Daily Answers

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

9-across – Sticky stuff for baker or cook that’s disgusting! : DOUGH

10-across – Vigour shown as Brendan’s getting in a state : ANIMATION

11-across – Signal that could be great help : TELEGRAPH

12-across – Stick with sweet lines about love and end of hostility : LOLLY

13-across – Dealt with offensive language from PM once back in base : BLEEPED

15-across – Fuel for warships in part of earth that’s covered : SUBSOIL

17-across – Storyteller backed main event in theatre : AESOP

18-across – Publication that raises funds for charity : RAG

20-across – Changed the current key for code : ETHIC

22-across – Bird in spring seen by river bank : SPARROW

25-across – A poet penning new work performed rather slowly : ANDANTE

26-across – First half of the big game : RHINO

27-across – Prepared to drive a Ford, finally in gear : ADDRESSED

30-across – Her co-star excited a lot of players : ORCHESTRA

31-across – They may be in minutes — minutes kept in binders : TIMES

1-down – Part of revised item ready for publication : EDIT

2-down – Coins mediaeval groups needed, including sovereign : GUILDERS

3-down – Jerk grabbing husband is violent criminal : THUG

4-down – Old lady less polite about a roving thief : MARAUDER

5-down – Fortune heirs dissipated over century : RICHES

6-down – Living in 14 : DAILYBREAD

7-down – Test’s first relocated over Italian island : RIALTO

8-down – Start off nervous in this fast-paced kind of racing : INDY

13-down – Runs into singer or section of 30 : BRASS

14-down – 6 notes : PAPERMONEY

16-down – Awful clue about Republican’s sordid gain : LUCRE

19-down – Venetian who painted over an angel? : GUARDIAN

21-down – Fair and square in natural setting : HANDSOME

23-down – One coin for each person : APIECE

24-down – Possible result of breaking the law : WEALTH

26-down – Cheat that’s cornered by knight, initially : ROOK

28-down – Food in repast is oddly deficient : EATS

29-down – Needful and correct rules hard to follow : DOSH

1-across – Setter, perhaps, a big hit in the East End? : BOWWOW

4-across – Pound on smart card about to beat online and high street retailing : CLICKS

9-across – Sound proposal for old king : OFFA

10-across – Airborne shooter in range, until shot : TAILGUNNER

11-across – German order for a cab : HANSOM

12-across – Russian war machine’s flipping ace trifle! : GIMCRACK

13-across – Outstanding feature, beauty inspiring nothing by German author : ROMANNOSE

15-across – See 1 down : BILL

16-across – 1 down 15, humour lacking in me : CODY

17-across – Stage set in extra large retail outlet : MEGASTORE

21-across – Great pass, catcher on the turn : COLOSSAL

22-across – Stench from a red flower in washbasin : LAVABO

24-across – Skeletons in the closet try rattling chain in uproar : DIRTYLINEN

25-across – European president once of Harlech : LECH

26-across – Supporter embarrassed by tackle from behind : GIRDER

27-across – See 25 : WALESA

1-down – US showman, one settled in upstate New York? : BUFFALO

2-down – Asking how to create starter in a stew, tell me the plan! : WHATS

3-down – Too much land for an empire? : OTTOMAN

5-down – What might make bird stick up for a vegetable? : LEGUME

6-down – Criminal charge implicating Turkish leader in country after uprising : CONARTIST

7-down – Nicest forms with right angle for design template : STENCIL

8-down – Withholding Christ’s teaching, God is upset with incantation : DISGOSPELLING

14-down – See 4 : ANDMORTAR

16-down – See 2 : COOKING

18-down – US city putting worker in reference book, shortly : ATLANTA

19-down – Novel about German tennis player recited : REBECCA

20-down – Wagnerian character may be drawing a pension before end of cycle : ISOLDE

23-down – Opener taking so long to secure victory : VALVE

1-across – Very economical price had struggling stores close to debt : DIRTCHEAP

6-across – 25 11’s wrong, stifling way of working : SIMON

9-across – Like muesli and bananas? : NUTTY

10-across – Maybe grave judge backs withdrawing help : DIACRITIC

11-across – Distance fellow travellers cover repeatedly : ELL

12-across – First of Tests and opening game could be here : TRENTBRIDGE

14-across – Puzzle not having a positive value? : NONPLUS

15-across – Romeo tucked into two drinks, in distress : CHAGRIN

16-across – Traveller’s plane took off ahead of time : MIGRANT

19-across – Stand a bit of laughter and song : HATRACK

22-across – Dog guzzling claret’s drunk an old red : FIDELCASTRO

23-across – I may have one day by Ruth or Daniel’s place : DOT

24-across – Look inside church, securing good deal for organ cover : LOINCLOTH

26-across – Walker’s nude walk : AMBLE

27-across – Way to get untreated stable bed? : STRAW

28-across – Problem about marketing, eg for Greens : MUSHYPEAS

1-down – Keep order to pay £1,000 a long time : DUNGEON

2-down – Drug trial failed with it : RITALIN

3-down – Lament delay, netting a pound where fortune’s sought : CRYSTALBALL

4-down – Lacking mates, having day off that’s tediously long : ENDLESS

5-down – Photo frames hang on synthetic material : PLASTIC

6-down – Old man’s unfinished title : SIR

7-down – He makes a killing beginning to market gold stocks a bit : MATADOR

8-down – London university splitting noble gas particle : NUCLEON

13-down – Conservative, behind May’s back, keeps fighting : REACTIONARY

16-down – Fellows wearing ladies’ slippers and cloaks : MUFFLES

17-down – More frivolous Greek admits: That would be the end of me : GIDDIER

18-down – Eatery’s charge low, needing to rise : TEAROOM

19-down – Husband experiences lust problems : HITCHES

20-down – Car with uneven bulge able to be picked up : AUDIBLE

21-down – Equipment sent for tidying up litter : KITTENS

25-down – Intimidate businesswomen? : COW

8-across – It saves doctor a bit of leg, eradicating the onset of gangrene : LIFEBOAT

9-across – Reported to be stretched tight, as instructed : TAUGHT

10-across – Score book? : MARK

11-across – Fireworks in the sky make Penny nervous, excited — even gassy : SUPERNOVAS

12-across – Heroine, fair but no saint, covers up deception : JULIET

14-across – Alarmed, Pluto made move to bite Mickey’s bottom! : DISMAYED

15-across – Caretaker: I was taken in by Trojan hoax : JANITOR

17-across – Answer: can son leave bed for fruit? : APRICOT

20-across – One installed in York, perhaps : MINISTER

22-across – Rubbish film trip : JUNKET

23-across – Indoor court reportedly 88 degrees : DOCTORATES

24-across – Top 10 record gets a spin : APEX

25-across – Enigma’s output and what to do with it? : DECODE

26-across – English sailor monkeys about alone : SEPARATE

1-down – Author’s upset with hitch over a tropical American tree : SIMARUBA

2-down – Take a secret look around castle : PEEK

3-down – Blimey! TV reveals ladies’ clothing : CORSET

4-down – Upright held by bolts and dolts : STUPIDS

5-down – Special bitter drink gets things going : STARTSUP

6-down – Computerised equipment puts gold in tomato soup : AUTOMATION

7-down – Catchword wears thin on the radio : PHRASE

13-down – Can I return? First, run away from helping Trigger : INITIATION

16-down – Building great? Not according to plan : ONTARGET

18-down – Dish given to me — let tea be brought out : OMELETTE

19-down – Being against Twenty20 and ODI cricket, appeal : PROTEST

21-down – Pressed feed? : IRONED

22-down – Mourinho’s supported by local patriarch : JOSEPH

24-down – Port causes Daily Mail editor to blow his top : ACRE