Daily Answers

1-across – Male, after a dry end in surgery, coming after very delicate operation : VASECTOMY

6-across – Study from which independent politician bars women and men : MUGUP

9-across – US city where fiddle sounded : TAMPA

10-across – What’s said, as starts to venture overseas in the Napoleonic era? : BONVOYAGE

11-across – Hopeful traveller right to go after problem with price increase : HITCHHIKER

12-across – Low as a clear sky? : BLUE

14-across – Bleriot’s plane circling the centre of designated French city : AVIGNON

15-across – Inside complex, first of excavations unscheduled : SINEDIE

17-across – Catwoman given new lead, as stray : DIGRESS

19-across – Capacity of bowler to catch England’s opener, loathsome : HATEFUL

20-across – Piece of holy ground turned over where many bodies exposed : ORGY

22-across – See 14 down : COMPLETELY

25-across – Sudden and violent malfunction, lacking carbon and oxygen, perhaps : FULMINANT

26-across – Fat boobs easier to view with odd bits hidden : OBESE

27-across – Go round back of leg, which is raised : RIDGE

28-across – Variable parking in centre that’s chaotic, half of roundabout having confusing signs? : ENCRYPTED

1-down – Character with a fork has to dig deep to find plant : VETCH

2-down – See 14 : SOMETHING

3-down – One’s reforming inhaling grass? One’s hooked! : COATHANGER

4-down – See 24 : OFBRIAN

5-down – From the bottom, look for no Americans : YANKEES

6-down – Calypso’s daydream? : MOON

7-down – See 13 : GRAIL

8-down – Gradually calm when discussed over time at the table : PIECEMEAL

13-down – Curry really hot, Gandhi … led by MP? : ANDTHEHOLY

14-down – MP’s Downing St melancholy too free, PM suggested? : ANDNOWFOR

16-down – See 14 : DIFFERENT

18-down – One’s highly inclined to fill knowledgeable space : STORAGE

19-down – Standing on head, I record through church organ, so? : HEPATIC

21-down – Make infertile to keep one cold : GELID

23-down – Hand over produce : YIELD

24-down – This from MP, having provided upstanding rival with barrister, gutted during arrest, hauled up : LIFE

1-across – One right in the head, but a bad sailor? : PIRATE

4-across – 6 act cut in two — hospital for one week : THEWHO

9-across – See 19 : FARM

10-across – Like emails chosen by guy in charge : ELECTRONIC

11-across – Varying of tempo in first half of a troubadour’s playing : RUBATO

12-across – I forget faceless names, including name at 1 across : AMNESIAC

13-across – Mental disorders causing tenor to quit film sets : PSYCHOSES

15-across – Jimi Hendrix’s first cello tune, oddly arranged for 6’s writer : JONI

16-across – Young person getting 10 out of 10 : TEEN

17-across – They’ll switch cases, so one may arrive at Skye : SHIFTKEYS

21-across – See 15 : MITCHELL

22-across – Pole dancing grips a southern city : ELPASO

24-across – Crazed stick man of 4 hit : MOONSTRUCK

25-across – One of 4 born together died lacking water : AQUA

26-across – Reportedly like a prior friend of 6 : SNOOPY

27-across – Directors not right for dairy outlets? : UDDERS

1-down – Strip for 6 set — a pun’s involved : PEANUTS

2-down – Odd beat regularly used for dance : RUMBA

3-down – Rock band coming in to look for guitar effect : TREMOLO

5-down – Surely not a 6 theme? That ingratitude’s showing! : HATING

6-down – Bird drawn on top of family trees? : WOODSTOCK

7-down – Increasing paperwork when producing the Animals and the Byrds, say : ORIGAMI

8-down – Big-headed girl — expert on the penis, we hear : MEGACEPHALOUS

14-down – Soccer game about to finish as Italian added to score? : CRESCENDO

16-down – Stands model right on top of 10 music players : TRIPODS

18-down – Man eating cake — losing head, went crazy : FREAKED

19-down – Badly written, sugary type of writing at a jolly 6 venue : YASGURS

20-down – Repressed writer overturned set : PENTUP

23-down – Exercise to serve as one theme of 6 : PEACE

1-across – Top of the pile holds good: mind what they say! : THEGAP

5-across – See who it is and take his side? : IDENTIFY

9-across – Roman farmer with a lot of money in Madrid in silver and note : AGRICOLA

10-across – Spot politician in big money : PIMPLE

11-across – Responsibility toward paper craft : GUARDIANSHIP

13-across – Sculptor, one that employs wassailer : CARO

14-across – If bu is bus, ___ : TRISTRAM

17-across – Be charitable to soldier with meat at hand : GIVEALMS

18-across – See 13 : USER

20-across – Would-be adventurers not 3? : OUTWARDBOUND

23-across – Persecute artists in holds : HARASS

24-across – Leading Conservative service or boss? : GOVERNOR

25-across – Partners’ bloom reversed by mutant : WEREWOLF

26-across – Animal at home among rubbish : RODENT

2-down – Film among the top twelve? : HIGH

3-down – Making an impression on the way back : GOINGHOME

4-down – Australia goes in somewhat out of practice: antidepressant needed : PROZAC

5-down – In the unlikely event that I cool it in 60% of handicap with 75% present : IFANDITISABIGIF

6-down – I met chap suffering with stress : EMPHATIC

7-down – Multiplied by triple or quadruple, say : TIMES

8-down – Destined to keep German city in association with 15? : FULMINATED

12-down – Spin number with stake holding single currency in Africa : MANIPULATE

15-down – Edoverth! : THUNDERED

16-down – King of England, not Germany, and part of Scotland, not at home : ALFRESCO

19-down – Archer’s flutter : QUIVER

21-down – Prophet’s host gives bard’s friend a drink : WHALE

22-down – See 2 : NOON

1-across – First composition in biro? : BIOPIC

4-across – Rascal dumping LA opera house on jester : SCALAWAG

9-across – Needing fresh air, cut nettle : URTICA

10-across – Rope lassoing bird circling South Island : GUERNSEY

11-across – Officer’s paper about fairy facing death when camping? : SUPERINTENDENT

13-across – Third composition secures about three shillings for posh garment : DRESSSHIRT

14-across – Woman to overeat : ENID

16-across – Second’s not infrequently subdued : SOFT

18-across – Ancient Syrian kitchen implement holding garden implement back in 10 etc : PHOENICIAN

21-across – Ibo joining anti-poll tax riot? : BLAXPLOITATION

23-across – Collector dropping bits of tin for member of house? : AQUARIAN

24-across – Magic circles following others into disease : VOODOO

25-across – D-Dickensian family’s residents? : DWELLERS

26-across – God’s not beginning to take gold : HORROR

1-down – Evens out bulk user : BLUE

2-down – Thrust ISP into nothing 1 down : OBTRUDE

3-down – Expand lest soldiers invade : INCREASE

5-down – Fake aristocrat hugs tree, if rumbled : COUNTERFEIT

6-down – Cat pinching a king’s piece of breathing apparatus : LARYNX

7-down – The Guardian’s back! : WESTERN

8-down – Ancient beast, not initially hideous, to see other side of river … : GLYPTODON

12-down – … hot, hairy scout dismembered another : ICHTHYOSAUR

13-down – Control panel shows theologian cuddling pig under tree : DASHBOARD

15-down – Star player turned out in new visor : VIRTUOSO

17-down – Exploit flower : FEATURE

19-down – Recipe ironed out, as all should be : INORDER

20-down – Winding up the French with tears : SPIRAL

22-down – Held up by marionette : NOIR

1-across – Do remove the front of that festive headgear : PARTYHAT

5-across – Compensate for inoperative company : OFFSET

9-across – People being treated, say, with forbearance : PATIENCE

10-across – Stick the plug in this place : ADHERE

11-across – Most drained one wine during trial : TIREDEST

12-across – Al’s map spoiled by some of the blood : PLASMA

14-across – A neat way to go down under? : STOCKROUTE

18-across – One of the ship’s company has a possible cut limb : CREWMEMBER

22-across – Flowering lily initially planted in a time of rapid growth : ABLOOM

23-across – Filthy stalls containing poor bub’s little bottles : STUBBIES

24-across – What President Coolidge was said to have done with liquor outlaw : BANDIT

25-across – A speed car comes first with a hard top : CARAPACE

26-across – Sprinter, the German, remains inside : DASHER

27-across – Dwelling for rival not finished, housed in temporary accommodation : TENEMENT

1-down – Immature creature devoured in move towards adulthood : PUPATE

2-down – Eritrea, unsettled after losing leading athlete, has to withdraw : RETIRE

3-down – Returns and surrenders : YIELDS

4-down – It takes so long to retrieve computer data from MCC — easiest altered : ACCESSTIME

6-down – Musicians cooking the books? : FIDDLERS

7-down – Leaves briefly with records secured by strapping : STEPSOUT

8-down – Adolescent has unwisely eaten half of burger : TEENAGER

13-down – Emphasise stress created by university at each introduction : ACCENTUATE

15-down – The resting place of many an old wreck? : OCEANBED

16-down – We must have time to get nets in swampy areas : WETLANDS

17-down – Not moving, I’m with a crowd three quarters of a mile below : IMMOBILE

19-down – A sort of bread-and-scrape? : ABRADE

20-down – Road rage is an illusion! : MIRAGE

21-down – Right? Redistribute seats around state : ASSERT