Daily Answers

9-across – Re plan: clear up date using this? : PERPETUAL

10-across – The latest thing notorious 16 announced : CRAZE

11-across – Louisianan prison guards just reduced by half : CAJUN

12-across – Worker organised love-in, not a normal story : ANTINOVEL

13-across – Lots of notice for this amount of work : MANYEAR

14-across – Current type of beer : DRAUGHT

17-across – Verne’s English physicist deprived of love by son : JULES

19-across – Those ending tragic affair may : CRY

20-across – Part of grant is ring-fenced for some weeks : TISRI

21-across – No bother : REFUSAL

22-across – PM protected by detective and special police alarms : DISMAYS

24-across – Novel by incomer in its early stages : EMBRYONIC

26-across – Soft part of foot’s become very dry : PARCH

28-across – Return of public transport turned out well : SMART

29-across – Union leader in fight with editor knocked down : AUCTIONED

1-down – Energy producers deal with constant depression : OPEC

2-down – Hard worker making veiled threat to PC? : TROJAN

3-down – Parties forbid abstentions, each admitting vote’s close : BEANFEASTS

4-down – Foreign worker’s phoned appeal to father in Paris? : AUPAIR

5-down – Behind time, heading off in high spirits : ELATEDLY

6-down – Medical check barely sufficient : SCAN

7-down – Nevada city girl entertaining star : LASVEGAS

8-down – Famous Swiss count : TELL

13-down – Ex-PM runs over press turning up : MAJOR

15-down – One cream primarily applied to injured patients? : ANTISEPTIC

16-down – Doubles result in tennis voided : TWINS

18-down – It provides a bit of help, essentially, at sea : LIFEBOAT

19-down – See 9 : CALENDAR

22-down – Extract essence from processed cod etc : DECOCT

23-down – An old hand’s adopting new protective gear : APRONS

24-down – It’s no trouble making regular use of metal, say : EASY

25-down – Elusive mountain-dweller still single : YETI

27-down – Obscure papers ambassador’s brought round : HIDE

1-across – After disturbance, centre court’s crowd finally gets composed again : RECONSTRUCTED

10-across – Fixer to note: this is lacking muscle tone : HYPOTONIC

11-across – Prank on the Queen makes one very cross : RAGER

12-across – Nest I had established in student organisation : NIDUS

13-across – Only for blokes, girl shows sluggishness : STAGNANCY

14-across – After meal, left university to tidy up : UNEATEN

16-across – Editor turning to drink, one with last word? : DECIDER

18-across – More than one saw some tot misbehaving : MOTTOES

20-across – End of term, when book’s to be returned? : DUEDATE

21-across – Revolting man, who’s a bit of a game : JACKSTRAW

23-across – Corn — that which is full of energy? : WHEAT

24-across – Graduate school first to get low grade : GAMMA

25-across – Sea god, grabbing English princess, attempted seduction : TRIEDITON

26-across – Where a summary may be found, theoretically : INTHEABSTRACT

2-down – No longer taking exercise, one in depression needed to get fit : EXPEDIENT

3-down – Conspirator established a ring for revolution : OATES

4-down – King, consumed by evils, becomes understood : SINKSIN

5-down – Might he be cruelly construed as Darwin’s arch kid? : RICHARD

6-down – Story of church fellow in charge, having drink, losing head : CHRONICLE

7-down – English spirit? Little left in a Scottish place : ELGIN

8-down – Unnamed items, poor devices getting sticky inside : THINGUMMYJIGS

9-down – Style me angrier type in religious get-together : PRAYERMEETING

15-down – Irish chief’s philosophical principle one gets to see through, not right : TAOISEACH

17-down – System of reasoning set up has frantic hospital missing out : DIALECTIC

19-down – Musical passage starts to sound terrific, really exciting to the audience : STRETTA

20-down – See 5 : DAWKINS

22-down – Endless manure thrown over home plant : CUMIN

23-down – Sort of bird to deviate, missing north : WADER

1-across – Judge ejects disc jockey, accountant and book reviewer : AUDITOR

5-across – Ungainly, short, very withdrawn cowboys : GAUCHOS

9-across – Note writer’s visiting father : FIVER

10-across – Rob caught Dutch liquor in pan : STEELDRUM

11-across – Pitch closed after pop­ular race : INTONATION

12-across – Warning by driver heading left or right : TOOT

14-across – Celebrity makes speech about last of his money : DISTINCTION

18-across – Youth has trouble with classes, I’d say : ADOLESCENCE

21-across – Note helped after record disappeared : HEED

22-across – Issue notes for treble tackling finale : DESCENDANT

25-across – A red giant explodes, becoming a dark star, perhaps? : TRAGEDIAN

26-across – It is lost from medical complaint record : ENTER

27-across – Bring back remaining Danish settlers : RESTORE

28-across – Note jury not taking sides in old African province : NATURAL

1-down – Just after A Fine Romance : AFFAIR

2-down – Give county short note : DEVOTE

3-down – Note: his red mobile produces gloomy tunes : THRENODIES

4-down – I take five outside to do test again : RESIT

5-down – Pope’s choice of Scotsmen? : GREGORIAN

6-down – Unprepossessing nasty guy belts lecturer : UGLY

7-down – Wrong keynote doesn’t start as overtone : HARMONIC

8-down – Discharge some after second interval : SEMITONE

13-down – Studio check to televise big match : SCREENTEST

15-down – Release includes one volume that’s reserved : SECRETIVE

16-down – Supply food, catching the tube : CATHETER

17-down – Bed in flats, perhaps, yields 24 books : NOTEPADS

19-down – Lean men service leader : CANTOR

20-down – Pious person learning about alcohol : STEROL

23-down – Roughly nothing found in notes works : CANON

24-down – Note clip from home movie : MEMO

1-across – A blast this, room shelled in sound of mild explosion : ATISHOO

5-across – Change round model of Oxford and Cambridge, say? : VARSITY

10-across – Islanders detailed? : MANX

11-across – Agents placing ewe initially with most beautiful ram? : EMISSARIES

12-across – More than one runner smuggling French fags heads for rowing boats : SKIFFS

13-across – Ultimately cynicism in fashion, a typically British affair : CREAMTEA

14-across – Provided accepted by House, chairman welcomes published statement of intent : MANIFESTO

16-across – Dull grey pan : SLATE

17-across – See 22 : SWIFT

19-across – Where a foot may be including diameter, doubly confused : INAMUDDLE

23-across – In extremes of torment, Spacey furious, given predictable roles : TYPECAST

24-across – Abomination of a clue, Paul’s first to get the boot! : LACEUP

26-across – Pasta in Italy beyond peak, report follows : TORTELLINI

27-across – See 7 : EGGS

28-across – Fine poem about wife punching nose : POWDERY

29-across – See 7 : ONTOAST

2-down – Saved by cat from Sri Lanka, Tom cheers : THANKSA

3-down – Beating the Foxes is difficult, with investment of billions then ending in regret : SIXOF

4-down – Run done prior to date : OVERSEE

6-down – Novelist, antipodean figure? : AUSTEN

7-down – Possible breakfast gems, cold bangers damaged your health, perhaps? : SCRAMBLED

8-down – See 3 : THEBEST

9-down – Artist touring English principality : LIECHTENSTEIN

15-down – Changed, fifty pestilent houses : INFLECTED

18-down – Country supporting method that’s great in America : WAYTOGO

20-down – See 2 : MILLION

21-down – Lies about opposition leader suppressed by attacking moves : LOUNGES

22-down – A flirty swot, bubbly singer : TAYLOR

25-down – Belief in sacred orders : CREDO

1-across – They’re presently taking up space : STOCKINGFILLERS

9-across – Daft mother avoids speaking naturally : IDIOTIC

10-across – Got to hurt splitting wine : REACHED

11-across – Some much appreciated liquid refreshment : CHA

12-across – It’s not as bad as 16 but may cause tears, when shopping : WORSETHINGS

13-across – Erotic show condemned — a big change for Hefner : SWITCHEROO

15-across – Cook’s leaving a food shop : DELI

18-across – Reputed to be carrying 1 down : SAID

20-across – Empty box — it’s stuffed into drawer : CARTOONIST

23-across – See 12 : HAPPENATSEA

25-across – Struggle to see with drops : VIE

26-across – Ends call home? Reportedly, yes : TERMINI

27-across – Song captivates country — Thailand or another : AUSTRIA

28-across – Craft seen with ageing props — it’s no longer flying : PASSENGERPIGEON

1-down – Stops sweetheart going to clubs? They’re packed : SUITCASES

2-down – Payment going up — aim to adjust paperwork : ORIGAMI

3-down – Ford programme initially takes 100 in European city : KATOWICE

4-down – Better name reserve side : NICER

5-down – After persistent investigation, find Jill possibly at fault : FERRETOUT

6-down – Be disgusted by articles — see above : LOATHE

7-down – Better prospect when nurse is about : ENHANCE

8-down – Slips left out in banks : SIDES

14-down – Fellow’s worrying about coming out : EMANATING

16-down – 9th last, losing heads mostly : INTHEMAIN

17-down – Director’s cut turned up with a new short film : POLANSKI

19-down – Passes on little devilish tricks : IMPARTS

21-down – Opposite of poetic : INVERSE

22-down – Polish official in charge at the end : REFINE

23-down – Sheep tautologically excited : HETUP

24-down – One of Steps developed his art — not H : STAIR