Daily Answers

5-across – The front way to Nottingham? : FOREST

6-across – It isn’t played in school : TRUANT

9-across – Cutting short a geneticist is fine and probably honorable : AMENDE

10-across – Immaculate, which is an advantage on the field : UNMARKED

11-across – What’s afoot? A 23 : MULE

12-across – Little one, the one on the right, he’s asking for it : PETITIONER

13-across – A minister’s a trained servant of the state on this view : ERASTIANISM

18-across – Bible stories of a very bad little boy : CHRONICLES

21-across – Turn of speed? That’s as may be : UMPH

22-across – The original 20 about sunburn was used as a pregnancy test : PLATANNA

23-across – Hear a call for some bridges to cross : HYBRID

24-across – Girl in test for radio : TRANNY

25-across – Tile with no T, vocal quality unknown : IMBREX

1-down – American river and Babylonian city, that was Rome : GRANDEUR

2-down – Wordsworth’s birth was dead to the world : ASLEEP

3-down – He created the 14 11 and she 8 : CROMPTON

4-down – Musical note on top of soprano? : HAIRDO

5-down – … of note: one was a dog, in lieu of a mouse : FAMOUS

7-down – Model waitresses harassed by 17 : THEBES

8-down – Fair morning: do I intend to enter 18 of the 19s? : JUSTWILLIAM

14-down – Top job in politics? : SPINNING

15-down – Butt originating with the head of a pig? : STUBBORN

16-down – Whereas there’s a sort of drive for a learner to enter : WHILST

17-down – Enigmatist jumping ship at New Cross? : SPHINX

19-down – Opposite of spouse’s relation living in 5 across? : OUTLAW

20-down – Things are said to have one, namely a male setter : SCHEME

1-across – Throw oneself into exercises without a breather : PLUNGE

4-across – Still used as a name for a US lake : PLACID

9-across – Member of the opposition in Victorian times : ANTI

10-across – Envious reaction not worth pressing? : SOURGRAPES

11-across – Old Christmas present 45 inches long : NOWELL

12-across – Extra fashionable line in trousers : INCREASE

13-across – Feed a pet sugar, perhaps : PASTURAGE

15-across – She lives in Los Angeles : LISA

16-across – Question a cause of inflation : PUMP

17-across – Delivery secures wicket before end of the game : BAGATELLE

21-across – Wild Etruscan horsemen : CENTAURS

22-across – Pardon and release : EXCUSE

24-across – Split tongue, perhaps… : SERBOCROAT

25-across – Novel timepiece : ITEM

26-across – It’s evenly distributed as a name for either sex : EVELYN

27-across – Sayings of modern times : ADAGES

1-down – Criticise girl for releasing the evils of the world? : PANDORA

2-down – Marry a French female without sex appeal : UNITE

3-down – Tell-tale governor : GESSLER

5-down – Willingly left member with account to pay finally : LEGACY

6-down – Potentially fierce sea battle avoided by this : CEASEFIRE

7-down – Strangely, when there’s more than one they become high : DEEPSEA

8-down – Predominant desire of a despot? : RULINGPASSION

14-down – Schedule means item is thrown overboard : TIMETABLE

16-down – Quietly withdraw and go before the others : PRECEDE

18-down – Broken treadle had a warning notice : ALERTED

19-down – Declines to give oral classes : LESSENS

20-down – Call for resignation causes uproar : OUTCRY

23-down – Many fish act like limpets : CLING

1-across – See 10 : TOMORROW

5-across – Right on time? No! Later, you ass! : ONAGER

9-across – Flashers or gnashers : GOLDTEETH

11-across – Nora Batty to disembowel an ape? : ORANG

12-across – Parry’s motivation: Blame their failure on corruption! : RAPIERTHRUST

15-across – Tumult raised at abattoir’s closure : RIOT

16-across – Executed, having attempted the murder of Eos : SHOTATDAWN

18-across – Singin’ a song ____, in concert : SIDEBYSIDE

19-across – Any Bront? sister roped into service? : BELL

21-across – Some time since Julian Clary neared a disaster : CALENDARYEAR

24-across – Here Caruso arrived at work on time : OPERA

25-across – Preparation against the offensive : DEODORANT

26-across – Austerity city lets one knock back a gin on Sunday : SPARTA

27-across – He’s paid to make bank transfers : FERRYMAN

1-down – Takeaway republic? : TOGO

2-down – Slippery type of drug-runner : MULE

3-down – Rotter with the Pied Piper’s haul : RATBAG

4-down – A 10 1across affair? : ONENIGHTSTAND

6-down – Hot type one cast into new type : NEOPHYTE

7-down – A lunar force returned to spread grass with gritty bits : GRANULATED

8-down – Tory spin doctor’s aim: a quarter of the revolution : RIGHTANGLE

10-down – Right! One, two, three – go! Or may do otherwise, but not for long : HERETODAYGONE

13-down – Wren, familiarly say, angry when hatched : CRISSCROSS

14-down – Range rider, callow out West, shot! : CORDILLERA

17-down – Rich worker attached to a German union : ABUNDANT

20-down – Party colours worn with grace? : FAVOUR

22-down – Oil producer a friend to many : PALM

23-down – See 11 : UTAN

1-across – Make some 14, say… : MULTIPLE

5-across – …with heartless 22 15… : CHOICE

9-across – …and 20 for self-reversal? – ???… : QUESTION

10-across – …Tally – is it A, B, C or D? Not B, C : ACCORD

11-across – Dine out, entertaining three kings in a dream : IMAGINED

12-across – Answer: cancel resignation? : REJOIN

14-across – Hot drink for Northumbrian king held by German 26 endlessly : MULLEDWINE

18-across – Fellow sailors on boat, chiropodist and harvester? : CORNCUTTER

22-across – Tucked in to fish, partly dressed : COATED

23-across – Refrain about English ancestor : FOREBEAR

24-across – Swear at light’s flowing out : EFFLUX

25-across – Prison for Miss Philips, back holding head of loved pet : ALCATRAZ

26-across – Runner, about 50, could use a stone : MILLER

27-across – German girl with information about attempt to throw up : GRETCHEN

1-down – Titled gentleman losing right to go underground : MAQUIS

2-down – Shelter on the road to be made up? : LEEWAY

3-down – Know at once that resident of 21 land keeps time : INTUIT

4-down – Privy page follows new duke to be respected : LOOKEDUPTO

6-down – Ranch house had a nice aspect : HACIENDA

7-down – I like this theme; it’s concerned with what might be radioactive : ISOTOPIC

8-down – Risk bad feeling after conclusion : ENDANGER

13-down – Unskilled group circulating changed locale : BLUECOLLAR

15-down – Diamonds for the elite that’s sweet and 21 : ICECREAM

16-down – Doctor with feudal manner – appalling! : DREADFUL

17-down – Plan for audience you’ll shed when the order’s changed : SCHEDULE

19-down – Permit includes transport to Near East : LEVANT

20-down – Try to find and brand the church : SEARCH

21-down – Away with Buddhism! It’s very cold : FROZEN

9-across – Glimmer of understanding of semivowel sound : HALFANEYE

10-across – Fellow drinks no hock : HOUGH

11-across – Tall and slender – not overweight : LONGTON

12-across – Second game in court to be slotted in : SUPPORT

13-across – Blow a kiss : SMACK

14-across – Doctors date nurse foolishly : DENATURES

16-across – Speech impediment? : LANGUAGEBARRIER

19-across – Restore order – that’s the bottom line : REARRANGE

21-across – Flat found in high-rise on returning home : PLAIN

22-across – Clothes drier – horse under another name, say : WRINGER

23-across – Scream a warning : CAUTION

24-across – Assume fusspot overlooking nothing : ADOPT

25-across – She lost to possible champ? Such couldn’t! : TOOTHLESS

1-down – Merchant seaman reported sound ahead : WHOLESALER

2-down – Sow area in fruit : PLANTAIN

3-down – Wood comes round to composer : BARTOK

4-down – Tacked, choosing directions in sequence : SEWN

5-down – Newborn asleep, so appealing : PERSONABLE

6-down – Capital in Pie chart’s wrong : CHAPITER

7-down – Bizarre Guardian’s report : RUMOUR

8-down – Teatime conversation : CHAT

14-down – Deny turning, through time, into corrupt being : DEGENERATE

15-down – Quality of King and Queen recognised in very many quarters : SERENENESS

17-down – Claims to have originally raised standards : UPRIGHTS

18-down – Fancies butterflies, say : IMAGINES

20-down – Too protective of one new girl : ALISON

21-down – Rich, self-assertive, grasping Liberal : PLUSHY

22-down – River sport : WEAR

23-down – Produce for stock : CROP