Daily Answers

1-across – Cheat’s making cut, under par : RIPOFF

5-across – Forgetting those in loo, hustled workaholics into vehicle : RICKSHAW

9-across – Just union’s deputy, perhaps, is very busy : STANDING

10-across – Extras see you later : BYEBYE

11-across – It’s never been found by certain odd ones out : YETI

12-across – Diving, say, until I am so shattered : SIMULATION

13-across – Stop breaking trophy’s record : CLOGUP

14-across – Able to do maths, working out true mean : NUMERATE

16-across – See 9 : ROOMONLY

19-across – Strip of those playing for Rhode Island : RIBAND

21-across – Run away with one friend to fair : LEGITIMATE

23-across – Pinch boobs : BUST

24-across – Pipe down building’s in position : SHUTIT

25-across – Andy Murray’s choice sinks in : DROPSHOT

26-across – Torn up, it’s rubbish : PRINTOUT

27-across – Inter Milan’s first on bet slips : ENTOMB

2-down – Naked, I then hassled singer — what a diva! : INTHEALTOGETHER

3-down – Nothing in piece to suggest porker cries : OINKING

4-down – Reacts violently to blows, boxers revealed? : FLIESOPEN

5-down – Large group’s brief that sets out course : REGIMEN

6-down – Party leads to chaos after boozy antics listed : CABAL

7-down – Covering lieutenant’s rank being put up : SHELTER

8-down – Take whatever’s offered — it could make you party on! : ANYPORTINASTORM

15-down – Dashing chap uses it in messages : MORSECODE

17-down – Wet chamois tends to gather : MOISTEN

18-down – Ready to burst ages ago : YEARDOT

20-down – Temporarily take issue by agreement : BABYSIT

22-down – Opening fortnightly shows up : INTRO

1-across – Following a trend, but not very well : AFTERAFASHION

10-across – Shakespearean husband has old relationship : HORATIO

11-across – Rush back to one in German part payment : TRADEIN

12-across – A bird in Egypt? : ASWAN

13-across – They can give a sharp bite — between the eyes? : FORETEETH

14-across – In time soldier gives consent : AGREE

16-across – An initially rude, tiresome person’s to stomach botanical garden : ARBORETUM

18-across – Incorrect speed estimate is reckless : DESPERATE

19-across – Naive politician : GREEN

20-across – Assailant injured dogs : ALSATIANS

23-across – Drain into small vessel : SEWER

24-across – Audience sees solicitor grasping vessel : TURNOUT

25-across – A giant’s unsettled? That’s touching! : AGAINST

26-across – Travel when retaining rope is untied : PEREGRINATION

2-down – Pyrotechnics inspire artistic pieces : FIREWORKS

3-down – Had a meal without beginning to tidy up : EATEN

4-down – A pudding turned cold : ALOOF

5-down – Expert takes in officer with time? That can be changed! : ALTERABLE

6-down – Discover ruffian keeps right in front of the fire : HEARTHRUG

7-down – A sample of the Globe’s exhibition stout : OBESE

8-down – Can an adept, shy engineer be so very shoddy? : CHEAPANDNASTY

9-down – Less than 50% are popular with those under age : INTHEMINORITY

15-down – Conductor designate went by car : ELECTRODE

16-down – A graduate’s coming in to rework stone : ALABASTER

17-down – Kate amazingly triumphed over cheat in martial art : TAEKWONDO

21-down – Confident in grabbing girl in stream : SURGE

22-down – Son gets hurt in the country : SPAIN

23-down – Well turned-out NCO’s skill : SMART

9-across – Leave a convenient stopping-off place : ONYOURWAY

10-across – Approximately to the right of top of tree trunk : TORSO

11-across – Parasite on part of fertiliser? : NITRE

12-across – Observant quality present in fluid dance : ADHERENCE

13-across – Mother gets on for Mars : DAMAGES

14-across – Stars from here backing Elton at city in America? : NEBULAS

17-across – Car — middle of fan belt lacks power : ASTRA

19-across – It’s often pocketed, being light : RED

20-across – Elvis is alive, full of fibre! : SISAL

21-across – Nut cracking, in fact, absorbs one : FANATIC

22-across – Agent’s below-the-line item : SLEEPER

24-across – Test space craft with no tail : CHALLENGE

26-across – Grimly funny champion : BLACK

28-across – Dress transfer : SHIFT

29-across – Attendant puts a report in place : SATELLITE

1-down – Limo once cleared of external insects to give a rear view : MOON

2-down – Tense, in excited, messy way : SYSTEM

3-down – Signature scrawled all over page, which is largely brilliant : SUPERGIANT

4-down – Slave over South American tracksuit : SWEATS

5-down – Uneasy phone discussion not entirely conveyed : SYPHONED

6-down – Those who squeal about mark on horse : STAR

7-down – Gathers shellfish round river : WRINKLES

8-down – Scrape top off aggregate : HOLE

13-down – Happy, say, moving forward : DWARF

15-down – Kebab stall prepared game : BASKETBALL

16-down – Sort of power that lifts Los Alamos Red Tops : SOLAR

18-down – Brown needs one inch A-Z up country : TANZANIA

19-down – Rolling cape’s magnificence : RICHNESS

22-down – Sherlock’s lute playing breaks silence : SLEUTH

23-down – Composed some material in C? The other way round : PLACID

24-down – Try to single someone out, as prolific anglers do : CAST

25-down – See 24 : LOTS

27-down – Look over tower : KEEP

4-across – Measure of bad experience curtailed, going by public transport? : BUSHEL

6-across – Hanging around in amateur activity creates confusion : DISARRAY

9-across – Somehow resolve to ignore very threatening words : ORELSE

10-across – Haughty fool of the upper classes of a ruling dynasty : ASSUMING

11-across – Mostly short children being entertained by a clown, following lessons : AFTERSCHOOL

15-across – Man mixed up with a nag uncertain about leaving home : CENTAUR

17-across – Seafarer may have this new hairstyle without fringes : TRYSAIL

18-across – Understand about Russian commune getting stale not working completely : SEMIRETIRED

22-across – Drug that is seized by troubled parent : APERIENT

23-across – Female was firm’s boss in general : FRANCO

24-across – Some French seizing ship with silver in a time of barbarity? : DARKAGES

25-across – Sloppy, slightly confused inside, indicating what gives rise to event : CAUSAL

1-down – Letter penned by Charles, so ridiculous : LESSOR

2-down – Football food with beer and wine : PIESPORTER

3-down – English football team supporter demonstrates how Maradona once performed : MANUALLY

4-down – Buddies have this non-British party in British city : BROMANCE

5-down – Notice cut in smart cloth : SHEETING

7-down – Trouble with vehicle blocking road? It encourages travel by train : RAIL

8-down – Time in which to see large round climbing animal loved by kids : YOGI

12-down – Church sums about to be stashed away for religious events? : CEREMONIES

13-down – The Old Dominion allows people to wander around : VAGRANTS

14-down – Bumpkin from Scottish island accommodating silly old Penny : CLODPOLL

16-down – A gala bar opening in summer : AESTIVAL

19-down – Theme of yarn? : THREAD

20-down – See 7 : CARD

21-down – See 8 : BEAR

1-across – Sailor on ship outside Dover, say, with extremely elegant clothing : SPORTSJACKET

8-across – Giant in old hat moans audibly : OUTSIZE

9-across – Decline to admit major sight problem : PINKEYE

11-across – A bishop brought in to suppress endless feud : QUARREL

12-across – Support unruly horse : SHOREUP

13-across – Definitely settle at home with family : INKIN

14-across – Presiding officer, a Marxist, driven round in car : MODERATOR

16-across – Primarily top dogs eat it in great quantities : THOUSANDS

19-across – Flourish, due to return of low pound : BLOOM

21-across – Reactionary assembly, grim for its time : DIEHARD

23-across – Concrete marker with singular omission put straight again : REALIGN

24-across – Italian scoring from cross in International : ROSSINI

25-across – Devious setter’s after free backing : EVASIVE

26-across – Yarn about humorous duck leaving zoo in a run-down area : TWILIGHTZONE

1-down – Misfortune that TV repairman may bring? : SETBACK

2-down – Going to pen very small letter : OMICRON

3-down – Father and mother briefly land abroad : THEOLDMAN

4-down – Jay heard parrots and larks : JAPES

5-down – US gents, perhaps, determined to get honesty : CANDOUR

6-down – Peak always topped others : EVEREST

7-down – Doctor Aquinas busily seeing off a foreign adventurer : CONQUISTADOR

10-down – Researcher’s former name required, transiting border : EXPERIMENTER

15-down – Confuse Democrat with Tories in Barking : DISORIENT

17-down – Controlled series of balls leading to a wicket : OVERSAW

18-down – Length of life that is left for King Charles, maybe : SPANIEL

19-down – Courageous show’s well done, publicity included : BRAVADO

20-down – Opening agency, fellow leaves for Rhode Island : ORIFICE

22-down – Studying sound of spring? : DOING