Daily Answers

9-across – Press angry with decoration : IRONCROSS

10-across – Member of the 27 25 makes love again in pyjamas returned after the New Year : JANIS

11-across – New York island where musician stripped : ELLIS

12-across – A bit of a bloomer, but almost exactly restored : CALYXTUBE

13-across – See 24 down : HENDRIX

14-across – Taken regularly, home run very easy and works : OEUVRES

17-across – Our last lousy Hamburger and it gets picked up by dogs : ULTRA

19-across – A drink at mine for member of the 27 25 : AMY

20-across – Holy man had us abused : SADHU

21-across – One’s happy in one’s earth, perhaps : ELEMENT

22-across – Put together the beginnings of scientific programme designed to capture parasites : SPLICED

24-across – Prudent to cross street with the Spanish: that would be just delicious : JUDICIOUS

26-across – Cut short regret and cycle to reach maker of puzzle : RUBIK

28-across – Dilemma caused partly by Las Vegas rival : MACAU

29-across – From whom 1 left, drowning in sad memories : SOMMELIER

1-down – See 19 across : WINE

2-down – See 10 : JOPLIN

3-down – 17 cool champion wave rider can be slippery : ICYSURFACE

4-down – Heard one crowing after the 5th bone? : COCCYX

5-down – Singing note, perhaps madly in love? On the contrary : PSALMODY

6-down – Greek campaigner gets a German agreement, sealed with a kiss : AJAX

7-down – Asked for paper in conclusion : ENQUIRED

8-down – Said compiler’s going to Skye? : ISLE

13-down – See 19 across : HOUSE

15-down – Broke, alas, and ruined with no money : UNSALARIED

16-down – See 17 : SOUND

18-down – Homer’s work reported how the divine is justified : THEODICY

19-down – A room to have often uniquely screened European premieres : ARTHOUSE

22-down – Finally, smile is included in English service in return for the magic word : SESAME

23-down – See 27 : COBAIN

24-down – Member of the 27 25 sees chicken cross one road back onto the first motorway junction? : JIMI

25-down – Staff card : CLUB

27-down – Weekend incubator prepared for member of the 27 25 : KURT

1-across – 23’s work broadcast by name, for love trebly complicated : AROOMOF

5-across – 23’s work for setter : ORLANDO

9-across – See 12 : TRAIN

10-across – Languor shown by celebrity dog around the house, or not : LASSITUDE

11-across – See 26 : LIGHTHOUSE

12-across – Rolling stock with old tat possibly kept in mind : BOAT

14-across – Abomination of clans aiming for Sassenach religious principles? : ANGLICANISM

18-across – Artist filling glass with contrived clue, not entirely funny : PAULCEZANNE

21-across – Crafty hint involving a minimum of tact : CUTE

22-across – Tool hit me, breaking instrument in half : CLAWHAMMER

25-across – Very high ground is almost covering island : ALTISSIMO

26-across – 23’s work, little one: entering climax, conclusion of novel hard to follow, where 23 ended : TOTHE

27-across – See 1 : ONESOWN

28-across – Cross about assent of parliament, went briefly on the attack : FORAYED

1-down – Old king is a real help on the water, say? : ATTILA

2-down – Second of colours on the spectrum : ORANGE

3-down – RC vessel taking RC’s name, not surprisingly : MONSTRANCE

4-down – Edge cut in 9 sheet : FOLIO

5-down – Youngster not quite standing with sitting fetish : OBSESSION

6-down – Retreat with ability, but no leadership : LAIR

7-down – In the end, surgeon has treated serious 5 down : NEUROSIS

8-down – Further work apparent, I’m heading for exit : OVERTIME

13-down – Y chromosome the culprit? : MALEFACTOR

15-down – Lookin’ to preserve fuel, petrol finally having gone up a huge amount : GAZILLION

16-down – Image in jazz then nothing like notes from a bouncing violin bow : SPICCATO

17-down – Second name — delicate about it : SUBTITLE

19-down – Forger not wanting to be seen around university : SMITHY

20-down – Familiar nutcracker finally cracking nut : FRIEND

23-down – Observation from setter capturing heart of freelance author : WOOLF

24-down – Capital card game, first couple twisting? : OSLO

1-across – Trust managed church without priest : RELIANCE

5-across – Solo contribution from Ontario soprano : ARIOSO

9-across – Gosh, isn’t the platform busy tonight! : LASTNIGHT

11-across – For joint performance both undressed : GIGOT

12-across – Perhaps saunter on at middle C, modulating to E : OLDTIMEDANCE

15-across – GW Russell holds service for composer : ARNE

16-across – Blowpipe exercises with a small horn : PEASHOOTER

18-across – No time to record an attempt to cover number recently : NOTLONGAGO

19-across – Musical faux pas by Mike : SPAM

21-across – Sorceress’s inner sanctum’s poor condition : CIRCUMSTANCE

24-across – Is this playing in Rossini composition for strings? : ROSIN

25-across – Spy cases hotel on river in Cornish port : MOUSEHOLE

26-across – R Strauss bad? Silly not using stars, ludicrous! : ABSURD

27-across – Safe to slate young piper in play : PETERPAN

1-down – Nice way to retain line in exhortation to Britannia : RULE

2-down – Composer picked up record : LIST

3-down – At the intervals matrons ogled composer : ARNOLD

4-down – Come to our gigs dressed up — it’s René’s big idea : COGITOERGOSUM

6-down – Musical’s opening snubbed for 12 : RIGADOON

7-down – Pipe controls medical emergency? : ORGANSTOPS

8-down – See 9 : OFTHEPROMS

10-down – Daily, one with good character, figures on staff : TIMESIGNATURE

13-down – A short way to a new school turns up in old document : MAGNACARTA

14-down – College shows signs of decay? Times probes funds : UNITTRUSTS

17-down – Like Fingal’s Cave in paper format : COLUMNAR

20-down – Woman stealing Catholic writer’s plot : SCHEME

22-down – Brief report describes prom’s final ceremony : POMP

23-down – Scots know about royal composer : KERN

1-across – *Sort of plainsong : PANGOLINS

9-across – Briefly transfix a native of Africa : IMPALA

10-across – French politician gets spam about novelty lighting : LAVALAMPS

11-across – Girl hiding direction for wedding venue : GRETNA

12-across – Securing coach stop, as prescribed by law : STATUTORY

13-across – Spare uniform nude’s taken off : UNUSED

17-across – Article that’s first seen thematically in 8 downs : ANT

19-across – *A selection of writings jointly published by Rupert? : ANTBEAR

20-across – *Girl’s caught and concealed within : ECHIDNA

21-across – 7 of 24 worried about … : ETA

23-across – … butt of weirdo, gender-bending : DOGEND

27-across – Range of greetings, including mother to boy : HIMALAYAS

28-across – 17 down taking in short performance on the Strand? : ASHORE

29-across – Broke off studies briefly around time film returned : DESTITUTE

30-across – Film work in Seychelles, partly : KINSEY

31-across – *Garden with viewing places? : EDENTATES

2-down – A vehicle picked up Italian forward in Rome : AVANTI

3-down – Baseball team starring discontented maverick : GIANTS

4-down – Erection faltering of late? No : LEANTO

5-down – Producer of M Ryan’s orgasm in kidney unit : NEPHRON

6-down – Bloomers by Santa — harm done : AMARANTHS

7-down – Two sets of players include one reject : CASTASIDE

8-down – *Dutch explorer losing sleep initially over heartless French writer : TAMANDUAS

14-down – *A distant fellow released doves at regular intervals around vessel : AARDVARKS

15-down – Theatre worker playing in the G and S act, originally : STAGEHAND

16-down – See topless 19 dancing round the carob and catalpa? : BEANTREES

17-down – Second person to be 18 … : ARE

18-down – … or 20, say, of 26 for builders? : TEA

22-down – Sort of Charlie, coming last, followed round one in the middle : TAILEND

24-down – Desire working woman that’s immoral? : WANTON

25-down – Human trafficking’s something often repeated : MANTRA

26-down – Cover human trafficking, lacking evidence at first : MANTLE

1-across – Die in the cooler? : ICECUBE

5-across – Something useful I agree — it has practicality in the end : AMENITY

10-across – See 28 : CAPE

11-across – Doing well to disperse Lisbon smog : BLOSSOMING

12-across – Poles securing harmless part of a flowering plant : STAMEN

13-across – Brush on odd bits of colour where social events held : CLUBROOM

14-across – Advantage held by business tycoon, bounder about right! : TRUMPCARD

16-across – Capital with 6, you could say, bringing 18 : QUITO

17-across – Asian home, a second knocked over : OMANI

19-across – Moving ship beyond wave, an up-and-down experience : EMOTIONAL

23-across – Compared with a crossword, Sudoku is so idiotic : CLUELESS

24-across – See 19 : ROLLER

26-across – Big performance one feeling someone must grasp and then appreciate, primarily : GRANDOPERA

27-across – Sport to sell that’s backfired : GOLF

28-across – Where Port Elizabeth is a pretence, as liberal : EASTERN

29-across – News agency reporting writers from the Midlands? : REUTERS

2-down – See 19 : COASTER

3-down – Off-white stuff, single or double ultimately consumed : CREAM

4-down – In young feline one head lifts, with swollen nodes : BUBONIC

6-down – Church fairly dismisses it, after reduction in the majority : MOSQUE

7-down – Uncompromising leader breaking ground no more, UN chief : NUMEROUNO

8-down – Audibly, don’t eat in Yorkshire? Don’t listen! : TUNEOUT

9-down – Wheel round new cornet and drum finally, for top musician : CONCERTMASTER

15-down – Fruit, one of seven on top of two lockers : MONKEYNUT

18-down – Killer song, a hit written up : MALARIA

20-down – Raw pastry dish then cut, top sliced off : TARTARE

21-down – Space around middle of hole beginning to reduce, describing coloured rings : AREOLAR

22-down – Among maestri, one raised towards the heavens as an artist : RENOIR

25-down – Easy crossword solution : LIGHT