Daily Answers

1-across – Though analogue isn’t a poisoner ___ ? : DIGITALIS

6-across – Question surgery — and cry : WHOOP

9-across – See 12 : TRADE

10-across – See 17 : TARANTINO

11-across – Pretence created to trap dinosaur, half taken aback : MASQUERADE

12-across – Cast adrift are legal dealings : FAIR

14-across – Gather work is put to use again : REAPPLY

15-across – Ray — setter needing support : SUNBEAM

17-across – In Iraq, a nut not requiring ten rounds, shooting American? : QUENTIN

19-across – Hole that’s round when poking food : ORIFICE

20-across – Century featuring in the unlikely score : ETCH

22-across – Message after message, chat’s chat? : TWEETTWEET

25-across – Conventional theory or empty theory about carrier shouldered by strong worker : ORTHODOXY

26-across – Old-fashioned saw : DATED

27-across – Temperature requiring delicate adjustment : TWEAK

28-across – Evidence of grief about current boyfriend’s first bedtime companion : TEDDYBEAR

1-down – Food processor a cut above, that’s a fact : DATUM

2-down – In middle of Aegean, girl overcoming fighting vessels etc? : GLASSWARE

3-down – Animal and friends that are felt up, among those friendly creatures? : THEMUPPETS

4-down – Service — something dreaded about it : LITURGY

5-down – On board ship, tourist’s opening travel bags : STRIDES

6-down – House virtually collapsing, knackered roofs, one lifted in the breeze : WIND

7-down – Board’s Franco-German affirmations? : OUIJA

8-down – Schedule for a little mass : PROGRAMME

13-down – One of 364 celebrated in Hardy, but after editing : UNBIRTHDAY

14-down – French product — nonsense to conceal, as they say, what for : ROQUEFORT

16-down – Focus of ground-breaking classic course, abridged : EPICENTRE

18-down – Poet Henry’s contemporary having to flee : NEWBOLT

19-down – Polyphemus was so like Porphyrion, Agrius or Tityus, they say? : ONEEYED

21-down – Percentage — that is a lovely thing : CUTIE

23-down – Mary possibly died in defeat after uprising : TUDOR

24-down – See 6 : SOCK

1-across – Husband finding one’s bra size a bit of a problem : HICCUP

4-across – Plods are unexpectedly fast runners : LEOPARDS

9-across – Bloke initially unsure about fertility treatment : MANURE

10-across – Media bores like endless socialising at Davos, for example : APRESSKI

11-across – Pen secret deception? : FALSEPRETENCES

13-across – Promises no unfair wordplay : SPOONERISM

14-across – Beating odds to fly a Spitfire : ETNA

16-across – Appoint celebrity underwriter : NAME

18-across – Capable of igniting committee shattered by massive service cut : COMBUSTIVE

21-across – Kent changing cubicle : TELEPHONEBOOTH

23-across – Loathsome letters about Arnold Bennett? : OMELETTE

24-across – Shame of Top Gear star’s mum : STIGMA

25-across – Able to stand elite poncing about round playing field? : ERECTILE

26-across – Dictator’s too wise to entertain toff on a regular basis : YEARLY

1-down – Knock cap off sleeping policeman : HUMP

2-down – Nazi con involved it : CINZANO

3-down – Union forcing rebellion : UPRISING

5-down – Non-stop bile, not decently articulable : EXPRESSIBLE

6-down – Woman in department retired in a huff : PEEVED

7-down – Showing many facets of Sue, unclothed : ROSECUT

8-down – Proper wicked hash pipes! : SHIPSHAPE

12-down – Using depilator on or near a canine? : PERIODONTAL

13-down – Sauna without a massage causing overheating : SUNSTROKE

15-down – It goes round the neck of a dog : ASCOTTIE

17-down – Sweet Manx language : MALTESE

19-down – Whole of Bury, say, is quarantined : INTEGER

20-down – Most likely asleep after disheartening match : APTEST

22-down – Runs into road, showing caution : WARY

1-across – One happy to include lots of US money with advance? : MERCENARY

6-across – Card game, no limit : JACK

8-across – Can I go hysterical about the Spanish renaissance artist? : ANGELICO

9-across – Top politician produced pop in the ’80s : ALMOND

10-across – Edges of space probed by science project : SCHEME

11-across – Defender playing table tennis, discarding broken bat : SENTINEL

12-across – Being against rhymes on the radio : VERSUS

15-across – Wilder’s comeback in comical Dear Outlaw : RENEGADE

16-across – Rainbow’s guitar player left out : SPECTRUM

19-across – Confident of Home Counties treatment : SECURE

21-across – Number 10 cuts Leveson’s extremes after hearing rejects article : TRILLION

22-across – Countless insides of pyramids are in ruins : MYRIAD

24-across – Consider turning over good piece : KNIGHT

25-across – Sir Clive, at first in trouble, accepts 50% of Sugar’s backing : SINCLAIR

26-across – Wisdom’s extremely likeable with heart of gold : LORE

27-across – Junket to occupy harbour : ENTERTAIN

1-down – Joe’s flaky ice cream, whipped up : MANIC

2-down – Sailors’ smokes : REEFERS

3-down – Cream, the low-calorie drug? : ELITE

4-down – Party ousting leader with resistance may set alarm bells ringing : AROUSER

5-down – Desires Japanese income? : YEARNINGS

6-down – Attacking politician’s ego restrained by psychologist : JUMPING

7-down – Brando said he could have been one against money : CONTENDER

13-down – Special powers aren’t deciphering old language : ESPERANTO

14-down – Struggle to penetrate compound interest? Throw in towel : SERVIETTE

17-down – Army officer’s gone wandering in Germany : COLOGNE

18-down – With MS .NET I’d hack Outlook : MINDSET

20-down – Australian bird, wow! Everage’s finale has everyone standing : CORELLA

22-down – Am I nervous? Somewhat, being underground : MINER

23-down – A story on the Nostromo, initially? : ALIEN

1-across – One very loudly breaking singer’s jaw : CHAFFER

5-across – Leonard and Alfred briefly returned the sweet talk : FLANNEL

9-across – Having a look about : REGARDING

10-across – Article obtained with spare thousand dollars : THING

11-across – What frotteur does with unknown girl : RUBY

12-across – Italian composer wasted time once rejecting an infantile complaint : SCARLATINA

14-across – Barton ultimately a thug, irritating FA : NAUGHT

15-across – Argentinian poster boy posed at first with hand bag : SATCHEL

16-across – Travelling west, Slav spies Italian city : BRESCIA

18-across – Slack dandy stealing Helen’s heart with heartless ploy : FLOPPY

20-across – In the main, reveals all the low-fat party food? : SKINNYDIPS

21-across – One’s inclined to the left — or to right? To the left : TROT

24-across – School of trout swimming : TUTOR

25-across – Public gets behind what a card player may do : OVERTRUMP

26-across – Bores perhaps writing cutting articles : PIERCES

27-across – Sort of jazz instrument holds back from loud hum : HARDBOP

1-down – Successful striker won’t start — it makes Jonathan lose heart : CORER

2-down – What may be employed by summer time — underwear to keep cool, at last : ALGEBRA

3-down – Iron-clad soldiers look out : FORE

4-down – Pour artist small drinks included at beach party by the gallon : RAINCATSANDDOGS

5-down – Images in which 3 ate and 14, too? : FIGURESOFSPEECH

6-down – Erotic experience is a drag, we’re told : ATTRACTION

7-down – Cynical racist stance? : NOIRISH

8-down – Canvas used by sailor having earache? : LUGSAIL

13-down – Vain like Gregory? : EGOCENTRIC

16-down – Pick-up location where you get kiss — great! : BUSSTOP

17-down – Letter supporting English boy, who gets expelled : EVICTEE

19-down – Sort of wine salesman raised alarm : PERTURB

22-down – Fill pot : TOPUP

23-down – Excitement makes you cooler : STIR

1-across – Perhaps he’s right to gamble and drink : SHERBET

5-across – Get ready and shave beforehand? : PREPARE

10-across – Quiet, on edge and rather demure : PRIM

11-across – Ecological group plant northern vegetable in a Mediterranean country : GREENPEACE

12-across – High-powered firm : STRONG

13-across – Stamps to commemorate Prince George’s birth? : NEWISSUE

14-across – Atrophied form of a love goddess : APHRODITE

16-across – Good man consumed by power : STATE

17-across – Ends with last of the whisky, somewhat drunk : TIPSY

19-across – Turn up with a six-footer as escort : ATTENDANT

23-across – Where members of society may meet : CLUBROOM

24-across – Sarcastic driver on course put in charge : IRONIC

26-across – Rashness and cheek? That’s about right : IMPRUDENCE

27-across – Conventional fare? : DIET

28-across – Never coming to a vital conclusion : UNDYING

29-across – Oysters developing at different levels : STOREYS

2-down – Hire purchase includes a way to get this type of car : HARDTOP

3-down – Lover needing capital to acquire ring : ROMEO

4-down – Signed up in preparat­ion for match : ENGAGED

6-down – On Wren moved to find fame : RENOWN

7-down – Urge boss to obtain security device : PRESSSTUD

8-down – Check votes again in detail : RECOUNT

9-down – Coming back into office to stop report : REINSTATEMENT

15-down – Disapprove? Blow it! : RASPBERRY

18-down – One mill in ruins is a bad sign : ILLOMEN

20-down – A hole in ten, unusually high : EMINENT

21-down – Vain, yet possibly displaying innocence : NAIVETY

22-down – An Arab country girl rings the doctor up : JORDAN

25-down – Call for peace and quiet : ORDER