – Bring up empty envelope? Gold coin is inside : EDUCATE

5-down – I found it in Greece : EUREKA

6-down – Points collected on the fly : AIRMILES

11-down – Reportedly did well in exam for history : PAST

15-down – Drama not rehearsed without planning : ATRANDOM

16-down – In seminar, open binder : ROPE

18-down – An abundance of beatings : LASHINGS

19-down – Dish first cooked on railway : STIRFRY

21-down – Avoid responsibility for policeman being dismissed : COPOUT

22-down – Vehicle is hard to make disappear : VANISH

23-down – Old woman tied up in knots? : GRANNY

9-across – Deceive leaders of tournament on position of ball : LIETO

10-across – Source of unreal grief — water hazard? : CROCODILE

11-across – Sad and bored, I muffed a lot of shots : BROADSIDE

12-across – Leaves container for player’s helper : CADDY

13-across – Toy with one part of course that’s excellent : TOPHOLE

15-across – Shot they use as result of good lie? : SHUTEYE

17-across – Boxed in by obstacle on course, hard to get good score on hole : THREE

18-across – Partly mishit a drive — small slice, say : TAD

20-across – Golfing action from second player on side : SWING

22-across – Contribute way to save a stroke? : PITCHIN

25-across – Iron he’s blasted not far from sand? : INSHORE

26-across – Place for putting party member : GREEN

27-across – Undesirable neckwear having a bad result around club, right? : ALBATROSS

30-across – Wild bear lived within range of single shot : DRIVEABLE

31-across – Keep off a green : AVERT

1-down – Hit from youngster holding driver as beginner : CLUB

2-down – Substandard, like three other solutions : BELOWPAR

3-down – US star endlessly in golf club : WOOD

4-down – Stress I had internalised as result of driving badly? : ACCIDENT

5-down – Stupidly goes by bad parts of round : BOGEYS

6-down – Crowds in clubs where golf is played : CONCOURSES

7-down – Two, perhaps, that you watch as shots are made : BIRDIE

8-down – Put iron within 3ft, rising to challenge : DEFY

13-down – Add final stroke, set up with nothing in it : TOTUP

14-down – Charitable ongoing event he had also included : OPENHANDED

16-down – Head off one hunting creature or another : EAGLE

19-down – Skilfully manoeuvred ball, made holes around start of round : DRIBBLED

21-down – Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs : IRONORES

23-down – Abysmal position — out of it he pitches : THEPIT

24-down – Close finishes in Open absorb many, holding attention : NEARBY

26-down – Golf crowds — taking sides in gallery : GODS

28-down – Hazard making some upset : TRAP

29-down – Location, something that helps with shot, we hear : SITE

7-across – Irony of lake’s contribution to climate change? : METALLIC

9-across – Settle for about 50 : CLINCH

10-across – See 3 : HALL

11-across – Red Line Brewery’s exceptional drink : ELDERBERRY

12-across – Detective said: ‘Rubbish order!’ : DIKTAT

14-across – Note preceding Martin Luther? : REFORMER

15-across – Reason to speak about Charlie : SANITY

17-across – Dukes wear grand poppets : GLOVES

20-across – One audibly scared of singular substitute for milk : SCREAMER

22-across – Sarcastic communic­ation that was and is painful to get over : BARBED

23-across – Hi-tec group discussion bears fruit on visit : CONFERENCE

24-across – See 11 : WINE

25-across – Remove reason for being inside out, maybe : UPROOT

26-across – Fancy urinal is of a certain period : SILURIAN

1-down – Electronic elements on underside of faux cream pottery : CERAMICS

2-down – See 23 : CALL

3-down – Royal venue in which watch chain is presented to husband with everything : ALBERT

4-down – Scoffing second cereal and bulging almost : SCORNFUL

5-down – Nap taken by motorist — quite a blow : PILEDRIVER

6-down – Start hoarding Chilean capital like gold dust : SCARCE

8-down – Place for making alcohol from fish covered in blubber : CIDERY

13-down – Craft a bit of poetry for a beginner : TENDERFOOT

16-down – Even reading up about desert shows recklessness : TEMERITY

18-down – It’s played using fingers in set order with style : STEINWAY

19-down – God’s city, once a star’s retreat : URANUS

21-down – Rough, getting caught having a taste of ale : CHOPPY

22-down – Maybe Paul’s articulated vehicle : BEETLE

24-down – See 22 across : WIRE