Daily Answers

9-across – I ate lunch drunk — wicked! : UNETHICAL

10-across – Popular place for data : INPUT

11-across – Sort out will : RESOLVE

12-across – Insect makes monk sit up : PRAYING

13-across – The spirit of Ireland : ELAN

14-across – Refuse to do jumps like a mountain goat? : SUREFOOTED

16-across – Cloying smoke envelops orchestra : FULSOME

17-across – Provided backing before churchman’s slip, perhaps : FIELDER

19-across – Resident has no time to pack case : NOMINATIVE

22-across – Mineral starts to transform and loses colour : TALC

24-across – Fleet left before first light : LANTERN

25-across – Food for Roman artist, one carrying instrument : RAVIOLI

26-across – Refuse second preference : SWILL

27-across – Last kipper tie in range is exaggerated : OVERDRAWN

1-down – One of 8 left house to spot endless celebs : QUARTERFINALIST

2-down – Forces people to take food here : MESSHALL

3-down – It’s a bit of a fiddle kicking animal out of shelter : FHOLE

4-down – Arrange to return foil after school : SCHEDULE

5-down – Move along before she drops hot pasty on the counter : ELAPSE

6-down – Dresses prior to breaking legs : PINAFORES

7-down – Medical support left around noon : SPLINT

8-down – Actors inside get moving with these : STAGEDIRECTIONS

15-down – Indicated empty lavatory in a very obvious way : POINTEDLY

17-down – Plant some after a hot spell : FEVERFEW

18-down – Crooked Shakespearean character enters country from the south : DIAGONAL

20-down – See 12 : MANTIS

21-down – Cheap metal sink : TINPOT

23-down – First Lady accepts Bill’s fudge : EVADE

8-across – Closed hand around broken nail, one of only two left? : FINALIST

9-across – Pub shortly has wine locked up : INHOCK

10-across – Applied to have role as a hobbit? : BETOOK

11-across – Critical interpretation of sacrifice of six geese : EXEGESIS

12-across – African natives have information to announce : GNUS

13-across – Going back, regret road is up : RETROGRADE

15-across – One’s cooler outside a hot city : ISFAHAN

16-across – Failed to notice any females, in short … : SAWNOFF

18-across – … none distinguished, anyway : ALLTHESAME

19-across – Stroke, making murmuring sound : COUP

20-across – Look into deep cuts in protective wear : GALOSHES

22-across – One given orders to prepare exhibition : CURATE

23-across – Head of college endlessly excited by study : WARDEN

24-across – Spirit doubly applied to my game : GINRUMMY

1-down – Accidentally reveal one is freely available? : GIVEONESELFAWAY

2-down – Death sentence widely publicised? : FAMOUSLASTWORDS

3-down – Watch and record celebrity welcome : TICKERTAPE

4-down – Directs rising model to enter, this far ahead? : STREETS

5-down – Nuclear reactor is a singular source of discomfort : PILE

6-down – Bewildering situation, as recurring itches need treatment : THREERINGCIRCUS

7-down – Composition of contemporary youth : ACHILDOFOURTIME

14-down – Pearly ring with faint odour : OPALESCENT

17-down – Journey in a ship covered by part of journal : PASSAGE

21-down – Tuft that is missing from tissue : HANK

9-across – Strange story told in article : ALIEN

10-across – They cater for a private reception : EARPHONES

11-across – Frightened about agent returning, did a bunk : SCARPERED

12-across – No permission for recesses : NOOKS

13-across – Annoyed at being stung : NETTLED

15-across – Appalling melee at National Trust unit : ELEMENT

17-across – An indifferent movement : SHRUG

18-across – Very new boy : SON

20-across – Pound sign? : LIBRA

22-across – In general exit, one left something behind : LEGATEE

25-across – About to be put back in school ground : TERRAIN

26-across – US city infamous for its bad spelling : SALEM

27-across – Getting married again after things patched up? : REPAIRING

30-across – Ten inflated and deflated : FLATTENED

31-across – Single unfronted fireplace : INGLE

1-down – Document that allows father onto ship : PASS

2-down – Doctor said rest can cause terrible trouble : DISASTER

3-down – It’s the same photograph : SNAP

4-down – Where they have female grooms? : HEBRIDES

5-down – An infant rock’n’roller : CRADLE

6-down – Fortune, pounds, gold — all go into his purse : CHANCELLOR

7-down – An unparticular person : ANYONE

8-down – Goddess is after Spanish agreement being lifted : ISIS

13-down – Alan’s unusual manner of speaking? : NASAL

14-down – It’s OK to run away before I get married : LEGITIMATE

16-down – Direct transport : TRAIN

19-down – Are they used for jotting down music? : NOTEPADS

21-down – Engineer’s responsibility taken by the navigator : BEARINGS

23-down – Illegal wayfarers seen around part of Ireland : GALWAY

24-down – Short service commission? : ERRAND

26-down – Riddle provided in a way : SIFT

28-down – Flag of Eire shortened : IRIS

29-down – A catch one is delighted to exhibit : GLEE

1-across – Trump certain to lose energy and go : SURPASS

5-across – Rotten firm run by Murdoch ignores margins of error : CORRUPT

10-across – Tell the police about entrance to secret vault : SHOP

11-across – Hype and forward a flyer, say : PROPAGANDA

12-across – Swap parts of steam baths in island capital : NASSAU

13-across – Ben undergoes sex change in spring : FOUNTAIN

14-across – Old gardener saves sodium to apply endlessly : ADNAUSEAM

16-across – Iron with upper hand : WEDGE

17-across – Ben leaves pope a Fiat : EDICT

19-across – 9 agree rift should be resolved : GREATFIRE

23-across – Loony nearly cut second column marking start of 9 : MONUMENT

24-across – Record-keeper extremely lovely in uniform : EVELYN

26-across – First strikers emerge from gorse tangled with grass : AGGRESSORS

27-across – Look at, look up, go away : OGLE

28-across – Trainee journalist withdrawn during prank : STUDENT

29-across – A small hotel on Skye distributed fruit : ASHKEYS

2-down – Keats’ sweeter melodies are so lacking in judgment? : UNHEARD

3-down – It could be dyspepsia, said this journalist, hiccuping : PEPYS

4-down – Stone setter’s building destroyed in 19 : STPAULS

6-down – Obscure work, one by that Parisian : OPAQUE

7-down – Typical Sunday fare? Criticise and complain : ROASTBEEF

8-down – Swanky big supporter breaks leg on golf course : PUDDING

9-down – Prisoners helping to quell start of fierce blaze : CONFLAGRATION

15-down – Knight left relation flushed and equipped for battle : ACCOUTRED

18-down – Lack of water and bread keeps king tense : DROUGHT

20-down – Fool is preserving record in sterile condition : ASEPSIS

21-down – Charles and family’s percentage of revenue : ROYALTY

22-down – Not so busy class enthralled by Beatles songs : LESSON

25-down – English jeer king’s modern literature? : EBOOK

1-across – Wise man immersed in drink rolling over to see stars : PEGASUS

5-across – Inspired Democrat lagging behind popular Italian dictator? : INDUCED

9-across – People on staff matter to boss : HEADCOUNT

10-across – A classical man to you and me represents something harmful : VIRUS

11-across – Archbishop’s envoy reported delay : WAIT

12-across – Dodgy shiner not ultimately genuine : RHINESTONE

14-across – Endure losing a sheep : WETHER

15-across – Firm’s contract : COMPACT

16-across – North African countries suffering big harm : MAGHRIB

18-across – Row created by the French to fester : RANKLE

20-across – Dryden character in a note on work he left : ACHITOPHEL

21-across – Note put about in the morning conveys unwanted message : SPAM

24-across – Star inside nebula not entirely detectable : DENEB

25-across – Home worker engaging nurse and manager : INTENDANT

26-across – Name of London street hiding a chemical : REAGENT

27-across – Briefly arrange private office in German city : DRESDEN

1-down – Playwright beginning with page that expresses contempt : PSHAW

2-down – Managed to break into holiday home — it’s very hard : GRANITE

3-down – Little nonentity not in clique : SECT

4-down – Billy Graham type is OT/NT-basher, put unfairly : SOUTHERNBAPTIST

5-down – Accident insurer finally sorted out, giving apology for mistake : ISTANDCORRECTED

6-down – I mend TV set that’s broken for selling off : DIVESTMENT

7-down – City girl keeping a date that brings new life : CORDOBA

8-down – Examine and discredit one form of therapy : DISSECT

13-down – Kind to preside over slightly twisted board : CHARITABLE

16-down – Put illiterately, Queen and I go walkabout : MEANDER

17-down – Boleyn and husband, say, set up in hellish situation : GEHENNA

19-down – A place bathed in light? Not in the winter : LAPLAND

22-down – Morning — chief time to get stuck in : MATIN

23-down – Inadequacy of computer being set up is concerning : INRE