Daily Answers

1-across – Broken arm having mended, do some knitting? : CASTOFF

5-across – Protect offspring of hound by taking son inside : BABYSIT

9-across – Makeover: about to get sexually desirable : REFIT

10-across – US city gets a new church — with nothing to go up the wall : ANCHORAGE

11-across – Fine-tuned athletes, packed with energy, taken out at night? : FALSETEETH

12-across – See 21 : SEAS

14-across – Get too enthusiastic and hit the drink : GOOVERBOARD

18-across – A tender baritone finally accompanying Brummie hymn : ABIDEWITHME

21-across – Notes broadcast far from land? : HIGH

22-across – Confusion when two females replace centre of gutter in parapet : BAFFLEMENT

25-across – Description of certain pod members rendered in dialect : IDENTICAL

26-across – Molten material’s reduced periodical state : MAGMA

27-across – Passage from Burns’ Go With Style : GANGWAY

28-across – A touching feature of Dynasty : TANGENT

1-down – Vehicle advanced on iron vessel : CARAFE

2-down – Singular approach of primate-catcher? : SOFTLY

3-down – Was of greater importance, so able to walk better through water, they say : OUTWEIGHED

4-down – Flash unfashionable attire — reduced! : FLARE

5-down – Prominent features of ‘dandy champers’ : BUCKTEETH

6-down – Blair’s reported prosperity : BOOM

7-down – Revolutionary scientific facility — Pascal be damned! : SPACELAB

8-down – Northern area supports, of course, sports team : TEESSIDE

13-down – Qualified, reportedly, to identify island’s salt : ABLESEAMAN

15-down – Gay choir formed around end of April, a powerful group : OLIGARCHY

16-down – Unknown number longing to include time out on the water? : YACHTING

17-down – Finger twisted inside hollowed-out Kenyan rainforest plant : KINGFERN

19-down – Coalition: the French disease : LEAGUE

20-down – Narrow part said to be in line : STRAIT

23-down – Cut line by knot’s end : FILET

24-down – Away with this illicit cruiser! : STOW

1-across – Nothing further to say, it is what it is? : THATSTHAT

6-across – Pool side : BANK

8-across – Curved path soldier left, snake around it : PARABOLA

9-across – Cream from bird, involving clipped wings in stir : LOTION

10-across – Fine to pocket, say, the amount left : LEGACY

11-across – Fancy chaps gripping pot sideways? : TURNOFFS

12-across – Not bubbling, American gas : FLATUS

15-across – Humbling, as big end shatters : DEBASING

16-across – Sorry we had to bury gag : WRETCHED

19-across – Book place serving cakes? : ECCLES

21-across – Blowing trousers apart, fine currents of warm wind : CHINOOKS

22-across – See 26 : WOLVES

24-across – Distinguished performer carrying you once, an enduring ride : STAYER

25-across – Islander protesting at endless filth? : ANTIGUAN

26-across – Football club after credit by the sound of it — no team players! : LONE

27-across – Point went with short screws : NORTHWEST

1-down – Draw suspicion : TRACE

2-down – A collection of facts and figures not entirely inspiring chap to be resolute : ADAMANT

3-down – Uncaring leader in short, Labour PM should pay attention to a Conservative one : STONY

4-down – See 3 : HEARTED

5-down – In list, over fifty parts adequate : TOLERABLE

6-down – Pageboy has container of stuff picked up : BUTTONS

7-down – Sound barrier on the Ark? That shouldn’t prove insulting : NOOFFENCE

13-down – Line to gather unravels quite slowly : LARGHETTO

14-down – Fish course driving headache in the morning? : SCHOOLRUN

17-down – Preserve style for old photo : TINTYPE

18-down – Old man in need mostly, give up : DESPAIR

20-down – Somewhere in Germany, solid wood splits : COLOGNE

22-down – Wicked woman caught using traps : WITCH

23-down – Old key for lift : EXALT

1-across – Supply source of tea during course : FURNISH

5-across – Gas left in mine that fluctuates around the knees : HEMLINE

9-across – Police recruit in motorcade threatened : CADET

10-across – Murderous soldier detectives caught in old Spanish capital : REGICIDAL

11-across – Receptive nature of abbey treated with scorn : ABSORBENCY

12-across – Potential beast of burden no good with a load : NAG

14-across – More than just two legs of quadruped making the whole, we’re told : FOREQUARTERS

18-across – Lady Anne’s last antique restored in shoddy fashion : INADEQUATELY

21-across – One Shakespearean prince can’t have met another : HAL

22-across – Continuing desire to follow master : PROLONGING

25-across – King Charles wearing old brand, outstanding period clothing : CRINOLINE

26-across – Area seized by dictator with force : AMAIN

27-across – Strictly control a small American 4 : PEGASUS

28-across – What could feed Brummel’s 4, asks Spooner? : NOSEBAG

1-down – China regularly invested in river cleansing process : FACIAL

2-down – Vegetable pot used as base by artist : RADISH

3-down – Inseparable Bury ladies, five not married : INTERWOVEN

4-down – Drug runner at Folkestone? : HORSE

5-down – Many cases taken here on a trip by royal household : HIGHCOURT

6-down – Head of management with excellent official staff : MACE

7-down – Like some text from scriptures, truly gripping : INDENTED

8-down – Person acclaiming EU record holds work up : EULOGIST

13-down – Island people, thin and weak, among Middle Easteners short of yen : SRILANKANS

15-down – Points raised online about Republican aides in high places? : EQUERRIES

16-down – Approaching bargain counter for final drink : NIGHTCAP

17-down – Going over stonework in medieval roof, perhaps : VAULTING

19-down – Cook’s agent in Caribbean, two-thirds sozzled : BICARB

20-down – Alcoholic drink, three gallons, one drunk : EGGNOG

23-down – Pork pie — popular weekend indulgence? : LIEIN

24-down – Part of ship’s equipment for launching missiles : BOWS

1-across – Row following criminal activity : IDENTITYPARADE

9-across – Escape into valley and take coat off : DESCALE

10-across – Lie it’s right to avoid when leader comes out : RECLINE

11-across – Smooth stone found at end of spectacular river : RHONE

12-across – Doll to necessitate change of bed linen? : TEARSHEET

13-across – Blow on golf course? They’ll get through at least four holes : CUFFLINKS

14-across – Mammal fashioned in tin and copper once : CANID

15-across – Solemn one crying half-heartedly : SOBER

17-across – Thought left to wither, bringing refreshment : REFECTION

20-across – Aim to keep fine at Oxford and settled : ENSCONCED

22-across – Newspaperman about to participate in challenge : DACRE

23-across – Cup in church given to the daughter of an Oxford dean : CHALICE

24-across – English beast rolling around in sheets : LAMINAE

25-across – Slave’s hope is to get cruel handler smitten : DISENTHRALMENT

1-down – He scripted nice revised report of spoken words : INDIRECTSPEECH

2-down – Cease offending, dismissing outsiders — relax a bit! : EASEOFF

3-down – Provider of account ultimately, one going wild penning some yarn? : TRAVELLER

4-down – US city fashion, collecting regular payment : TRENTON

5-down – Normal wagers or bets using previous winnings : PARLAYS

6-down – Brian the slapstick actor’s spoken of in spasms : RICKS

7-down – Endless coffee? I have to enter that roadside refreshment stop : DRIVEIN

8-down – Events set tried to get organised — reason for ulterior motive? : VESTEDINTEREST

14-down – See deranged commander doubling up — what can relieve one’s pain? : COCODAMOL

16-down – Rice needs juicy cooking — no good avoiding that, mum admitted : BASMATI

17-down – Most splendid scientific institution with financial resources : RICHEST

18-down – One keeping records about theologian, one who interferes : FIDDLER

19-down – In Anglican church smeller misses nothing that may smell there : INCENSE

21-down – Delayed, like performance by some skaters : ONICE

1-across – Hand over a scene describing The Great Dictator? : FASCIST

5-across – Black bishop rings Times about Young Conservatives : BOYCOTT

10-across – Record first of fifty-one starters for Le Mans : FILM

11-across – A single rock’s hiding top lady’s shorts : ONEREELERS

12-across – Rogue gunmen’s state : RASCAL

13-across – Community on holiday like beds in caravans : FOLDAWAY

14-across – Friend’s about to tolerate knockabout antics : SLAPSTICK

16-across – Exponent of 14 fell defending a service : KARNO

17-across – Tender chest after scrubbing front : OFFER

19-across – Writer’s Spanish article pricks faint public interest : LIMELIGHT

23-across – Wag papers etc during trick : COMEDIAN

24-across – Cup-and-ball in past helping child in tavern : POTBOY

26-across – They clean tables with excellent mops : WAITRESSES

27-across – State’s mean, cutting time : AVER

28-across – Improved script about western ceremony : REWRITE

29-across – Fatty Arbuckle, initially poised, cracks up : ADIPOSE

2-down – Joe’s over in a small sports bar serving woman : ABIGAIL

3-down – Dandy perhaps stuffs old note in volume : COMIC

4-down – Notice books in the 19? : SPOTLIT

6-down – Ollie nervously hosts northern playwright : ONEILL

7-down – In the Channel Islands everyone has a duty to arrange transport : CALLATAXI

8-down – Ruler found in school ground : TERRAIN

9-down – He wants things just so ropes etc fit in buggy : PERFECTIONIST

15-down – MC occasionally bears gift after promotion : PRESENTER

18-down – Pay for a, say, revolting series of frames : FOOTAGE

20-down – Shed light on old school straddling state borders : EXPOSED

21-down – Cleans feet crossing river : HOOVERS

22-down – Like early 10s, one’s rising fast : SILENT

25-down – Stump male in role reversal : TRAMP