Daily Answers

1-across – Happen to be with a woman : AMANDA

4-across – No more pills! — birth control campaigner : STOPES

9-across – Prepared obstacles to hold back river : ODER

10-across – Relocated abroad and no longer in England : BANGALORED

11-across – Agree hosting small party for retirement is more likely than not : ODDSON

12-across – Stand opposite comedian Jack, perhaps : FACECARD

13-across – Sun’s leader incites staff representative : SPOKESMAN

15-across – Run in : RIND

16-across – Ignore left leaving formerly respected institution? : BANK

17-across – Drunk looked at following poster, hoping to get reaction : TROLLEYED

21-across – Finish holiday and leave : BREAKOFF

22-across – Top man in command : BEHEST

24-across – Ring sailor? No time, he complains : BELLYACHER

25-across – Cutting relief? Very, very keen : AVID

26-across – Rebuke — it’s not acceptable with repressed women : NOWNOW

27-across – Settled on Bashful originally — what about Happy? : BLITHE

1-down – Made sense, being ready to go in leaderless : ADDEDUP

2-down – Pack one’s cases right and there’s loads of space : ACRES

3-down – Plot to turn over rough male totty proves to be false : DEBUNKS

5-down – Mark takes direction in daze : TRANCE

6-down – Start of play in test — making things happen : PROACTIVE

7-down – Cut joint — a quarter eaten : SHEARED

8-down – Are Fiona and father repeatedly being punished for romance? : ANAFFAIROFTHE

14-down – Broke law digging round new street fixture : KENBARLOW

16-down – Sprout’s something to eat, when standing a long time : BURGEON

18-down – Politician’s bill abandoned — about time! : LIBERAL

19-down – Part of set in use, otherwise theatre’s empty : ENSUITE

20-down – Country doctor may in turn take over : MONACO

23-down – See 8 : HEART

1-across – To avoid losing energy, mother touring city gets guide : VADEMECUM

6-across – Show disdain with clues written the wrong way : SPIT

10-across – Cameron and Osborne blocking current change : COINS

11-across – Battling with foremost of setters and their art : SWORDPLAY

12-across – New dialect coming from area around mouth? : DELTAIC

13-across – Then I see inside bright lobby : SOLICIT

14-across – Stuck a fancy note and cards in post : ATONESWITSEND

17-across – Students don’t easily follow concept in political philosophy : CLASSSTRUGGLE

21-across – Stargazer is someone with a conviction about one constellation : GALILEO

22-across – Firm with a flipping furious worker : ADAMANT

24-across – Fat, eating rubbish? Time I’m sent away to get a petite figure : STATUETTE

25-across – Terrorists backing intelligence from Middle Eastern country : IRAQI

26-across – A bit of excitement for people dating? : ITEM

27-across – What could be 90-ton lightweight : NONENTITY

1-down – Sin by iconic rebel clergyman : VICEDEAN

2-down – Bore physician, needing his services : DRILL

3-down – Where the rubber trade’s plied, or a maple sugar’s refined : MASSAGEPARLOUR

4-down – With assets emptied, taps into business with good revenue stream : CASHCOW

5-down – Flash behind TV when satellite disappears : MOONSET

7-down – Tracker of criminal traveller given £1,000 to hide diamonds twice : POLICEDOG

8-down – Car’s a trifle old, reaching junction in reverse : TOYOTA

9-down – Flattery overwhelms daughter in cute pants, it’s learnt later : ADULTEDUCATION

15-down – Be undecided about transformation in Tesla coil : OSCILLATE

16-down – Renovate expensively — grand door frames provided : GENTRIFY

18-down – Back off beach, returning catch to dock : SHORTEN

19-down – Sort of deal involved aid with rent : TRADEIN

20-down – Ex-champ is a legend wanting a comeback : AGASSI

23-down – Entering capital, turned up taxi counters : ABACI

1-across – A malfunctioning cinema, lacking colour : ANAEMIC

5-across – It’s played in secret — by legend and son, that is : FOOTSIE

9-across – Stupid mistake with overhead return : BONER

10-across – Sculpture that might precipitate a scandal? : CLOUDGATE

11-across – Shh … it’s after midnight! : SMALLHOURS

12-across – Young cook : FRY

14-across – John brought back coppers, after initially collecting two pounds for wine : VALPOLICELLA

18-across – Happening at different times, soca dances with horny topless nuns : ASYNCHRONOUS

21-across – Back on set : GEL

22-across – He’d possibly committed theft? : HALFINCHED

25-across – Very neat, old man text­ing you first of links to current public opinion : VOXPOPULI

26-across – Set of CBE, MBE, DBE : EMBED

27-across – Gets to stream segments : REACHES

28-across – Herbal infusions of tea in samovars emptied out : TISANES

1-down – Religious leader with no need for a highwayman’s horse : ABBESS

2-down – Obsessive about character in Greek book : ANNUAL

3-down – Tramp entertaining British king in Tube station : MARBLEARCH

4-down – Tree over two acacia hedges : CACAO

5-down – Visual story of LA porn, of all sorts : FLOORPLAN

6-down – Probability of large bust in outsize clothing : ODDS

7-down – Small diner with long-standing sign of building work : SCAFFOLD

8-down – Always three feet short? Yes, as usual : EVERYDAY

13-down – Son of Scottish porter with hard rock group of the ’70s : MCGUINNESS

15-down – Normal prices for stocks when re-ordering Super Lava : PARVALUES

16-down – German inhabiting house, a legacy from the past : HANGOVER

17-down – Problem with reading about sex daily : DYSLEXIA

19-down – Greek embargo after Tsipras’s first meeting with ambassador? : THEBAN

20-down – Supplier of footwear bill 1 down sent back : ADIDAS

23-down – See 13 : FLINT

24-down – Function at hotel bar or club? : COSH

4-across – Agent is fine performer : FACTOR

6-across – An originator does, when about to endorse an agreement : DESIGNER

9-across – Supporting member left technology company : LINTEL

10-across – A dimple absorbs her devotee : ADHERENT

11-across – Puzzles about son’s dispute : CROSSSWORDS

15-across – Shoot several mostly training : TENDRIL

17-across – Doctor rescued flirt : SEDUCER

18-across – Rosie Lee ran off into the country : SIERRALEONE

22-across – Prepared rare list of promotions : TRAILERS

23-across – Pluck model instrument : SPINET

24-across – Soldier spoils vegetables : RADISHES

25-across – Degenerate pinches piece of china : FRIEND

1-down – Many practise religion on Sunday : DOZENS

2-down – Nurse takes in rebel found in the kitchen : TENDERISER

3-down – Sickly little girl’s made comfortable : DISEASED

4-down – Happiness is allowable in whimsical surroundings : FELICITY

5-down – Prisoner came across puzzle : CONFOUND

7-down – House name put up for Christmas : NOEL

8-down – Judge to hold forth after scratching head : RATE

12-down – Setters gathered, drinking port? That’s deserved! : WELLEARNED

13-down – Beg for rugs once accommodated : SCROUNGE

14-down – A monarch had a break and stopped : ARRESTED

16-down – Take stock — ship is free of corrosion : RUSTLESS

19-down – Smirks about power of social outcasts : LEPERS

20-down – Uproar in jail : STIR

21-down – Ring up and put down : LAID

8-across – It might be barricaded, so you’ll have to pee elsewhere : NOGOAREA

9-across – See 10 : SHORT

10-across – Pull up second best drink : STOP

11-across – City’s time-consuming trading floor areas, a main obstacle, it’s said : PITTSBURGH

12-across – Picture maker shows the doctor punched by a right and left : WARHOL

14-across – Defence of police officer who’s in thick with a potentially violent crowd? : RIOTGEAR

15-across – Check by golfer on each prominent US family member : CHELSEA

17-across – Hot sexual desire, no uncontrolled movement — that deserves a medal, maybe! : HEROISM

20-across – Revolutionary cart heading off with city’s protection : UMBRELLA

22-across – Representations of modern culture left around the state : POPART

23-across – Mix fluid after rinse : FRATERNISE

24-across – Drug king apprehended by former athletics star : COKE

25-across – Misses reverse gear : GIRLS

26-across – Year before getting paid results in hunger : YEARNING

1-down – Foundation spa’s dog-washing device : FOOTBATH

2-down – Very excited starter? : SOUP

3-down – Launch fitting with a different side indicator : PROPEL

4-down – To conduct yourself with love in a Quaker family works : FACTORY

5-down – It’s bad for circulation of mobile toy sales : ASYSTOLE

6-down – Which market researchers might use to sharpen image of pop musicians? : FOCUSGROUP

7-down – Mark’s mathematical symbol covering temperature : STIGMA

13-down – For some students, months of learning literary composition in Her Majesty’s care : HILARYTERM

16-down – Plant turning out eg lasers : EELGRASS

18-down – Landing a blow and bringing the match alive? : STRIKING

19-down – Name mainly used when king enters : MARILYN

21-down – Lifting skirt to get on — it’s not what it seems : MIRAGE

22-down – Slapstick exponent encountered by Simon? : PIEMAN

24-down – Examine, top to bottom, listening devices : CANS