Daily Answers

1-across – Reportedly purchase farming tool for a penny farthing? : BICYCLE

5-across – Steady earner from clubs beginning to collaborate in adult entertainment : CASHCOW

9-across – English involved in slight about Aussie football : RULES

10-across – Force once made rough bombs : HOMEGUARD

11-across – Top hack’s office tried so desperately to get joint : EDITORSHIP

12-across – Only real mugs should survive its scrutiny : FACE

14-across – See 12 : RECOGNITION

18-across – Perhaps cyborg’s faulty power unit discharged at random : PORTMANTEAU

21-across – See 18 : WORD

22-across – Having a change of heart,female sheep chasing castrated ram around area shows alert gaze : WEATHEREYE

25-across – Longing for what was left in Santiago,unfortunately : NOSTALGIA

26-across – Fling means of protection,sacrificing first rook : AMOUR

27-across – Posy heads evenly covered in mist : SPRAYED

28-across – Boy cycling in bay maybe finds lever : TREADLE

1-down – Stock gatherer seen around Suffolk,for one : BORDER

2-down – See 1 : COLLIE

3-down – Revamped Commodores launch site in Russia : COSMODROME

4-down – Distinctive character conveyed by Internet host : ETHOS

5-down – Mix with Marxist holding no good line : COMMINGLE

6-down – Company for older folk horrified,mainly over losing hospital : SAGA

7-down – Flat baked objects Dave’s mate put across majority of terrace : CHAPATIS

8-down – Ducks,say – 50% died in winter going north : WIDGEONS

13-down – Rivet up broken corroded pan : VITUPERATE

15-down – Prisoner,curt church officer and daughter came together : CONVERGED

16-down – Pressure in America superficially harms economic recoveries : UPSWINGS

17-down – Fire safety measure identified in formal part of flight : DRYRISER

19-down – Category of disastrous result in eg MSc or PhD : SECOND

20-down – See 19 : DEGREE

23-down – Diplomacy surrounding Republican’s religious pamphlet : TRACT

24-down – Pamper bishop wearing laurel : BABY

1-across – Will’s supplementary bit of fish – one caught on one line : CODICIL

5-across – One’s unfashionable cul-de-sac : IMPASSE

9-across – High-ranking woman is worthless,say,on the inside : BEGUM

10-across – Leaves set with fancy chic interior : RADICCHIO

11-across – WP feature that wizards find restricting? : SPELLCHECK

12-across – Being in favour dulls the tongue : URDU

14-across – Oxen,infected with bacteria,worsening : EXACERBATION

18-across – Brief lapse by one getting on metro is an omen,not a failing : SENIORMOMENT

21-across – Bill goes in to snack : TACO

22-across – French port cellar constructed with hole : LAROCHELLE

25-across – If testing includes an aspect of personality : PROVIDING

26-across – Composer’s boundless freedom : IBERT

27-across – Skin pierced by lice infestation … : CUTICLE

28-across – … because of that dodgy beer drunk by you once : THEREBY

1-down – Artist’s book is framed by Nick : CUBIST

2-down – Was behind but determined : DOGGED

3-down – Obsession about no. 1 mug colour : COMPLEXION

4-down – Blur challenged to cover rock : LURCH

5-down – Tastelessness of trendy colour scheme – odd,‘right off!’ : INDECORUM

6-down – All the suits put in a case : PACK

7-down – It takes a brave sort to tuck into mixed dips in the form of earth : SPHEROID

8-down – ‘Rock group,Queen,wrecked tune’ – well said! : ELOQUENT

13-down – Meal spot around one: starting point for a heavenly trip : LAUNCHSITE

15-down – Aggressive Conservative club in bad movie : COMBATIVE

16-down – Describing certain atoms,is oxygen at issue? : ISOTOPIC

17-down – Quickly produce a smash hit : KNOCKOUT

19-down – Member engaged in bitter claim? : ALLEGE

20-down – Privileged types making military leader go : GENTRY

23-down – Looked for missing top – anything at all : OUGHT

24-down – Insult club’s top circle : DISC

1-across – Stable situation giving no cause for alarm : NOTHING

5-across – Coach’s influence on staff : PULLMAN

10-across – Over in one impressive appearance : MIEN

11-across – Saga editor’s questionable response : DEOGRATIAS

12-across – See 1 : HORSES

13-across – White lies circulating amongst band : RIESLING

14-across – Drives home taking grand,superior neighbour of 3 : POUNDSIGN

16-across – Figure location of the Orient Express : STATE

17-across – Identical complaint preceding crash : TBONE

19-across – Army command not recommending 3,27? : STICKEMUP

23-across – Stretch elastic around it : DURATION

24-across – Primate – sick baboon – getting blood transfusion : BONOBO

26-across – Flirtatious high flier keeps greeting woman : COMEHITHER

27-across – See 3 Down : DOWN

28-across – Prince extremely ethical – dismissive about what’s gone before : PRELUDE

29-across – Is there ultimately a point if the fellow’s gone? : ATTENDS

2-down – Common resident of river : ORINOCO

3-down – Leaves without too much difficulty : HANDS

4-down – Insult private parts when around such people : NUDISTS

6-down – Let out? Sounds like fake news : UNREEL

7-down – Appendage : LITTLETOE

8-down – Playing to win in a way : AGAINST

9-down – See 1 Across : TOFRIGHTENTHE

15-down – <i>Lear</i><span> on in Playhouse opener could be a one-off</span> : NONPAREIL

18-down – Queen not about to admit old king in private area : BOUDOIR

20-down – Rex maybe taking in nude show : CABARET

21-down – Single child mostly locked up but not subjugated : UNBOWED

22-down – Gave order to Asian accomplished in conversation : TIDIED

25-down – Force ‘glamour’ model to cover elbow : NUDGE

1-across – Familiar queen’s against Conservative win : VICTORY

5-across – Posh front of mural,Buckingham Palace leaders admit,has unsatisfactory finish : BUMPOFF

9-across – South Dakota harbours brown bear : STAND

10-across – PM sick after service : CHURCHILL

11-across – RAF steward flying subsequently : AFTERWARDS

12-across – Monarch’s family horse tense or gentle at the Centre : KING

14-across – See 25 : ANNIVERSARY

18-across – Diverting,pretty stare – a sign of 1ac/19/25/14 : STREETPARTY

21-across – Royals,Elizabeth and Margaret,originally supplying a number of sheets : REAM

22-across – Would pronounced bellyache be shown by bird? : WOODGROUSE

25-across – Everything in this area arranged for celebration : EIGHTIETH

26-across – Protective covering first Romeo removed in affair : AMOUR

27-across – Sentimentality illustrated by stragglers in triumphant Trafalgar Square conga – classic social dance : TREACLE

28-across – Rude ex-pupil’s area of interest : OBSCENE

1-down – Optical illusion: lion disappears with 5 initially angry bats : VISUAL

2-down – Designing penultimate boat? : CRAFTY

3-down – Submit request for daily Parliamentary list : ORDERPAPER

4-down – Copy regularly your American hosts,one of them gives flowers : YUCCA

5-down – Jump ended but subjected to legal constraint : BOUNDOVER

6-down – Kid’s dummy : MOCK

7-down – One drink said to consume first : ORIGINAL

8-down – Paratroopers? : FALLGUYS

13-down – Dropping to ground,prostrate,may bend over on these? : PRAYERMATS

15-down – Asian islanders go on drugs reportedly : NIPPONESE

16-down – Pigs at last reunite,neglected and hungry : ESURIENT

17-down – Figure providing right note – crook pinches : TRIANGLE

19-down – Upset,regret old half of pets incontinent : EUROPE

20-down – See 12 Across : GEORGE

23-down – Place for 15 fighter to show fashion hoody : DOHYO

24-down – Noticed part of the ear : OTIC

9-across – Neighbours maybe propose a new academy : SOAPOPERA

10-across – Gong in A minor : AWARD

11-across – Home help heading to the West Country : INDIA

12-across – South American technique for deforesting 25/2? : BRAZILIAN

13-across – Dynamic leader of council escapes suspension : HANGING

14-across – Incredibly genial host ultimately raising spirits : ELATING

17-across – A record covered by synth-pop group : ALPHA

19-across – Leaves side unfinished : TEA

20-across – Get rid of turn in game : BINGO

21-across – Comes second in unpredictable event : TURNSUP

22-across – This place is protecting land for vegetation : HERBAGE

24-across – Moral play about inhabitant of the Caribbean : ROYALPALM

26-across – Scoundrel following Nickelback to suffer : INCUR

28-across – American on vacation bitten by police dog : CANID

29-across – Iron perhaps introduced into otherwise square meal : ELEVENSES

1-down – Export case of aged wine : ASTI

2-down – Pleasant spot close to Epping Forest : GARDEN

3-down – Doctor in lab coat’s making drugs : BOTANICALS

4-down – <span>Bloodsucker in part of 2 with </span><i>The Listener</i><span>?</span> : BEDBUG

5-down – Quickly getting up to drink port in Californian city : PASADENA

6-down – Country music legend on the radio : MALI

7-down – Building pressure upset Olivia Newton-John’s finale : PAVILION

8-down – 2 PM : EDEN

13-down – Centre of World Cycling : HEART

15-down – Hostelries stocking popular fruit : AUBERGINES

16-down – Cheesemonger : GNOME

18-down – Cookie Monster finally coming out and having a good time : PARTYING

19-down – Drink of whiskey inside cheers father : TAPWATER

22-down – American band fixed up with joint in studio : HAMMER

23-down – Approach acting with the heart of Vincent Price : ACCOST

24-down – Surprise female slipping out of dress : ROCK

25-down – Spooner delivering paper for mistress : LADY

27-down – Friend doesn’t finish English wine : ROSE