Daily Answers

9-across – A high mark, with luck and a half, within range : ALPHAPLUS

10-across – See 16 : LEACH

11-across – 21, the writer, an unconventional farceur? : BEATRIX

12-across – Altitude with no time before morning attained after 21 in Norfolk : HEIGHAM

13-across – Bear accepting stakes : TOTE

14-across – The tyranny of the subconscious? : REPRESSION

16-across – 21 hesitatingly put aromatic oil in disinfectant : BERNARD

17-across – 21, good at games, suggests bird’s-foot : STEPHEN

19-across – Finishes beheaded, not carried over : ENDSTOPPED

22-across – Norfolk water used to be the start of 12 : WASH

24-across – The Little Prince, a title with fire in it : KINGLET

25-across – Reversing loco around this place in Norfolk : DEREHAM

26-across – Scottish town, the Irish being held by Granny : NAIRN

27-across – Brian Close, damaged with loss of student, needs a lawyer : ESCRIBANO

1-down – With entry of b-big 22, a sword and a ruler will not be kosher : SABBATHBREAKING

2-down – Southern dish to make a mess on the wall, perhaps : SPLATTER

3-down – 21, the young wizard – don’t leave him in peace : HARRY

4-down – To eat without slack’s to make cake without oil : FLAXSEED

5-down – 3’s funny girl in the Bible : ESTHER

6-down – Prairie-dwellers devise a scheme about reconstructed mines : PLAINSMEN

7-down – Commercial television is upset about a tree supplanted by 3 : VASHTI

8-down – Would-be traveller to Norfolk finds those folk a fraction : THEMANINTHEMOON

15-down – Common phones for loyalists on their toes? : PARTYLINE

17-down – Bird in detention put in to copy a mammal? : SHELDUCK

18-down – Agreement with both ears? : HEARHEAR

20-down – 21, the dramatist, did the wrong thing the wrong way : DENNIS

21-down – Dawdle like a nerd after 23s : POTTER

23-down – Educate followers on-line : TRAIN

1-across – Support act’s return with ruler’s mark of approval : WALKINGSTICK

8-across – Tipsy grandee gets bitter : ANGERED

9-across – The devil is rough-and-ready : SCRATCH

11-across – New article needs sharp material : NANKEEN

12-across – Address of old allotment : ORATION

13-across – In Lancashire town, student makes stout : BURLY

14-across – Novelist produces a beer mug by the stream : STEINBECK

16-across – A Ford T car is renovated, showing motorist’s skill : ROADCRAFT

19-across – A bit of padding inserted to dry out weapon : SPEAR

21-across – Social climber mounted Ernst’s last two paintings : UPSTART

23-across – A defect from some terrible mishap : BLEMISH

24-across – Desirous of touring a country : HUNGARY

25-across – One turned awkwardly and thrust oneself forward : INTRUDE

26-across – School Esther reformed is a model : CLOTHESHORSE

1-down – Haulier found dead in conflict : WAGONER

2-down – Crime Clare contrived on the State : LARCENY

3-down – Land somebody on Sunday in the country : INDONESIA

4-down – Apparent disgust often betrays enthusiasm : GUSTO

5-down – Queen appears in school ground : TERRAIN

6-down – Act badly upon desire. That’s sneaky : CATLIKE

7-down – Artist gets Bob endlessly agitated : GAINSBOROUGH

10-down – Long to dress daughter with outstanding accessory : HANDKERCHIEF

15-down – Found habit less developed : ESTABLISH

17-down – Magazine shows money in the sea : ARSENAL

18-down – Noisy petitioner loses impact, initially : CLAMANT

19-down – Queen supports fish-processing works : SMELTER

20-down – English beauty losing heart to person of taste : EPICURE

22-down – A plant for the said occasion : THYME

1-across – Shed providing disreputable shelter beside the street : DIVEST

4-across – It connects similar pressure points : ISOBAR

9-across – List of food : ROLL

10-across – A travelling case? : OUTPATIENT

11-across – Girl in the bar getting drunk : BERTHA

12-across – Just the same, it means you had the right money : NOCHANGE

13-across – It may be adjusted for the rest of the holiday : DECKCHAIR

15-across – Responsibility we can’t avoid? : ONUS

16-across – Offers to take the lot? : BIDS

17-across – Someone foolish or amusing, perhaps : IGNORAMUS

21-across – One naturally separated from the rest of humanity : ISLANDER

22-across – Necessitate a note before Latin revision : ENTAIL

24-across – Uncle Sam’s braces : SUSPENDERS

25-across – One is angry having lost it : WOOL

26-across – Presumably he likes painstaking people : SADIST

27-across – Daisy’s song cycle? : TANDEM

1-down – See the bishop’s concern : DIOCESE

2-down – Inconclusive steps taken to get servant : VALET

3-down – New mascot hard to put up with : STOMACH

5-down – What many, in panic, make themselves : SCARCE

6-down – She backed the replacement of the ten-shilling note : BRITANNIA

7-down – Pulls out Greene’s novel : RENEGES

8-down – Fixed rule deciding priority in a queue? : STANDINGORDER

14-down – Young goat tipped as a winner by Stevenson : KIDNAPPED

16-down – They’re found in north-west Spain, worn by women : BASQUES

18-down – Supervise, we hear, away from this country : OVERSEA

19-down – All the same, it suits some people : UNIFORM

20-down – A Spaniard is taken for a Greek : ADONIS

23-down – Dragged to the altar? : TOWED

7-across – Returned payment sent in without 15 for electricity supply : MEGAWATT

9-across – Become involved in another roadside row : DOUBLE

10-across – Just back, he changes into light clothing : BUSH

11-across – Taking advantage of feat – one day of victory : EXPLOITIVE

12-across – Agent holds belly in, being short and a bit thick! : STUMPY

14-across – Be wilier than most at Rugby Union in a scrum? : OUTSMART

15-across – Hearing someone randy’s taken a shine! : LUSTRE

17-across – Maybe irritable person starts to denigrate Great Expectations : ONEDGE

20-across – Confess, gripping court with new evidence of fits : SWOONING

22-across – Such hard nuts as one may find in an American state : BRAZIL

23-across – Become boring and grope around for a follow-up – one’s in deep water : DRAGONFISH

24-across – See 9 : PARK

25-across – See 10 : JACKET

26-across – Doggedly continuing commentary on Coventry v. Leicester after a red card each? : TENACITY

1-down – Left cutting in authentic action for The Avengers? : REQUITAL

2-down – Give Charles’s lad a thorough wash – and a biscuit! : BATH

3-down – Avoiding risks, for example, storing most of cheese : SAFETY

4-down – Mooned about, clutching religious books in Canadian capital : EDMONTON

5-down – Appearing on different channels when performing in concert : MULTIMEDIA

6-down – See 2 : OLIVER

8-down – Do people get as high as they can on it? : TIPTOE

13-down – Composer with Musicians’ Union raised total takings on TV channel : MUSSORGSKY

16-down – Begin a new contribution to a burning issue : REIGNITE

18-down – Go abroad, having European warplane to assess : EMIGRATE

19-down – Grandpa finally gets upset about one! : AGEIST

21-down – Conflict noticed, then quiet deed dissolved alliance : WARSAW

22-down – Late offering support : BEHIND

24-down – See 21 : PACT

1-across – 10 wives : WISHES

4-across – Countrywomen’s group with seed for 10 star followers : WISEMEN

9-across – 10 patch it, taking us back to make clothing : PIECESUIT

10-across – Children bet me I exploded – see how they run! : THREE

11-across – 10 in retreating caught Greek style : IONIC

12-across – See 10 : BLINDMICE

13-across – 10 speculative chances in case Parliament prorogues session : GUESSES

15-across – 13 takeaway uses transport held back for the 10 sisters : GRACES

17-across – See 24 : DEGREE

19-across – 10 times is Roman kind of number in Italy : TRIESTE

22-across – Crank first turned stack after 10 to find the lady : CARDTRICK

24-across – Burns’ murder interrogation? : THIRD

26-across – Defaulters ruled out the 10 of destiny : FATES

27-across – Man providing water, short of gin but with tonic, becomes a pest : IRRITATOR

28-across – Sounds like Orson’s kind of city : SADLERS

29-across – Notes sung by the 10? : TENORS

1-down – Rupert’s works sound huge : WAPPING

2-down – Hide! Hide drug for Hank! : SKEIN

3-down – A fit person orders the Essex Crier, not the Sun : EXERCISER

4-down – The street – what d’you call it? – leading to the centre of Bellingham : WATLING

5-down – Full of chopped dates? : SATED

6-down – For disciplinarians, SM ain’t half better organised : MARTINETS

7-down – State raised the dough required : NEEDED

8-down – Trunk transporters : JUMBOS

14-down – Manager deserved to be denounced : EXECRATED

16-down – A knight rising to let out Alexander’s mentor : ARISTOTLE

18-down – Priest and 10 US taxmen’s nostrums : ELIXIRS

19-down – They make fun of Mickey over these : TAKERS

20-down – Tolerates unending rudeness? Not right! : ENDURES

21-down – Stuffs ribs … : SCOFFS

23-down – … with smattering of savour : TASTE

25-down – During a bit of trouble, start the music : INTRO