Daily Answers

1-across – Politician chats about parliament and means to maintain warmth : GREENHOUSEGASES

9-across – Amerindians from the east observed life, inhaling joint : OJIBWAS

10-across – Picked up ring for starters, getting married : RALLIED

11-across – Extra purchase picked up : BYE

12-across – Guy flogging clobber in run-down park near Hull losing a thousand : RALPHLAUREN

13-across – Might it get you reduced fare in new train? Do without other transport : RATIONCARD

15-across – Substitute heads in super winner above Pickford : SWAP

18-across – Like certain drinks loudly ingested by drinker : SOFT

20-across – Stop people from seeing small, erotic image : SCREENSHOT

23-across – Where to seek romance? Blessing in disguise includes brief hint : SINGLESCLUB

25-across – Hard to move in embrace that’s unpleasant : UGH

26-across – City in the Americas is, oddly, not a city in the Americas : ONTARIO

27-across – Kind of frozen liquid, less cold, put into glasses : SPECIES

28-across – Faceless rock’n’roller pens foreign article and European novel : HUCKLEBERRYFINN

1-down – They’re often inside gold bars smelted around India : GAOLBIRDS

2-down – Demanding one gets hosted by guy who’s had a sex change? : EXIGENT

3-down – Everton’s inverted wingers love stopping West Brom’s innovative sweeper : NEWBROOM

4-down – Thrush biting insect with its head down : OUSEL

5-down – Even more cash to fork out daily? Rush to limit it : SURCHARGE

6-down – Guide serving American introduces Biblical region : GILEAD

7-down – Steinbeck not content, I would argue, to show place of poor Americans : SKIDROW

8-down – Silhouette of svelte, sometimes fancy fellow in US saloon : SEDAN

14-down – Since getting hold of fashion label, swan around East End in denim headgear : COCKSCOMB

16-down – Does one’s bit, with urges to wear jewellery : PITCHESIN

17-down – Acting superior in station, drained by crime, runs away : SNOBBERY

19-down – Wild supporter of Chelsea, say, taking against entertaining article : FANATIC

21-down – Chap who escaped commotion in hotel certainly heard in Paris : HOUDINI

22-down – Learner admitted to poor grade on exam, exhibiting bloomers : FLORAL

23-down – Reason for doing very little crack and heroin : SLOTH

24-down – Some light parsley oddly scrubbed and held in hands : LASER

8-across – Around temple, spill clear liquid : TAPWATER

9-across – King of music I recalled after investing in 2 : ROBIN

10-across – Shock when crackers pulled back : STUN

11-across – 2 guided by dope in character at conclusion of argument? : TWEEDLEDEE

12-across – Ultimate aim of pub game, large drink : DOUBLE

14-across – Actor’s cut in just behind the scenes? : ONTHESLY

15-across – Giant biblical character sweats, say : OSMOSES

17-across – Superiority in mother dear’s stifling? : PRIMACY

20-across – Whips offender has sliced through geezer : FLAGELLA

22-across – Pointer for example that’s pointed : CANINE

23-across – 2 laid into by flipping nasty person, a critic : CASTIGATOR

24-across – Ferret eats maggot : GRUB

25-across – See 19 Down : SAUCE

26-across – Bubbly thing, robot excited always : ROOTBEER

1-down – 2 left out in choice of painter? : MATTGOSS

2-down – 12 for the prize, nothing less : TWIN

3-down – Image abbreviated in petition, work of art : STATUE

4-down – Right way up after endless worry : FREEDOM

5-down – One lending money, I say banks not done with it : CREDITOR

6-down – Crew bales out over capital in Europe with word of benediction : ABLESEAMEN

7-down – Live broadcast after a foreign show : UNVEIL

13-down – Brusque initially, coarse solicitor revealed : BROUGHTOUT

16-down – Register that is in use having failed, these acknowledge those who’ve passed : EULOGIES

18-down – Scam with which 2 set up client : CONSUMER

19-down – Something served with fish two 6 and 2 caught, ending on plate : TARTARE

21-down – Article remains in story for talk : LIAISE

22-down – Box where there’s a lack of evidence, almost up-ended : CARTON

24-down – See 9 Across : GIBB

1-across – Naked legendary healer? : BAREFOOT

5-across – See 1 : DOCTOR

9-across – Associations in genealogies including king but not first of emperors : LINKAGES

10-across – Boxed and now run vigorously : UNWORN

12-across – Personal assistant’s retiring, husband is Celtic : IRISH

13-across – Mother briefly has ex-PM as teacher : MAHARISHI

14-across – Send for 8 players found here : QUARTERFINAL

18-across – Selfishly pollute Galileo’s city : EGOISTICALLY

21-across – The French abandoned uncle, sent to the gallows in uniform : UNCHANGED

23-across – Fit of pique unseemly : EQUIP

24-across – Where to store fat and King Edward : LARDER

25-across – New German number 3 intercepting a tiny bit : NEUTRINO

26-across – Mini horseshoes for mules? : CARPET

27-across – See 26 : SLIPPERS

1-down – European country inn remains mostly welcoming after Asian food cancelled originally : BALTIC

2-down – What chief detective did is bad : RANCID

3-down – They show up fancy muscles : FLASHGUNS

4-down – Free union : OPENMARRIAGE

6-down – Master’s depression, missing daughter : OWNER

7-down – Old solver meets saint with cardinal : THOUSAND

8-down – One prison club’s changed peculiar cutlery : RUNCIBLE

11-down – Expression of delight to get trade bargain : WHEELANDDEAL

15-down – F for fag : FILTERTIP

16-down – See 1 : REPUBLIC

17-down – Ford, for the third time, nearly upset witch : SORCERER

19-down – Anger after Greek character shown to be sexy : NUBILE

20-down – See 8 : SPOONS

22-down – Ridge found in 26 erasable when turned over : ARETE

8-across – Hit it off with American poet and Irish mathematician : HAMILTON

9-across – The end of time, a brief moment recalled : OMEGA

10-across – Initially acceptable, telling inappropriate jokes finally grows old : AGES

11-across – Locals digest a bishop’s stories : NARRATIVES

12-across – Marks, Jos and Russells? : BRANDS

14-across – PM once lost face with 9th pregnancy and little ones here? : HATCHERY

16-across – Recipe for making unique lunch with asparagus tips : FORMULA

18-across – Meadow’s fine mature greenery : LEAFAGE

21-across – Cyclist’s lady exchanging ring for stiletto? : WHEELMAN

23-across – Trade item again, instrument not about to be put in tin : SELLON

24-across – Bill confused with A-minus being hidden : SUBLIMINAL

26-across – Chase knight into building : HUNT

27-across – Knocks doors electioneering – Nigel trails, Starmer leads : DENTS

28-across – Coincides with cryptic solver tackling advanced puzzle to begin with : OVERLAPS

1-down – Australian with organ failure stops climbing tree : KANGAROO

2-down – Spit out fruit 3 : PITS

3-down – During the weekend, tense individual rocks : STONES

4-down – Following acting in New York, Sly brings chaos : ANARCHY

5-down – In Boston, pop old penny into it : SODA

6-down – 500 + : DELIGHTFUL

7-down – Progress through life in a rush : CAREER

13-down – Capital supports miners close to strike 1, 2, 3 and more : NUMBERLINE

15-down – Bond releasing his boss from period in jail : TIE

17-down – Upset gentleman dropping tablet for hit : LAM

19-down – Adults in gangs steal women’s clothing : GROWNUPS

20-down – Evenly tanned pair of legs outside without end : ONANDON

22-down – Chases 1,000s, blowing top as criminal escapes : HOUNDS

23-down – Lithium twisted inside small piece of metal : SILVER

25-down – Three seconds’ growth : MOSS

26-down – Rise and relax, free of cold : HILL

9-across – Infantryman’s obscure rereading : GRENADIER

10-across – Railwayman’s uniform covered by pullover : GUARD

11-across – Finished, complete with nothing missing : THROUGH

12-across – They regard six of the Roman jugs : VIEWERS

13-across – Woman returning from Tenerife : IRENE

14-across – Furling eg rope I inserted into special coupling : COILINGUP

16-across – Ample magic spray squirted in major sporting event : PARALYMPICGAMES

19-across – Repelling goat making another attack? : REBUTTING

21-across – Star is circling in empty space : SINUS

22-across – God returned, it’s said, to America : BACCHUS

23-across – I’m undecided, with a very hesitant couple of expressions : WAVERER

24-across – Virginia for one in a flustered condition : STATE

25-across – How sniper disputed possession : OWNERSHIP

1-down – One very self-important English tourist about to travel : EGOTRIPPER

2-down – Two tries: I liked that : HEARHEAR

3-down – Sweet to swaddle an old king who didn’t rule the waves? : CANUTE

4-down – Important greeting reaching ears : HIGH

5-down – After pressure, priest beginning to succumb, but getting her own way : PREVAILING

6-down – Accepting some words of welcome, short of time : AGREEING

7-down – Uneatable breakfast daughter say slid into bin-liner : BADEGG

8-down – Commonly keeps out of sight for a day in Rome : IDES

14-down – Agent’s fee that is held by officer : COMMISSION

15-down – Entrust text of play to the mail: there’s a bit to follow : POSTSCRIPT

17-down – May it produce a child’s admission? : LATCHKEY

18-down – Harmony badly disrupted by conservative in our government : MONARCHY

20-down – Writer of adventures has a bunch translated : BUCHAN

21-down – Before noon cut flower : SEVERN

22-down – Engaged coach at terminus of railway : BUSY

23-down – Current problem for baby? : WIND