Daily Answers

1-across – Gold ring in lounge with paper maybe not far from … : LOOROLL

5-across – … spa lacking lustre put under drier? : BATHMAT

9-across – Call number — does it exist? : VISIT

10-across – Way of taking insulin — not in beer — for the more mature lady : BLUERINSE

11-across – Top answer changed about — changed radic­ally : REVOLUTIONISED

13-across – Black rhyme for Greene’s coloured boy : INKY

14-across – Merrymaking before other things that are sad and dreary : FUNEREAL

17-across – Science involving force with CID’s many changes : DYNAMICS

18-across – Missing conclusion to 1 down’s 4s : LOST

21-across – Contrasting duo tilt wrong way — tilt has Gerald in trouble : LITTLEANDLARGE

23-across – Big trouble when played for fun underground? : MERRYHELL

24-across – See 26 : DRAWN

25-across – Stunned and a bit withered inside : TASERED

26-across – Extreme variance — ††† : DAGGERS

1-down – Nothing and none 18 between those at 26 24 : LOVE

2-down – Unlike those at 26 24, opens letters — a monarch calls : ONSPEAKINGTERMS

3-down – Hobson gave one no work and nothing in cash : OPTION

4-down – New is old at work : LABOUR

5-down – It turned into flowers, having no time to shop : BOUTIQUE

6-down – Sitting astride horse, say, with lots of people about : THRONGED

7-down – One called to defend Hamlet from seeing car, it may be : MINISTEROFGRACE

8-down – Surveyor’s report of the more unusual illumin­ation : THEODOLITE

12-down – Suffering from as much vertigo as possible is commonly too much : GIDDYLIMIT

15-down – Boss me about — stratagem? I’m not sure : EMPLOYER

16-down – Transmit over cliff to get meat for stew : SCRAGEND

19-down – A theologian was in front? That’s bad : ADDLED

20-down – Poodle : LAPDOG

22-down – America’s responsibility? : ONUS

1-across – Fit retaining 45-inch screw : PROPELLER

6-across – Grouse meat : BEEF

8-across – The underworld’s guard dog of choice? : CERBERUS

9-across – Flat for those not wishing to move when they retire : BEDSIT

10-across – Pay to stay : SETTLE

11-across – His appetite is all-consuming : OMNIVORE

12-across – Way a convict joined a WWII prison : STALAG

15-across – Doctor needs work permits to provide drips : DROPLETS

16-across – Not always the products of great minds! : BIGIDEAS

19-across – Fears the end of combined studies : DREADS

21-across – A good mixer, maybe, but a troublemaker : AGITATOR

22-across – One side getting nothing in agreement : RIGHTO

24-across – Puncture politician caught in a lie, perhaps : IMPALE

25-across – Betting, using a payphone : WAGERING

26-across – Witnesses a key agreement : EYES

27-across – Speak for traveller with grudge : REPRESENT

1-down – Man on board with gun : PIECE

2-down – Boring part in exam that’s revolutionary : ORBITAL

3-down – Eastern lake found in the West? Strange : EERIE

4-down – Caught girl with nothing on with boy : LASSOED

5-down – Starting to steal at home, thug was outlawed : ROBINHOOD

6-down – Base and vicious, determined to torment : BEDEVIL

7-down – Tim agreed to move, went overseas : EMIGRATED

13-down – Skinny, toothless what’s-his-name : THINGUMMY

14-down – Shining example of brat eager to reform : GREATBEAR

17-down – Plainly distressed, but retains composure : INTEARS

18-down – Bungle a pay rise? : SCREWUP

20-down – Grenade thrown — go on the defensive : ENGARDE

22-down – Knave withdrawn from the pack? : ROGUE

23-down – It may be held up or down : TENET

1-across – Formerly stout model : EXAMPLE

5-across – Admires original weapon : SIDEARM

9-across – Skate back into dock for rope : LANYARD

10-across – Foreign 21 proceeds right : INCOMER

11-across – Servant admits crime in official residence : PARSONAGE

12-across – Proofreader’s mark shows concern with the letter t : CARET

13-across – Quits competitions, being short of time : EVENS

15-across – This month every edition is placed : INSTALLED

17-across – Cooked the garlic in a sleepy state : LETHARGIC

19-across – Grates fruit : RASPS

22-across – Feeble echo is yours : THINE

23-across – Ditch worker for biting : TRENCHANT

25-across – Reiterate nonsense solicitor put about : TROTOUT

26-across – Endorse a letter of introduction : INITIAL

27-across – Amazingly, few stir more rapidly : SWIFTER

28-across – First of injections in bottom? Not one thing or the other! : NEITHER

1-down – Oriental cuts earl in decline : ECLIPSE

2-down – Trainee prepared course : AINTREE

3-down – Scot enters river quietly : PIANO

4-down – Delightful finale holds attention : ENDEARING

5-down – Impale small fish : SPIKE

6-down – Dress caught on bristle in seating : DECKCHAIR

7-down – Endlessly respect a novice in the navy : ADMIRAL

8-down – Doctor admits English ceremonial is appropriate : MERITED

14-down – Patsy and son head assault : SCAPEGOAT

16-down – Discharge soldier in division : SECRETION

17-down – Is dishonest after consuming drink? That’s an understatement! : LITOTES

18-down – Blunder, spilling oil by North African coast : TRIPOLI

20-down – Grovelling son’s effusive : SLAVISH

21-down – Gundog bites hand of pioneer : SETTLER

23-down – In Timbuktu, torturer is master : TUTOR

24-down – Hot stuff in the country, reportedly : CHILI

1-across – Choose industrial chemists’ solution: we deal with … : OPTICIANS

6-across – … one of 11’s problems, which could be jolly : SIGHT

9-across – Have a meal, eating some muffins, and digest : SUMUP

10-across – Return of Turner’s last painting in which a flag is unfurled today … : TRAFALGAR

11-across – … saw the last of Londoners with a stammer requesting … : LORDNELSON

12-across – … lip service from 27 : KISS

14-across – Copy of setter’s first pictures : IMITATE

15-across – 11’s hard part of speech : HORATIO

17-across – Celebration of romance produced most willingly : LIEFEST

19-across – Motherland is pregnant, according to 11’s signal : ENGLAND

20-across – 11’s favourite novel? : EMMA

22-across – Likely divorcee’s grudge holding water : RESPONDENT

25-across – Romance is return of Morse : LANGUEDOC

26-across – Turn of phrase that shows who I am when I’m backed : IDIOM

27-across – Tough novelist : HARDY

28-across – Song of repetitious date : YESTERDAY

1-down – Dipper in river and lake : OUSEL

2-down – Fighter at 10 from three rivers : TEMERAIRE

3-down – 11’s battle horse in battle ten years after 10 : COPENHAGEN

4-down – Bestial characters make a bloomer : ASTILBE

5-down – Partially enclosed salt water animal at Scottish well? : SEALOCH

6-down – Buddies turn up for punishment : SLAP

7-down – Musical engagement with first line a former tenor : GIGLI

8-down – 3 should drop Europe on the verge : THRESHOLD

13-down – Craft work of giant encased in salt : BRIGANTINE

14-down – Hi! All h*** let loose — it’s diathesis : ILLHEALTH

16-down – Swap coil for deflected air stream : TRADEWIND

18-down – Forerunner of 28 used differently in river : TUESDAY

19-down – See 19 across : EXPECTS

21-down – Unimportant part of indicator at motorway junction : MINOR

23-down – Private gun? : TOMMY

24-down – Money to be paid after 19s : DUTY

1-across – City finance : CAPITAL

5-across – Tidy up — start in the passage : TRANSIT

9-across – You’ll surprise someone by taking him this : ABACK

10-across – Board bring in a head ready to educate : TEACHABLE

11-across – Assume ten love being held by rather a chivalrous character : DONQUIXOTE

12-across – Courage needed on icy roads : GRIT

14-across – Prices seem at unusually high levels for works of art : MASTERPIECES

18-across – Carriage reserved for a small charge : PERAMBULATOR

21-across – Rotten position : RANK

22-across – You bet positively : ABSOLUTELY

25-across – Communist and German worker laid off : REDUNDANT

26-across – Sect making friends in France with Henry : AMISH

27-across – Play the fool? Sleep on it! : BEDROLL

28-across – Two names written in a foreign language : RUSSIAN

1-down – A man to praise in church : CLAUDE

2-down – Record turnover is not commonly a cause of this : PLAINT

3-down – Prepare to fight for a rump steak that’s rare : TAKEUPARMS

4-down – Rubber solution from past times : LATEX

5-down – Upset pudding leads to a riot breaking out in foreign restaurant : TRATTORIA

6-down – One seen outside hospital may need treatment : ACHE

7-down – Take off in coach going upcountry : SUBTRACT

8-down – Doctor is initially eager to give discourse : TREATISE

13-down – They enable one to take the long view : BINOCULARS

15-down – Sort of sketch one has in hand : THUMBNAIL

16-down – Joint description of Eve’s origin? : SPARERIB

17-down – Secret society set up racket inside island : TRINIDAD

19-down – A sign of twins : GEMINI

20-down – Part of a 100-yard dash : HYPHEN

23-down – Extremely poor shot on target : OUTER

24-down – Prepare for take-off? : UNDO