Daily Answers

1-across – Birds on course, maybe from Selkirk : ROBINSON

5-across – See 1 : CRUSOE

9-across – Top 19 in trauma caused by sword : SCIMITAR

10-across – See 24 : ISLAND

12-across – Cad all but stops between Chartres and Angers : NOGENTLEMAN

15-across – Letter at the end of Nile : DELTA

17-across – Reptile eating cooked fowl with possible cold drink : SNOWFLAKE

18-across – Error in bill spread about one’s church : MISCHARGE

19-across – It follows report of member, as far as it goes : LIMIT

20-across – Begin : OPERATIONAL

24-across – 1 5’s home’s worth is a pound plus : DESERT

25-across – False set under false set : DENTURES

26-across – Perfume for alien weapon : MUSKET

27-across – One responsible for setter associated with Lloyd George : MYFATHER

1-down – Possible clue to premier advertisement is a problem, of course : RISINGDAMP

2-down – Humber is no longer where pressure’s high — express good wishes about it : BRIDGELESS

3-down – Tune named after northern Scottish town : NAIRN

4-down – See 13 : OFALLISURVEY

6-down – Inducing tranquillity about directions to having chip on shoulder? : RESENTFUL

7-down – Rock and rule : SWAY

8-down – Boy in a whirl : EDDY

11-down – Too much for May term I dole out : IMMODERATELY

13-down – Ammonia used on Catholic house collapse is refined and very affected, supposedly by Selkirk : IAMMONARCH

14-down – I promote growth, when I err is left out : FERTILISER

16-down – Order to behave when drunk: take container for tea to point in Derbyshire : ASHBOURNE

21-down – Contribution to point-to-point racing is within : INTRA

22-down – First mother to first father : ADAM

23-down – Deity lives — again : ISIS

1-across – It’s done with meal to pour out a drink : LEMONADE

5-across – Row of America with old English parliament : RUMPUS

9-across – Rave-up — and it’s none too soon : HIGHTIME

10-across – One watches violent arrest : STARER

11-across – Reserved? It’s back in not long ago : RETICENT

12-across – Twister puts back time in winter : TWINER

14-across – Tory manifestos for reluctant joiners? : CONSCRIPTS

18-across – House title conformed to its outline? : SILHOUETTE

22-across – Beasts of burden — about time to discover their worth : ASSETS

23-across – Retreating with weapons over a long time in Guyana : DEMERARA

24-across – Taint, ectually! : INFECT

25-across – Squeal about sham dealing — that’s jolly good : SMASHING

26-across – Very much like some religious — be silent : RELISH

27-across – Hourglass? : OLDTIMER

1-down – City prostitute lost head going to a city elsewhere : LAHORE

2-down – Powerful hit gym exercise : MIGHTY

3-down – Mark books in European city : NOTICE

4-down – Lothario, or Spooner’s soles : DEMONLOVER

6-down – Where awkward types may be taken in hospital? : UNTOWARD

7-down – Vegetable cuts below standard : PARSNIPS

8-down – Award by teacher exclaimed as unexpected : SURPRISE

13-down – Other mails sorted to the same degree : ISOTHERMAL

15-down – Pears, perhaps, lie in a trellis : ESPALIER

16-down – Happy about bill rectified without undue fuss : BLISSFUL

17-down – Associates find prisoners are without diplomacy : CONTACTS

19-down – No difficulty in race where cups are available : TEASET

20-down – Element made up of air and mud? : RADIUM

21-down – Trough for a heartless administrator : MANGER

1-across – Old German museum — 50 : VANDAL

4-across – 9 holding article in 17 — young person starts 19 : LILYPAD

9-across – Youngssster? : STRIPLING

10-across – Be in play area to see medieval instrument : REBEC

11-across – Old teaching assistant demonstrating pronouns : USHER

12-across – Non-U poet’s extremely angry, apparently : SOTHEYSAY

13-across – Pick a quiet moment : APPOINT

15-across – Arbitrator has Roman law turned back on itself : REFLEX

17-across – State capital, mostly Italian city : TRENTO

19-across – 23 in view of one without party allegiance? : FLOATER

22-across – Striking others in a fight venue : ARRESTING

24-across – Area enclosed by strait-laced old man of Paris : PRIAM

26-across – Put in box, perhaps, to reduce risk of loss : HEDGE

27-across – Exciting? No! : TURNINGON

28-across – Rulers of religious people admitting case of homicide : SHEIKHS

29-across – Goddess providing one answer after another : ATHENA

1-down – Luv? It’s a variant of flower : VISTULA

2-down – Woman with time for a chart topper? : NORTH

3-down – Extravagant praises? No! : ASPERSION

4-down – The girl messing about in a boat : LIGHTER

5-down – Comprehensive scholar getting sandwiches : LARGE

6-down – Local getting down — not the first getting down? : PUBESCENT

7-down – Time to hold court — start for London on foot : DACTYL

8-down – A painter is very dry outside : TISSOT

14-down – Game not entirely on high ground : PARTRIDGE

16-down – Profit not unusual in area taken up : FOOTPRINT

18-down – Old robbers ignoring opening for recreational drugs : OPIATES

19-down – Represent fruit and flower : FIGURE

20-down – Country in Central America, country in Asia, and one midway? : ROMANIA

21-down – Trophy taken by Labour leader and whips : LASHES

23-down – Spot in which detailed description may be heard : SPECK

25-down – Hot spot not initially available? : INGLE

1-across – Killer spared the rod, initially, by one who may use it : STRANGLER

9-across – Queen wearing sari — rather improper in an African meeting place : TAHRIR

10-across – Those sharing a place with poor Thomas More after Henry deserted him : ROOMMATES

11-across – What may be revealed in full-frontal entertainment? : HIDDEN

12-across – Housework by wife primarily, we hear, following holiday to China? : VACUUMING

13-across – Is Dr Cameron right getting upset with man on his hobby horse? : MORRIS

17-across – Area right in front of male member : ARM

19-across – Nearly everybody’s calm drinking hot drink : ALCOHOL

20-across – Gin drunk in water somewhere in France : AVIGNON

21-across – Top drug, one essential after heart transplant : LID

23-across – See 9 : SQUARE

27-across – Late riser hit the shops? : RETAILERS

28-across – See 11 : TALENT

29-across – Learning from publication about sport : ERUDITION

30-across – See 13 : DANCER

31-across – Relatives’ piano died? That’s awfully sad : GRANDDADS

2-down – Housemaster’s thrown in lake by former headmaster : THOMAS

3-down – Protected like centrally curled-up creature raptor mauled badly : ARMOUR

4-down – Comedian and broadcaster finally recalling game ref nearly abandoned at Forest : GRAEME

5-down – Shed in emergency room after chucking model girl? : ELEANOR

6-down – New hospital’s no parking — I put in a complaint : HALITOSIS

7-down – King taking princess up to club’s playing fields … : GRIDIRONS

8-down – … with his princes following him as descendants : GRANDSONS

14-down – Wee girl almost collapsed due to endless weariness : LASSITUDE

15-down – Take axe to country area with low-level growth : SCRUBLAND

16-down – Headless cat appearing in phrase about body parts : PHARYNXES

17-down – The whole boring item’s broadcast : ALL

18-down – Nuts from 1,012 years ago : MAD

22-down – Wrongly has one confused on last of the three R’s : INERROR

24-down – See 4 : GARDEN

25-down – See 3 : PLATED

26-down – See 2 : ARNOLD

1-across – Spooner’s opening for pet cover : FLATCAP

5-across – Get back from Las Vegas, virtually ruined : SALVAGE

9-across – Endless talk after instant coffee : MOCHA

10-across – Blunder of Rodney’s shall soon appear here? : ONLYFOOLS

11-across – Perverts enter adult establishment for dirty material? : LAUNDRETTE

12-across – By yard reversing vehicle for service : NAVY

14-across – Blow-up dolls? Heaven! Something to hold during sex? : LOVEHANDLES

18-across – Painter turning over a new leaf — contract surrealist server from Spain? : RAFAELNADAL

21-across – Kit stored in luggage area : GEAR

22-across – Maybe News of the World pull document investigation? : PAPERTRAIL

25-across – See 10 : ANDHORSES

26-across – Make teary — Albert mostly upset : BLEAR

27-across – Letters to Mercury united Queen’s ultimate piece : HANDGUN

28-across – Male to front Yes, 1970s’ band? Initially interview donor of bone marrow : MYELOID

1-down – Dart round motorway’s intersection with A1 for network : FAMILY

2-down – Build up account — Hollywood star is missing : ACCRUE

3-down – Something dropped in 10 25 — characters to make revolutionary whopper, right? : CHANDELIER

4-down – Analyse what hand of poker might do? : PROBE

5-down – Boldly spotted the third allotment: penned by Guardian setter : SPLOTCHED

6-down – Copy left Independent paper : LIFT

7-down – Lovely dealer finally found in America — that’s possible : ADORABLE

8-down – Writer, perhaps, in Sun — one penetrating heart of Fleet Street : ESSAYIST

13-down – Where 1 down of 10 25 live wires stripped could be blown up? : INFLATABLE

15-down – Forgivable lapse of two-fingered salute — no good covering up topless magician : VENIALSIN

16-down – Three characters forming sound — short fool in 10 25 hit hard : TRIGRAPH

17-down – Occasional busman’s holiday? : OFFANDON

19-down – Place to sit in summer and watch tennis player’s first half : GAZEBO

20-down – Hooted loudly — 10 25 character goes head over heels, crashing into bar : BLARED

23-down – Course records award … : EPSOM

24-down – … course conditions losing current medal : GONG