Daily Answers

9-across – Greek maiden with romantic dream about love : ANDROMEDA

10-across – Team building follows when not working : ASTON

11-across – Titanic problem — Diamonds Are Forever’s finale needs £1,000 : ICEBERG

12-across – Choose to swallow ace cooked bun : TEACAKE

13-across – See 5 : AMIS

14-across – After starting to train women, one church backs reason to doubt : THINKTWICE

16-across – Shooting weapon at home pierces new bodyguard’s heart : GUNNING

17-across – Rushed copper once pursues subtle criminal : BUSTLED

19-across – Checkpoints? Nice when travelling : INSPECTION

22-across – Planet loses 10% first of atmosphere and rainforest — wow! : STUN

24-across – CD noise spoiled parts of a duet : SECONDI

25-across – 151 + 1000 + 8, say? That’s the spirit : CLIMATE

26-across – Spy a refined male’s mature books : AGENT

27-across – Bass’s first note sounds like a stringed instrument : BALALAIKA

1-down – Maybe Tripoli wins vote after soldiers charge : CAPITALGAINSTAX

2-down – He said shaken, not stirred — timeless Bond! : ADHESION

3-down – Doctor No: He’s cut in half, my dear : HONEY

4-down – Crawl into water, good animal : HEDGEHOG

5-down – Author exhibits Muslim art in a misquote : MARTIN

6-down – Hit maker? : RAPARTIST

7-down – Artist models clouds : STRATI

8-down – Holiday film? : INDEPENDENCEDAY

15-down – I wrestle with bear, then sleep : HIBERNATE

17-down – Vegetable oil runs beneath half-broken engine size : BROCCOLI

18-down – Much laughter over king 10’s lover : LOTHARIO

20-down – Untouchable Spain’s No 1, getting measure over Germany : SACRED

21-down – This hat’s 3 pound, yes? : TRILBY

23-down – See 10 : VILLA

8-across – Aide to Republican Party previously giving capital : PAGOPAGO

9-across – One taking turns to provide new machinery : LOOTER

10-across – Confuse leader moving tool : ADZE

11-across – Provoke rage placing old tree in van : EXACERBATE

12-across – Current directors sign agreement in back­water : ANODES

14-across – Late rush to find a course where there are no trees : CLEARING

15-across – Cooked himself tongue : FLEMISH

17-across – Giant pig carries dog back : GOLIATH

20-across – Does tail wag when cut off? : ISOLATED

22-across – Shoot Nationalist leader inside vault : SPRING

23-across – Scotch is complex and sweet without ice : HARDLIQUOR

24-across – Speculator making first trade during slump : STAG

25-across – Texture of a brick bridge : FABRIC

26-across – Business ladies take Circle Line to river : COLORADO

1-down – Most important queen the last to be beheaded : CARDINAL

2-down – Stray dog lacks tail : ROVE

3-down – Skips pickled food : CAPERS

4-down – Boot out airman caught entering Virginia, say : TOBACCO

5-down – Close friend given key before move : ALTEREGO

6-down – Crowd round pub ride off with soldier : BOMBARDIER

7-down – He rings bell running through Essex to Norfolk : SEXTON

13-down – Top speller led elephant outside lesson : DUMBLEDORE

16-down – Team work on free kick routine : SETPIECE

18-down – Sat and drank round holding these : TANKARDS

19-down – Pretend to pack smart dress with a foreign rider : ADJUNCT

21-down – One might pick this to set a red gem : SCARAB

22-down – Constitutional paper needs second amendment : STROLL

24-down – Red Army unit once trapped ringleader : SORE

5-across – Europeans about to besiege a parliamentary house : SEANAD

6-across – Home supporter on front of terrace, one expected to be childish : INFANT

9-across – A fellow overtakes third in marathon to get silver : ARGENT

10-across – Crook named Ron held until trial : ONREMAND

11-across – Hit band in hurry : BELT

12-across – Fish put on with no wine : CHARDONNAY

13-across – Checking people of fashion in English resort : BRIDLINGTON

18-across – Gold place in which land is mined for mineral : ANDALUSITE

21-across – OT prophet brings me out as king : SAUL

22-across – Foremost crossword compiler, almost sweet : NOISETTE

23-across – Clever stratagem in operation? It may mean you pay less : COUPON

24-across – Maiden in love after party is likely to be dotty : DOMINO

25-across – Ecstatic after a second blessing : ASSENT

1-down – Dead soldiers being buried — then it’s right for me to appear? : LAMENTER

2-down – Indian food cold? It can be extremely cold : BALTIC

3-down – If darling gets left out in dance that’s unbecoming : INFRADIG

4-down – People in pubs do this for a hen night : BARMEN

5-down – One waiting for a computer : SERVER

7-down – Secret society wants a new language in the kingdom : TONGAN

8-down – Primitive life form supporting an underground worker, if trapped : FORAMINIFER

14-down – Relation bitten by wild dog — almost frightening! : DAUNTING

15-down – Old boy’s now out of bed, maybe, in darkness? : OBSCURED

16-down – Endless event with ’orses getting worn out : UNTOLD

17-down – An archaeological artefact may have been in shelter : DUGOUT

19-down – Don Pasquale? Prim­arily fool taking title of respect : ASSUME

20-down – Tax cut : EXCISE

1-across – Arm extension from this moment, note : TRICEPS

5-across – Act possibly including nude content? : CABARET

9-across – Paper swaps leaders: one taken in can belong : APPERTAIN

10-across – Wasn’t happy with this bike : MOPED

11-across – What the cross symbolises is never forgotten, if 22 : KISS

12-across – After the baby boom, if 4 in the making : GENERATION

14-across – Relative sigh of relief after one fails to start : NEPHEW

15-across – Extremely deep-filled coffee or vanilla vessels offered by tender : BEDPANS

16-across – Books written about potential power found in Wales : NEWPORT

18-across – : RACKET

20-across – Tony Davies shot film : VIDEONASTY

21-across – Scrap headless body : TIFF

24-across – Capital return or 1 across : CAIRO

25-across – Compiler is to indulge in petulance : ILLHUMOUR

26-across – They may be found in the outskirts of the Sistine Chapel and cloisters : SISTERS

27-across – Striking stranger seen in street : SALIENT

1-down – A little music, of course : TRACK

2-down – Dead end for Philistine’s old hat : IMPASSE

3-down – Audience does this in EastEnders : EARS

4-down – Like a billet-doux? : SEALEDWITHAKISS

5-down – Buy rental car, set to become a classic : CANTERBURYTALES

6-down – Fish for explosive? Yes — and mind your head! : BOMBAYDUCK

7-down – Not the original one in suspect parcel : REPLICA

8-down – Stupid gits, around 18, in the news : TIDINGS

13-down – Church room tidied so compiler, if 22,11 must be female with 2 of those : CHROMOSOME

16-down – What may be required of religious people before the final vows : NOVICES

17-down – Many a playground prank ties knot around Maggie’s bottom half : WEDGIES

19-down – Perfect example of pie, cooked and selfishly dedicated : EPITOME

22-down – Top of trees, top of trees : FIRST

23-down – We say this is a gem of a stitch : PURL

1-across – Starts to revitalise crêperie avec chef nouveau et ‘sexy’ menu nouveau — pardonnez-moi! : EXCUSEMY

5-across – See 1 : FRENCH

9-across – Breaking out in passion over long-legged bird : FLAMINGO

10-across – It’s the ticket boy has in pocket : SPOTON

12-across – Near the onset of the dark : NIGHT

13-across – Artillery chap, one in food factory taking year off : CANNONEER

14-across – Nonetheless, Arsenal Gooner mutates to Chelsea aficionado : SLOANERANGER

18-across – I used to be ardent about farm machinery, but I’m cooler now : EXTRACTORFAN

21-across – Slower to progress, maybe reading new word in classic : ROADWORKS

23-across – Strain to lift what’s reversed onto road : HEAVE

24-across – Argue with bishop and rector about the Son of God? : BICKER

25-across – Budget? Divers can’t, cutting back : RENTACAR

26-across – Victorian battle orders to duke — so take care : EUREKA

27-across – See 26 : STOCKADE

1-down – Unconventional type manufacturing far better linen : ENFANT

2-down – Completely fill military order : CHARGE

3-down – Bright spark that is in work before afternoon : SCINTILLA

4-down – Projector’s house set between two groups of three : MAGICLANTERN

6-down – On for facsimile : REPRO

7-down – Well-seasoned teachers bomb, I’m surprised to have to admit : NUTMEGGY

8-down – Letters may be appended with it in respect of unpaid amount : HONORARY

11-down – Looking back, awful Torres twisted muscle during international : INRETROSPECT

15-down – Unemotional way seen through a quote from down under? : APATHETIC

16-down – See 1 : TERRIBLE

17-down – Scream at swerving vehicle : STEAMCAR

19-down – Following college outside Europe, perhaps, front up for business : FASCIA

20-down – See 8 : DEGREE

22-down – Cause smoke for the audience : WREAK