Daily Answers

8-across – One admitted a Nobel explosive leads to pulverised body parts : BONEMEAL

9-across – Third element of uncertainty principle gripped German physicist : PLANCK

10-across – Key test about to reveal smallest particle : ATOM

11-across – Helium alone can be this; or Coca-Cola, according to some? : SUPERFLUID

12-across – Steady state system originally anticipated by East Germans of intelligence : STASIS

14-across – Quiet, originally unorthodox Tesla’s eccentricity varies in intensity : PULSATES

15-across – Express disapproval of unrewarding type of logic : BOOLEAN

17-across – Very hard computer programming language? Prayer is of no use! : ADAMANT

20-across – Community programme involves university lecture about electrical resistance : OUTREACH

22-across – Scotty, perhaps, imprisoned by Vulcan in engine room : CANINE

23-across – Experimentally, it’s nicest to team up with some top boffins : SCIENTISTS

24-across – Old South African or Danish physicist is heard : BOER

25-across – Extremely small measurement causing Greek character to go without love : MICRON

26-across – A South Slav doing combinatorial analysis, not limbo dancing : CROATIAN

1-down – Like Knox, perhaps, pair find the Ultimate Answer : FORTYTWO

2-down – Light showing on the dial? : BEAM

3-down – Perhaps contacts the French about nuclear antagonists : LENSES

4-down – Siemens starting to provide support for upcoming students making mistakes : SLIPUPS

5-down – In US dramatically increased despair spread about nuclear core : SPIRALED

6-down – Transport worker’s course in laminar flow : RAILWAYMAN

7-down – Argentinian revolutionary conceals carbon which is emitting radiation : ACTIVE

13-down – Long periods when engineering salary rose : SOLARYEARS

16-down – Making changes to American distributed array processor, no longer hot device : ADAPTING

18-down – Type of element that is unstable mostly and molten : NONMETAL

19-down – Study of matter, energy and gas reportedly turning science upside down : PHYSICS

21-down – Get something straight: society needs free petroleum! : UNCOIL

22-down – Many large moons oddly observed in the universe : COSMOS

24-down – Graduate’s written about alien constellation’s second star : BETA

1-across – Catalogue loud noise found in parts of ferry, say : CARDINDEX

6-across – Brief account of poor angler’s life? : OBIT

10-across – Sound made by car with open top : AUDIO

11-across – Hears about Herts town’s free trial offer online? : SHAREWARE

12-across – Dog and horse amongst this odd collection of animals, reportedly : SHIHTZU

13-across – Long walk tires pa out : TRAIPSE

14-across – Cabaret in Sligo with free beer supply : FOLIESBERGERE

17-across – Chap holding flower hits running battle : BOSWORTHFIELD

21-across – Type of acid in beer causing hole in the heart : AURICLE

22-across – Spain has terrorism reduced bilaterally with some urgency : INHASTE

24-across – Holland against Angola, amongst throng in Queen’s Park? : CROWNLAND

25-across – Revolutionary hid outside the Spanish city : DELHI

26-across – Comfortable home in Vine Street : NEST

27-across – What sheep and cows may do no more, a poet’s said : OVERGRAZE

1-down – Categorise one female with stylish outfit? : CLASSIFY

2-down – Wireless lacking 10 11 in body parts : RADII

3-down – Setter’s refusal to support fighter coming very soon? : IWONTBEASECOND

4-down – Upset girl’s outburst : DISTURB

5-down – Vote for including turn in TV show : XFACTOR

7-down – Curse afflicting sheep and lamb : BLASPHEME

8-down – Tent peg on top of pile : TEEPEE

9-down – Warning about setter perhaps making good few breathe awkwardly : BEWAREOFTHEDOG

15-down – Heavy smell found in large city in Australia : LABORIOUS

16-down – I shaved badly, nicking side of one gum, perhaps : ADHESIVE

18-down – Herb Alpert’s first number after piano player finishes, say : OREGANO

19-down – Time to take a wee twirl : TWIDDLE

20-down – Girl repeatedly dropping out of country dance : CANCAN

23-down – Girl repeatedly shedding one pound in dance : SALSA

1-across – Endlessly large rocks together with floral ring : GARLAND

5-across – When Sailor Lives With Presidential Family Pet: the navy’s classic film with 1 and 17 : ASTARIS

10-across – See 5 : BORN

11-across – Eschew Ritz!, ordered the musical missionary : SCHWEITZER

12-across – Playwright’s an obstacle right away : BARRIE

13-across – Don’t ’ave to go into liquor-free town : DAVENTRY

14-across – Spicy snack from, say, B-52’s hold, said to be sociable : BOMBAYMIX

16-across – See 9 : LIGHT

17-across – Parent and child society member : MASON

19-across – Being obsessed with self, say nothing about murderer, keeping mum : EGOMANIAC

23-across – Judge accepts D-Day series of battles for a sitcom with 12 and 29 : REDDWARF

24-across – Where 5 10 is unable to be made out : NEBULA

26-across – Menial role of aerial nut and bolt ring? : DISHWASHER

27-across – Brake loudly: road ends here : KERB

28-across – A centre of primitive processes in river that’s associated with Neptune : TRIDENT

29-across – Check on French city’s prince? : CHARLES

2-down – Tone of green state party after eggs tossed : AVOCADO

3-down – Like a satellite operated by universal line ascending : LUNAR

4-down – One sort of wine’s off, waiter ultimately deserts — a joke of an eating place : NOSHERY

6-down – Record-holder’s secret kept up it? : SLEEVE

7-down – A tautness sound, as might be heard by drillers : ATTENTION

8-down – Bury, archaic location of building foundations : INEARTH

9-down – At first 5 10, becoming 23 maybe, and finally this — at which Thomas incites our rage : THEDYINGOFTHE

15-down – Carnage, behold! Sodom’s leading triumvirate destroyed : BLOODSHED

18-down – Was a consumer getting lounger for studio? : ATELIER

20-down – Butterfly, middle of tummy, activated by cunning : MONARCH

21-down – I appreciate that going north by jumbo is abroad : ATLARGE

22-down – Romantic knight makes profit taking in a wife : GAWAIN

25-down – Supporter without a cent, one who makes bloomers? : BAKER

4-across – Sailor interrupts blessing of primate : BABOON

6-across – Food’s good for so long : FAREWELL

9-across – Measure heel of recruit : ENLIST

10-across – Reactionary fellow arranged raid on us : DINOSAUR

11-across – Arts’ patron gives wayward priest tedious task : TERPSICHORE

15-across – Passion for European travel : EMOTION

17-across – Madman gives teachers box of wine : NUTCASE

18-across – Time filled in discretionary working : OPERATIONAL

22-across – Buy almost perfect hound : PURCHASE

23-across – Religious leader gets tons of meat : RABBIT

24-across – Lake is pure or adulterated : SUPERIOR

25-across – Everybody joined in naughty song : BALLAD

1-down – Increases sales, initially in footwear : BOOSTS

2-down – African oil processed in the USA : CALIFORNIA

3-down – Change one’s mind about act that’s suggestive : REDOLENT

4-down – Rest of soldiers introduced to swimmer : BREATHER

5-down – Sweeper collects everything in the hall : BALLROOM

7-down – Late morning paper : EXAM

8-down – Escapade of sovereign on old vessel : LARK

12-down – Study account of metamorphosis : CONVERSION

13-down – Writer hides in waterway from maneater : CANNIBAL

14-down – Put down legal document about property : DEFLATED

16-down – Mother is confused by line on a map : ISOTHERM

19-down – Prophet starts to imagine Saint Augustine is against heathens : ISAIAH

20-down – Some octopuses make work : OPUS

21-down – Purchase holdall : GRIP

1-across – Take home instrument boxes shaped like a crescent : LUNETTE

5-across – One in happy congregation responsible for ring : CLAPPER

9-across – Try to throw money over cross : TIGON

10-across – Backed protest about Brown, I thought : RUMINATED

11-across – Panic over river animal reaching inlet : FALSEALARM

12-across – Number 2 pulled back zip : NOWT

14-across – Wreaths with two flowers worn at play : LEISUREWEAR

18-across – Philosopher giving an American guitar to the ’appy couple? : ANAXIMANDER

21-across – Christopher Lee finally developing into a high-flier : KITE

22-across – Issue robot order to be rowdy : BOISTEROUS

25-across – Ancient flier on quiet Eurostar train : PTEROSAUR

26-across – Foolish fish may be trapped here endlessly : INANE

27-across – Collide when I turn on switch : RUNINTO

28-across – Result of pesticide use on plant : BUGLOSS

1-down – Posh Frenchman exploded : LETOFF

2-down – Criticise girl entering Scottish town from the south : NIGGLE

3-down – Cut bid for cat with twisted guts : TENDERLOIN

4-down – Record type of sausage hung up : ENROL

5-down – Be persuaded to wake up : COMEROUND

6-down – Musicians leave handkerchief for lady : ANNA

7-down – Plate carrying meat source is the cause of disease : PATHOGEN

8-down – Traders fancy Middle Eastern bird : REDSTART

13-down – Encouraging X to interrupt trial : HEARTENING

15-down – Lover flicking perfume into dresses : INAMORATO

16-down – Goad bird hovering over plant : LARKSPUR

17-down – After start of play lady embraces man in the gods : PANTHEON

19-down – Protective covering also placed round fruit : TOMATO

20-down – Hounds leader off property : ASSETS

23-down – Rub hard with brush : SCRUB

24-down – Horse managed to eat nothing : ROAN