Daily Answers

8-across – Simple custodianship arrangement containing note : UNSOPHISTICATED

9-across – Polish revolting study as duty : BURDEN

10-across – Notice apartment I have is changeable : ADAPTIVE

11-across – Unburdened pedestrian crossing end of lane : CAREFREE

12-across – Attempt to keep object in : TRENDY

13-across – Heavy cube in waxy covering : WEIGHTY

16-across – Shirk something intrinsically tedious : IRKSOME

19-across – Vessel with robust finish of copper : WHALER

21-across – Exaggerated the merits of series of deliveries of long standing : OVERSOLD

24-across – Vain men member of rowing team grooms : COXCOMBS

25-across – Exceptionally clever German raised without love initially : GIFTED

26-across – See gorillas urge rampaging groups of criminals : ROGUESGALLERIES

1-down – Disparaging remark about a European cut off from communication : INSULATE

2-down – Warm centre of suet dish : FONDUE

3-down – Evidence of injury in part of leg found by US emergency room : SHINER

4-down – A false journalist is mortified : ASHAMED

5-down – Column one covered in gypsum : PILASTER

6-down – Smartest redesigned sleeping pad : MATTRESS

7-down – Very hot iron six found in road : FERVID

14-down – Sell revolutionary card to sporting association : GOLFCLUB

15-down – Sanitarium dropping an inappropriate dish : TIRAMISU

17-down – Sickness Mark and Emerald spread : MALDEMER

18-down – Tricky situation in house before empty teens dine : HOTSEAT

20-down – Ring old English bird : HOOPOE

22-down – Wholly embrace heads of each new group unless leaders fail : ENGULF

23-down – Garment Fanny Adams wears for expedition : SAFARI

9-across – Fish having round tongue : LINGO

10-across – Mobile home,not,unfortunately,very close to lake : ONTHEMOVE

11-across – Quite unresponsive,Tom needs a restorative : CATATONIC

12-across – Was a programmer from Delaware into fish? : CODED

13-across – Depressed old fellow clutching jerry can : CONCAVE

15-across – Backfiring jokes about how to be humiliated : SHOWNUP

17-across – Players shivering,etc in zero temperature : OCTET

18-across – Almost fail to return for Mass : MOB

20-across – Army store reported : HORDE

22-across – Kalahari’s flies? : DESERTS

25-across – Knowing Charlie’s an insolent American : WISEASS

26-across – Showy floor wood : FLASH

27-across – City’s name Rex inscribed in fancy beer mug : NUREMBERG

30-across – After a month,oxygen added to Michael’s anaesthetic : NOVOCAINE

31-across – Unacceptable lament of batsman out on 99? : NOTON

1-down – Alliance head: ‘Keir’s first to go!’ : BLOC

2-down – Feeling elected court bears up fools : INSTINCT

3-down – See 28 : HOST

4-down – Feature of a forest’s warning device light : HORNBEAM

5-down – They smoke a lot : STACKS

6-down – British,these cold spreads that cover kippers : BEDCLOTHES

7-down – Glorious,glorious leader from an earlier age : GOLDEN

8-down – Doctor,what’s that you said about crush? : HERD

13-down – Large group that flies by day : CROWD

14-down – Disturbing repercussion of dessert wine : AFTERSHOCK

16-down – Smooth out papers : PRESS

19-down – Note the possible risks of webcast with a nerd : BEWARNED

21-down – Men are unlikely leading chemical testers : REAGENTS

23-down – Celeb on Viagra initially needs energy fast! : STARVE

24-down – Brightened up by books aimed at tabloid readers? : SUNLIT

26-down – Establish nothing’s left to finance : FUND

28-down – Brummie’s shot crooked landlord! : MINE

29-down – Go north of the border for party : GANG

1-across – Hotel has not much custom : HABIT

4-across – Pelt teacher,as violent youth : SKINHEAD

8-across – Peer at loo on beach – sometimes weed : LORDSANDLADIES

10-across – One often flat out on road,he would pass hospital,say,coming back : HEDGEHOG

11-across – Hearty eater,not entirely an idiot,shortly to cut down : FOODIE

12-across – Metal,last of long series in reissued manual : LANTHANUM

15-across – It’s plain McDonald’s return is brief : OVERT

17-across – Linger a day by source of water : DWELL

18-across – From sex recoil shuddering: onward and upward! : EXCELSIOR

19-across – Opened wide given dentistry at last,showing bristles : YAWNED

21-across – No longer a success,did that chap belong to a political party? : WASHEDUP

24-across – Initial data run is wrong? I’m not dogmatic : LATITUDINARIAN

25-across – Pins equipment let loose in seconds : SKITTLES

26-across – Much greater desire to conceal name : HUGER

1-down – Short school breaks may suggest Indian festival? : HALFHOLIDAYS

2-down – They say you can’t miss the entrance to this social : BARNDANCE

3-down – A tiny bit of sense : TASTE

4-down – Son to stop wasting time in tannery? : SUNLOUNGE

5-down – Boon companion not the first to have troubles : ILLS

6-down – Lacking stomach,happy to cross water up on smooth – this? : HYDROFOIL

7-down – I see notice about closure of theatre is up : AHEAD

9-down – Dear,this knife often is : LETTEROPENER

13-down – Greek lover’s little girl caught up in violent crime : HELLENIST

14-down – Skilled workers’ strange mischance : MECHANICS

16-down – Go in fancy with devil,acting so? : EVILDOING

20-down – Share with journalist : WHACK

22-down – Summer weather,hot,for butterfly : HEATH

23-down – One powerfully built that’s fought in Spain : BULL

1-across – Like this clue? No idea! Now,got to start having a shot : DOWNING

5-across – Pass over half of legal exercise to finish school : COLLEGE

10-across – Revolutionary times back in the Vaisya diaspora : DAYS

11-across – Back-channel new beats left spinning on these : TURNTABLES

12-across – One delivering line in leafy nook : BOWLER

13-across – One admires performing it as a piece of music : FANTASIA

14-across – Found ecstasy on top of sideboard-like dining furniture? : ESTABLISH

16-across – Sign when Amazon drops off second of packages : VIRGO

17-across – B-brilliant! : BRAVO

19-across – Might it be their turn to make an admission? : DOORKNOBS

23-across – At a pinch,they can be used to make do : HAIRPINS

24-across – Drives an Austin : POWERS

26-across – I’m working with sinister governmental organisations : MINISTRIES

27-across – Heading off,escapes the worst bits : LEES

28-across – Introduce Soup’s 20th option : IMPLANT

29-across – Caught by gamekeepers,I stop,then carry on : PERSIST

2-down – Sort out singer Rita’s overhead speakers : ORATORS

3-down – Gran,as always,somewhat nosy : NASAL

4-down – Lacking art,put up brown painting covering opening : NATURAL

6-down – Looking for business after starting trip : OUTING

7-down – I ran around,chasing 16’s follower – she won’t like the noise : LIBRARIAN

8-down – Getting older,the Taskmaster suppresses element of negativity : GREYING

9-down – Academic role for further education: primarily study skills,or researching species hybrids in plants : PROFESSORSHIP

15-down – Brave lad struggling over one part of speech : ADVERBIAL

18-down – Split up – be withdrawn,miserable,displaying faithfulness : REALISM

20-down – Scientists’ upright support on base for retort : RIPOSTE

21-down – They cut,save and,in a limited fashion,speculate with rupees and shillings : BARBERS

22-down – He wrote of Eden,moonlit – destroying love with devilry : MILTON

25-down – Looking up regulations in Kent and Surrey,or another 22 such? : WALES

4-across – Arch conservative woman : CAMBER

6-across – Turns of speech I can eschew : CHICANES

9-across – Doctor is able to retire and love country : MONACO

10-across – Reconnect the power of French grip : DECLUTCH

11-across – Firstly,Hamilton is going home having proposed with shrill voice : HIGHPITCHED

15-across – Make cockup,assuming miles to reach Italy : FERRARI

17-across – Inclination to be ahead,converting pole after pole : UPSLOPE

18-across – Track resolvent liquid after Spanish approval : SILVERSTONE

22-across – Best friend’s fractured large toe : ALTEREGO

23-across – Distresses using some radial arm saws : ALARMS

24-across – Removing protective gear,see Verstappen’s dubious lackeys : SERVANTS

25-across – Viennese driver’s spoken with more colour : LOUDER

1-down – Taking first step,carrying a copper vessel : TEACUP

2-down – Bailiwick that includes bridge : WHEELHOUSE

3-down – Clogs loused-up,quantity of engine suppressed : OCCLUDES

4-down – Part of engine hits back,thousands missing,hot on tail : CAMSHAFT

5-down – Mother fusses around Schumacher’s final two controllers : MANAGERS

7-down – Nabs points on way back : NETS

8-down – Lando finally attached to significant other,taking husband somewhere in the West End : SOHO

12-down – Rear illuminations sicken novice wearing hosiery : TAILLIGHTS

13-down – Privileged pet name taken by our little Edward : HONOURED

14-down – One who backtracks about a poet? : REVERSER

16-down – Powers with electric current replaced by dirty air from European country : AUSTRIAN

19-down – Barmaid endlessly showing up with nothing on : SALOON

20-down – Initially,braking and traction system is not all there : BATS

21-down – Senna’s first to discredit the lead : STAR