Daily Answers

5-across – Box, one dispatched in error by the French : CARTON

6-across – Obtain pass : COMEBY

9-across – Not available to take employment — a symptom of illness : NAUSEA

10-across – Breathing spaces? : NOSTRILS

11-across – Trip lasting some months in the US : FALL

12-across – Where educational forms are filled? : SCHOOLROOM

13-across – Jobbers in bonds : BRICKLAYERS

18-across – Wardrobe equipment supplied at no charge, maybe : COATHANGER

21-across – I’m a Muslim leader — yes, a Muslim leader : IMAM

22-across – Army call-up : REVEILLE

23-across – Frank’s address : DIRECT

24-across – Island boatman : HARRIS

25-across – One in factory making plastic : PLIANT

1-down – He may struggle to break a lock : WRESTLER

2-down – Mess in which doctor goes to artist on ship : MORASS

3-down – Slave that’s found in the pets’ cemetery? : DOGSBODY

4-down – Fear to make the initial mistake : TERROR

5-down – Tax put on new car stock : CRAVAT

7-down – Hue and cry at the town centre : YELLOW

8-down – Theologians assembled for choice literary gatherings : ANTHOLOGIES

14-down – Padre takes tea without any milk or sugar? : CHAPLAIN

15-down – Force both sides into a radio broadcast : RAILROAD

16-down – Tease about record of Mary’s husband : JOSEPH

17-down – Not sound advice, when this tap gets stuck! : FAUCET

19-down – He interrupts politician, showing presumption : THEORY

20-down – Its entertainment value is questionable : RIDDLE

9-across – Madame is upset about constant adherence to formal rules : ACADEMISM

10-across – Everyone in club longing to see movie great : WOODY

11-across – Dance music as end of broadcast on radio : TANGO

12-across – Bones from skull and others — 13 across : PARIETALS

13-across – Capital location to complete movies starting elsewhere : INPARIS

14-across – French horn thus associated with a French region : CORSICA

17-across – French author negating conclusions of stupid fool : DUMAS

19-across – Repeatedly appearing in command performance, old boy : MAN

20-across – Best time to be 13 across, going by air? Not for Browning : APRIL

21-across – Damned with no end of rancour, as his government was by Zola : ACCUSED

22-across – Flower of poetry parking in French vehicle : CAMPION

24-across – Ignore rag that’s wrong in relation to new style of dating : GREGORIAN

26-across – See 24 down : KELLY

28-across – Northern tributary of Seine — that’s what we hear : NOISE

29-across – Sometime 5 13 across as strange enigma — why? : HEMINGWAY

1-down – Persevere with inexpert driver when on tee : LAST

2-down – Inappropriate amount of sleep when dog-tired? : CATNAP

3-down – Delightful spot in which ramblers grew up : BEDOFROSES

4-down – African animals finding fruit around river : HIPPOS

5-down – A good one who’s late is 13 across, wrote Wilde : AMERICAN

6-down – Overly cute stuff needs to be cut : TWEE

7-down – Upholder of French customs faulted André? Oui : DOUANIER

8-down – Votes for Republican president, not hard-headed : AYES

13-down – As communicated by pilot, I land in Asia : INDIA

15-down – Rues the outcome of this activity in France : ROADMAKING

16-down – See 10 : ALLEN

18-down – Saintly Frenchman in company of stars : MICHELIN

19-down – Raised stupid, weird thing when PM finishes : MIDNIGHT

22-down – Art form that’s the same in France, but with an accent : CINEMA

23-down – Part of extended family, as opposed to people like 26? : INLAWS

24-down – Player of 5 13 across generally has two characters changed : GENE

25-down – Sign French author’s antihero put up : OMEN

27-down – Ma delivered 13 across a popular toy : YOYO

1-across – Last queen but one between posts : KEEPER

5-across – Fancy notepaper, nonetheless, for arrested juvenile : PETERPAN

9-across – Run down heartless brute with mini : BELITTLE

10-across – Abide by church given power in law : ACCEPT

11-across – Prepare to deal and get on with the game : SHUFFLEBOARD

13-across – Come to party after funeral : WAKE

14-across – One from Yokohama being paid in yen : YEARNING

17-across – Swede, for example, with metal one can cut : BRASSICA

18-across – Serpentine swimmers with Marylebone’s last golfer : EELS

20-across – Folded plastic sheet is to be the deciding factor : TIPTHESCALES

23-across – Those answering to M answer to men : AGENTS

24-across – Geordie area’s taken back, so Labour leader waxed lyrical : ENTHUSED

25-across – Any number taken in by footballer’s contemptuous expression : KNICKERS

26-across – Authentic egg sandwiches are tempting : ENTICE

2-down – Sound fish looked at with interest : EYED

3-down – Is nosy girl one to make sacrifices? : PRIESTESS

4-down – Decisive defeat with terrorist group at first in poor spirits : ROTGUT

5-down – Creepy fat child’s dicky birds : PIEDFLYCATCHERS

6-down – Deficit? Artist not quite down in the mouth : TRADEGAP

7-down – Erotic pose one ignored on page three, say : RECTO

8-down – It seems to be put on without a tear : APPARENTLY

12-down – Unending hoo-ha : CARRYINGON

15-down – Kelly’s drinking English grape juice — there is no alternative : NEEDSMUST

16-down – One sees many pictures of Caine and ET’s cast : CINEASTE

19-down – Dress for Dumbo? What’s up? : CLOTHE

21-down – Invigorating chapter written by Morrison : TONIC

22-down – Car dealers ignoring southern county : MERC

1-across – Forecast a blue shiver that’s indicative of wind : BEAUFORTSCALE

10-across – Angle round wing : OPINION

11-across – Spear animal almost repeatedly : ASSAGAI

12-across – Quantity of drink fired soldier : LITRE

13-across – Part of sentence to come before about ’99 : PREDICATE

14-across – Like ancient characters, old police cover Ulster? : RUNIC

16-across – Cheese cooked, then swallowed, by girl student : EMMENTHAL

18-across – Choice about time for work : OPERATION

19-across – Point taken by doctor, in a manner of speaking : DRAWL

20-across – Quality of steps seen to develop : STEEPNESS

23-across – Parent with fruit : PAPAW

24-across – Eastern riot could be serious : EARNEST

25-across – Gold coin tossed to duck in river : ORINOCO

26-across – Bike shop or rogue banker? : WHEELERDEALER

2-down – Exit scene transforming life : EXISTENCE

3-down – It’s frequently passed in an old city in Spain : URINE

4-down – Admit to cry of pain rebuffing witticism? : OWNUP

5-down – Drama sent off to one in business : TRADESMAN

6-down – Ring in copper polished and protected : CUSHIONED

7-down – Sayings of one involved in gaolbreak : LOGIA

8-down – Fair adventure with posh car and dirty British ship? : ROLLERCOASTER

9-down – Kitchen expert allows leaning mixer : NIGELLALAWSON

15-down – Enamel work almost on a par with title holder : CHAMPLEVE

16-down – Piece rent asunder where there was disturbance below : EPICENTRE

17-down – Onion ring helps hearing : HEADPHONE

21-down – It’s in the garden, near the house : EARTH

22-down – Find fault, namely, with the elderly : SCOLD

23-down – Leading performer — Louis on the trumpet : PRIMA

1-across – Type of roast with European’s meticulous attention to presentation : SPITANDPOLISH

10-across – Monumental shell, however exploded, results in defeat : OVERWHELM

11-across – Girl from Yorkshire needs … : IRENE

12-across – … the Yorkshire bread monster : TROLL

13-across – TV shows and quizzes about fancy lace : TELECASTS

14-across – CO₂ ? : COMPANY

16-across – Sign so corporal is on 50% cut across the board : SCORPIO

18-across – Awake, went out rejuvenated : UPDATED

20-across – One who’s learned from church type of power circles : SCHOLAR

21-across – Careful control in reporting what may be on line in Bangkok : TIGHTREIN

23-across – See 22 : BERRY

24-across – C-word upset many people : CROWD

25-across – Bitterness about extreme characters backing the wayward sovereign : ELIZABETH

26-across – Wardrobe assistants Bronwyn and Ffion open cupboards and drawers : WELSHDRESSERS

2-down – Did hesitation set back, if made earlier? : PREFORMED

3-down – Drier plaster can be applied with this right away : TOWEL

4-down – Go after switching neon sign : NOENTRY

5-down – Spots an indication of strong emotion after 22 : PIMPLES

6-down – Perhaps ageless ethnological weave : LOINCLOTH

7-down – After 22 marches to fight or flight : STEPS

8-down – Done the crime?Now do the time! : POETICJUSTICE

9-down – Fresh thyme’s no use for feeling beat : SENSEOFRHYTHM

15-down – Poses for the first time, quietly showing many talents : APTITUDES

17-down – Predator bombed Pearl Harbor, recognising no limits : POLARBEAR

19-down – Spitfire finally to fall in bank and dive in here : DEEPEND

20-down – Dawn of the student union : SUNRISE

22-down – Bush transforming 14 into a 24 : GOOSE

23-down – Top military support secret police : BRASS