Daily Answers

1-across – Choose a line to read out for villain : PICARO

4-across – Reportedly,army post was combative : FOUGHT

9-across – Meet character in Jack,say : FACE

10-across – Hustler,1 Down nabs fresh bun with tea : MOUNTEBANK

11-across – Delicate material put out on time : TISSUE

12-across – Player in turn penning one article after another : THESPIAN

13-across – Nobody in fact? : STATISTIC

15-across – See 9 : CARD

16-across – Female relative in grandma? Untrue : AUNT

17-across – Old tennis player with effortlessness defending Act of Congress : LENDLEASE

21-across – Archer perhaps with string as tight : STARSIGN

22-across – What I find tender in Indian city? : MYSORE

24-across – 1 Down on back of cow – something afoot? : WELLINGTON

25-across – Native Americans shaving 1 Down : HOPI

26-across – Organ in song amplified : LIFTED

27-across – 1 Down fed a herb : BORAGE

1-down – Part taken by 12 Across is torturous for player : PIANIST

2-down – Musical overture from concert 1 Down : CHESS

3-down – As hat may be when lacking an edge,lacking an edge – lacking an edge! : RIMLESS

5-down – Valve released in reverse? : OUTLET

6-down – Fly open,ably sorted out after last bit of wiggling : GOBYPLANE

7-down – Cheers before drunk drank – pint in that? : TANKARD

8-down – Mark on musical score held,Estonian duets played : SUSTAINEDNOTE

14-down – Retuned,cornet went briefly – would that be symbolic for 1 Down? : TENORCLEF

16-down – 1 Down secures first place in competition – to be a decent player? : ACTWELL

18-down – 1 Down inspiring good singer : DOMINGO

19-down – That man overcome by mood,part of ode sung : STROPHE

20-down – Mouse wee in one’s ear? : MINNIE

23-down – Southern bloke cut short defending wife – ‘e flipped? : SCHWA

9-across – Chance to happen,as you announced in gallery,on drawing : EVENTUATE

10-across – Location for dicey games lacking excitement,we hear : BOARD

11-across – Probability in relating to one sense organ – or another : OPTIC

12-across – Origin of theme in Brendan’s collection – they can be hard to solve : MYSTERIES

13-across – Associated with probability one can tire when wrecked : CERTAIN

14-across – Bet on way of escaping and withdraw : BACKOUT

17-across – Wager I had placed inside – it helps one clean up : BIDET

18-across – Not enough,as cash – toss for it : SHY

19-across – A non-English type in English course that offers better opportunities : ASCOT

21-across – Poet having change of heart is opportunist : CHANCER

23-across – Diplomacy’s about constant plans to reduce risk : TACTICS

24-across – Embezzles or gambles after initial loss : PECULATES

26-across – Player out of luck,perhaps? Not so far losing head : LOSER

28-across – Uncertain news from France I don’t broadcast : ONDIT

29-across – Company losing little time before a week-end? It has some chance of success : GUESSWORK

1-down – Minimum probability one can get out of maze,roughly : ZERO

2-down – Person risking money on form of Edward is beaten : BETTERED

3-down – Calm about players including husband – it’s randomly determined : STOCHASTIC

4-down – Stake a lot – mostly that’s nonprofessional : LAYMAN

5-down – Within bounds of possibility,female having no difficulty ensnaring bachelor : FEASIBLY

6-down – Accomplished what’s likely after 24 down : ABLE

7-down – Place for gambling in which cash is not always endless : CASINO

8-down – Probability of dice delivering six initially : ODDS

13-down – Like simple random number generator,sugar? : CUBIC

15-down – Perfectly played in part of church,with female ending : CHANCELESS

16-down – Betting system’s takes : TOTES

18-down – Contract overturned in random long-term plan : STRATEGY

20-down – Approach counter in gaming club and drink : CHIPSHOT

22-down – A wrong card,bridge player concludes,for game situation : ARCADE

23-down – Decisively raised a little bit of money – wasn’t easy : TOSSED

24-down – A little difficulty? Before 6,it’s to be expected : PROB

25-down – Something drawn using paper a great deal? : LOTS

27-down – Playboy that takes in money at roulette table : RAKE

1-across – Almost perfect clothes for leisure activity : PURSUIT

5-across – Still retaining ultimate method of payment : PLASTIC

9-across – Old president finally gets changed,going to basin : BIDET

10-across – Perhaps tactful remarks describing snow that has settled : WHITELIES

11-across – Bless attack : LAYHANDSON

12-across – Paul Nash guarding part of his arm : ULNA

14-across – Jargon from mouth was spouting: I approve : GOBBLEDEGOOK

18-across – Concerned with flying a Lear,caution must be exercised : AERONAUTICAL

21-across – Text for printer is not original : COPY

22-across – Daring last desperate stand here for Soviets : STALINGRAD

25-across – Such a sleepy town? : DORMITORY

26-across – Sports car of energy and character : ETYPE

27-across – Why gent fancied Welsh girl : GWYNETH

28-across – Substitute that offers protection for game : RESERVE

1-down – One on the beach said not to be alone : PEBBLE

2-down – Faulty effect of snapping night flight : REDEYE

3-down – Diagnostic aid extremely reliable : ULTRASOUND

4-down – Dragged – why to the church? : TOWED

5-down – Prudish Olive re-read author,a Holocaust survivor : PRIMOLEVI

6-down – The last word in service : AMEN

7-down – Adding together twelve 0s and a 1 makes a huge number : TRILLION

8-down – Big bags carrying lettuce for tsar’s cavalry : COSSACKS

13-down – Jogs round area and sells leftovers : REMAINDERS

15-down – Method of communication depressed canine : BLUETOOTH

16-down – One clamped on wrist perhaps to keep close behind guard : WATCHDOG

17-down – Distinctive feature of a piece of land one has : PROPERTY

19-down – Petition Lord’s,for example : PRAYER

20-down – Stick notice in this place : ADHERE

23-down – Sportsman removing top in bed : LAYER

24-down – Dossier of wasted life : FILE

1-across – Bran flakes maybe are lying about : FIBRE

4-across – New thick cover seen all over nestling bird : NUTHATCH

8-across – Fairy-tale outcome,naked man with heavenly body bordering on regret : ADREAMCOMETRUE

10-across – Warned by horn,flabby person’s knocked down crossing : KLAXONED

11-across – It’s charged for fashionable types : PROTON

12-across – Manually construct labels seen in bathroom water structure : HANDCRAFT

15-across – The writer is going to read out passage : AISLE

17-across – Venerated species? Quickly count how many : TOTEM

18-across – My beloved Music Faculty,and what it does through data transmission : DEARHEART

19-across – Contrarily starts to eat meat – and umpteen set veg : LEGUME

21-across – Surgeon you shouldn’t have taken around to put a stop to feud : VENDETTA

24-across – Measure of liquid being seaweedy,litre one’s about to drink : IMPERIALGALLON

25-across – Order two of each? Right : FOOTWEAR

26-across – Battery stereo system finally reduced by 50% : NICAD

1-down – Engineer cut down below sign : FRANKWHITTLE

2-down – Recycled reticule with weapon kept in drawer : BARMAGNET

3-down – In retirement old books are a source of inspiration : ERATO

4-down – Trump’s tuppenny-ha’penny copshop lined dame up : NICKELAND

5-down – McFly perhaps turning it up satisfied one repeatedly doing twist? : TIME

6-down – A fine term at Harrow – but what points out consequences : AFTERMATH

7-down – Recognise member of European nobility : COUNT

9-down – Extreme disquiet did prevail,according to hearsay : UNRESTRAINED

13-down – MP that whip’s feeding on cheese : CAMEMBERT

14-down – See 5 : TRAVELLER

16-down – Know-all Special Constable arresting market porter? : SMARTALEC

20-down – Fool rolling barrel over lady’s fingers : GUMBO

22-down – Worried chap might be put in the picture : DRAWN

23-down – See 4 : DIME

1-across – Snail shell found in wood in valley alongside river : DAWDLER

5-across – First in steeplechase,barring grey : SUNLESS

9-across – Five bedded in group,and assassin shoots lover? : PANDA

10-across – Hence,a time for commercial music programme : SOAPOPERA

11-across – See 4 Down : THERIVETER

12-across – Pachyderm’s head found buried in ice: that’s woolly mammoth! : EPIC

14-across – After initial,should I be able to add her partner? : SIGNIFICANT

18-across – Where link sought for chain on new cycle,not broken by friction ultimately : ONLYCONNECT

21-across – Network where I must learn to keep my mouth shut! : MESH

22-across – Limit of growth capital invested in magazine : TIMBERLINE

25-across – City in Europe’s mid-Northwest,mid-Northeast proving inaccurate? : TRONDHEIM

26-across – See 14 : OTHER

27-across – Fortune,for lucky fellow always at the end,one in the money? : LOTTERY

28-across – Victory on back of horse,record for jockey : EVENTER

1-down – Second assignment with upcoming exercise penned : DEPUTY

2-down – See 27 Across : WINNER

3-down – Camouflaged creature,appendage on branch covered by something green : LEAFINSECT

4-down – One number I have in work schedule for hard-working poster girl : ROSIE

5-down – Poison to drink? Drunk’s a bit keen! : SNAKEBITE

6-down – Gas one’s lit under bottom of saucepan : NEON

7-down – Cross on temple discovered in possession of listener,ideal : EXEMPLAR

8-down – Famine in southern Detroit? : SCARCITY

13-down – With minimum of warmth,plant grew – did it? : WINTERROSE

15-down – Dope attending university in Cambridgeshire city,as a matter of fact : GENUINELY

16-down – Type left disheartened at home,sadly : HOTMETAL

17-down – Elaborate nude seemingly? : FLESHOUT

19-down – In-jokes,murder : WITHIT

20-down – Ending on foot,dropped brick brings frightful feeling? : TERROR

23-down – Sweet,shell with new filling : BOMBE

24-down – Resting,veteran comedy actor : IDLE