Daily Answers

1-across – Naval officers disciplined lads – about 23? : ADMIRALS

5-across – Circle not fully presented with a set of books at end of month : OCTANT

9-across – An item of clothing is on incorrectly – result is rubbing : ABRASION

10-across – One may take position by river : ANGLER

12-across – A vast sum British wasted – one country in disgrace : ABOMINATION

15-across – Material in river : TWEED

17-across – Food shop? Rave about one, becoming wildly excited : DELIRIANT

18-across – Day you finally classified as ‘sodden’ : SATURATED

19-across – Occupying home, dear princess : MEDEA

20-across – Person’s written about Oscar – right hard to understand : BEWILDERING

24-across – Perhaps crowd in film runs : EXTRAS

25-across – Like copper maybe, offering final word in nick : DIVALENT

26-across – What’s performed by lake with sailors in female attire? : DIRNDL

27-across – A fellow with promises kept, as is right : ADVOWSON

1-down – See Christian member abstain, out to pick up a point? : ANABAPTIST

2-down – Highly strung female? : MARIONETTE

3-down – One hard gentleman stood up as wise man : RISHI

4-down – Where horses may be seen – and where cats may be spotted?! : LEOPARDSTOWN

6-down – What’s religious in fish? Odd puzzle : CONUNDRUM

7-down – See 22 : ABLE

8-down – See 23 : TURN

11-down – Herb upset lady – was deceitful and wouldn’t commit : DILLYDALLIED

13-down – Flighty types in Paris spend freely : SANDPIPERS

14-down – Make neat’s right somehow for this? : STRAIGHTEN

16-down – Feature of many a pub with doubles all round : DARTBOARD

21-down – Old scriptures are held up as a source of inspiration : ERATO

22-down – Bit of English ‘real bad’, unlikely to be this? : READ

23-down – Jump and run around in great performance : STAR

7-across – Cat disease after scratching the head is a lottery : TOMBOLA

8-across – One’s onboard with friend having piles : MATELOT

9-across – Short, conventional return for flyer : DART

10-across – Like Charles at home, father’s eating wraps : PASHMINAS

12-across – Poet consumes ordinary food : BOARD

13-across – Annoy son who’s absorbed by being unsupported maybe : BRASSOFF

15-across – Little Fish getting around a fight : FRAY

16-across – Well, Littler the beginner’s card indicates: strong : SOLID

17-across – It’s near the ribs, a large cut shows injury : COST

18-across – Tiger had troubled group of mature people : THIRDAGE

20-across – Advanced, like a nobleman? : EARLY

21-across – Perhaps ploughman’s ancient clay houses : COLDLUNCH

22-across – Young woman gets introduction to lipstick and dope : LASS

24-across – Lace, say, is fetching, new for top of garters : NETTING

25-across – Wife’s case holding special turtleneck, primarily a protection from cold : WETSUIT

1-down – Clobber those opponents grouping arrows in opening stages : TOGA

2-down – Notice 19 person, a Brit you represented : OBITUARY

3-down – Nervous people lacking introduction dated at the beginning, then went on union trip : ELOPED

4-down – Service set up by motorway unit – where 6 are found : FARMYARD

5-down – In new set nets raised for game : TENNIS

6-down – Plants thus put before opponents : SOWS

11-down – Officer in short boat to change direction : SUBALTERN

12-down – Land bull’s eye initially, the last three in 4th … : BERTH

14-down – … and the first two in 5th throw are odd : FISHY

16-down – Waterbird perhaps identified by a pal seen swimming : SEAPLANE

17-down – Disorganised European inside, lacking transport : CARELESS

19-down – Daughter, say, excludes 4 for report : RELATE

20-down – Memories of half of toes caught under wobbly oche : ECHOES

21-down – Staff member, when playing, gets one hundred and fifty, easy for starters : CLEF

23-down – King welcomed by Shanghai banks and finally taken outside : SKIN

7-across – Biographical novel with no big characters and limited in scope : PAROCHIAL

8-across – The cards show Boatman joining Murdoch title? On the contrary : MENUS

9-across – Dishes from where dishes come from : POTTERIES

10-across – Snake undergoing surgery by knife : SKEAN

12-across – Types books? : ORDERS

13-across – Determined position of editor: wrong about nurse : ORIENTED

16-across – Familiar textile designer reportedly was obliged to pay source of charged material : CATHODE

19-across – Section of low wall : PARAPET

22-across – Notes sequence of moves in opera about horse, opening in Italy : ARPEGGIO

25-across – Use calf, ham: emit skinless sausage : SALAMI

27-across – Unforeseen problem for church : CATCH

28-across – Profits from imperfect markets are about: boast about it : ARBITRAGE

29-across – Daughter of Vandyke, perhaps : BEARD

30-across – Riotous Assembly follows a constable’s initial induction: it’s shocking : ATROCIOUS

1-down – Threaten to take on Boatman: it’s hard work : LABOUR

2-down – When they say life begins: key to their confusion : FORTIETH

3-down – Some pay dividends on board : SHARES

4-down – Return to city of legend : CAMELOT

5-down – Conquest of the heavens : WELKIN

6-down – Prompt service assistant : CURATE

11-down – From a place in Africa, cycling to a place in South America : LIMA

14-down – See 17 : TOP

15-down – Country house, somewhat dilapidated, at Chatham : DAT

16-down – See 15 : CHA

17-down – A1 vessel? Mine capsized : TIP

18-down – End of empire for former head of state : DOGE

20-down – Liable to get reaction from each and every other merry grinch : ALLERGIC

21-down – Work together to create script for ceremony : COWRITE

23-down – You are upset over climbing rose? : READER

24-down – Election: Colombo regime all losing heart again : ENCORE

25-down – One drinks too much from tap : SPIGOT

26-down – The antithesis of a son of a gun : MAGNUM

4-across – Accept view in court : TAKEUP

6-across – Spare server output that’s not used for protection of digital assets? : GAUNTLET

9-across – Correct wordplay is what’s essential to authors : PUNISH

10-across – Increase dependency on drugs after taking cocaine : ADDITION

11-across – This may obscure view of comic cycling around Berlin drunk : ROLLERBLIND

15-across – Part of service broadcast can’t work out clips : SANCTUS

17-across – New interpretation of Mother Earth Hypothesis : THEOREM

18-across – Calculated information about state delaying start of attack : INTENTIONAL

22-across – What provides opportunity for better way to collect rent? : ROULETTE

23-across – Servant left in fearful state by closure of company : FLUNKY

24-across – Express doubts about quotes in novel : QUESTION

25-across – Explanation for each set of points raised originally : ANSWER

1-down – Doctor lets us struggle : TUSSLE

2-down – Ruthless factory worker resentful having swapped starts of next rota : HARDBITTEN

3-down – Lingered around ring : ENGIRDLE

4-down – People who have the authority to sanction British boards : TOPBRASS

5-down – Family lazing around initially avoided being roused : KINDLING

7-down – Secular socialists taking part in revolution : LAIC

8-down – Can opener used for extracting sharp object : TINE

12-down – Transport hub close to Paris isn’t about to be demolished : BUSSTATION

13-down – Unused husks end up yellow eventually : BRANDNEW

14-down – Who might use manoeuvre to stop army division retreating? : EMPLOYER

16-down – Unusual tactic ignoring final third hedges widespread betting system : TRIFECTA

19-down – European country just east of France is far from sea : INLAND

20-down – State is instrumental in connecting reservoir to aqueduct : IRAQ

21-down – Cross and upset baby may do this audibly : MULE

9-across – A country jailing 11,000 for life? : ANIMATION

10-across – ‘Relligious’ rock-and-roll star? : HOLLY

11-across – Extremists in Hades finally going brown : HAZEL

12-across – Shows European film scene being translated : EVIDENCES

13-across – Might they be worn by large judges and powerful people? : BIGWIGS

14-across – Success in Yorkshire, other than returned appliance : TWINTUB

17-across – Card game during bathroom break : OMBRE

19-across – Colour on diamonds : RED

20-across – That person’s next in line after, at last, regent : THEIR

21-across – Car replacement, it’s used for exploration in the main : MINISUB

22-across – Second husband holds end of flower like a plant : SHRUBBY

24-across – Henry quit, Don inhaled, smoking weed : DANDELION

26-across – Welcome Penny on board vessels : SHIPS

28-across – Drink with tea prepared right : WATER

29-across – Dancing teacher carries books on ballet move : ENTRECHAT

1-down – Barman starting to hail taxi travelling north : BACH

2-down – Topless US rock band hires one good ace guitarist at first: ‘Snake’ : ZIGZAG

3-down – Tense situations for onychophagists? : NAILBITERS

4-down – 18s day of victory hidden by trees : FIVERS

5-down – Demanded one’s nosh, not even on crash diets : INSISTED

6-down – You once put helium into empty tube : THEE

7-down – Noddy Holder’s dairy-free cuppa in evening wear? : BLACKTIE

8-down – Delivered votes to observers : EYES

13-down – Loud noise overwhelms head of road sweeper : BROOM

15-down – Deeply concerned? Share with journalist : INTERESTED

16-down – Fruit put in the ground, say : BERRY

18-down – Outlaw king’s Eton mess that’s used as bread : BANKNOTE

19-down – Talked with religious leader about advent regularly : RABBITED

22-down – Unruly teens picket a governing body : SENATE

23-down – Run into large hospital with tip of thumb glowing : BRIGHT

24-down – Blue feathers : DOWN

25-down – King, losing crown, left noble : EARL

27-down – Satisfy philosopher having his rights taken away : SATE