Daily Answers

1-across – Job description : PATIENT

5-across – Fish’s journey across rough water : TIDERIP

9-across – Sweet face about to fall : GUMDROP

10-across – Do like it when current partner’s around : IMITATE

11-across – Where old conservationist was keeping department ignorant : INTHEDARK

12-across – Why I ’ad to return : YIELD

13-across – Chap my boss made fun of : GUYED

15-across – Surveyed scans A&E produced over 5d : CANVASSED

17-across – Raises environment finally with Green politician : JACKSTRAW

19-across – Readily accept return of an immature creature : LAPUP

22-across – Doctor’s onto sickness in French port : MALMO

23-across – Minder — Terry initially absent from start of story : CHAPERONE

25-across – Provided car with wing missing — dodgy in the extreme : IFFIEST

26-across – Game Boy’s a throwback : TOMBOLA

27-across – A scolded bishop ignored bubbly : AERATED

28-across – Opening with work in disorder : ENTROPY

1-down – Springer regularly does it in a sticky situation : POGOING

2-down – In college upset your old man : TIMOTHY

3-down – Scary country, Spain after revolution : EERIE

4-down – Entertainer? Time stripper got topless! : TAPDANCER

5-down – Well in credit, Henry invested : THICK

6-down – Alarmed half of Tory ladies, I fancy, including these? : DAILYMAIL

7-down – See 6 : READERS

8-down – Argued case for penny on petrol, sort of : PLEADED

14-down – His doesn’t work — it’s bent : DISHONEST

16-down – Can one settle comfortably outside city? : NEWCASTLE

17-down – Island’s very good on the surface — stick around! : JAMAICA

18-down – Conservative strongly backing demand : CALLFOR

20-down – Not requiring payment for singer : PROBONO

21-down – Priest and sweetheart like sexy underwear in church office : PRELACY

23-down – Speaking with sense is commended : CITED

24-down – System meant to hold up West Country tourist : EMMET

1-across – Where habitual drinker goes, suffering a loss, too? : INTOTHEBARGAIN

8-across – Plant that comes with strings attached : VIOLA

9-across – Better rail transport brought back, impossible earlier : OUTSMART

11-across – Little piggy sheltering at home with old ram : RUNINTO

12-across – Soldier in country area, Italian student centre : PERUGIA

13-across – More cunning Times puzzle ultimately rejected : EXTRA

15-across – Colour of prince’s blood? : ROYALBLUE

17-across – Chart for walker’s aid, mountains and plains primarily added : RELIEFMAP

20-across – Antique from ancient city, one with firm casing : CURIO

21-across – Distressed tenor given a wigging : TEARFUL

23-across – Thieves pinching 50 speakers : TALKERS

25-across – Steep terrace unoccupied behind mooring area : MARINATE

26-across – Book — almost completely useless … : ALBUM

27-across – … novel by Sitwell and an ex-PM : STANLEYBALDWIN

1-down – Spineless type upset by puppy in middle of speech : INVERTEBRATE

2-down – Hospital injection needed in wrenched spine : THORN

3-down – Food from buffet car? This won’t normally cover it : TRAINFARE

4-down – CO cuts route devised for green excursion : ECOTOUR

5-down – Engineer, say, up to late examination : AUTOPSY

6-down – Grouse, perhaps beginning to rant with more spirit : GAMER

7-down – Unofficial Irish king holding a gun up : IRREGULAR

10-down – How a username is arranged for storekeeper? : WAREHOUSEMAN

14-down – Distinguish between lines embraced by far right group — almost : TELLAPART

16-down – Phone contact habitual drinker often makes? : LOCALCALL

18-down – Macho guards fighting Trojans et al : MALWARE

19-down – Fuss over British cook’s seasoning : POTHERB

22-down – Counterfeit offering — any odd bits must go : FEIGN

24-down – Bowler not right to bend it? : ELBOW

1-across – Butterfly gives a firm penetrating nip : PEACOCK

5-across – Shepherd spoils Prince Harry : MARSHAL

10-across – Familiar eastern soft drink lacking colour : PALE

11-across – European earned rent, having boosted self-image : EGOTRIPPED

12-across – Inventor of Morse put off by cuts : DEXTER

13-across – City dweller, recluse entertains prof : LONDONER

14-across – Somebody English ousts American in cleric’s place : PERSONAGE

16-across – Film companies getting rid of ten hunks : STUDS

17-across – Double starts to take wonder drug : TWICE

19-across – Witch or goddess on board : SORCERESS

23-across – Desert ship, having trouble withdrawing plant : CAMELLIA

24-across – Novice player’s rare and rather absorbing book : RABBIT

26-across – Lady’s about to retire wasted old staff : NOBLEWOMAN

27-across – As expected, judge left for Germany at start of month : DULY

28-across – Groom queries polite title : ESQUIRE

29-across – He can’t believe that he is taking part in this : ATHEIST

2-down – Somewhere to display ornaments before barrier goes up : ETAGERE

3-down – In Paris, it’s protecting royal crown : CREST

4-down – College bird defending Victor’s 25 : CHEVRON

6-down – Utter a bombastic speech about Republican : ARRANT

7-down – Stay to drink beer left in first-class : SUPPORTER

8-down – A 19 goes up each day in old chopper : AXEHEAD

9-down – Some call for rocks round, say, place to get one’s bearings : COLLEGEOFARMS

15-down – Tours curse small area beside Belle Vue regularly : SACREBLEU

18-down – Guardian staff apparently love new style Arsenal : WEAPONS

20-down – 26 has one county singer sent up : CORONET

21-down – Large duke suddenly starts confining guards : SHIELDS

22-down – Fine cow could be Daisy : FLOWER

25-down – Mark’s invited around midnight : BADGE

1-across – Popular ideas, say, abandoned by centrists in particular : PRISSY

4-across – Who’s running to announce starters of steak and kidney pie? : ESCAPEE

9-across – Delight at me struggling with menus : AMUSEMENT

10-across – Bit of blusher, without changing foundation : BASIS

11-across – Standing by waterfront, a pensioner shelters : ONTAP

12-across – Spooner’s important pager, one working with constant buzz? : BEEKEEPER

13-across – Monarchistic, seeing separation on the way : FORKING

15-across – Stress about money’s a first : ACCENT

17-across – Duck last couple of punches thrown by champ : ESCHEW

19-across – These ad breaks that pilot has? : HEADSET

22-across – Irish sailors that’ll take you to Bordeaux? : CORKSCREW

24-across – Fish and fruit, right to the end : GAPER

26-across – Relative, once topped, that is buried : NIECE

27-across – Like panic disorders, making you troubled : INAPICKLE

28-across – Country discussed problem with hooters : CATARRH

29-across – Likely to lead on 51 for 0 in Twenty20? : FLIRTY

1-down – It might be used when you tie top of plastic sack : PLAYOFF

2-down – One night in Paris, being from colder climes : INUIT

3-down – To make love, we let hips wiggle : SLEEPWITH

4-down – More boxing seems regularly to go to points at the end : EXTREMA

5-down – Guy about to propose, turning down starter : CABLE

6-down – Puts back mail criminal opens : POSTPONES

7-down – Guarantee criticism, whipping off top : ENSURE

8-down – Brewer’s brief career, with appropriate following : TEABAG

14-down – When raving, regret sun rising again : RESURGENT

16-down – Nearly attack over stream that’s getting blacker : CHARGRILL

18-down – Want to secure extension in pretty close : WARMISH

19-down – Appeal when wicket’s taken by Aussie, caught by bowler? : HOWZAT

20-down – Restyle mobile without expansion : TERSELY

21-down – Legendary medic on ice packs : ICONIC

23-down – Promise from Sunday Sport : SWEAR

25-down – Hands in this sticker : POKER

8-across – View otherwise suppressed by state : PANORAMA

9-across – Retreat a pretence to cover first of raids : ASHRAM

10-across – Picture effort : SHOT

11-across – One not disheartened — falling, as preparing for competition : INTRAINING

12-across – Shearer after this cheat : FLEECE

14-across – Boxing heavyweight knocked over, admitting faint : NOBLEART

15-across – Lick cat after skin of terrier : TROUNCE

17-across – Craftsman leaning one way, cap off : ARTISAN

20-across – Vegetable, relative having caught cold, cut one : BROCCOLI

22-across – Quick to hide illegal reproduction primarily — it’s a crime : PIRACY

23-across – Waste all on spare power source : SOLARPANEL

24-across – See 2 : SUIT

25-across – Scorer, new scorer : WEBERN

26-across – Scorer, an outstanding English scorer : MESSIAEN

1-down – Scorer with elevated position, free man : BACHELOR

2-down – Smart outfit once beastly lot beginning to take action : ZOOT

3-down – Scorer punched by king — that’s funny and tragic : SATIRE

4-down – French division needing a scorer : CANTONA

5-down – Food counter with dressing table? : SALADBAR

6-down – Jersey etc worn by scorer, I’m not sure light : CHANDELIER

7-down – Risk tackling northern scorer : WAGNER

13-down – Shaved Paul indecent, kinky it’s said : ENUNCIATED

16-down – Power retained by scorer with good work on the board? : CHOPPING

18-down – Leading scorer gets more than one record : ARCHIVES

19-down – Star beaming flares up : BIGNAME

21-down – Scorer in reality gutted, 0-1 : ROONEY

22-down – European finesse : POLISH

24-down – 22 down’s leans skyward : SPIT