Daily Answers

9-across – Yogi breaks cane when spanked – it’s deviancy : ABERRANCE

10-across – Backstreet in Paris? Within it, the French and Swiss whizz : EULER

11-across – Game to don legwear this person’s possibly returned for a fee : HOSTAGE

12-across – Basic textbooks right to be adopted by 3, 5 and 13? : PRIMERS

13-across – Relation of audiobook version of Zola novel? : NANNA

14-across – Refused or declined to smuggle dope from the east : ABNEGATED

16-across – Clumsily lost Ed Sheeran CD, showing no emotion : COLDHEARTEDNESS

19-across – London venue millennial’s outside, with Dua Lipa playing : PALLADIUM

21-across – Pick up £1,000 tip : GLEAN

22-across – This prevents experiments with Spooner’s ideal complexion : TESTBAN

23-across – Singer of a lot of rock, as well as Gershwin : SHAKIRA

24-across – Maybe Guardian compiler welcomed by Lady Gaga : DAILY

25-across – Injured hip? Need package of rare drug : EPHEDRINE

1-down – In the main, one may use this item, roughly cutting bread : BATHINGCAP

2-down – Friend, without hesitation, getting Boy’s Own : PERSONAL

3-down – Singer of song inspiring an incredible energy : ARIANA

4-down – What’s inhaled by queen – king’s rolling a joint : KNEE

5-down – Observer getting excited, tweeting French word that comes up : PEEPINGTOM

6-down – Get ticked off like a barrister or a judge? : BEWIGGED

7-down – Harry Styles, foxier than everyone else : SLYEST

8-down – Flipping painful love for Oedipus : EROS

14-down – Worked out base 3 in Asian location : ARABIANSEA

15-down – Uninterested in big news for the Spencers in 1981 : DISENGAGED

17-down – Rash son holds former pupil up, and senior ones : HEADBOYS

18-down – Shunning company using computers, I see, after trifling returns : EREMITIC

20-down – Female’s left reeling as life’s a bitch in Hollywood : LASSIE

21-down – See 3 : GRANDE

22-down – Barber’s poignant adagio band played finally : TODD

23-down – Note banks periodically loth to give a bit of capital : SOHO

1-across – Being green will involve experiencing some dampness there : BEHINDTHEEARS

10-across – Lord gets a treatment from experienced performer : OLDSTAGER

11-across – Whip is extremely keen – when available : KNOUT

12-across – Host project launch : THROW

13-across – Plant which could discharge boron to cause intoxication : EUPHORBIA

14-across – Casual type of relationship old queen has available : ONOFFER

16-across – Kick around family that’s failing : TANKING

18-across – Shoot short camp routine : TENDRIL

20-across – Disagreement voiced on the way down : DISSENT

21-across – Tackle defender – it will avoid embarrassment : FACESAVER

23-across – Only some of Mughal alphabet is permitted in Islam : HALAL

24-across – Very good case for one in Scotland being competitive : VYING

25-across – Strike spoils travelling around in hills : DOWNTOOLS

26-across – Bizarre BBC rant sealed extra coverage : BELTANDBRACES

2-down – Duck low to get cover : EIDERDOWN

3-down – Enthusiastic over wife coming along with you : INTOW

4-down – Setter perhaps has seven they say for each of yours : DOGYEAR

5-down – Barely able to put together complex set : HARDPUT

6-down – Should Ken sabotage these hunters? : ELKHOUNDS

7-down – Introducing really healthy organic meals benefits figure : RHOMB

8-down – It’s used for shooting horse with record speed : COLTFORTYFIVE

9-down – Opposition to unreliable poor getting a decent hand : STRAIGHTFLUSH

15-down – Anticipation of battle to acquire minerals : FORESIGHT

17-down – I trade in perfect place … : IDEALHOME

19-down – … that’s occupied, and looking well used : LIVEDIN

20-down – Engineers break word, abandoning alternative for dodgy sites : DARKWEB

22-down – Country church sits on return of priest : CHILE

23-down – Funny reaction about origin of tantric yoga format : HATHA

9-across – Praising organisation of Lady Gaga’s ultimate tour : ADULATORY

10-across – Some Liverpool girls going back home up north : IGLOO

11-across – Snack at Subway including Japanese dish : KATSU

12-across – Rock cover generates complaint for Young Ones : CRADLECAP

13-across – Celebrated beauty releasing hard rock song by the 2s : ELENORE

14-across – Win on board following heart from Madison Keys? : ISLANDS

17-across – Shell trace missing filling station : TESTA

19-across – Rook reflected in binoculars : CON

20-across – Politician about to get into dope : GREEN

21-across – Hide excitement about ending of Grease : LEATHER

22-across – Billionaire invested in revolutionary American plant : CHELONE

24-across – Contribute to unlimited grant for artist : DONATELLO

26-across – Big star has change of heart in The Birds : HAWKS

28-across – Technology used in the Emirates enthralling current Conservative minister : VICAR

29-across – Confronted viewer and shouted to the audience : EYEBALLED

1-down – Champion team is behind : BACK

2-down – Swimmer raced naked to go under time : TURTLE

3-down – Healer with abrupt disposition over procedure at hospital : NATUROPATH

4-down – Little tablet you got me : TOUCHE

5-down – Eddy is one at orgy in Barking : GYRATION

6-down – Bangladesh’s opener with sick note : BILL

7-down – Soldier entertained by dream girl in resort : ALICANTE

8-down – Food concession outside university : SOUP

13-down – Old troll regularly getting acclaim : EXTOL

15-down – A2 had George Lucas initially confused : LOGGERHEAD

16-down – Past wrong supported by church : SINCE

18-down – New snack: crackers in S-shaped tube : SWANNECK

19-down – Strange case cracked by examination in part of the Pacific : CORALSEA

22-down – 2-wheeled vehicle failing to start : COOTER

23-down – Writer that runs from Ipswich to Felixstowe : ORWELL

24-down – Winger at odds with 26 : DOVE

25-down – Act 5? : TURN

27-down – See 1 : SIDE

1-across – Back to front objects without style : ENDWAYS

5-across – Very large opening for paint remover? : SOLVENT

9-across – Book some travelling sweep : BESOM

10-across – Rhizome, flower tip as well, rejected by reserve : ROOTSTOCK

11-across – Made do with iron arrangement for a traditional scalar structure : DORIANMODE

12-across – Cat gets over drugged state : PUMA

14-across – Ulterior motive – as a solver might discern in stag : HIDDENAGENDA

18-across – Agitator reduced temperature at Moscow mint? : TROUBLEMAKER

21-across – African people incarcerated when borders removed : HUTU

22-across – Since start of Cup Final a ‘new’ heartless City’s domination : ASCENDANCY

25-across – Marsupial as well as one canine housed in compartment : BANDICOOT

26-across – Hock about right with this? : PRAWN

27-across – ‘Eggs Placed Over Paving’ gains show prize : ROSETTE

28-across – New York suburbs crazy to change leader : YONKERS

1-down – English manufacturing source needs frame to make material : EMBODY

2-down – Artists raised in gloomy environment create Venus de Milo look? : DISARM

3-down – Playing marimba’s OK, Peter Pan-style : ARMSAKIMBO

4-down – Crush of people to see actor’s bottom in dirty film : SCRUM

5-down – Woods in an unsettled area of Wales : SNOWDONIA

6-down – Latin name of tree belt : LASH

7-down – Articulate rock band question tune’s rendering : ELOQUENT

8-down – Chinese possibly follow a direction : TAKEAWAY

13-down – One upgrade tentatively settled : AGREEDUPON

15-down – ‘Add vinegar etc to fish’ : Jamie’s ultimate restaurant rule? : DRESSCODE

16-down – In court, as ballet dancers often are : ATTHEBAR

17-down – What constitutes a list of arguments against storing canvas? : CONTENTS

19-down – Bill Clinton famously claimed he didn’t fit after being elected : INHALE

20-down – 100-year gravitational source linked to inverted star constellation : CYGNUS

23-down – Debut made by crossword clue solver? : ENTRY

24-down – Boost Chinese and UK measures of distance : LIFT

1-across – Two foreign articles, container and urn, shortly in a tent? : UNDERCANVAS

9-across – Set conundrums full of holes? : RIDDLED

10-across – Small fib about a rare, independent music maker? : SALIERI

11-across – Brief statement from unspecified Tibetan, say, in hearing : SUMMATION

12-across – Early signs of dew in very old trodden piece of turf : DIVOT

13-across – Armoured vehicle gets to fail completely : TANK

14-across – Notice AA employee at work in tall structure? : CLOCKTOWER

16-across – Cheat in part sadly lacking in quiet grey matter? : ANTHRACITE

19-across – It’s projected as thing for wrapping food : FILM

21-across – Allegation, one that’s harboured by reticent type : CLAIM

22-across – Very feeble writer backed by American agents and Irish priest : EMACIATED

24-across – Bob left cyclists first off to find some fast food : SLIDERS

25-across – A line kept by a cast making one bemused? : ATALOSS

26-across – One might succeed to get such information in advanced time as guide at viewings? : ESTATEAGENT

1-down – A muted inventor’s represented as expressionless : UNDEMONSTRATIVE

2-down – Part of model taverna where a banker might get split? : DELTA

3-down – Sore husband out of sorts in Surrey town : REDHILL

4-down – Team without a Latin in charge has toxic element : ARSENIC

5-down – Check accuracy of live data for broadcast : VALIDATE

6-down – Garment twelve associate with embroidery? : SLEEVEWAISTCOAT

7-down – Toast for brood : PROSIT

8-down – Resentful person doing repairs swapping France for Belgium : BITTER

15-down – Director on odd patrol making percussive sound? : DRUMBEAT

16-down – Means of entry considered initially in varied cases : ACCESS

17-down – Top put round edges of strange light-bearing container : CRESSET

18-down – New Zealand native for all to see on a pitch entering tense area : TUATARA

20-down – Unassuming in two ways? : MODEST

23-down – Silly way to end puzzle? : INANE