Daily Answers

9-across – Go off Geordie TV presenter,old male model : DECOMPOSE

10-across – Because of two performers,start to obfuscate : DUETO

11-across – Following fart,Earth tremors : AFTER

12-across – Rate increase for stall : TEMPORISE

13-across – Man stopping agitated suspect leaving court in ancient city : EPHESUS

14-across – Some welcoming chief’s utter lawlessness : ANARCHY

17-across – Small untruth by rector is more cunning : SLIER

19-across – Individual taking ecstasy : ONE

20-across – Husband visiting market in Hull : SHELL

21-across – Most ale breaks down sugar : MALTOSE

22-across – Sickness resulting from excrement,mostly,around hovel : CHOLERA

24-across – Perhaps rib cracked by a silly prat in royal family : BONAPARTE

26-across – Working at home is boring Harry : DOING

28-across – Different native losing millions : OTHER

29-across – Claimant’s straightforward argument : PLAINTIFF

1-down – Suggestion from middleman oddly ignored : IDEA

2-down – Destroy spirit : SCOTCH

3-down – Showman,one playing Paris and Rome : IMPRESARIO

4-down – Supply of suet for juvenile wannabe? : FOETUS

5-down – Infiltrate a couple’s enthralling exchange at last : PERMEATE

6-down – Revolutionary cut more unusual root vegetable : EDDO

7-down – Average doctor taking nothing on : MEDIOCRE

8-down – Claim written language doesn’t include the letter R : POSE

13-down – Where to find classic content to keep,somehow : EPSOM

15-down – Quickly leaving a relationship to keep some credibility,primarily : ABSCONDING

16-down – Crimean War conference site boosted at city close to Turkey : YALTA

18-down – Musical show Oscar’s promoted in one advance article : IOLANTHE

19-down – I reprove criminal on the way out : OVERRIPE

22-down – Emperor announced what guards should do to escaping woman? : CAESAR

23-down – Draw Forth Bridge’s terminus,OK? : ELICIT

24-down – Jeer King James,perhaps : BOOK

25-down – Pressure on animal sanctuary to provide recreation area : PARK

27-down – Present introduction from Guardian and two shelfmates : GIFT

7-across – Its application could help you get into Oxford? : SHOEHORN

9-across – Understood our son’s bedding smells : ODOURS

10-across – House band feature in saloon : SEAT

11-across – Early on,I go to party with deviant I’d met : INGOODTIME

12-across – Finish,as elements of Marie Curie’s typical description are transposed? : FRENCH

14-across – Warship covered by press : IRONCLAD

15-across – Turning on Paganini number to begin – as motivation for fitness class? : NOPAIN

17-across – Ferraris and Rolls are mostly stolen for joy rides? : FERRIS

20-across – Stayed over in Soho – oddly it’s diabolical : DEVILISH

22-across – Template censor used after identifying code : COOKIE

23-across – Fresh investment in Arsenal meant changes on wing at kick-off : REARMAMENT

24-across – Perhaps Leo Sayer’s trying another rewrite – initially with chorus moving note lower : STAR

25-across – Less important call when 14 : FRINGE

26-across – Supreme influencer leaving a little something out : SVENGALI

1-down – Place to ruminate clue for ‘ewer’? : SHEEPRUN

2-down – See 10 Across : BELT

3-down – See 12 Across : POLISH

4-down – One colour only – second one not included : MONOTONE

5-down – Resort to cornmeal unfortunately : MONTECARLO

6-down – Peninsula of Palermo – if rock climbing regularly : CRIMEA

8-down – See 15 Across : NOGAIN

13-down – Family group putting down first part of table setting? : NAPKINRING

16-down – Cambridge university worried boring papers will be copied : IMITATED

18-down – Appropriate clubs potentially qualified : SUITABLE

19-down – See 17 Across : WHEELS

21-down – Appear upset about King supporting Eastern Arabic rulers : EMEERS

22-down – See 22 Across : CUTTER

24-down – See 24 Across : SIGN

1-across – Also,the ship outside left without power : TOOTHLESS

6-across – Boxer,turn into cook : FURY

8-across – Frenchman retires following quick tie : FASTENER

9-across – Like TV’s fabulous creature? : DRAGON

10-across – Pay company to be involved in Minecraft? : INCOME

11-across – In December on retreat,large corporation is in fancy dress : COSTUMED

12-across – Dairy products not good in tents : YOURTS

15-across – Private Harry cries over broken toe : ESOTERIC

16-across – Diagrams describe Number 10’s vehicles : CHARIOTS

19-across – PR wins hearts with “Vote for Monster” : SPHINX

21-across – British heavyweight losing no time with friend in a cruel manner : BRUTALLY

22-across – Nuts in games headphones : PECANS

24-across – Scandinavian against topless rambling : VIKING

25-across – Communication network to estimate when metal gets twisted : LANGUAGE

26-across – Idiot stealing contents of bicycle rack : BERK

27-across – Wealthy travellers’ bad teeth,black and small within : THEJETSET

1-down – Essentially stretches to exercise : TRAIN

2-down – Old Tudor building inspires love in the open air : OUTDOOR

3-down – Joint fishing expedition or something else inside? : HINGE

4-down – What? Bottle upended spilling a bit of fluid? That’s painful : EARACHE

5-down – Teams who struggle with scoring initially become secondary attractions : SIDESHOWS

6-down – Fellow heading to Eastbourne – a funny,true story : FEATURE

7-down – Henry travelled around with Welsh woman and old African : RHODESIAN

13-down – Novel she wrote about one being different : OTHERWISE

14-down – Best to be standing when overwhelmed by little attention : SPOTLIGHT

17-down – Reconsider skating here round the resort : RETHINK

18-down – Broadcaster unhappy with colour of Manchester club : SKYBLUE

20-down – Minor setbacks; involuntary complaint : HICCUPS

22-down – Criminal reducing volume of capital money? : PENCE

23-down – Drink served up by host on vacation after dark : NIGHT

1-across – A girl turning over in a dream when disturbed in city : DARESSALAAM

9-across – This writer’s quiet,a holy person revealed by old painting : IMPASTO

10-across – Pioneering conceptual artist in short trade event : SEMINAL

11-across – Expert not to have enough money,it’s said,as milk producer’s helper : PROLACTIN

12-across – US state in the role of wild animal : NYALA

13-across – Bit of cash made by heartless opponent : RIAL

14-across – Supply a cup please for stewed fruit : APPLESAUCE

16-across – Group capturing apparatus,taking time plundering : BRIGANDAGE

19-across – Go away and make no noise with love over : SHOO

21-across – One drink and second drink that’s different : MOCHA

22-across – Son sent to prison,one ultimately angry-looking,expressed a little amusement : SNICKERED

24-across – Discipline soldiers sunk in alcoholic drink : SORTOUT

25-across – Food theologian favoured being fed to dog : PUDDING

26-across – Starter and pies wrong for entertainer who needs good figure? : STRIPTEASER

1-down – Awful mod politics – crap group representing country : DIPLOMATICCORPS

2-down – A prominent Russian upset adherent of African religion : RASTA

3-down – With drink around,sound is to increase dramatically : SHOOTUP

4-down – Ways academy may be set up for club : ARSENAL

5-down – A fellow hugging maiden is husband getting reproach : ADMONISH

6-down – Bird,exceptionally smart,hung o’er air : MONTAGUSHARRIER

7-down – Captain,not opener – one’s smoked before meal : KIPPER

8-down – Stick around,then go : CLEAVE

15-down – Lover in the morning in room losing heart : PARAMOUR

16-down – Honour to have value producing puzzle : BEMUSE

17-down – Some French kit I discarded before work in computer location : DESKTOP

18-down – Quickly observe little devils in endless merriment : GLIMPSE

20-down – Told a gentleman to conceal senior citizenship : OLDAGE

23-down – So getting duck not century brings reverse of commendation needed : KUDOS

7-across – Make short counterargument with pamphlet : CONTRACT

9-across – Part of ship that crosses river,often : BRIDGE

10-across – Cold primate in sleeveless cloak : CAPE

11-across – Kind of fool whose company isn’t wanted? : GOOSEBERRY

12-across – In some clues,I’m pleasantly straightforward : SIMPLE

14-across – Present setter’s anagram to intrigue : INTEREST

15-across – Poet’s one line in masculine style : MILTON

17-across – Economist making crucial point inconclusively : KEYNES

20-across – Private put in grave situation backed foreign ruler : INTERIOR

22-across – Reluctantly agree about son’s intention : DESIGN

23-across – Thing reversed in chart I revised as piece of mathematics : ARITHMETIC

24-across – Humble soldiers protecting area : MEAN

25-across – Stand-in to make score of ten,say : DOUBLE

26-across – Something used by cooks in USA – pecan nuts : SAUCEPAN

1-down – It’s uttered very briefly on weird social media,initially : VOCALISM

2-down – Eye problem from middle of last year : STYE

3-down – Seaweed gourmet ultimately put on fish : TANGLE

4-down – Problem pupil stimulated in a communal meeting : ABSENTEE

5-down – Radicals assuming rising changes image : FIREBRANDS

6-down – Wide open spaces since found,after a journey over river : AGORAS

8-down – Subject embracing monarch in global circle : TROPIC

13-down – What helps reproduce stock,say? Pet bull one redeployed : POLLENTUBE

16-down – Supplier of drug mostly impounded,destroyed : OPIUMDEN

18-down – Relinquish or keep subscribing? : SIGNAWAY

19-down – Free traitor imprisoned by US troops : GRATIS

21-down – New missile limited in scope : NARROW

22-down – Richard’s pronouncement on corporation,statement of principle : DICTUM

24-down – These days,rarely fit for sports event : MEET