Daily Answers

1-across – Church about to depend on something it hates? : CHANGE

4-across – Student gets very bad but it’s not an offence : LAWFUL

9-across – Detected noise of cattle : HERD

10-across – Artist, one without time for such as Thatcher : MONETARIST

11-across – Goblin from Sweden takes a walk : STROLL

12-across – Revolutionary Which survey of sound roofing services? : WATTYLER

13-across – Barbecue horse : CHARGRILL

15-across – … so in enthusiasm : THUS

16-across – Ship made a right turn : ARGO

17-across – Human as 1 across, 20 without remorse : UNASHAMED

21-across – Fellow stood shaking inside to see a big old beast : MASTODON

22-across – Soldiers turn to play over a ball : TROOPS

24-across – Transition finds state amiss for 1 across : METASTASIS

25-across – Rules with a number that might need cutting : LAWN

26-across – Last quarter under 1 across : ENDURE

27-across – Start off to destroy wild seafood : OYSTER

1-down – Beast sounds like Madoff : CHEETAH

2-down – Facility to love with a car : AUDIO

3-down – King without 11, who takes a chance : GAMBLER

5-down – Smart but for all in bad taste : ASTUTE

6-down – Bruce’s namesake’s got one a plant : FORSYTHIA

7-down – Their voices might thing a thong : LISPERS

8-down – On reflection it could be amblyopia : SNOWBLINDNESS

14-down – Off side, though not in France : RIGHTHAND

16-down – Ace held made trick in Oxford, say : ACADEME

18-down – To compensate for one short day is to take heart from another : SATISFY

19-down – Authorise soldiers to turn over a prisoner : EMPOWER

20-down – Journalist tried nothing new : EDITOR

23-down – It has a little bill in a window letter : OWLET

8-across – Brand of female to hit on old admirer : FLAMBEAU

9-across – Wary, as a Shakespearean king said : LEERY

10-across – Night light, low, needs new support : MOON

11-across – Hampshire river lost in battle: Icarus’s first and last? : TESTFLIGHT

12-across – King? More like a primate’s foil : RAPIER

14-across – Doctor photo of slight contact between planes? : AIRBRUSH

16-across – It warns shipping of capsized grand house with sailors : FOGHORN

18-across – Just once, start to tease in lacy creation! : EXACTLY

21-across – Country’s spies stifling publicity about restless mob : CAMBODIA

23-across – Remarks one’s not prepared to come out with : ADLIBS

24-across – Not indulging certain muscles can measure carbon energy : ABSTINENCE

26-across – See 10 : BEAM

27-across – English region of both French and German union : DEVON

28-across – New start for magician, one who refuses to swear : NONJUROR

1-down – Old dear is lost round a place of easy wealth : ELDORADO

2-down – Artist’s seminar scrubbing up artists : EMIN

3-down – Maybe Paul’s temperature doubled in Sibyl’s embrace! : SETTER

4-down – National surgical support lacks leader Paisley? : RUSSIAN

5-down – Character acquainting player with the pitch : CLEF

6-down – Parking in a circle or ground given in return : RECIPROCAL

7-down – Disease test not right — push off! : TYPHUS

13-down – In hospital, one part Brummie has is shy-making : INHIBITIVE

15-down – Harrison possibly ruins broadcast : REX

17-down – Study lacks one which is often potted : RED

19-down – Live broadcast abroad needs right peninsular region : LABRADOR

20-down – Hardly spitting if in front of 27 15, 4 26 down and 17 3, 19 : RAINING

22-down – Gold requested Dawn’s song : AUBADE

23-down – Getting on a scrambled egg with popular filling : AGEING

25-down – A slight shift in Einstein’s original negative figure : NINE

26-down – Rude to squander : BLUE

9-across – Spiv aristo holds back, if punching cobblers : PROFITEER

10-across – A9 diversion brainless : INANE

11-across – Giant taking tea, say, with bread : TROLL

12-across – Variable, get one’s ID twice converted for computer : DIGITISED

13-across – More obvious, nurse should secure ends of ligature : CLEARER

14-across – Last of sugar in drink, then half of eclair wasted as sweet stuff : TREACLE

17-across – Usual mess, with supporter entering America the wrong way : SNAFU

19-across – Party 22 20? : CON

20-across – See 22 : TREAT

21-across – Cinema where intravenous device almost reaching its target? : DRIVEIN

22-across – Boy in the wrong about a time for autumnal challenge : TRICKOR

24-across – Catch disease, then scoff — you’re 26 with it! : HEARTBEAT

26-across – See 4 : ALIVE

28-across – Zone around pole, ring : ARENA

29-across – Paddy certainly isn’t after power, which is hilarious! : PRICELESS

1-down – Channel’s essence in water close to England : SPIT

2-down – Monroe could be 4 26? : NOMORE

3-down – Pound in weight right on slimmer’s bottom, interrupting signal to find extreme remedy? : KILLORCURE

4-down – With alternative to avoid, leader wanted choice? : DEADOR

5-down – Heading for Blackpool, continuing straight for resort : BRIGHTON

6-down – Unpleasant type catching female for 22 20? : GIFT

7-down – 3 the lot over the area : MASSACRE

8-down – See 1 : HEAD

13-down – Might the joint be enclosed? : CASED

15-down – Old cat tried, when entangled, to get disentangled : EXTRICATED

16-down – Organic compound of the steroids : ESTER

18-down – Single friend in joiner, 4 26? : ANIMATED

19-down – Disrespect shown regarding interim worker’s breach of court : CONTEMPT

22-down – 22 20, nipple? : TITBIT

23-down – Emperor is between king and a queen : KAISER

24-down – 3 scoundrel in conversation : HEAL

25-down – Go up, 22 20 : TRAP

27-down – Bearing meal, starter not required : EAST

1-across – Writing on the wall — it may be all up for you! : NOTICEBOARD

9-across – Get on board with endless internal unrest : ENTRAIN

10-across – Very many suffering in holy city : ZILLION

11-across – Be in rough condition and you need a Samaritan : NEIGHBOUR

12-across – It’s displayed on some letters until December : TILDE

13-across – Former men’s tennis champion could be feminine? : ASHE

14-across – Bury disabled archdeacon — he got in the way : INTERVENER

16-across – Tide now in — a disaster across the country : NATIONWIDE

19-across – Weapons turned on quarry : STAG

20-across – Heavyweight state in South Pacific : TONGA

21-across – P-plum? : SOFTFRUIT

23-across – Mouth gets round staple food, if included : ORIFICE

24-across – Producer of English carrot, perhaps : CREATOR

25-across – King George embodies elements of the random ancestor : GRANDMOTHER

1-down – Although in flight, all passengers must be seated! : NOTWITHSTANDING

2-down – To do it well takes time with every individual : TEACH

3-down – Unite associate with a Tory : CONJOIN

4-down – Sale reported as fantastic : BIZARRE

5-down – Case viable at issue : ABLATIVE

6-down – BP technical expert? : DRILLINSTRUCTOR

7-down – State follows check on automobile — it means one might return with a new body : REINCARNATION

8-down – Terror any one got tortured with questioning : INTERROGATORY

15-down – Little openings in favour of the rising feminine soul : FORAMINA

17-down – Marry without nest built in classy area : WESTEND

18-down – Fed up with drama — there’s nothing to it, actually : DEFACTO

22-down – She’s upset after priest gets saucy : FRESH

1-across – His tables are lost and found : ESTABLISH

6-across – Recording band : TAPE

8-across – Withdraws from an agreement in which officers are involved : CRIESOFF

9-across – Exhausted — never again! : NOMORE

10-across – Produce nippers : TEETHE

11-across – Being unable to settle, get up earlier : RESTLESS

12-across – Form master to assign pupils to a certain class : STREAM

15-across – When alone, get changed and stretch out : ELONGATE

16-across – Meeting house : AUDIENCE

19-across – Mark breaks into church : NOTICE

21-across – Unhappy doctor has to run around with flu outbreak : MOURNFUL

22-across – Where you must go if you have time : PRISON

24-across – Sanctimonious Scot upset about subjects for discussion : TOPICS

25-across – Old soldiers scared to get involved : REDCOATS

26-across – They’re down to play bingo : EYES

27-across – Get choice about time for exercise : OPERATION

1-down – Nursery for high fliers : EYRIE

2-down – Where the stage is set for an operation : THEATRE

3-down – Went to pieces, having no resources : BROKE

4-down – Currently effective as a policeman : INFORCE

5-down – Common teaching command at six thirty? : HANDSDOWN

6-down – Some delay in imposing sentence on the convict : TIMELAG

7-down – Patricia’s in trouble, living at the expense of others : PARASITIC

13-down – Redundancy among grammarians? : TAUTOLOGY

14-down – Public announcement repeated in show ring clear round : MANIFESTO

17-down – Is run out after batting has collapsed : INRUINS

18-down – Increase general confusion : ENLARGE

20-down – On tour I look round capital : TRIPOLI

22-down – Accommodation at university adjoining a city of Italy : PADUA

23-down – Frequently expressed as decimal : OFTEN