Daily Answers

1-across – Sexy French female with naughty child entering town hall : HOTELDEVILLE

8-across – Warning to pull in behind docked boat crew? : OARSMEN

9-across – Where Harry learnt to lose weight — hard for society artist : HOGARTH

11-across – Small bit of anatomy, such as Spooner’s Manx cat has? : TOENAIL

12-across – One line in translated prose, a giveaway of what’s to come : SPOILER

13-across – Get rid of one’s skin : CUTIS

14-across – For instance, worker in business producing plant : EGLANTINE

16-across – We’re told to record a metre as aid to calcu­lation : LOGARITHM

19-across – Belt keeping sailor’s clothing in order : HABIT

21-across – Wife’s exposed buxom rival with no heart : UXORIAL

23-across – River 51 miles west of two others : LIMPOPO

24-across – Leaving hospital, crook hastened to city area : EASTEND

25-across – Backer of women’s lib regretted trapping rodents : GERBILS

26-across – Commentators use it to take exception to score, at least in gym : PRESENTTENSE

1-down – Doctor rising in haste dressed with extreme energy : HARDEST

2-down – Pets — little ones catching mice, oddly advanced : TOMCATS

3-down – Most needing company switched tellies on : LONELIEST

4-down – The last shall be first in the aforementioned spirit of the age : ETHOS

5-down – Native close to joining argument in pub : INGROWN

6-down – German siren from trad­ition that is left over : LORELEI

7-down – Pronounced lordly customs, such as those at Kew engage in? : HORTICULTURE

10-down – Ploughing thus removes a small mammal : HARVESTMOUSE

15-down – In it one should see see batter and jam : LAMPLIGHT

17-down – Cruder nurseryman preferring small son to wife : GROSSER

18-down – They’ll try to seize article within bikers’ grasp : RAIDERS

19-down – Sportingly, Ruth often got this housekeeper’s job done? : HOMERUN

20-down – Toxic element turning up in seawater is molybdenum : BROMINE

22-down – Somewhat appalled, one’s tempted to stray : LEDON

1-across – Merseyside singer, fellow associated with Parisian group, getting a fiddle : GERRYMANDERING

9-across – Everyone out of bed, mum brought round flask : AMPULLA

10-across – Skin problem requiring British surgeon : BLISTER

11-across – What’s thrown game — his handling of the ball? : DIEGO

12-across – Like jargon about final aim that’s gaining influence : ASCENDANT

13-across – Four in a car sleep when it’s warm : AESTIVATE

14-across – Son in Brittany collects English records : FILES

15-across – A desire that a cockney may initially lack? : AITCH

17-across – Thus the dinner was complete, as forecast? : PORTENDED

20-across – Awfully large lad is losing energy in dances : GALLIARDS

22-across – Combat zone held by royalist supporters : LISTS

23-across – See one taking rest — unfortunately doesn’t get on with it : LOITERS

24-across – Insect in road nibbling end off a plant : LANTANA

25-across – The anthem’s roar disturbed this writer with centuries of meditations : THOMASTRAHERNE

1-down – Our backers who watch over us to keep us safe? : GUARDIANANGELS

2-down – Hold back material about German police force : REPRESS

3-down – Who is upset, first to cry, a bit cowardly? : YELLOWISH

4-down – State of a girl half-cut, having obtained two degrees : ALABAMA

5-down – Learner-driver and vehicle flipping over in river — disaster! : DEBACLE

6-down – Republicans want it done away with — an audible torrent? : REIGN

7-down – Dance follows final game : NETBALL

8-down – Theresa is repeating bid to sort out national problem : BRITISHDISEASE

14-down – Cheerful end to negotiation after manoeuvring — an impossible treat? : FREELUNCH

16-down – Dig in Derby maybe, having turned up in a shawl : TALLITH

17-down – Muscular problem the old man has to fight against endlessly : PARESIS

18-down – Thief who can be heard going through papers : RUSTLER

19-down – Some from Provence with piano tune conveying gloom : DESPAIR

21-down – Be enthralled by this person’s contribution to framework : IBEAM

1-across – In drink, elder knocked over, seeing stars : PEGASUS

5-across – Awful rogue bedding good fan : GROUPIE

9-across – Preamble, introduction to read in literary composition : PROEM

10-across – Switch back selection : REARRANGE

11-across – To a great degree, where taste initially is found in sweetness? : INMANYWAYS

12-across – Unsatisfactory track, non-starter : POOR

14-across – Entering sport, degenerate retaining cards originally — general idea behind poker? : PROCTOLOGIST

18-across – Toper sloshed, post complaint : PROTESTATION

21-across – Sell a pup to bird : ROOK

22-across – What do I find sensually gratifying? Don’t mention it! : MYPLEASURE

25-across – Winger starred with flankers in blue pants : REDBREAST

26-across – Where Victoria found love, priest’s vestment not required, still : INERT

27-across – Jeer, as local put on stretcher : BARRACK

28-across – Muslim queen is brighter : SUNNIER

1-down – Call on someone to gather first of licensed material : POPLIN

2-down – Number one from George, John and Paul’s dismal : GLOOMY

3-down – Where potential ministers learn caution ultimately, dividing two houses? : SEMINARIES

4-down – Do turn : SCREW

5-down – A very empty bowl firstly filling old tin vessel on dinner table : GRAVYBOAT

6-down – Top squares belonging to Guardian supporters : OURS

7-down – One has to record sleep after climbing peak in Nepal one’s scaled : PANGOLIN

8-down – Loathe flower box : EXECRATE

13-down – Bill’s partner welcoming king before state ceremony : CORONATION

15-down – Injured boxer not on old ship — this one? : CUTTYSARK

16-down – Cut of meat, free bait : SPARERIB

17-down – One’s always helping to improve, using very bad grammar? : DOGOODER

19-down – Initially brought from river on island, bones : HUMERI

20-down – One giving permission, I say? : LETTER

23-down – Flower planted in plot, usually : LOTUS

24-down – Huge beast thirty seconds away from island? : ORCA

9-across – Wild Boys, initially song and note getting stick at first : BARBARIAN

10-across – Playing song live : ONAIR

11-across – Attractive model with a pen : TASTY

12-across – Rejection for Duran Duran song? America is infamous : NOTORIOUS

13-across – Admirer hit part of car : FANBELT

14-across – See 3 : STATION

17-across – Still in party? Slip away after girl’s left : DOGGO

19-across – Hunk from poster after women : WAD

20-across – Place again on the box : RESET

21-across – Put on pressure to split, film’s captured : PRETEND

22-across – See 6 : FUNERAL

24-across – Steal girl? Fancy one seeing someone highly sensitive? : ALLERGIST

26-across – Planet Earth features one topless star dressing : MARIE

28-across – Drops in drink revenue primarily from boozers : DUNKS

29-across – Wit and idols seen playing around circuit : GOODSENSE

1-down – Touch up member of band? : ABUT

2-down – Group of stars penning intro to Save a Prayer : ORISON

3-down – Upset at teary Simon Le Bon interrupting where some tracks end : MARYLEBONE

4-down – Bird left pub before start of extra time : LINNET

5-down – Sex appeal wearing kinky undies turned into a single piece : UNITISED

6-down – Crazy Duran Duran fans go wild — fee for picture : FOUR

7-down – One inside models for covers : CANOPIES

8-down – British like supporters : BRAS

13-down – Bored following half of band, ran off during record : FEDUP

15-down – Mutation of organism to one studying land? : AGRONOMIST

16-down – Cheeky? Section of arena talking : NATAL

18-down – Film men wrestling with girls : GREMLINS

19-down – See 6 : WEDDINGS

22-down – Flab reduced in work out : FATHOM

23-down – Artist and band full of enthusiasm : RARING

24-down – See 6 : ANDA

25-down – See 26 : ROSE

27-down – Old lovers need tablet — nooky when erect? : EXES

1-across – Workers — a hundred — come out to set the ball rolling : COMMENCE

5-across – Quick form of pop art : ABRUPT

9-across – Renovated local tea place : ALLOCATE

10-across – Idly read and eat : BROWSE

12-across – Where a saint could be standing still? : NICHE

13-across – British preparatory school for general education? : SANDHURST

14-across – Responsibility for safety of daily transport : GUARDIANSHIP

18-across – From pathology, Ron turns to the study of man : ANTHROPOLOGY

21-across – My amusing upset in the sports centre : GYMNASIUM

23-across – Fancy Luxembourg as Utopia? : IDEAL

24-across – Time when all assets were frozen : ICEAGE

25-across – It’s somehow expected and excluded : EXCEPTED

26-across – A wine to be wrong to be diffident about : SHERRY

27-across – It was reconstituted before, like it used to be : ASITWERE

1-down – China’s new restrictive measures : CHAINS

2-down – Ill-will of many to a girl : MALICE

3-down – Rex is upset about money order in accounts department : EXCHEQUER

4-down – Dreadful pastor I catch out : CATASTROPHIC

6-down – Growing form of punishment : BIRCH

7-down – A foreign dignitary lacking credit : UNWORTHY

8-down – Peter’s scrambled round to the highest branches : TREETOPS

11-down – Not the impressive results one was led to to expect : ANTICLIMAXES

15-down – Has a fresh egg in Lent, regardless : NEGLIGENT

16-down – The publican’s profits are cheap at the price : BARGAINS

17-down – Flight impressed about a quarter : STAMPEDE

19-down – One insect let out another : BEETLE

20-down – Take it, if you hope to stay dry : PLEDGE

22-down – Pole in wrong gear shows annoyance : ANGER