Daily Answers

7-across – Elected fraud? Two leaders quit establishment : INCEPTION

8-across – He gets time, if he’s crooked : THIEF

9-across – Rash caused by rough, dry loofah : FOOLHARDY

10-across – Claim note is ready : DOUGH

12-across – I’m in agreement, being retired and over 50 🙂 : SMILEY

13-across – They kick out online winners? : EVICTORS

16-across – False charges for Spooner’s alcoholic rolls : BUMRAPS

19-across – Relish church tune played on Sunday — at last! : CHUTNEY

22-across – Clown welcomes fun about ring with fire : CONFUOCO

25-across – Fiddle made from metal by royal couple : TINKER

27-across – With this, one might be out of special prison : SNICK

28-across – They maintain in-flight safety : STAIRRODS

29-across – In Paris, the Bill’s the origin of security tips : LEADS

30-across – Ten common outbursts? My lips are sealed : NOCOMMENT

1-down – About to experience the finale of William Tell : INFORM

2-down – Porous flour regularly kept in basement : CELLULAR

3-down – Chop up dates and finally enjoy being regular : STEADY

4-down – 17 double-crossed one about to return : SOLDIER

5-down – Every other itchy European scratches head and neck : THROAT

6-down – Impoverish Russia symbolically over gulag being evacuated? : BEGGAR

11-down – Productive element in electric heater : RICH

14-down – Have olives with nachos for starters : OWN

15-down – Spot or mole? : SPY

16-down – Programming language lacks a first qualification : BSC

17-down – A number under 1,000,000? Wow! : MAN

18-down – Possessing little money and no gold : POOR

20-down – Time to get mixed up letters, but not advanced puzzles : TANGRAMS

21-down – Manage to be relaxed, enjoying books and reading : CONTROL

23-down – Squealed over getting tattooed : OINKED

24-down – Fine shopping area has river out front : FACADE

25-down – Fleet’s last crew member gets rid of small cutter : TAILOR

26-down – Close friend in Guardian piece : ENDING

1-across – Binds cuts without pressure : SPLICES

5-across – This might be Elm Street, if in production : FILMSET

9-across – Get home and eat : DIGIN

10-across – Protection secure, fellow made out : CHAINMAIL

11-across – Krueger home detailed unusual killing regime : KHMERROUGE

12-across – 4 a 5 : PERV

14-across – Food complaint section concerned with food sent back : BEEFBURGERS

18-across – He might take blade to Elm Street, without bounds he operates? : TREESURGEON

21-across – Bucket to collect going round : TEEM

22-across – Freddy Krueger’s third? All butchered in an horrific way : DREADFULLY

25-across – Sleepy? Old criminal heading for Nightmare on Elm Street houses : SOMNOLENT

26-across – Good person out of bed, male breaks in to confuse : STUMP

27-across – I must interrupt film ogre’s screams : SHRIEKS

28-across – Relaxes partners after endless sex : SEDATES

1-down – Son turns over magazine after daughter’s puzzle : SUDOKU

2-down – Pulse on bird rising : LEGUME

3-down – Do catch tailless fish: it sounds deep : CONTRABASS

4-down – So knock out American deviant : SICKO

5-down – Dainty one mostly lost blood after Freddy initially called : FRANGIBLE

6-down – Fast learner on specialist ward : LENT

7-down – John Barnes finally up front — English Liverpool player dribbled : SLAVERED

8-down – Supporter’s jeans tucked in and put on show : TELEVISE

13-down – Turning red fast, sun permeated : TRANSFUSED

15-down – Right panic, time to go and save : ERRORLESS

16-down – Ranks second in figures : STATUSES

17-down – Sign of dreaming? Short deep cuts show for sin deliverer : REDEEMER

19-down – Sport paper featuring foreign articles : FLAUNT

20-down – American city street rates for voluptuous young women : NYMPHS

23-down – One closed American borders for cars : AUTOS

24-down – Set off on bloodshed : GORE

9-across – It’s kept in banks but also found in circulation : BLOOD

10-across – Extravagant garnish : ELABORATE

11-across – Free of charge : EXONERATE

12-across – Approaches saner distribution : NEARS

13-across – Don’t vote for a black mark : ABSTAIN

15-across – Female confronts male, beginning to threaten firm : ADAMANT

17-across – American tucked into his cooked fish and rice dish : SUSHI

18-across – Regret expressed in the French way : RUE

20-across – Waves from canoe : OCEAN

22-across – A loud story, not factual but friendly : AFFABLE

25-across – With or without complaint? : PATIENT

26-across – It makes a hole in material : DRILL

27-across – Find a shoe badly made : FASHIONED

30-across – Clothing range with buckles : NIGHTWEAR

31-across – Smart girl that is after a share of the proceeds : CUTIE

1-down – Empty honour for a woodwind player : OBOE

2-down – Company with deficit states large figure : COLOSSUS

3-down – Three-speed gears give one the advantage : EDGE

4-down – Servant’s pay for help when needed : RETAINER

5-down – Painter appeared first — this followed! : CAMERA

6-down – Ride in which first part is shorter than the second : ROUNDABOUT

7-down – A capital cigar? : HAVANA

8-down – See head of finance over charges : FEES

13-down – Sailors are often so confused : ATSEA

14-down – French friend with talent and charm : AMIABILITY

16-down – Belief unchanged on reflection : TENET

19-down – A photographer’s hypothermia? : EXPOSURE

21-down – Time in its entirety, perhaps : ETERNITY

23-down – Gang surrounded by iron border : FRINGE

24-down – Creator of well-known Paris tour : EIFFEL

26-down – Agreed it’s over : DONE

28-down – Move slowly in order : INCH

29-down – Exploit that should be witnessed : DEED

1-across – Dark pitch masking blemish : SWARTHY

5-across – Two low grades in remarkable performance as undergraduate? : STUDENT

10-across – One by the side of the road, drinker boozily guzzles : KERB

11-across – Diet has the expected result, one overcome by expression of sorrow : PARLIAMENT

12-across – Alien after map to find Earth, perhaps? : PLANET

13-across – Voice encapsulating almost everything as US author : SALINGER

14-across – Conclusion to Father Ted recalled by thespian critic : DETRACTOR

16-across – Message for all to endorse in plump Christmas bird : ROUND

17-across – Sudden jerk, head on mattress touching springs : SPASM

19-across – Boring, excruciating test in filling? : DENTISTRY

23-across – Leave queen to scrub rear, splashing around in the tub : BEQUEATH

24-across – See 26 : POLICE

26-across – If cheap clothes on, I suspect, cops primarily sent out? : THEFASHION

27-across – One in a suit, clobber for the association : CLUB

28-across – Penalty shot to spare : APLENTY

29-across – Out at sea : STUMPED

2-down – Balancing act — sewiously? : WHEELIE

3-down – See 16 : ROBIN

4-down – Epic hat designed for livery? : HEPATIC

6-down – Going round the twist prematurely, it’s casually suggested? : TWIRLY

7-down – Authorities swindle underdogs : DOMINIONS

8-down – Senior lady cutting fabric : NANKEEN

9-down – Bars in house however extremely loose: order locks : BRUSHONESHAIR

15-down – Again arrange upset boxes she jumbled up : RESHUFFLE

18-down – Is he about to prick cases in specialist bakery? : PIESHOP

20-down – Bird underneath cup lifted in style overhead : TOPKNOT

21-down – Hermit — as regards one of these, solitude initially welcomed? : RECLUSE

22-down – Fishtails in sausage meat for dog : BASSET

25-down – Knock over pass, I’m not sure for the substitute : LOCUM

1-across – Hack cried off, finding somewhere to relax : DECKCHAIR

6-across – Faithful chap from Egypt, caught listening in : COPT

8-across – Originally, Neil and I met dancing together : INTANDEM

9-across – Superman repelled by feeding clipped dog : CYBORG

10-across – Communication from landlord : LETTER

11-across – Press, given summons, went berserk : RAMPAGED

12-across – Order I’m not sure about — it’s fishy : MULLET

15-across – Person attending medical pioneer touring north-east : LISTENER

16-across – Dirty and unkempt American bastard keeping liberal cleric out of work : SLOBBISH

19-across – Tick off what fractious child may have on journey? : CARPET

21-across – German aboard mother ship who’ll try to run you down : MALIGNER

22-across – Bring round after grand game : GROUSE

24-across – Feast from Italy with wife in control at first : DIWALI

25-across – Nutmeg caught in local doing nothing : INACTIVE

26-across – Gawp at dog leaping fences : OGLE

27-across – Regulations sadly lacking on theatre closures : LIGATURES

1-down – Moron expected sandwiches, not cheese, to start with : DUNCE

2-down – This bit of property changing hands would cause gossip : CHATTEL

3-down – Tree, one apt to give way by the sound of it : CEDAR

4-down – Leader at sea, reversing car across verge : ADMIRAL

5-down – Notes from Gibraltar? : ROCKMUSIC

6-down – Vehicle, with case finally inside, leaves from farm : CABBAGE

7-down – Keep going south, always in custody of Nancy’s dad : PERSEVERE

13-down – Paul doing puzzles for publishing online : UPLOADING

14-down – Contest with entry of nine arranged every three years : TRIENNIAL

17-down – Force new partner to bag up silver : BRIGADE

18-down – Husband, not sinless but something of a catch? : HERRING

20-down – Bird table visited by duck : ROOSTER

22-down – Good worker tackling tip of iceberg in Titanic : GIANT

23-down – S abbreviated means shields : SAVES