Daily Answers

1-across – Stools are unable to ‘urt? : ARMLESS

5-across – White people on unemployment benefit the state rejected : ALBUMEN

9-across – 11 of B, source of literature that’s black and white? : PENGUIN

10-across – Fabulous bird no charge, so to speak? : PHOENIX

11-across – Female in church cuts pack to reveal Joker, perhaps : ARCHENEMY

12-across – Female in church cuts pack to reveal Joker, perhaps: some find it tough : DITTO

13-across – Shift bandage : DRESS

15-across – See 7 : MERCILESS

17-across – Fool put on stage demonstrating rigid movement : GOOSESTEP

19-across – 11 of LS’s race had to claim victory over ruler : DARTH

22-across – Spontaneous note well hidden in pound, unopened : UNBID

23-across – 11 of HP’s protest, having run into something potentially shocking : VOLDEMORT

25-across – 11 of JB’s b-brain without a drug left, died : BLOFELD

26-across – An outburst about one’s misery : ANGUISH

27-across – 11 of B, one peppering with shot? : RIDDLER

28-across – Time for this PM to close report, ultimately : TONIGHT

1-down – Praise a second course about mountain climbing : APPLAUD

2-down – Continental relative of mine drops second name, which the 9 saw through : MONOCLE

3-down – Develop English leader over old Italian one : EDUCE

4-down – Cooler head under this UN leadership in fix : SUNHELMET

5-down – Use as a fruit, perhaps? : APPLY

6-down – Mad world I found in plot, as finished by Sassoon? : BLOWDRIED

7-down – 11 of FG: 11? Catholic individual put in mix with Nazis : MINGTHE

8-down – Unpleasant sort of stock admitting one into student union : NOXIOUS

14-down – Flower, source of drug, perhaps? : SPEEDWELL

16-down – Regret holding everyone up – it’s offensive : REPELLANT

17-down – Mercenary: good one causing friction? : GRUBBER

18-down – Black throne room in dark blue city not in favour of reddish-brown : OXBLOOD

20-down – Carnival scene can start to generate public disorder : RIOTING

21-down – Celebrity’s stolen picture : HOTSHOT

23-down – See 19 : VADER

24-down – Encourage gastronome to swallow his own head? : EGGON

1-across – Pagan god with Hebrew bread, one might say : JUPITER

5-across – Cocktail in combination : SIDECAR

9-across – See 16 : RACES

10-across – Trees, without exception, are there before : FORESTALL

11-across – Sound of a snake with a piece of orange made by person in test : HUMANGUINEAPIG

13-across – Makes ‘otter food? : EATS

14-across – Hermetic melody, 1 over 8? : AIRTIGHT

17-across – Member of chorus, say, with unusual Maltese name : STEELMAN

18-across – The man who wins the lady’s love : HERO

21-across – Main point of convergence for Puccini’s pal, possibly : PRINCIPALFOCUS

23-across – Opening of Cambodian border to invade its neighbour for nothing, sadly : LACRIMOSO

24-across – Section missing from tyrant’s HQ : DEPOT

25-across – Keep up sanction : SUSTAIN

26-across – Drunk wandering off amid the butts? : ASHTRAY

1-down – Sudden movement in being removed from jacket : JERK

2-down – Truck with chessmen to restore equilibrium : PICKUPTHEPIECES

3-down – Statement of present and past life in a state : TISWAS

4-down – Sanctuary in the case of inadequate ventilation point : REFUGE

5-down – Island of fish – and air is fishy : SARDINIA

6-down – Plate removed from boiler after inferno leaves little record : DISKETTE

7-down – Meal to celebrate winner, a girl getting nearer the top : CHAMPAGNESUPPER

8-down – Going further down, take a bit of food, concealing unfinished poem : RELEGATION

12-down – Where Tamburlaine rode by himself with Scottish coppers : PERSEPOLIS

15-down – Former mate for a Ming vase? : OLDCHINA

16-down – Plantation song of tents – 100, to answer query : CAMPTOWN

19-down – Food cooked without trouble when God’s around in a state : ALLOFA

20-down – See 19 : DOODAH

22-down – Wait for support : STAY

9-across – Start to bike, straight and flat races see this set off with 27? : BLANK

10-across – Soft drink includes joint thanks to little sizzler : CHIPOLATA

11-across – Once what Costner did in The Untouchables with accuracy : EXACTNESS

12-across – Benefit when carrying pole in dangerously chaotic place at 18 : SNAKE

13-across – Harbour around port etc : PROTECT

15-across – Knight’s regalia is delivered by some electronic technology on 31 : CIRCUIT

17-across – Round with beer drinking very close to 9 : POINT

18-across – 17’s not on if made in Grand Prix at 26 down : PIT

20-across – Programme about 17:17 : PRONG

22-across – Swallow this clue for pom? : ROLLMOP

25-across – Sully girl’s name in drinking den : BESMEAR

26-across – Spirit that’ll cut out juice with 15 : SHORT

27-across – Vehicle, say, with grime on back that may be drawn on with 13 down : CARTRIDGE

30-across – Ring to get quotients covering gold compositions : ORATORIOS

31-across – Right to be knocked back in extensive draughts, say, at 8 : BOARD

1-down – Skilful at trimming top in fur : ABLE

2-down – Foodstuff in a wagon operating at heart of major route : MACARONI

3-down – Heartless bloodsuckers climbing from takeoff : SKIT

4-down – Wet corps could show a bit of bottle : SCREWTOP

5-down – Chairs a committee concerning flier’s respiratory aid : AIRSAC

6-down – Those impressed by texts to play trick on the head : CONSCRIPTS

7-down – Cross and disturbed by a university city showing opulence : XANADU

8-down – Damaged important part of set with 17 : GAME

13-down – Intro to view stated by powerful person that’s not really on 16 : PAPER

14-down – Respect is at no time free : ESTIMATION

16-down – Good to have row about Australian killer at 12 : TIGER

19-down – Plant in ground to be sure : TUBEROSE

21-down – Exaggerate about tie : OVERDRAW

23-down – John has note for scrubber : LOOFAH

24-down – Setter has 13 across to drop rubbish in : PECTIN

26-down – Up-downs cease abruptly at 26 across : STOP

28-down – Garment in which son leaves old singer, … : ROBE

29-down – … Nelson, is swirling round? : EDDY

1-across – Proclaim an Armistice Day celebration : MARTINMAS

6-across – What is this bird? : IBIS

10-across – Fish out traveller’s cheques : TROUT

11-across – Frog and artist : FRAGONARD

12-across – Normal run at a lively pace : NATURAL

13-across – Meat is in oven : VENISON

14-across – Student of Urdu guaranteed a place : UNDERGRADUATE

17-across – Train won’t terminate next stop due to diversion : ENTERTAINMENT

21-across – People we sent to pacify the natives : SWEETEN

22-across – It’s past lunch time, so carve the ham : OVERACT

24-across – I may not sign if this ill feeling persists : ANIMOSITY

25-across – Country with an Asian identity : INDIA

26-across – Goods and chattels kept in case : LEST

27-across – Cap needed to check hungry anglers : GLENGARRY

1-down – Rising amounts I usually require : MUTINOUS

2-down – Sort out somewhere to sleep : ROOST

3-down – Rendering another pattern into identical shape : INTERPRETATION

4-down – Wonderful female with beautiful scarf : MUFFLER

5-down – Like drowned rats, very cold too : STARVED

7-down – Strawberries ask to be served in cups : BRASSIERE

8-down – Disingenuousness is not the main line : SIDING

9-down – Doubling the rum ration genuinely counts as sport : MOUNTAINEERING

15-down – Readily transmitted science relating to food : DIETETICS

16-down – Witty Australian figures : STATUARY

18-down – Trevor Nunn gives prize for competition : RUNNING

19-down – The Tale of Pigling Bland, one year on : ANODYNE

20-down – Australia’s show is a hit : ASSAIL

23-down – Record leaves of tree : ALDER

9-across – Moist area’s rank scent : AROMATISE

10-across – Blue river taken to extremes : AZURE

11-across – See 1 : THING

12-across – Bit of a looker secures prize, pocketing pound : BLINDSPOT

13-across – See 29 : ABOUTIT

14-across – Making progress, ordains converts : INROADS

17-across – Piece of cake pressing black flower : TIBER

19-across – See 3 : THE

20-across – God cuts tail from cuckoo and frog in half : MAKER

21-across – He painted an image since then : PICASSO

22-across – Sentimental, weak, gutless individual caught in crush : MAWKISH

24-across – Men suffering about son’s unrealistic dreams : CASTLESIN

26-across – See 24 : SPAIN

28-across – See 15 : BUILT

29-across – This describes unidirectionality, that’s for sure! : NOTWOWAYS

1-down – Tiniest extremities lassoed by whipping, just before dropping off : LAST

2-down – One spotted that freedom in organisation’s restricted : DOMINO

3-down – Why pills might taste funny? : LAUGHTERIS

4-down – Bird pecked at a morsel : TITBIT

5-down – See 3 : MEDICINE

6-down – See 22 : HAND

7-down – An underwater bridge? : HUMPBACK

8-down – See 3 : BEST

13-down – A tyke primarily entering competition to misbehave : ACTUP

15-down – Twenty-four oarsmen, two : ROMEWASNOT

16-down – Girl’s translating will be hard : SARAH

18-down – Sponsors secure Wimbledon action : BACKSPIN

19-down – Figure moving south: there’s more to it : THOUSAND

22-down – Indicator of time given little help : MINUTE

23-down – See 15 : INADAY

24-down – 19 down, perhaps, depicted by 21? : CUBE

25-down – 1 seen off course, how much behind schedule? : LATE

27-down – See 25 : NESS