Daily Answers

1-across – Paintbrush demo suffering small setbacks : BUMPSINTHEROAD

8-across – What’s worn by one cycling around? : TUNIC

9-across – Wimp married woman served with court order : MAMASBOY

11-across – Budding musician finally on the way up : NASCENT

12-across – Working in Raith? That’s seemingly nowhere : THINAIR

13-across – Alternative accommodation as house lease is reviewed : HOTEL

15-across – Defends guitarist 13 banned : GARRISONS

17-across – Two gulls and another bird : SAPSUCKER

20-across – What’s happened to American food? : PASTA

21-across – Drawing close to Hyderabad, Indian city I’m touring : DIAGRAM

23-across – Trouble poking nurse’s rear : TAILEND

25-across – Bud’s gone with setter in temper : PALLIATE

26-across – It’s comparatively straight before turn later : ADIEU

27-across – Man hanged as result of those seeking privacy? : HARRYANDMEGHAN

1-down – Fancy woman’s mustard, you might say : BITONTHESIDE

2-down – Lacking money in country : MINUS

3-down – De Gaulle’s shocked expression because both sides are wrong : SACREBLEU

4-down – How to identify a police horse outside : NAMETAG

5-down – I’ve got you different terms : HAMSTER

6-down – Political sage? : RISHI

7-down – Moola stuffed in passage exit? That’s irregular : ANOMALOUS

10-down – Bend over stream after large amount of drink, then come to grief spectacularly : CRASHANDBURN

14-down – In hand, most impressive : TOPBANANA

16-down – Present talk about climber said to be off the record : INPRIVATE

18-down – Deputy with president in capital : KAMPALA

19-down – Bird goes round picking up drugs and used rubber : RETREAD

22-down – Feel bad about 50’s king and queen? : RULER

24-down – Woman’s correct over husband : EDITH

7-across – Boring type of car – those who have one are certain to stay in the house : SAFESEAT

9-across – Emperor penguins are rarely especially active taking just seconds at sea : CAESAR

10-across – Adult whistled in audition : BLUE

11-across – Rock band’s smooth cover of Madonna single, Sanctuary : IRONMAIDEN

12-across – Place of worship is replacing a power tool : CHISEL

14-across – Best ways to leave market : OUTSMART

15-across – Case of proper ladies men regularly getting compliment : PRAISE

17-across – Means to honour dead from the war somehow : WREATH

20-across – Express understands seedy nightspot’s sudden decline : NOSEDIVE

22-across – Lives happily in the middle of Pudsey : DWELLS

23-across – Discourage explosive reaction initially following clincher : DETERMINER

24-across – Young animal’s mother back inside pound : LAMB

25-across – Street artist’s with it and sound : STRAIT

26-across – Small issue causing insubordination : SEDITION

1-down – Craft lie making Tory cool : TALLSHIP

2-down – Nice parent’s bit of bedtime reading : MERE

3-down – Refusal of nurse to wear ring : DENIAL

4-down – I’m upset with racist getting weapon : SCIMITAR

5-down – Type of radio produced by psychic with sway : MEDIUMWAVE

6-down – Calling about register – ignoring main point : CAREER

8-down – Employed and also working under king : TOOKON

13-down – Feline’s naughty, as eats mice : SIAMESECAT

16-down – Marks and Spencer’s opening times assuming it’s glossy magazine’s accurate for starters – ace : STIGMATA

18-down – Fraction low on tip of nose like Dumbledore’s glasses? : HALFMOON

19-down – Game and ultimately Margaret Thatcher maybe losing lead : TENNIS

21-down – Retiring at 18 occasionally fears breaking mob rule? : OMERTA

22-down – Mock German article English papers mis-ordered : DERIDE

24-down – Departed and the others returned : LATE

1-across – Fail this manoeuvring, causing skid : FISHTAIL

5-across – Summons late in the day succeeded securing approval : EVOKES

9-across – Such milk for your health : LONGLIFE

10-across – In hearing, one safely securing capital : ANKARA

11-across – One following round for each amateur : INEXPERT

12-across – Chanced to get fine gospel record eventually : FLUKED

14-across – Train tickets found when darkness lifts? : DAYRETURNS

18-across – Rare animal fur I flaunted : UNFAMILIAR

22-across – Fungal disease coats small English apple : RUSSET

23-across – Horror film must occasionally intimidate : PSYCHOUT

24-across – God Michelangelo himself captures : ELOHIM

25-across – One sharing a spine with me? : COAUTHOR

26-across – For whom Imogen compiles, ensconced here? : SETTEE

27-across – Very boring in hospital department recently : ASOFLATE

1-down – Join parade and collapse : FALLIN

2-down – Insect trapper upset married students : SUNDEW

3-down – In plants uranium has leaked across – it’s all over! : TULIPS

4-down – Conclude New York is full? Like hell : INFERNALLY

6-down – I let navy collapse into sleaze : VENALITY

7-down – Extremely keen on money for workers in yard : KNACKERS

8-down – Truss at last out of mind playing a blinder : STARDUST

13-down – Parts of Norfolk and Beds may not understand this speech? : BROADSCOTS

15-down – Systematically searches for coins abroad : QUARTERS

16-down – Branch kills American comic : OFFSHOOT

17-down – Suffragette and me twice going head to head over policy : EMMELINE

19-down – An unkempt person, namely Trump : SCRUFF

20-down – Judges predecessor a heavyweight : JOSHUA

21-down – Run into bar but eat nothing : STARVE

1-across – Clear about resort : BRIGHTON

5-across – Writer having home in South East : SCRIBE

9-across – Cheated and went first after second turn : SWINDLED

10-across – Soldiers work in spinning class : TROOPS

12-across – Drew near Oscar for small role : CAMEO

13-across – Bring back checks in front of gallery : REINSTATE

14-across – I, perhaps, mourn real man failing : ROMANNUMERAL

18-across – People adding padding help trousers’ alteration : UPHOLSTERERS

21-across – Extremely negative V&A star : SUPERNOVA

23-across – Perfect backside a lad is concealing : IDEAL

24-across – Cold around back half of studio in folly : IDIOCY

25-across – Run following improper kiss somewhere in the Alps? : SKISLOPE

26-across – Head of intelligence gripped by socially unacceptable thought : NOTION

27-across – Corset set remains in position : STAYSPUT

1-down – One caught engrossed by deep fundamental principles : BASICS

2-down – Primarily if distressed individuals occasionally make such expressions : IDIOMS

3-down – Boat travelling holy fiord : HYDROFOIL

4-down – Excessive response ended battle involving Royal Engineers : OVERREACTION

6-down – Name of knight returning after church : CHRIS

7-down – Wedding vow line – a test for over-the-top devotion : IDOLATRY

8-down – Plant in Cambridgeshire city coming from Netherlands perhaps? : EASTERLY

11-down – Date inside with sailor, alien and DJ : DINNERJACKET

15-down – Sorry semi reconstructed for miserable singer : MORRISSEY

16-down – Doubt search is initially working : QUESTION

17-down – Steal liquid polish and newspaper : SHOPLIFT

19-down – Make good former monarch back revolution : RECOUP

20-down – Virus getting hospital department flowing : FLUENT

22-down – Page got certain segment upset : RECTO

1-across – Praise? It follows Dua Lipa regularly around : PLAUDIT

5-across – Original artist getting call to entertain clubs : RADICAL

10-across – Singer at front to shake booty : SWAG

11-across – Fly Emirates, mainly when touring historical record : FAMILYTREE

12-across – Age creeps up for retirement, one admitted : SEASON

13-across – Cheer as Best is substituted for United : OPTIMISM

14-across – Artists make these dance beats for audience : TRIPTYCHS

16-across – Store remains on street : STASH

17-across – Mark on back of James Bond : STICK

19-across – Jack after Oscar competes with leading male actor : MOVIESTAR

23-across – Showering after time working out : TRAINING

24-across – Walls to restrain chef’s bad language : FRENCH

26-across – Reduced drink meeting desirable partners: they might smoke when taking out honey : BEEKEEPERS

27-across – Leave vote to break up European appeal : EXIT

28-across – To escape, he picked hotel in Italy: couple turned up : HOUDINI

29-across – Loving song and dance fronting band : ADORING

2-down – Perhaps first out of cheap dress : LOWGEAR

3-down – Pushes stream with song’s intro at the end : URGES

4-down – Opening stage surrounded by desire : INFANCY

6-down – Surgically remove fat, essentially bit of belly to fill out behind : ABLATE

7-down – Secret society forming friends : INTIMATES

8-down – They don’t like people getting on stage performing with mics oddly off : AGEISTS

9-down – Flattering song mouthed to dancing : SMOOTHTONGUED

15-down – Photo taken: filled up outside? : PICNICKED

18-down – Sink port wine, finally getting drunk at party : TORPEDO

20-down – Filled in top of form to get employed : INFUSED

21-down – Here, trade union stops conflict : AUCTION

22-down – West Indies, perhaps getting over just after duck : WIGEON

25-down – Not all disagreements upset Arab leader : EMEER