Daily Answers

1-across – Down with runners fitted with electronic part of 8 21 25 : BLUESKIES

6-across – See 16 : GOES

8-across – Possible allusion to Fitzgerald’s work about dynasty: A major 20th-century contribution to culture : THEGREAT

9-across – Timber-lined housing contributor to 8 21 25 : BERLIN

10-across – Start a new paragraph: Accepted depression …? : INDENT

11-across – Made upright again, so not officially recognised by the Stock Exchange? : UNLISTED

12-across – Religious choir leader causing prison uprising on Dartmoor, say : CANTOR

15-across – Fort put right inside specially constructed moat : THEALAMO

16-across – You name it, it’s acceptable as part of 8 21 25 : ANYTHING

19-across – Peelers’ practice of immersing the underworld in biblical content, briefly : NUDISM

21-across – See 8 : AMERICAN

22-across – Old drink, one much represented in 8 21 25 : PORTER

24-across – Violet almost lodging with love : INDIGO

25-across – See 8 : SONGBOOK

26-across – Great interpreter of 8 21 25 : ELLA

27-across – Record past, up to yesterday’s ultimate revelation : DISCOVERY

1-down – Playwright: I didn’t get that in bar : BEHAN

2-down – Gunshot tune played as preparation : UNGUENT

3-down – Sensed salmon : SMELT

4-down – Battered tin : INTRUST

5-down – Officer getting vessel to change direction : SUBALTERN

6-down – Gloria’s sporting fine opal : GIRASOL

7-down – Fancy rim is deep, which is not skin-deep : EPIDERMIS

13-down – A word to the wise exemplifies such usage of a retuned mandolin : ADNOMINAL

14-down – Fixed, in-car, flashy water holder : RAINCLOUD

17-down – Matron, I developed stomach pains : TORMINA

18-down – Kelly and relative forming group? : GENESIS

20-down – Persistent Egyptian god breaks twice as much, having no oxygen : DURABLE

22-down – Lowbrow entertainment — god, turn over! : PANTO

23-down – Perverse old you, catching a viral disease which is connected with resin : EPOXY

1-across – Give hunk of American a start in this game : CANASTA

5-across – Blundering American gets miserable discharge : SADSACK

9-across – Cheekier Italian painter meets the Queen : LIPPIER

10-across – Captivate, using central part of men’s chorus : ENCHANT

11-across – Fungal disease found in a dangerous place : BLACKSPOT

12-across – Deer making animal noises with force : MOOSE

13-across – Draw attention to end of leg seen in the altogether : NUDGE

15-across – Remains with port on top of sideboard : LEFTOVERS

17-across – Displays what Latin teacher may do to class : SHOWCASES

19-across – Short announcer says: Get me back to the church on time, eventually! : EMCEE

22-across – Have some American cake, darling : ANGEL

23-across – Listen to the band is a slogan : CATCHLINE

25-across – High-flyer takes one through rocky place : AVIATOR

26-across – Girl one way or another holds back material for the aerial : ANTENNA

27-across – Sweet Sue needing drag, perhaps? : SUGARED

28-across – Wicked king has his van repaired : KNAVISH

1-down – Savage and deformed slave keeping a liberal in prison : CALIBAN

2-down – Quick sleep and a round of applause after five wins in a row : NAPHAND

3-down – Persevere with criticism : STICK

4-down – Citadel produces a yield on bad soil : ACROPOLIS

5-down – You and I in group that’s pleasant : SWEET

6-down – Hide half what Bach did? Rot! : DECOMPOSE

7-down – Single sailor gets seafood : ABALONE

8-down – Pets for nervous people? : KITTENS

14-down – A lost race, wandering, has its ups and downs : ESCALATOR

16-down – Rapid route for diet course : FASTTRACK

17-down – Swimmer with the deep voice? : SEABASS

18-down – This is about departure in progress : ONGOING

20-down – Almost stylish, certainly not in favour of wine : CHIANTI

21-down – I, reportedly, stroke hair : EYELASH

23-down – Made better with copper colour : CURED

24-down – Rodent found in shed in Austria, originally : HUTIA

9-across – A number with inadequate backing slump : DROOP

10-across – They were once responsible for the mail : ARMOURERS

11-across – I leave ridiculous organ­isation — it’s farcical : LUDICROUS

12-across – US sweetheart gets whistles : TOOTS

13-across – An enthusiast to get on and flourish : FANFARE

15-across – Jeered at performance after free admission : DERIDED

17-across – Stayed and spoke at length : DWELT

18-across – Conventional group of people : SET

20-across – Abraham’s birthplace has to proscribe municipal status : URBAN

22-across – Report written about one performer : PIERROT

25-across – Lack of faith in humanity : ATHEISM

26-across – Note on qualified dockyard job : REFIT

27-across – Teacher with the answers required for Common Entrance? : MASTERKEY

30-across – On a charge, being drunk in port : ANCHORAGE

31-across – Smallest possible quantity of cereal : GRAIN

1-down – I’d look up to see a star : IDOL

2-down – Swindler, slow-witted, has to concentrate : CONDENSE

3-down – Great work from the picador : EPIC

4-down – They remove the dead in battles : WAGONERS

5-down – Morning spent being entertained : AMUSED

6-down – Transfix in rehearsal : RUNTHROUGH

7-down – It may get broken — put it down! : RECORD

8-down – As one’s written repeatedly, she was revered : ISIS

13-down – Disgruntled, having had an airline meal? : FEDUP

14-down – Change blend of tea on trial : ALTERATION

16-down – Dug up some strong fabric : DENIM

19-down – Side to side movement by a footballer, say : TRANSFER

21-down – Blunt criticism of decent chap joining club : BRICKBAT

23-down – Aftermath of force : EFFECT

24-down – A Queen’s consort : TOMCAT

26-down – Empty sheep range : ROAM

28-down – The advantage a sword has over a blunt weapon? : EDGE

29-down – Jerk, but he wouldn’t like to be called it : YANK

1-across – One splits Conservative ministers : CANONS

4-across – Disregard fantastic region … : IGNORE

9-across – … by disregarding leader over penultimate contest : SEMI

10-across – Former political leader’s red flag flying over road : GERALDFORD

11-across – Dismiss welcoming news before European expansion : ANNEXE

12-across – See 23 : SAXONDOM

13-across – Confusedly articulates odds — bets not strong : SPLUTTERS

15-across – No 10 was often on his back in leadership election : PELE

16-across – Old Scot selected, according to reports : PICT

17-across – Joins in, taking time for craft : STEAMSHIP

21-across – Scottish Nationalist in street to press rejection of No : STURGEON

22-across – See 3 : SHAKES

24-across – Enter tentatively; one left, entering separately for medical course? : PENICILLIN

25-across – Attack fool : GOAT

26-across – See 27 : BALLOT

27-across – Vote Scotland — detailed blog rewritten around English : SECOND

1-down – Bank stopping competition to make big profits : CLEANUP

2-down – No to Independence group nearly clash : NOISE

3-down – Average odds to keep North Sea gas supply : NOGREAT

5-down – Careless, entertained by happy host : GALAXY

6-down – Ones at back after rotten criminals : OFFENDERS

7-down – Each garment covers large part of body : EARLOBE

8-down – In a maddening way, shrewd Brown standing inside : FRUSTRATINGLY

14-down – Hostile unionist and nationalist drink together : UNCORDIAL

16-down – One of two in lead — one’s used to season? : POTHERB

18-down – Need muscles for this reason? Top’s removed : ABSENCE

19-down – Country secure following anger : IRELAND

20-down – State in introduction to match: team wearing green : MEXICO

23-down – Go Salmond in tatters! Alex gutted — no backing to enter race : ANGLO

1-across – Mapmaker admits a cold constitution : CHARACTER

6-across – Drink makes detectives endlessly slip up : CIDER

9-across – Assesses the value in cholera testing : RATES

10-across – Thought collapsed veins deteriorated : ENVISAGED

11-across – Birds eat fish, and worms initially, in industrial site : STEELWORKS

12-across – Pack of Bishop’s Tipple : BALE

14-across – Free bird found in construction set : LETITGO

15-across – Indirect routes for Dutch force to French city : DETOURS

17-across – Working through period of deep depression : CYCLONE

19-across – Boy holds map of part of Europe : LAPLAND

20-across – Vault pollarded tree : ARCH

22-across – British herbal tea brewed is fit for inhaling : BREATHABLE

25-across – Popular kind of atmospheric feature : INVERSION

26-across – Again couple give way without resistance : RETIE

27-across – Measure and test doorway : ENTRY

28-across – Rose has pastries in layers : REDSTARTS

1-down – Police conceal redhead’s body : CORPS

2-down – Spurious heat unit initially considered legitimate : AUTHENTIC

3-down – Release, in consequence, in washing : ABSOLUTION

4-down – Artist to draw game : TIEPOLO

5-down – Vicar approved and withdrew : REVOKED

6-down – Shy company : CAST

7-down – Follow mum’s beliefs : DOGMA

8-down – Soldier got ready and made amends : REDRESSED

13-down – Star interrupts to halt race and end decline : STOPTHEROT

14-down – Developed vital cure that’s profitable : LUCRATIVE

16-down – Resort banal? Tour is capital! : ULANBATOR

18-down – Nobleman that is king in past times : EARLIER

19-down – Many deserved to be erudite : LEARNED

21-down – Long for chap to be on time : COVET

23-down – Unexcited when getting second chance : EVENS

24-down – City destroyed in attempt to retain love : TROY