Daily Answers

1-across – Composer’s been nursing tenor at seaside town : BEETHOVEN

6-across – What cellists do on radio in The Boy Friend? : BEAU

8-across – Is Elgar distracted by love in rooms for wags? : SERAGLIO

9-across – Refrain in Switzerland or America : CHORUS

10-across – Group in the other marquee forget note : SEXTET

11-across – Subtle hint: tune in regularly during pub function : INNUENDO

12-across – Pole’s covering segment of Berenice capriccio : ICECAP

15-across – Variable speed acceptable in extremely showy work : SYMPHONY

16-across – Beecham choir can randomly test sound here : ANECHOIC

19-across – The way to tackle long instrument : SPINET

21-across – Drink firms suppress Consumers’ Association note : COCACOLA

22-across – Disconcert maestro : RATTLE

24-across – Note describes topless dance in big city : MUMBAI

25-across – Intervals silence soprano, saving contest : SEVENTHS

26-across – Catch debut of Hammond organ : HEAR

27-across – He sings melodies using vowels, so clavier must be tuned : VOCALISER

1-down – Note: Brahms overture always turns up : BREVE

2-down – Sort of band that’s sensitive to changes in income : ELASTIC

3-down – Hearts lost injured scorer : HOLST

4-down – 5–10 strings, excluding E strings : VIOLINS

5-down – Steal Handel’s so-called familiar titles : NICKNAMES

6-down – The CBI managed to secure Ring for GM work, say : BIOTECH

7-down – Host a bishop and, according to Bach, a new church : ABUNDANCE

13-down – Roll up to study very old instrument : CONVOLUTE

14-down – Evidence I’ve translated about Köchel for composer : PROKOFIEV

17-down – See 16 : CHAMBER

18-down – Hundreds miss one cracking established work : CLASSIC

20-down – Boringly recites how basic scales progress : INTONES

22-down – Barman left after party : RAVEL

23-down – Subtle harmonies more than sufficient for composer : LEHAR

1-across – Lean to one side, then lean back, in part of plane : COCKPIT

5-across – Position breaking off, inelegant : FINELEG

9-across – Perfect oil for cooking mayonnaise : AIOLI

10-across – See 26 : THEWAYTHE

11-across – Choral work — I’m flipping expected to stretch singer! : BMINORMASS

12-across – Dull people run without jumping : FLAT

14-across – Labouring obsession in creation of an icon, barmy? : CORBYNMANIA

18-across – Having spoiled a couple of drinks, bloke taking last of Cointreau in case : PORTMANTEAU

21-across – Groom, male snared by nag? : COMB

22-across – Might one fear the motor in old scanning device? : CARDREADER

25-across – Party atmosphere initially does for singer : BALLADEER

26-across – Never mind, come to the bakery — what’s this clue about? : THATS

27-across – Philosopher has to take stock, they say? : RUSSELL

28-across – According to Spooner, lad observed pulse : SOYBEAN

1-down – Irritable, as shelled on the beach, perhaps? : CRABBY

2-down – See 26 : COOKIE

3-down – Carefully prepare oneself to accommodate criminal as con — is here? : PRISONCAMP

4-down – Bear market’s first symbol : TOTEM

5-down – Stagger round filthy house in outskirts of Folkestone — or crawl, perhaps? : FREESTYLE

6-down – Cattle good in Texas? : NEAT

7-down – In general, something designed to grip much less : LETALONE

8-down – Change of gear, rating outstanding western as monstrous action : GREATWAR

13-down – Posh gets to make an impression with mean clothing in audacious fashion : IMPUDENTLY

15-down – Trigger a memory, as circle on mysterious label : RINGABELL

16-down – Counter, on top of which room key : SPACEBAR

17-down – See 26 : CRUMBLES

19-down – Commercial programs showing up in some raw data : ADWARE

20-down – Prayer is off, _____ as an alternative? : ORISON

23-down – Board game something to play when upset : DARTS

24-down – See 12 : RACE

9-across – Dance tour abroad put on first of all : UNDERCOAT

10-across – Retroaction regularly is seen amongst the Gods : ERATO

11-across – Stupefy with gamble taken over shipping order : BESOT

12-across – Acting considerately, chucking up role in consortium : SYNDICATE

13-across – Frightened as the result of a slight cut in earnings : PANICKY

14-across – Against old order once found in Turkey : ANTIOCH

17-across – Try to get out of manufacturing, which originates in Tibet : INDUS

19-across – Bar starts with roll of drums : ROD

20-across – Drain away from lowest point : NADIR

21-across – Corrupt secretariat cast out of country : ERITREA

22-across – Quite recently acting in an amorous manner : FRESHLY

24-across – Scoffs very loudly — interjecting four times in constitutional convention : JEFFERSON

26-across – George is fit to be called the King : GABLE

28-across – Articulated demand to work making bread : KNEAD

29-across – Strict way to call hospital department : STRINGENT

1-down – Restrain mongrel starting to bark : CURB

2-down – Team is up to making two appearances in London : EDISON

3-down – Fault finder cites Right Reverend’s unruly gathering here in Paris : CRITICISER

4-down – Yellows all at sea after losing centre : WOLSEY

5-down – Old car rallying point : STANDARD

6-down – Spirit said to be made from pears : PERI

7-down – Like 5, reported to be angry and oversuspicious : PARANOID

8-down – Mount where 24 across is one of 4 losing speed : MORE

13-down – Old man at home finds sweetheart : PAINE

15-down – Beat knowledge and spirit with late finisher : TANKENGINE

16-down – Only just failing to secure the Labour leadership : HARDY

18-down – Dope can act as stooge for slow administration : DRIPFEED

19-down – Consider once more dimwits having a role in limited research : REASSESS

22-down – The very best clothes are about to leave processing plant : FINERY

23-down – Limps along having no use of left leg : HOBBES

24-down – Root receives Kent cap : JOKE

25-down – She led church movement in a circle : EDDY

27-down – Consumes a variety of teas : EATS

1-across – Main worker providing revolutionary war machine : FISHERMAN

6-across – Yellowish nut : BUFF

8-across – Lackey following party rule : DOMINION

9-across – One in factory, yielding : PLIANT

10-across – Nothing to hide in stuttering we suspect, as words hard to say : TONGUE

11-across – Posh kid has to tolerate travel by train, all may conclude : BROOKLYN

12-across – Not entirely destitute, Russian in a warm, com­forting place : UTERUS

15-across – The story of my wife, perhaps? : RELATION

16-across – Talking wordplaying reptile? That’s anarchic! : PUNKROCK

19-across – Concern parent’s shown about infant, finally : MATTER

21-across – One attached to an arrangement of holes? : SHOELACE

22-across – Join together small head on small person : STITCH

24-across – Ending in contact, an acknowledgement when hit with tip of épée? : TOUCHE

25-across – Mathematical statement in a quote, perhaps? : EQUATION

26-across – Separate card game : SNAP

27-across – Expression of contempt, one being caned? : RASPBERRY

1-down – Junk food including burger, ultimately for a Hobbit : FRODO

2-down – Primarily stylish bird, fashionable type : SWINGER

3-down – Cream slice’s ending on hat when thrown up : ELITE

4-down – Hear the sound of a lamb, perhaps, as a feature of one’s hotel room? : MINIBAR

5-down – Close to oven, half-baked bloomer keeps soft, don’t worry! : NOPROBLEM

6-down – Beef steak, say, filled with danger : BRISKET

7-down – By which Spooner might get hold of a rabbit in a sensitive area? : FUNNYBONE

13-down – A dash crestfallen, seeing American sporting success : TOUCHDOWN

14-down – One using catchphrases, someone looking to encapsulate fruity name? : SLOGANEER

17-down – Born among wolves, raised to show a bit of leg : KNEECAP

18-down – Guards look to restrain agent from below : KEEPERS

20-down – See 10 : TWISTER

22-down – Mostly short and stocky, black fledgling : SQUAB

23-down – Holding on, howl is intimate : CRONY

4-across – Appropriate to be astride a horse : TAKAHE

6-across – Whisk round a couple of eggs for starters : BEEEATER

9-across – A European sun-lover may, do you say? : BASQUE

10-across – Righted a wrong in later life : THIRDAGE

11-across – Why Imogen constructed this grid is not important : FORTHEBIRDS

15-across – One lawyer looking embarrassed, being rude : ILLBRED

17-across – Book one form of transport with equipment for gardener : IVANHOE

18-across – Be conscious of the sea, perhaps, aboard ship : SHEARWATERS

22-across – American island is a struggling former colony : RHODESIA

23-across – Encouragement to opera singer who took nude role : GODIVA

24-across – A gun, when packed in clothing : WHEATEAR

25-across – Red Sea and river in France : MERLOT

1-down – Symptom of cold keeps husband in : CHOUGH

2-down – Female runner : HENHARRIER

3-down – 1 of 50 garments in a range for uplifting : NEBRASKA

4-down – What blonde means, putting the counter-argument : TOBEFAIR

5-down – Rest, relaxing by lake, in thematic film : KESTRELS

7-down – Drink over a litre : TEAL

8-down – Dunderhead is not all there : RHEA

12-down – Overcoming resistance, move reluct­antly to capital : BUDGERIGAR

13-down – Who would send such an invoice — it’s cobblers! : SHOEBILL

14-down – Get back to work when day breaks : REDSTART

16-down – Owning collection, I sort out artist : ROSSETTI

19-down – Commonly own a complete range — I say! : AVOCET

20-down – First in consecutive series : CROW

21-down – Port is not quite finished : DOVE