Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Admirer pulling sausage skin from dish of game? : GROUPIE

5-across – Into loveless jive/salsa dancing, am I potty? : CERAMIC

9-across – A success for Lloyd Webber, somewhat inevitably : EVITA

10-across – See 25 : BLACKMAIL

11-across – Daughter inspired by the influence of granny, perhaps, after heading for shower to get cleaner : SOAPPOWDER

12-across – Avian that’s smoked : SHAG

14-across – Gloucestershire opener in desperate chase dropping catches — players get lessons here : STAGESCHOOL

18-across – Fine lifesaver having stepped down, one in the majority : MOSQUITONET

21-across – Head shaved in bed, that’s proved painful! : OUCH

22-across – Man offering personal advice, lunacy gone mad! : AGONYUNCLE

25-across – Feeling initially around letter bag, need letters for children’s favourite game? : EMOTIONAL

26-across – Sweet thing hard to forget in ancient Chinese text : ICING

27-across – Little jerk inspiring one to beat giant : TITANIC

28-across – No explosive energy for runner : NOMINEE

1-down – See 4 : GREASE

2-down – Welcome in outskirts of Ontario, an American statesman : OHIOAN

3-down – Best thing to bury a spy, so desperate to feign death : PLAYPOSSUM

4-down – Joint declaration of nation, great effort : ELBOW

5-down – Fickle type appeared to welcome leadership of Hitler and Trotsky : CHAMELEON

6-down – Womaniser’s tool : RAKE

7-down – Point put in to ham about right for butcher’s device : MEATHOOK

8-down – Single weapon briefly in contact with a Roman emperor : CALIGULA

13-down – Cruise too flipping grand for PC travel : ECOTOURISM

15-down – In eating badly, chips primarily causing immune response : ANTIGENIC

16-down – Weak figure entering testament in support of the devil : IMPOTENT

17-down – Intellectually threaten to push city’s outsiders around : PSYCHOUT

19-down – Fighting, it arises during a party : ACTION

20-down – Beginning to brag, bird hunter : BEAGLE

23-down – Stretcher on after awful injury, demolition all ends up : NYLON

24-down – New painting lifted hero : LION

1-across – Promotion offering sex in the open air? : PUBLICRELATIONS

9-across – Puzzle only negative? : NONPLUS

10-across – Powerful beast, south-west Indian stream it’s suggested? : GORILLA

11-across – Lighter materials under packages : SUN

12-across – Genius doctor hugged by sweetie : SMARTCOOKIE

13-across – Bewildering debts cut, or stopped : OBSTRUCTED

15-across – Drifter accommodated by millionaires? No way! : SNOW

18-across – Hitch lacking success after film score : ETCH

20-across – Play about Genesis : RECREATION

23-across – Live by chance : ASITHAPPENS

25-across – See 8 : AGE

26-across – Cuddle sweetheart 1002? : EMBRACE

27-across – City assuming footballer’s first to join club, perhaps? : CARDIFF

28-across – John Lennon has one song left before dying : AIRPORTTERMINAL

1-down – Writer is character in Yorkshire market town : PENISTONE

2-down – Hand up the pole : BANANAS

3-down – Imagined America in attack showing no leadership : ILLUSORY

4-down – A celebrity finally reaching the top, Jamaican perhaps? : RASTA

5-down – Extraordinary way gay Hitler minced : LIGHTYEAR

6-down – Supercharged time for swimmer : TURBOT

7-down – Nicking case of liqueurs, pleb in raincoat : OILSKIN

8-down – Technologically advanced spring on base of hinge in prison : SPACE

14-down – Those baked on the plains of Manitoba? Temperature most disturbing : CREEPIEST

16-down – Cracking whip lower down initially fun : WONDERFUL

17-down – Bum note concealed by West Midlands boomer : BASSDRUM

19-down – Originally cost flexible, one going up : CLIMBER

21-down – One overcoming queen, an Islamic republican : IRANIAN

22-down – Inferior company accepting lots : CHEAPO

23-down – Patch around surface of nose ring : ARENA

24-down – Host ends in house from chronic fatigue syndrome : EMCEE

9-across – New finish for race — it’s Green Park : SERENGETI

10-across – Whip’s nothing, said the Member for Rotherham : KNOUT

11-across – Rake in money — the opposite is what normally happens : ROUTINE

12-across – One not very good picking up runs? Hardly : BRADMAN

13-across – Was sarcastic about shows lacking sensitivity : CRASS

14-across – Fencing by side of grass a joke? : SWORDPLAY

16-across – Went home only occasionally — no fun at this lousy address : STATEOFTHEUNION

19-across – Berks here groomed Rocky for battle : SEDGEMOOR

21-across – River horse is caught : RHONE

22-across – Bribe keeps old worker cheerful : BUOYANT

23-across – Stopped being right-on then? : LEFTOFF

24-across – Caught by shy rustic : CHURL

25-across – At risk surfing? Time he stopped : ONTHELINE

1-down – Costs are high — one’s introduced cuts : OSTRACISES

2-down – British mostly in error — invisible border causing fuss : BROUHAHA

3-down – Comes to life again in bra and panties! : UNDIES

4-down – The Speaker’s top dog : PEKE

5-down – Programme in a lot of trouble, right? : BIGBROTHER

6-down – Had nukes prepared … or a less effective weapon : SKEANDHU

7-down – I won’t! Redhead on strike turned round, as expected : NORMAL

8-down – ’E’s crazy — First Noel a protest song! : ETON

14-down – Readily accepts newspaper work — on reflection it’s an easy choice : SOFTOPTION

15-down – Made American define a key change : YANKEEFIED

17-down – Looks at the writer talking rubbish : EYEBALLS

18-down – Like some drinks in one boozer kept cool endlessly : ISOTONIC

20-down – Washington idiot is in our party : DOOFUS

21-down – See 8 : RIFLES

22-down – Champion’s dark side ignored : BACK

23-down – Ex and others getting upset : LATE

1-across – Land in Siberia, part of journey being discussed : STEPPE

5-across – Supporter covering grass for sporting occasion : BOATRACE

9-across – Announcement: target has been hit? : BULLETIN

10-across – Hunter put game on stick : NIMROD

11-across – In which babbling voices rant on? : CONVERSATION

13-across – See 23 : SAID

14-across – Round of leaflets ending in porch and I almost exploded! : MAILSHOT

17-across – Colour to match in gaol : PEAGREEN

18-across – A figure turns — on this? : AXIS

20-across – Knock back and forth : TATTARRATTAT

23-across – Scrabble has no guide, no further explanation required : ENOUGH

24-across – Lock up the little devil, having rejected classroom show of dissent? : IMPRISON

25-across – Possessions for forward delivery, ultimately : PROPERTY

26-across – Summary, like one this short, ends : DIGEST

2-down – Thunderstorm’s beginning, cling to hood : THUG

3-down – Officer’s faithful colleague decorated in unlimited expression of remorse : POLICEDOG

4-down – Range that’s 20 in film : EXTENT

5-down – Defensive attitude that may once have got Tiger Woods out of trouble? : BUNKERMENTALITY

6-down – One doubts a jerk will keep number up : AGNOSTIC

7-down – Brief stop : REMIT

8-down – In fitful pain, wine not finished: I’m surprised! One’s always at the bar! : CHOCOHOLIC

12-down – Partner of footballer always tackling scorer, one has a job : WAGEEARNER

15-down – Remarkable bird circling peak in Tibet : STARTLING

16-down – Chaser possibly? I’m not sure one’s a hunter : SEARCHER

19-down – Thick sauce and pieces of meat, but no starter served up : STUPID

21-down – Strike head of teddy bear : THUMP

22-down – Battle in Belgium on Sunday : MONS

9-across – With minimal change, criticise becoming fundamentally different : DISPARATE

10-across – Tedium seen in music regulars : ENNUI

11-across – Warning of danger to sailors : SIREN

12-across – Local Arab may say this about art without borders : NEIGHBOUR

13-across – Unique identifier seen when naked takes doctor aback : BARCODE

14-across – Cat and dog or cat and dog : WHIPPET

17-across – Guide for objective pronouns : USHER

19-across – See 22 down : BAR

20-across – What some of these eggs could turn into? : GEESE

21-across – Sad lover’s essentially missing you : SOLVERS

22-across – Shifting wet spot moves from Texas : TWOSTEP

24-across – Skinhead excluded from essential part of arithmetic schedule … : TIMETABLE

26-across – … and from standard type of phone : TOUCH

28-across – Expert in an exposed section of the stage : APRON

29-across – Move around in secure romantic alliance : LOVEMATCH

1-down – A date from the Gobi Desert : IDES

2-down – More confident after last item on menu is shark … : USURER

3-down – … and principal one in shipping lane? : MAINCOURSE

4-down – 11 may be eating a sandwich : SARNIE

5-down – One who criticises right to compete in vessel : REVIEWER

6-down – The limits of Maggie Smith’s network : MESH

7-down – Divorce de Monsieur et Madame? : UNCOUPLE

8-down – Primarily lacking integrity as reporter : LIAR

13-down – See 22 : BLUES

15-down – Early home fun : INGOODTIME

16-down – Port deserted by an idiot : TWERP

18-down – Stamp from Hong Kong having left in false alarm : HALLMARK

19-down – Game brawl regularly takes place in Swiss city : BASEBALL

22-down – Music for depression after pub crawl? : TWELVE

23-down – T-tarnished but reliable : TRUSTY

24-down – Some contraption that catches one unawares : TRAP

25-down – See 26 : TONE

27-down – Wall of laughter : HAHA