Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Thong? Ace bum’s out with it? : BATHING

5-across – Designer pen at front of table : STYLIST

10-across – Marry and look after prince : PAIR

11-across – Growing space in new fancy shoe you picked up : GREENHOUSE

12-across – Plain top on secretary : PATENT

13-across – Leaks and passes water over a long time : SEEPAGES

14-across – John Stones tackling back for Everton: they’re unsettled : LOOSEENDS

16-across – They might tweet sentence then add a second : BIRDS

17-across – Turned? Last bit in milk bottle : SPUNK

19-across – Short crisis meeting with European coming : EMERGENCE

23-across – Playing Rita Ora number one in club : ROTARIAN

24-across – Somewhat like a vehicle to go up in smoke? : VANISH

26-across – Clear company’s short of securing old web address : COLOURLESS

27-across – Puma ultimately protecting paw : MAUL

28-across – Hacked off with demanding daughter : SEVERED

29-across – Barred one parking next to front of entrance in road behind street : STRIPED

2-down – Without starter for korma, a pakora is served when eating hot Indian : ARAPAHO

3-down – Water collecting in river bay? : HORSE

4-down – Drink up? Husband to restrict habit for bedroom? : NIGHTIE

6-down – Sore foot of goat, one at the back : TENDER

7-down – See one enjoy a double : LOOKALIKE

8-down – Fork out to cover American ground : SUSPEND

9-down – Way of treating bride, man needs to get excited : BEDSIDEMANNER

15-down – Grass and a flower on land : SINGAPORE

18-down – Expert to position table : PROPOSE

20-down – The King without large appeal after Queen? Come again? : REVISIT

21-down – See 1 : COSTUME

22-down – Gore and Republican getting into scrap : PIERCE

25-down – They hold water in bath, primarily: smallest amount comes over : NIMBI

1-across – One left with our Sicilian wanting a hole in the head : NOSTRIL

5-across – Put out suggestion for boozer’s language? : PUBLISH

9-across – See 14 : PARTY

10-across – Pole touring Black Sea city, sucker for punishment : MASOCHIST

11-across – Rising circle : REVOLUTION

12-across – AI character’s 3/8, say : HAL

14-across – Boris’s once sober occasion? : CONSERVATIVE

18-across – Prodigality proves ridiculous before resolution : OVERSPENDING

21-across – Not entirely hard wood : FIR

22-across – Leant out, energy in that hidden warmth : LATENTHEAT

25-across – Compound ideally in oft disputed sunblock : LEYLANDII

26-across – Convincing evidence has ring confiscated by teacher : PROOF

27-across – Buy book with two biblical characters : BELIEVE

28-across – See 2 : TUESDAY

1-down – Items of table linen, no rings for each : NAPERY

2-down – He’s starved, you suspect — feast approaching fast : SHROVE

3-down – Family where bumbling yahoos rule : ROYALHOUSE

4-down – Head on lap, it’s me in cap : LIMIT

5-down – Steam engine part is taking load: poke around it : PISTONROD

6-down – Side dedicated to sports: eg a leader in polo? : BACK

7-down – Girl taking those four characters after foxtrot out for dance : IRISHJIG

8-down – Story in other novel for Conrad Hilton, say : HOTELIER

13-down – Shed clipper somewhere in North Devon : BARNSTAPLE

15-down – On horseback, say, king and journalist head for the hills : SKEDADDLE

16-down – One of thirteen in pack following VW car driver, say : GOLFCLUB

17-down – Little girl and two little boys breaking faith : BETRAYAL

19-down – See eh? : BEHOLD

20-down – Things nearby, ultimately close : STUFFY

23-down – Put out English winner, or not : EVICT

24-down – See 6 : PAGE

1-across – Incomparable lady enthralling all at last : PEERLESS

5-across – Evergreen head girl : NUTMEG

9-across – Material of singular kind, full of witticisms : SPUNSILK

10-across – Irish climber in Scottish town : IRVINE

12-across – Mum hearing about cunning of much-respected women : MATRIARCHAL

15-across – Instrument making comeback in Bratislava : SITAR

17-across – Chap in ladies’ underwear worried rectories : CORSETIER

18-across – Rude movie about tango and sex with variable capacity to inflame : EMOTIVITY

19-across – First of two educational establishments in African capital : TUNIS

20-across – Spoilt brat naughtily hiding ring at back of socket : POSTORBITAL

24-across – Surprise short leg, strapping female : AMAZON

25-across – Princess about to occupy most of Kent resort : MARGARET

26-across – Unique kind of switch conserving energy : ONEOFF

27-across – Bluff sibling starts to think story is made up : CONSISTS

1-down – Adept former schoolteacher : PASTMASTER

2-down – Burp is routine act, unfortunately : ERUCTATION

3-down – Northern girl picked up drink : LASSI

4-down – Evanescence of our stellar setter : SOLARECLIPSE

6-down – Most disorderly disturbance stopped by Julie shedding clothes : UNRULIEST

7-down – Nice crossword compiler left local spot : MOIL

8-down – Joy of genealogy regularly recalled : GLEE

11-down – Actor to rhyme ‘dissolute’ and ‘fruit’ : CHERRYTOMATO

13-down – Abrupt Russian gent forged autographs : SIGNATURES

14-down – Writing articulate solutions to clues for neophytes : PROSELYTES

16-down – Watertight evidence proceeded to trap one at the top : RAINPROOF

21-down – Cod can initially upset stomachs : BOGUS

22-down – Kind of pudding so unloved in the past : SAGO

23-down – 5’s covering ground : MACE

1-across – Complain audibly, except where drinks are served : WINEBAR

5-across – Be an agitator around mid-April and put one’s foot in it : STIRRUP

9-across – Film branch fire : SHOOT

10-across – Perhaps vulture’s nemesis pursuing strategic ends : SCAVENGER

11-across – Rubbish race that’s not so hairy : BALDERDASH

12-across – See 2 : SOUP

14-across – Perjury before tea isn’t wrong when dead? : LYINGINSTATE

18-across – Kissing when hugging wild raver is stressful : NERVERACKING

21-across – Making contents similar : AKIN

22-across – Ask the drunk by the river for a place to eat : STEAKHOUSE

25-across – Bar with legal liability finally gets promotion : PUBLICITY

26-across – Clutching a small volume, chairman turns philosopher : OCCAM

27-across – Tax easing off, but not as explicit communication : SEXTING

28-across – Extremely sick boy at last might be here, getting up : SKYWARD

1-down – Relish having gone straight? : WASABI

2-down – In a bad way upon eating lots of Asian food : NOODLE

3-down – Yet the barn could be better for her : BATTERYHEN

4-down – Wiped out old section of paper as editor : RASED

5-down – Farcical friend is back in seconds : SLAPSTICK

6-down – Rebecca’s chasing one goat : IBEX

7-down – Royal protection for one charged in a particular area : REGIONAL

8-down – Hats from Melton Mowbray? : PORKPIES

13-down – Like New York? Going up with friend to reserve hotel, doing it at different times : ASYNCHRONY

15-down – New ground connection that almost didn’t make it : NEARTHING

16-down – Where students are affected, when overwhelmed by responsibility : ONCAMPUS

17-down – One’s smart to have packed underwear : BRAINBOX

19-down – Skilful craftsman’s hinges : FULCRA

20-down – James undressed, got into bed and smiled : BEAMED

23-down – Void in 28 Debussy ballet : ABYSS

24-down – Fruit for bird : KIWI

1-across – Fine in country bordering sea, balmy : PERFUMED

6-across – Brick dropped softly onto Russian : MISHAP

9-across – Mention ornament in conversation? : BROACH

10-across – Never a player for rejection : NOTHANKS

11-across – Noxious thing, beastly girl, stinker : NIGHTMARE

13-across – Ballet dancer shaves back : SLEEP

15-across – Capital too far out in Scotland : OTTAWA

17-across – Content to leave grand-niece with baby twins : GEMINI

18-across – Fruity thing, like a US pop diva? : CHERRY

19-across – Stick poster on this page? : ADHERE

21-across – Caught man? : CROOK

22-across – Cruel, 10 to the French? : MERCILESS

25-across – Not entirely elliptic, as an oval stud : CASANOVA

26-across – See 3 : GORDON

28-across – Something added by queen that’s wrong, leader in error : ANNEXE

29-across – Bouts of laughter around intimate creative expression : FINEARTS

2-down – Noble gong for little flapper? : EAR

3-down – Nemesis of the 22 character, anything but canny Scottish PM? : FLASH

4-down – See 16 : MYHOMEWORK

5-down – Actor redoing short plays : DENIRO

6-down – Punish explanation originally penned by solicitor: it’s beyond me! : METE

7-down – Insignificant litre in whisky, I’m opening case of sake! : SMALLTIME

8-down – Wee bairns in kilt and bra seen drunk : ANKLEBITERS

12-down – Adamant over hanging that proved divisive for some time : IRONCURTAIN

14-down – Change done after altering shape : HENDECAGON

16-down – Explosion of myth has nailed leader in error over Partygate, domestic function — a juvenile excuse : THEDOGATE

20-down – As an agent shown by male cutting flesh up : BEHALF

23-down – Bug in flower over mountain, reportedly? : LARVA

24-down – See 2 : LOBE

27-down – See 6 : OUT