Daily Answers

1-across – Rent high? Fraud : RIPOFF

4-across – Sun very low,lying around in swimwear : SPEEDOS

9-across – Cash in is overdue; one pound collected : LIQUIDATE

10-across – Shown piece,oddly relating to report? : SONIC

11-across – Mocking Prince overwhelmed by awful year : APERY

12-across – Show a connection in my marriage guidance : CORRELATE

13-across – Copy English language out of chapter … : EDITION

15-across – … writer’s block beginning to depress : DAMPEN

17-across – Being in a rut,perhaps prepare for party : STAGDO

19-across – Sharpen pen: true quality : HONESTY

22-across – Client with short,straight drink after a pint? : PURCHASER

24-across – Foreign money once in safe including cents : SUCRE

26-across – Bank robber finally caught,one hears : TRIER

27-across – Took on credit – rue getting fired : RECRUITED

28-across – Two presents in remote place : NOWHERE

29-across – Wimp with that woman: horny one with no balls? : WETHER

1-down – Free soldiers let out : RELEASE

2-down – Irritation from foreign character,Manuel’s catchphrase? : PIQUE

3-down – Festival close to Glastonbury: call band that might be on grass : FAIRYRING

4-down – Drunk same wine to get plastered : SMEARED

5-down – Having a private shower? No sex to follow : ENSUE

6-down – Overalls with most of muck and grease coming out : DUNGAREES

7-down – Way to wrap long package : SACHET

8-down – Bird to soar briefly over a rook : FALCON

14-down – Question put to rest on survey : INTERVIEW

16-down – A lot of cut meat,in this,ultimately getting dressed? : MINTSAUCE

18-down – See two tennis shots,first one missing line : OBSERVE

19-down – Poet cut short exciting career : HORACE

20-down – Eyelid fluttering – Romeo is one to give in : YIELDER

21-down – Excellent time during cuddle : SPOTON

23-down – Hotel booking mostly for large group : HORDE

25-down – Collar and tie,Mark going out after college : CATCH

9-across – Reward announced for each returned book : PAPERBACK

10-across – Cause embarrassment to a party : ABASH

11-across – Tory in 4 brief : LACONIC

12-across – Gadgets work before turning almost dark : DOODAHS

13-across – Feel G-string : GROPE

14-across – Voice disapproval of said dessert that comes back : BOOMERANG

16-across – Anyone’s kid can externally hold sway in planning nuptials : TOMDICKANDHARRY

19-across – Johnny went out to eat hamburger,essentially as a snack : CASHEWNUT

21-across – African native’s joint work rejected : HIPPO

22-across – Pants for artists : DRAWERS

23-across – Creator accepting Hamlet’s option to retire : GOTOBED

24-across – Do it nicer? Let’s not go there! : WRONG

25-across – See 24 : DIRECTION

1-down – Police got a criminal to be repentant : APOLOGETIC

2-down – Depict content on film finale following the author of the Raven and Beowulf? : EPICPOEM

3-down – <span>For </span><i>appellation contrôlée,</i><span>look no further than the borders of this country</span> : FRANCE

4-down – Secular part of officialdom coming up : LAIC

5-down – Okay audition,but not as playing seriously : IKIDYOUNOT

6-down – Conan the Barbarian’s small machines : NANOTECH

7-down – Prohibit articles on boozer in antique dodgy state : BANANA

8-down – So close to return with a change of heart : THUS

14-down – This raises sheepish comment about royal turf : BAKINGSODA

15-down – Dance and joke about unknown dodgy donors : GAYGORDONS

17-down – Main dangers of abusing beer and cigs : ICEBERGS

18-down – See 7 : REPUBLIC

20-down – Look into sporting achievement after grand race : SLALOM

21-down – Modern problem around the 4th of November : HITECH

22-down – French morning : DAWN

23-down – Bloody party promoting its third to become leader : GORY

1-across – Nationalist group outwardly glib : PATRIOT

5-across – Have gang passed centre? : POSSESS

9-across – Wonder about a knight being alert : AWAKE

10-across – Centipede perhaps with tip of head trapped by faulty trapdoor : ARTHROPOD

11-across – Fatigue as heinous tax rejigged : EXHAUSTION

12-across – Powder that artillery light carefully at first : TALC

14-across – Can rub oil around with it as means of reducing friction : LUBRICATION

18-across – Negative plan without including man still : NONETHELESS

21-across – Raise back : REAR

22-across – Decision concerning answer : RESOLUTION

25-across – Essential nature of university leader announced : PRINCIPLE

26-across – Tense old lady coming back with old man somewhere in Florida : TAMPA

27-across – Follows sailor as guiding light : DOGSTAR

28-across – Crowds right to wear skimpy pants : THRONGS

1-down – Reached height of powers and looked for audience : PEAKED

2-down – Rubbish attempt to hug tree : TRASHY

3-down – Imbalance of popular European property : INEQUALITY

4-down – Tribute from wild stoat : TOAST

5-down – Look down on seaport in resort : PATRONISE

6-down – Kind of game with no players initially : SORT

7-down – Stress energy rate unchanged : EMPHASIS

8-down – Charming son developing : SEDUCING

13-down – Approve necessity about to be returned to bear examination : PASSMUSTER

15-down – Spooner’s important alarm for apiarist : BEEKEEPER

16-down – First of issues printed out without fear : INTREPID

17-down – Captivating fighting : ENGAGING

19-down – Hot bloke holds appeal for assassin : HITMAN

20-down – Wails about taking in new husband’s family? : INLAWS

23-down – Open ended on time : OVERT

24-down – Glaswegian maybe hiding in friend’s cottage : SCOT

7-across – Surprisingly see quail heading for Somerset Levels : EQUALISES

8-across – Ace compère introducing bargain regularly : MAGIC

9-across – Misrepresented in spades? : PASSEDOFF

10-across – Australia cheers maiden over – it’s a cracker! : MATZO

12-across – Stay in control hosting mother : REMAIN

13-across – Ford save part of vehicle : CROSSBAR

16-across – As nice as pie about Romeo : ARSENIC

19-across – Vehicle touring Italy endlessly getting stuck : STALLED

22-across – 16 stuck away savings : CUTBACKS

25-across – Approaches in game turned around : RUNUPS

27-across – Ice cream with the last piece of Christmas cake : SCONE

28-across – Battle in North American city centre following return of Trump : TRAFALGAR

29-across – Boundaries from 11 : FOURS

30-across – Endless secrets and lies condemned City : LEICESTER

1-down – … is one description of this grid : SQUARE

2-down – Poor Nick Beal oddly phased out : BADSHAPE

3-down – Lime and dash of Drambuie in Between The Sheets : LINDEN

4-down – Yankee bet losing a mint? : PERFECT

5-down – Mum’s keeping mum in solicitors : MADAMS

6-down – Italian speciality sandwiches A1 : PIAZZA

11-down – Ferret loves tucking into rabbit skin : ROOT

14-down – Halle Berry essentially turned up making a bit of noise : BEL

15-down – Revolutionary way to inject drug : RED

16-down – The basics of kebab cooking : ABC

17-down – Regular TV series : SET

18-down – Creep taking the p___ out of Nick : INCH

20-down – Wingers from Liverpool ultimately take seconds to get dispossessed : LANDLESS

21-down – Header from Rooney inspired by United great one assumes : USURPER

23-down – 1 relative briefly holding licence to kill : UNCOOL

24-down – Chuck Berry at last embraces Alfa Romeo’s digital system : BINARY

25-down – F1 supporting engineers to recover? : REFACE

26-down – France’s No.1 seed finally is set down : PLACED

1-across – Agrees Bill should have trousers : ACCORDS

5-across – Pot: certain thing ineffectual people rejected : STEWPAN

10-across – Survey part of cricket match involving clubs : ONCE

11-across – When one may have studied fish tail? : SCHOOLTERM

12-across – Hard exercising with jacket half on : CARDIO

13-across – Confused Dane cornered by Claudius? There’s the rubbing : KNEADING

14-across – Touch thorax,gathering temperature for allergy treatment : PATCHTEST

16-across – Fruit the writer tucked into now and later,after cooking : WATER

17-across – See 16 : MELON

19-across – Augment with bling,especially in a bracelet : BESPANGLE

23-across – Row after Irish festival gets more spirited : FEISTIER

24-across – Capital city,extravagant? Mostly sleeping : OTTAWA

26-across – Harness oil at sea for the most part : LIONSSHARE

27-across – See 10 : OVER

28-across – Orchestra finally directs adopting C scales : ASCENDS

29-across – Dutch city,ancient city,realistic about introduction of tourism : UTRECHT

2-down – Mug repeatedly cheers choral work : CANTATA

3-down – Nymph appearing in promotional material for quarry? : OREAD

4-down – Daughter is left to fool around in books : DISPORT

6-down – Garden implement right in drier surroundings : TROWEL

7-down – Retiring comedian,stressed about source of humour : WITHDRAWN

8-down – Called in a group of soldiers to plan : ARRANGE

9-down – Brandish weapon with energy over one of a theatrical disposition? : SHAKESPEAREAN

15-down – One young guy coming in to copy enamelwork : CLOISONNE

18-down – Assistance in bringing up English children at first in troubled times : EMETICS

20-down – Forecast for aircraft to sequester carbon : PROJECT

21-down – Unsophisticated lust about anything vulgar : LOWTECH

22-down – Was dismissive of chap’s second edition : HISSED

25-down – Figurative expression: very high note’s brought about end of mirror : TROPE