Daily Answers

1-across – To snooze in the course of it is unseemly : INAPT

4-across – Gangster seldom seen pocketing note : SCARFACE

8-across – Players’ last practice session covered up : DRESSREHEARSAL

10-across – Many initially opted out in conflict for independence : AUTONOMY

11-across – Complaint from Queen on street hemmed in by motorists : ASTHMA

12-across – Kicks up a fuss as channel’s about to go : SOUNDSOFF

15-across – Skinned bass displayed in fish stand : EASEL

17-across – Forces join around a thousand in retreat : MAKES

18-across – Revised dietary mix omitting one type of stuffing : TAXIDERMY

19-across – Catch parent in a flustered state : ENTRAP

21-across – Book about leaders of note in conurbation like St Helens : VOLCANIC

24-across – Cosmetic effect of brain drain? : VANISHINGCREAM

25-across – It helped Nelson see grand plays produced on board : SPYGLASS

26-across – Are spades imported to make tracks? : EXIST

1-down – Native American with something to add when success comes late? : INDIANSUMMER

2-down – Stunned in vehicle after a stitch-up : AWESTRUCK

3-down – Fighter at one time stony broke : TYSON

4-down – Second eleven cricketer bagging duck — an old 20, perhaps : STEAMBOAT

5-down – Lying president finally exposed : ABED

6-down – In fancy, prepares to fight alien over ranch : FARMSTEAD

7-down – Trainer has nothing in reserve — energy’s lacking : COACH

9-down – Space traveller’s walks occur amid high tension : HALLEYSCOMET

13-down – O’Connor, left out of pursuit, removing unwanted coat : DESCALING

14-down – I’m surprised about vote cutting money reserved for dogs : FOXHOUNDS

16-down – Before half-time, still bagging good place for big game : SERENGETI

20-down – Constituent pinches money raised for march : TRAMP

22-down – Endless succession of agency clerks : CYCLE

23-down – Stop distress becoming audible : WHOA

1-across – Might Spanish port be linked to ancient city? : VIGOUR

4-across – Pretend to have influence : AFFECT

9-across – Actresses retain potential — never getting wrinkles : CREASERESISTANT

10-across – Various birds that go underwater : DIVERS

11-across – Recluse entertains fellow capitalist : LONDONER

12-across – Writer’s name is chromium plated : CHANDLER

14-across – A short nap in Susie’s tavern : SIESTA

15-across – Admitted a number was in debt : AVOWED

18-across – Unhappy with change into recession : DOWNTURN

21-across – Smack around the ear? Go away! : CLEAROUT

22-across – Forgo sleep when touring island : RESIST

24-across – Mercenary marshal bearing means of transport : HACKNEYCARRIAGE

25-across – Name complete idiot : NUTTER

26-across – A carriage seen initially in French city : AMIENS

1-down – Disappear after kidnapping monarch in Japan, say : VARNISH

2-down – Breeding good stock : GRACE

3-down – Implement breaking let us in : UTENSIL

5-down – Rex interrupts the Devil’s familiars : FRIENDS

6-down – Hearty pirate wearing old doublet? : EXTROVERT

7-down – Function where Hazel gets a man : TANGENT

8-down – Physician has girl drinking booze : HEALER

13-down – Novel place to sell game : NEWMARKET

16-down – Football team elected rogue : VILLAIN

17-down – See Oscar tucking into chops with energy : DIOCESE

18-down – Remove cadet wrecking hotel : DETACH

19-down – Treatment area’s weird? That’ll create unrest! : WARDRUM

20-down – Leaves when singers mess about : RESIGNS

23-down – Beat small child : SMITE

1-across – Food for Schwarznegger on board : SARNIES

5-across – 1 in 8 may be absent round the end of term : BESTMAN

9-across – After 3, it’s immoral or it misrepresents Faust : MAKES

10-across – Inverse function error is mine : BOOBYTRAP

11-across – Fussy in rejecting, say by the end of October, the essentials of transport : CANALBARGE

12-across – Her father and brother were as one in opposing Left : ANTI

14-across – Go berserk and get sectioned : DEPARTMENTAL

18-across – Thud may be heard, but not on a rug down there? : ONOMATOPOEIA

21-across – Boat perch : DORY

22-across – Start to depict bondage on mobile phone : DOGANDBONE

25-across – Typically show detailed epic tome in sex : EPITOMISE

26-across – Part 2 of 3 starting off ghastly : AWFUL

27-across – Hitman line : TANGENT

28-across – Neither L nor tablet D : DESKTOP

1-down – Ouch! At first, sado-masochism hurt a lot : SOMUCH

2-down – Ragtag vacated to be replaced by similar gathering : RAKING

3-down – I lean over the French girl, and get arrested for it : ITSILLEGAL

4-down – Israeli wanting Arabs out : SABRA

5-down – Awful brouhaha to get England finally at crisis point : BROUGHTTO

6-down – Reportedly stays late crossing it : STYX

7-down – Steep climbing rocket an IRA man secured : MARINATE

8-down – Wedding list a problem after joke backfires : NUPTIALS

13-down – Those serving alcohol should be in prison : BEHINDBARS

15-down – One might justify a sport with substance : APOLOGIST

16-down – Chilblains cause apprehension : COLDFEET

17-down – Force has not met econometric model : COERCION

19-down – See 9 : YOUFAT

20-down – Friend hitched up a fold : DEWLAP

23-down – See 5 : AHEAD

24-down – See 12 : GONE

1-across – Unable to pass motion about phenomenon that’s worth it : COSTEFFECTIVE

10-across – Silvery toff I introduced to composer : ARGENTINE

11-across – Slow start for legendary ship : LARGO

12-across – Linguistic habits from America disheartened Greece : USAGE

13-across – Latch onto under­garments with temerity : BRASSNECK

14-across – Tire of guitar not entirely cast in iron : FATIGUE

16-across – Writer of notes on American hospital section’s weapon-carrier : HOLSTER

18-across – Affliction of headless insects : RICKETS

20-across – Where to queue for kiss on head : BUSSTOP

21-across – Snack derived from no new origin : ONIONRING

23-across – Bearer of cable from some happy Londoners : PYLON

24-across – Suppress cover within borders of Eire : ELIDE

25-across – Trace : PROCREATE

26-across – Northern sister nursing young sow breaks perfumier’s connection with mainland : CHANNELTUNNEL

2-down – Tragic love is crazy and wild : ORGIASTIC

3-down – Suspicion of unrest in Germany : TINGE

4-down – Crumbling myth about Scripture : FRIABLE

5-down – English trees are rubbish! : EYEWASH

6-down – Cold calling for two little boys in river : TELESALES

7-down – Bound over : VERGE

8-down – 1 exchange rate? : VALUEFORMONEY

9-down – Bird bath in turn consumed by dog : COCKERSPANIEL

15-down – Relation swallowing three pills, keeping note of vegetable : GREENBEAN

17-down – Excite poorly-fed bird first : TITILLATE

19-down – Artistic effect of second drink : STIPPLE

20-down – Racist maybe securing return of hairy giant : BIGFOOT

22-down – Nationality of Murdoch before her end? : IRISH

23-down – Former president from whom no traveller returns : PERON

1-across – Greasy stuff very foolish for American writer to eat : POMADE

4-across – Girl needs a soft drink, somehow going from do to do : DIATONIC

9-across – Walk by river? : RAMBLE

10-across – Distress when train set gets damaged : STRAITEN

11-across – A little comic, he contrived something lavatorial : CHEMICALTOILET

13-across – Theatrical demand for silence right in manner of ancient Greeks : HISTRIONIC

14-across – Irishman given a spooky experience abandoning church : SEAN

16-across – Snide comment of Spain against its neighbour : GIBE

18-across – Solemnly declare situation when donkey had insatiable appetite : ASSEVERATE

21-across – Potentially wretches with a gram being gained? : WEIGHTWATCHERS

23-across – Those out for pleasure wanting seductive lady start to finish? : TRIPPERS

24-across – One to criticise smallest cut with little hesitation : SNIPER

25-across – Cover with new trees for trees destroyed : REFOREST

26-across – Bold attack in which one must keep quiet : FLASHY

1-down – Headlong fall when important lady drops off edge : PURL

2-down – Male facing stress when leaving US city : MEMPHIS

3-down – Author in a state, one of the characters flipping over : DELAMARE

5-down – Brilliant batting, say — one little old-style amateur? : INTELLIGENT

6-down – Each party’s beginning with trifle around small table : TEAPOY

7-down – Whip up a story to deceive girl : NATALIE

8-down – City woman offering opposing position : CONSTANCE

12-down – Ultimately, ambiguities in puzzles may make one argue : CROSSSWORDS

13-down – School servant I dismissed may have left a mark : HIGHWATER

15-down – Hotel man mixed something very dangerous for drinker : METHANOL

17-down – Officer in trouble caught by punch : BAILIFF

19-down – A mainstay thus set up is to the purpose : APROPOS

20-down – In some measure bullish, a person who would set the pattern? : SHAPER

22-down – Carrier to deviate, avoiding double bend : TRAY