Daily Answers

9-across – Number one from one of two : ETHER

10-across – He noticed creeping destruction of cultural identity : ETHNOCIDE

11-across – Rejected wordplay quietly sent back by Paul or edited : UNPOPULAR

12-across – Transient prime : BRIEF

13-across – Prime suspect in deal with Government : LEADING

15-across – Perhaps fire English workers allowed outside : ELEMENT

17-across – Boatman finishes article on primes : THEME

18-across – Nameless type of paint, the first to mark wood : ELM

20-across – Proposal from cockney woman : OFFER

22-across – So, prime suspect is to swear oath? : PROMISE

25-across – Go back to EU, generally friendless in retreat : RENEGUE

26-across – They could kill & maim, say : NINJA

27-across – Teach two nurses to take on part of the crossword : ENLIGHTEN

30-across – Perhaps using skis, with the French slopes around them : WHEELLESS

31-across – Prime made out to include another : SEVEN

1-down – All possible orders of prime numbers : MENU

2-down – Boatman’s helm is prime mover about tacking east at first : SHIPMATE

3-down – Spring and Fall : TRIP

4-down – Wrap leading edge : NEGLIGEE

5-down – Prime impeachment : CHARGE

6-down – Trump’s usual response to criticism, Donald’s leadership heading off trouble twice as stock index falls one point : DOUBLEDOWN

7-down – Limited by metal casing in computers etc : FINITE

8-down – Perhaps a prime, cut from cube efficiently : BEEF

13-down – Enjoy yourself! I’ve gone out to get drunk : LITUP

14-down – Be alive in time to be reborn for certain : INEVITABLE

16-down – Prime every other T-shirt, even : THREE

19-down – Preach new realism about love : MORALISE

21-down – Sawn-off gun raised: it is held by prime suspect on run : FUGITIVE

23-down – Betrays no hiding place for anything less than a pound : OUNCES

24-down – Prime and irrational number? Large primes can’t be this : ELEVEN

26-down – Prime number — up to zero : NOWT

28-down – Heartless visitor delivers blow : GUST

29-down – Zero is new factor for all primes : NONE

1-across – Period furniture schedule : TIMETABLE

6-across – Tootsie’s pay : FOOT

8-across – Idle American Liberal supporter needs muzzle! : LALLYGAG

9-across – Bar after C sharp : CLEVER

10-across – Townswoman on the outskirts of Los Angeles making records : ANNALS

11-across – Stop runaway boar colliding with number of spectators : ABROGATE

12-across – Feeling smart? Make an offer : TENDER

15-across – Real sexist entertainer on the inside : EXISTENT

16-across – Passage from never-ending TV soap about bar : CORRIDOR

19-across – Exotic insect is most particular : NICEST

21-across – Small person failed MOT — having to seek a lift : TOMTHUMB

22-across – Takes an exam to include finished exercises : SITUPS

24-across – Before extra time starts, Mark gets card : TICKET

25-across – Doctor finally intervenes in chronic ailment, ending in death : TERMINAL

26-across – Takes back gun : STEN

27-across – In general, bustling court figure : RECTANGLE

1-down – Aim to be an instructor : TRAIN

2-down – Doctor eating every last bit, given a recipe for duck : MALLARD

3-down – European flower market’s ultimate sugar confection? No resistance! : TAGUS

4-down – Secure plum in cases : BAGGAGE

5-down – Trip when dancing on cruise, having snatched a kiss : EXCURSION

6-down – Load carried by father figure : FREIGHT

7-down – Implicit quality of public units : OVERTONES

13-down – Dismal scientist: Dynamite to incomes! : ECONOMIST

14-down – Flag — Reuters wrong about dates : REDDUSTER

17-down – Nasty tear on doll : RETAKEN

18-down – Descriptive of K-9’s pinch of the ear : ROBOTIC

20-down – Press piece’s a bit of a plant? : CUTTING

22-down – One’s captivated by star-shaped feature of fluted column : STRIA

23-down – Penny, dead dishy thing : PLATE

1-across – Numbers etc in head, American writer : CAPOTE

4-across – State whether it’s high and rocky : MASSIF

9-across – Certainly not right under, a survivor? : LEFT

10-across – One’s played blooming hard, pirate claims : MOUTHORGAN

11-across – Test match, I say! : STRIKE

12-across – Barrier long gone, go and dive : TURNPIKE

13-across – Spend during holidays? : WHILEAWAY

15-across – See 16 : LILY

16-across – Wet plant drooping originally, floater almost gobbled by equine : POND

17-across – Drunk is too big to catch learner, student of life : BIOLOGIST

21-across – Renouncing faith, a job say to convert? : APOSTASY

22-across – Trash unduly beating event : TATTOO

24-across – Actual gore spilt, one putting things in order : CATALOGUER

25-across – See 9 : OVER

26-across – Key with a tenant, runner collects : DELETE

27-across – See 11 : ALIGHT

1-down – Fast predator, shark reportedly? : CHEETAH

2-down – Angelic kids, stroke one : PUTTI

3-down – Improve the consistency of a type of paint : TEMPERA

5-down – Last of water in a pump, say — drying off perhaps? : ASHORE

6-down – Shy hosts outing young man : STRIPLING

7-down – Mosquito bites disgusting, if you ask me : FRANKLY

8-down – A quid? There! : PUTTHATINYOUR

14-down – Gastropod comes down on spike : LANDSNAIL

16-down – See 8 : PIPEAND

18-down – After all, not entirely like a branch? : LATERAL

19-down – See 8 : SMOKEIT

20-down – Plan in the morning to get up, then fish : MAPOUT

23-down – Strap gripped by teeth, on gums : THONG

1-across – Vacant single bed inside for writer : SCRIBE

4-across – Olympic event, for one, a master’s city : DAMASCUS

9-across – Baby wrap an omnishambles : AMNION

10-across – Picaroon’s puzzle’s not a stinger : SCORPION

11-across – Complaint of junior doctor pocketing floppy disk has been uncovered : HOUSEMAIDSKNEE

13-across – Laments acknowledgement I put into trilogies : THRENODIES

14-across – See 1 down : PILE

16-across – Top copy : APEX

18-across – Opening to examine innards of engine, a mate having reversed battery terminal : LAPAROTOMY

21-across – Straight instruction in this flat: coffee should be stirred : THEFACTSOFLIFE

23-across – Reserved lease covering quote rejected : RETICENT

24-across – Sucker for cake : SPONGE

25-across – An old friend — title and initials : ACRONYMS

26-across – Join the enemy of imperfection : DEFECT

1-down – Have sex with more than three on the French carpet : SHAG

2-down – Franco urged to suppress resentment : RANCOUR

3-down – Reading lines penned by Crosby : BROWSING

5-down – Islands wind up being held by corrupt rich OAP : ARCHIPELAGO

6-down – It’s not like this clue to be a hybrid : ACROSS

7-down – Greek character opposed to what might be ordered in 13 down : CHIANTI

8-down – From then till now, bank with honesty : SINCERELY

12-down – Radio and TV broadcast must include Home Is Where The Heart Is : MEDIASTINUM

13-down – Display excessive skill over restaurant : TRATTORIA

15-down – Fall of everybody climbing trees outside : COLLAPSE

17-down – See to car and jet crash — with this? : EJECTOR

19-down – Misdeed of criminal : OFFENCE

20-down – Bird flu affects little children, only not at first : FALCON

22-down – See 17 : SEAT

1-across – Love’s fashionable, hiding nothing to wear : EROSION

5-across – Marched about, delighted : CHARMED

10-across – They ask, are you acquainted with God’s wife? : JUNO

11-across – Cave dweller to try lodge for a change : TROGLODYTE

12-across – Scandinavian against topless skiing? Outrageous! : VIKING

13-across – 3.14 + 1 + 2.72, right? Initially simple for leaders : PIONEERS

14-across – Envoy has trouble with green movement : MESSENGER

16-across – Get extremely dizzy and nervous : WINDY

17-across – Time to kidnap emperor? : TEMPO

19-across – Salesman: 50% off ribs and salads, plus special paybacks : REPRISALS

23-across – Goa’s very annoyed with travellers : VOYAGERS

24-across – Origins of temperature in great balls of fire : STARTS

26-across – Before overnight vacation, do I bring fancy footwear? : RIDINGBOOT

27-across – Earth, to make great again, improve atmosphere for starters : GAIA

28-across – Salt and pepper ultimately remain to be shaken : MARINER

29-across – Mama from 1960s at home with Italian astronomer : CASSINI

2-down – Standard performance : ROUTINE

3-down – Japanese game is uplifting when astride pig : SHOGI

4-down – Shabby coat? Try new shape : OCTAGON

6-down – Sun god, he’s over 510 : HELIOS

7-down – Display team seen at Old Trafford? : REDDEVILS

8-down – Key journalist walked in : ENTERED

9-down – Company board retains maiden over her elevated understanding : COMPREHENSION

15-down – Singers in Spain or otherwise : SOPRANINI

18-down – Foreign items and old books need art venue : EXOTICA

20-down – Flower area’s dry, turning to stone : ROSETTA

21-down – A vital translation by North European : LATVIAN

22-down – Dog or blackbird? : BEAGLE

25-down – Guardian’s refined sugar : ARGUS