Daily Answers

8-across – : QUANTITY

9-across – : REALLY

10-across – : JINX

11-across – : DRUGADDICT

12-across – : YORKIE

14-across – : GRIMALDI

15-across – : UMPIRES

17-across – : WHITING

20-across – : VIVERRID

22-across – : CHERRY

23-across – : XENOPHANES

24-across – : LOOT

25-across – : FLANGE

26-across – : MAINTAIN

1-down – : TUBIFORM

2-down – : ONYX

3-down – : PIDDLE

4-down – : ZYMURGY

5-down – : BROADISH

6-down – : HARDCASTLE

7-down – : SLICED

13-down – : KNIFEPOINT

16-down – : EARTHMEN

18-down – : NARCOTIC

19-down – : ADENOMA

21-down – : IDEALS

22-down – : CUSPID

24-down – : LATE

1-across – Literary idiot crumbling a dry bun in boat : BARNABY

5-across – Literary lady’s place reportedly in the vegetable garden : SHALLOT

10-across – Hold 1 16’s 25 : GRIP

11-across – In vain going in one’s stockinged feet? : BOOTLESSLY

12-across – Nothing left after payment for antique fair : TOLLOL

13-across – Vehicle that goes backwards on hills had a 17 28 in … : TRACTORS

14-across – … this country’s weather in a translated language : UKRAINIAN

16-across – See 1 : RUDGE

17-across – Annal, perhaps, of Labour politician: the man’s Conservative : SHORT

19-across – Distinguish Archer, giving him a role : TELLAPART

23-across – Dice carrot, say, as 2 of 8 : CUBEROOT

24-across – Chinese general followed by the bad guys in 1 16 : GORDON

26-across – Setter securing home in club in the soup : MINESTRONE

27-across – Food for those who live alone : VEAL

28-across – See 17 : HISTORY

29-across – The beginning of beginning? Have a go at grasping this theological mystery : TRINITY

2-down – Growth on ‘ead – growth on head – giving one a bell : AIRLOCK

3-down – Country, one without love and friend : NEPAL

4-down – Little half of capital old city : BABYLON

6-down – Hunt the painter, opening : HOLMAN

7-down – Model for foot, one for backside, curtains for all : LASTTRUMP

8-down – Summons to Pullman’s girl, good cleaner : OILYRAG

9-down – Breach caused by creative skill arising in … : CONTRAVENTION

15-down – … a friend of the environment seizing me before time of treaty : AGREEMENT

18-down – Garter’s first word about rebellion by elusive character : HOUDINI

20-down – Garter, say, the French half including the Guardian : LEGWEAR

21-down – Brazilian diplomacy read in vain to 24 : RIOTACT

22-down – Magician at the wheel? : POTTER

25-down – Bird with mosaics if not available : RAVEN

1-across – Article about enclosed space, the cosmological matter for discussion : STRING

4-across – Problem ending pain with basis of plaster : GYPSUM

9-across – Cry when onion’s brought round : BLUB

10-across – Brainwashing has genuine look if pronounced : PROPAGANDA

11-across – State with little resort on the Adriatic : RIMINI

12-across – Miserable old news people given endless credit : PATHETIC

13-across – A fan with girls excited, as tongues entwining? : FRANGLAIS

15-across – Second-rate wine? Sling away for cheese : BRIE

16-across – Pound Shop – not for her! : POSH

17-across – Reserve I show behind world leader : BANKIMOON

21-across – Partygoers given drug after little time, getting 23 : TRAVERSE

22-across – Agreement, something struck out loud? : ACCORD

24-across – Linen item with facing edges carrying blue stripe, firstly : PILLOWSLIP

25-across – Dog without lead, finished : OVER

26-across – See 1 : THEORY

27-across – See 7 : CRISIS

1-down – One going in to join fighter : SOLDIER

2-down – Butler, bisexual holy man : RABBI

3-down – Poor Paul in trouble without money, seeking marriage : NUPTIAL

5-down – Frivolous introduction to Beverley, East Yorkshire : YEASTY

6-down – Very difficult answer coming up as instrument : SNAREDRUM

7-down – Time when confidence lacking if : MIDLIFE

8-down – My topic called complex – in just that manner? : COMPLICATEDLY

14-down – Architect left in repulsive US city : NASHVILLE

16-down – Carry on forward to embrace female relation : PERSIST

18-down – Stone breaker last to crack nut : KNAPPER

19-down – Real SOS put out, as stranded on the water? : OARLESS

20-down – Upside-down pot, container : DRAWER

23-down – Bridge put out : CROSS

7-across – Less than mile, OK, when converted to be French : KILOMETRE

8-across – Finish off banquet with acceptable dessert wine : TOKAY

9-across – People so energetic they might shock you : LIVEWIRES

10-across – Disgraced president totally exposed? : NIXON

12-across – In one university, having changed mind about it : INDIUM

13-across – Edit I printed in bold : INTREPID

14-across – Constituent in third of elections soundly represented : ELEMENT

17-across – To sum up, where they make cheese that’s soft and fine : INBRIEF

20-across – At one part of US outside Indiana : ASTATINE

22-across – Kind of painter that’s repeatedly in fashion : CUBIST

24-across – Writer travelling with expedition : SWIFT

25-across – Am I with boy protected by a mother? : AMERICIUM

26-across – Without resistance, become weaker, feeble and infirm : FRAIL

27-across – Al is one welcomed by old students with hesitation : ALUMINIUM

1-down – Person that’s unusually fair, in a sense : VISION

2-down – No group of workers is concealing daggers : NOBELIUM

3-down – He makes dissenting statement when priest enters : HELIUM

4-down – As word for part of anatomy, not altogether polite : ARSENIC

5-down – I got out of period in exile : IODINE

6-down – Acknowledge worth of gold in case : VALORISE

11-down – Put in dazed state, heads turned : STUN

15-down – Ultimate authority in Zyrian, more or less : LASTWORD

16-down – Make fast payment on this without delay : NAIL

18-down – Part of being cherubic undoubtedly is having rosy cheeks : RUBICUND

19-down – Produce beam, including each measure of length for ship : SEAMILE

21-down – Result of finding a female beautiful? : AFFAIR

22-down – Shiny covering of church north of capital : CHROME

23-down – Order to stop talking else put in detention : SHUTUP

1-across – Symbols of love awards one had to enter : CUPIDS

4-across – Short warrant officer covered in hair cleaner : MRSMOP

9-across – Book about Hammer lacking start and finish : EMMA

10-across – Bird some say Fielding reproduced with two rooks : GIRLFRIEND

11-across – Primitive form of expression not right for rider : CAVEAT

12-across – Strong dislike, though there are other interpretations? : AVERSION

13-across – Gloomy yet stirring wordy history : ETYMOLOGY

15-across – One of many passed on by Mother Kelly? : GENE

16-across – Be retrogressive as a player : BACK

17-across – Car taken by one time British rock star : MINIATURE

21-across – Shell protecting the effeminate French ruler? : POLAROID

22-across – Recording Leonard’s unconscious : SINGLE

24-across – Hundred and nine, name forgotten, rambling and left alone : UNHINDERED

25-across – See 22 : LENS

26-across – Substitute, er, rested, with a bit of a snore : ERSATZ

27-across – World star, a sport, making a comeback : URANUS

1-down – Function after short contest : COMPACT

2-down – Tragic poet losing home : PLATE

3-down – Appreciate computing and stuff? A life initially is needed! : DIGITAL

5-down – See 22 : REFLEX

6-down – Electric supply energy stored in the switching, which facilitates a nautical manoeuvre : MAINSHEET

7-down – Leg space : PINHOLE

8-down – Revolutionary street entertainers in rags circling Miller : ORGANGRINDERS

14-down – Two centuries since one in battle footwear : MOCCASINS

16-down – Before 1 PM and a quarter : BROWNIE

18-down – No outdoor type’s pub drink, by the sound of it : INSIDER

19-down – Decisions that result in lined paper? : RULINGS

20-down – Stop – just gin, no vermouth! : HOLDIT

23-down – Material is short and only to be ordered : NYLON