Daily Answers

9-across – Candour shown by this type of operation : OPENHEART

10-across – Driver reaches the end here? : DELTA

11-across – Policeman at ease coming to grips with issue : EMANATE

12-across – Tony Blair, not heartless yob, may be appearing before a judge : ONTRIAL

13-across – Drawing unopened boat : KETCH

14-across – Appreciate a couple of drinks when starting a meal : DIGGINGIN

16-across – Moves to cover one person who can’t spell with arse essentially in minimal attire : BUDGIESMUGGLERS

19-across – Party not settled? Seatbelt fastened incorrectly : BEANFEAST

21-across – Fire is strong, then weak : FLAME

22-across – Skirt-wearing Hanks undressed to put this on for the beach? : MANKINI

23-across – Locate last piece of shrapnel in bone before hospital or perish? : PUBLISH

24-across – Lamenting golf after bankruptcy : RUING

25-across – Away, clutching can, and sober : ABSTINENT

1-down – Before work half finished, darling, up for some food? : DONERKEBAB

2-down – Some indeed left for dead : DEPARTED

3-down – The brief thoughtless beat : THRASH

4-down – Gestapo agent at last can become our confidante : GATE

5-down – Perhaps armour’s forte : STRONGSUIT

6-down – Unusual feature of night clue : ODDTHING

7-down – Like little birdie said, why affair kept hidden? : FLYING

8-down – Lark about with comedian and philosopher : KARL

14-down – First to dig mine in Alaska generated an influential book : DASKAPITAL

15-down – Doctor set us in NHS basic premises : NISSENHUTS

17-down – Trendy hairstyle that can be seen in Edinburgh break : INFRINGE

18-down – Auditor’s first letter held by Scargill? : EXAMINER

20-down – A free woman : AUNTIE

21-down – From Cardiff, a bricklayer’s material : FABRIC

22-down – See 8 : MARX

23-down – See 4 : POST

8-across – Crumbling bone found in barrow : MORIBUND

9-across – Bombast of husband provoked a riot : HOTAIR

10-across – Some assume owls sound like cats : MEOW

11-across – Grasp twisted hempen cord : COMPREHEND

12-across – Wish father to follow leads of distinguished elite : DESIRE

14-across – Caution ex-PM, cycling on motorway in front of Tesla : MISTRUST

15-across – Head of Anatomy Department eviscerated lamprey with skill : ADEPTLY

17-across – Singing and strip poker after strong drink knocked back : KARAOKE

20-across – Rubber blanket reused interminably : MASSEUSE

22-across – Poet in squalid room without alcohol : DRYDEN

23-across – Result of shaving beard off a furry animal : CHINCHILLA

24-across – Retrospective benefit for apprentice : NOOB

25-across – Bears almost killed badger : HASSLE

26-across – Dismantled esoteric cabals : COTERIES

1-down – Idiot born with a certain effervescence : BONEHEAD

2-down – Struggle with belief : VIEW

3-down – Strength of mollusc escaping trap : MUSCLE

4-down – European lady taking mum’s pulse : EDAMAME

5-down – Allure of pharmacist dancing naked : CHARISMA

6-down – Ignoring pressure, Pat Cash prepared for action : ATTHEREADY

7-down – Aims to support motor racing addicts : FIENDS

13-down – Filling one’s head with nonsense and mischief : IMPISHNESS

16-down – Hilarity left child with face flushed : LAUGHTER

18-down – Hearing vital flame is faint : KEELOVER

19-down – Gentle, quivering embraces start to compensate for inattention : NEGLECT

21-down – Retreat in silence, following alpha male on farm : ASHRAM

22-down – Want touch of romance in the end : DEARTH

24-down – Emperor amid Eddystone Rocks : NERO

1-across – Politician chats about parliament and means to maintain warmth : GREENHOUSEGASES

9-across – Amerindians from the east observed life, inhaling joint : OJIBWAS

10-across – Picked up ring for starters, getting married : RALLIED

11-across – Extra purchase picked up : BYE

12-across – Guy flogging clobber in run-down park near Hull losing a thousand : RALPHLAUREN

13-across – Might it get you reduced fare in new train? Do without other transport : RATIONCARD

15-across – Substitute heads in super winner above Pickford : SWAP

18-across – Like certain drinks loudly ingested by drinker : SOFT

20-across – Stop people from seeing small, erotic image : SCREENSHOT

23-across – Where to seek romance? Blessing in disguise includes brief hint : SINGLESCLUB

25-across – Hard to move in embrace that’s unpleasant : UGH

26-across – City in the Americas is, oddly, not a city in the Americas : ONTARIO

27-across – Kind of frozen liquid, less cold, put into glasses : SPECIES

28-across – Faceless rock’n’roller pens foreign article and European novel : HUCKLEBERRYFINN

1-down – They’re often inside gold bars smelted around India : GAOLBIRDS

2-down – Demanding one gets hosted by guy who’s had a sex change? : EXIGENT

3-down – Everton’s inverted wingers love stopping West Brom’s innovative sweeper : NEWBROOM

4-down – Thrush biting insect with its head down : OUSEL

5-down – Even more cash to fork out daily? Rush to limit it : SURCHARGE

6-down – Guide serving American introduces Biblical region : GILEAD

7-down – Steinbeck not content, I would argue, to show place of poor Americans : SKIDROW

8-down – Silhouette of svelte, sometimes fancy fellow in US saloon : SEDAN

14-down – Since getting hold of fashion label, swan around East End in denim headgear : COCKSCOMB

16-down – Does one’s bit, with urges to wear jewellery : PITCHESIN

17-down – Acting superior in station, drained by crime, runs away : SNOBBERY

19-down – Wild supporter of Chelsea, say, taking against entertaining article : FANATIC

21-down – Chap who escaped commotion in hotel certainly heard in Paris : HOUDINI

22-down – Learner admitted to poor grade on exam, exhibiting bloomers : FLORAL

23-down – Reason for doing very little crack and heroin : SLOTH

24-down – Some light parsley oddly scrubbed and held in hands : LASER

8-across – Around temple, spill clear liquid : TAPWATER

9-across – King of music I recalled after investing in 2 : ROBIN

10-across – Shock when crackers pulled back : STUN

11-across – 2 guided by dope in character at conclusion of argument? : TWEEDLEDEE

12-across – Ultimate aim of pub game, large drink : DOUBLE

14-across – Actor’s cut in just behind the scenes? : ONTHESLY

15-across – Giant biblical character sweats, say : OSMOSES

17-across – Superiority in mother dear’s stifling? : PRIMACY

20-across – Whips offender has sliced through geezer : FLAGELLA

22-across – Pointer for example that’s pointed : CANINE

23-across – 2 laid into by flipping nasty person, a critic : CASTIGATOR

24-across – Ferret eats maggot : GRUB

25-across – See 19 Down : SAUCE

26-across – Bubbly thing, robot excited always : ROOTBEER

1-down – 2 left out in choice of painter? : MATTGOSS

2-down – 12 for the prize, nothing less : TWIN

3-down – Image abbreviated in petition, work of art : STATUE

4-down – Right way up after endless worry : FREEDOM

5-down – One lending money, I say banks not done with it : CREDITOR

6-down – Crew bales out over capital in Europe with word of benediction : ABLESEAMEN

7-down – Live broadcast after a foreign show : UNVEIL

13-down – Brusque initially, coarse solicitor revealed : BROUGHTOUT

16-down – Register that is in use having failed, these acknowledge those who’ve passed : EULOGIES

18-down – Scam with which 2 set up client : CONSUMER

19-down – Something served with fish two 6 and 2 caught, ending on plate : TARTARE

21-down – Article remains in story for talk : LIAISE

22-down – Box where there’s a lack of evidence, almost up-ended : CARTON

24-down – See 9 Across : GIBB

1-across – Naked legendary healer? : BAREFOOT

5-across – See 1 : DOCTOR

9-across – Associations in genealogies including king but not first of emperors : LINKAGES

10-across – Boxed and now run vigorously : UNWORN

12-across – Personal assistant’s retiring, husband is Celtic : IRISH

13-across – Mother briefly has ex-PM as teacher : MAHARISHI

14-across – Send for 8 players found here : QUARTERFINAL

18-across – Selfishly pollute Galileo’s city : EGOISTICALLY

21-across – The French abandoned uncle, sent to the gallows in uniform : UNCHANGED

23-across – Fit of pique unseemly : EQUIP

24-across – Where to store fat and King Edward : LARDER

25-across – New German number 3 intercepting a tiny bit : NEUTRINO

26-across – Mini horseshoes for mules? : CARPET

27-across – See 26 : SLIPPERS

1-down – European country inn remains mostly welcoming after Asian food cancelled originally : BALTIC

2-down – What chief detective did is bad : RANCID

3-down – They show up fancy muscles : FLASHGUNS

4-down – Free union : OPENMARRIAGE

6-down – Master’s depression, missing daughter : OWNER

7-down – Old solver meets saint with cardinal : THOUSAND

8-down – One prison club’s changed peculiar cutlery : RUNCIBLE

11-down – Expression of delight to get trade bargain : WHEELANDDEAL

15-down – F for fag : FILTERTIP

16-down – See 1 : REPUBLIC

17-down – Ford, for the third time, nearly upset witch : SORCERER

19-down – Anger after Greek character shown to be sexy : NUBILE

20-down – See 8 : SPOONS

22-down – Ridge found in 26 erasable when turned over : ARETE