Daily Answers

1-across – Poem about shop girl, third class, say : SCHOLAR

5-across – Old club gets a lot of support : BRASSIE

9-across – See 1 : GIPSY

10-across – Queen in leaderless municipality takes possession : OWNERSHIP

11-across – Spotted climber reprising cup role, a doddle : CLOUDEDLEOPARD

13-across – Poems’ author dropping would flower in Italy : ARNO

14-across – Street fighter from down under captures one like 1 9 or 25 rather than 7 or 19 22 : STANZAIC

17-across – Sleuth with refresher on a plate : TECTONIC

18-across – The advantageous side : EDGE

21-across – Service time followed by old talker, say: there’s the rub : MASSAGEPARLOUR

23-across – Nude’s ruin : UNINSURED

24-across – Joint head of church comes under it : MITRE

25-across – Poem is on solver’s rights : THYRSIS

26-across – Started again having grass about half the season : RESUMED

1-down – Herb sap.? : SAGE

2-down – Hands apology : HOPALONGCASSIDY

3-down – Format relating to the 22? : LAYOUT

4-down – Island ways as reported : RHODES

5-down – Commonplace quality got by including gossip with literature : BANALITY

6-down – Flying first into tree on Tyneside : AIRBORNE

7-down – Poem all about zero hour for a group with effect of disuse : SOHRABANDRUSTUM

8-down – Poem edited to suit Long John recited on a volcano : EMPEDOCLES

12-down – Virtually the same horse after reindeer man’s following leader : TANTAMOUNT

15-down – It’s sweet and slow time for girls : MOLASSES

16-down – Guns providing back-to-back text : FIREARMS

19-down – Poem, not good, about tree and some deities : BALDER

20-down – A little bit of Wales is where the Queen Mother was : GLAMIS

22-down – See 19 : DEAD

5-across – Want to get right, in conclusion : DEARTH

6-across – Greeting rogue trader, threw a punch : HITOUT

9-across – Steamy round watering hole in Australian port : HOBART

10-across – Move towards war, or make peace? : ENDANGER

11-across – Noted conclusion, backing a medic : CODA

12-across – Is such fashion, daring to fit in smallest of measurements? : HEROINCHIC

13-across – After shuffling, had led with nifty trick at cards : FINDTHELADY

18-across – Escort keeps supple, though stupid : BLITHERING

21-across – The Guardian abroad brings wisdom : NOUS

22-across – Nick put on jumper of the highest quality : TOPNOTCH

23-across – Shoot through puzzle : RIDDLE

24-across – River needs one to cut river tax : TARIFF

25-across – Cheese maker asking for money back : RENNET

1-down – Seafood proving a hit within island quietly wiped out : CALAMARI

2-down – What may be running discomfort? : STITCH

3-down – Change of mind in passing document which grinds : WINDMILL

4-down – Warming drink may go cold when lifted : COGNAC

5-down – 1950s’ music club set up work : DOOWOP

7-down – The relative doctrine : THESIS

8-down – Eastern chief punches minor, producing shiner : SEARCHLIGHT

14-down – Source of colouring agent certainly heading for trouble in useless pudding? : DYESTUFF

15-down – In which seven bells knocked out of one another? : DINGDONG

16-down – Maltose broken down – not quite thus? : ALMOST

17-down – Might this puncture a hole in the sack? : BULLET

19-down – ‘ooligan upset? It’s plain to see : TUNDRA

20-down – Supporter of an order : GARTER

1-across – Hope it didn’t break when Tony Benn dropped it : WEDGWOOD

5-across – Nasty party backing bills : ODIOUS

9-across – Erred : SYNDROME

10-across – Trailing flower’s name : ASTERN

12-across – Dam’s dam, say, in pseudo horror film : MUMMYSCURSE

15-across – Stop 19 rising : LETUP

17-across – Truant sailor takes second turn right : ABSCONDER

18-across – Vehicle for high pressure container : CARTRIDGE

19-across – Don’t stop every cry of pain : ALLOW

20-across – Pain from stick? : FRENCHBREAD

24-across – Soprano Soprano Soprano : TREBLE

25-across – Missile to expose to music : AIRTOAIR

26-across – Pristine condition continuing like 1 across : MINTON

27-across – Shelter in another play? How obvious can you get? : PATENTLY

1-down – Confuse whelk with music accompanying farewell to setter : WISHMELUCK

2-down – Explosive character subverts : DYNAMITARD

3-down – Cautious about model being flawed : WARTY

4-down – Burns derived novel containing 11, they say : OFMICEANDMEN

6-down – Half 11 right away with island girl who was stifled : DESDEMONA

7-down – Have covered lines with plenty of stitching : OVER

8-down – Look round books and it reveals former email : SENT

11-down – Attractive figures of Judi dividing the odd sardine : DRESDENCHINA

13-down – Corrupter of insect : ADULTERANT

14-down – Ware of success for Queen’s horse? : CROWNDERBY

16-down – Left book in case : PORTFOLIO

21-down – First two to the dip? : BATHE

22-down – See 8 : ITEM

23-down – See 7 : SEWN

8-across – See 9 : ATHLETIC

9-across – Players here waiting the call, almost made it! : WIGAN

10-across – Noble utterance where 21’s 24 across ends in 9 : PIER

11-across – How to take it easy at home: work fast and play evenly : INDOLENTLY

12-across – 8 players here had left beaten, word of contemplation needed outside : OLDHAM

14-across – Indonesian holding with end of Kipling’s 24 across : MANDALAY

15-across – One dodging the issue with the East German plutocracy : OSTRICH

17-across – Conversely, what one does at the Portaloo, say, with some accuracy : PSANDQS

20-across – Jules et Jim’s Jeanne catching canine with some choice scraps : MORCEAUX

22-across – Guardian of the Guardian crossword was he? : CUSTOS

23-across – Precious muddle to sort out which twin? : TWEEDLEDUM

24-across – The ___ to 9 10 : ROAD

25-across – Pass out from colossal return of catch : LASSO

26-across – Bill one to syphon off some pollutant : ACIDRAIN

1-down – End of short and curlies twisting bladders : UTRICLES

2-down – Slight bending of rules out East : SLUR

3-down – Rat one slaughtered with some indecision in the forecourt : ATRIUM

4-down – A Kentish rebel, me? Where’s your scholarship? : ACADEME

5-down – With a heather on board one might get fires : SWALINGS

6-down – Counsellors getting letters from young Santa : AGONYAUNTS

7-down – Old car’s force leaving bundles of nerves : ANGLIA

13-down – O, woe indeed, Gloucester! : HARDCHEESE

16-down – 8 players here with sweeper not left standing : CHARLTON

18-down – Where to now?, said Spartacus. Another epic? : QUOVADIS

19-down – Old time dancing’s beginning inside English halls : EXEDRAE

21-down – River as alternative water supply : ORWELL

22-down – Welsh fancy man, I see, losing cool : CYMRIC

24-down – Galley master’s verbal instruction repeated on ferry : RORO

1-across – * Have pet dog outside : DOWN

3-across – * Witticism about revolutionary truck not so conservative? : MOCK

6-across – Drag picture a mile off to Waterhouse in the black stuff : SOME

8-across – New lamps for old song : PSALM

13-across – See 32 : CROQUETGROUND

14-across – See 24 : SENDSIN

15-across – See 3 : TURTLESSTORY

16-across – See 7 : TEAPARTY

18-across – * Political group for people with Saga : CAUCUSRACEANDLONGTALE

23-across – * A vermin with instincts in 7 at church : ALICESEVIDENCE

24-across – * Minister back home died with wrong a/c : RABBIT

27-across – A flower’s to give man an edge – it’s after flower : APOSTROPHE

29-across – See 24 : LITTLEBILL

32-across – * Club before Wimbledon? : QUEENS

33-across – Paying lavishly for second plan about bone disease with love : SPLASHINGOUTON

38-across – * Publicity for bad habit’s bad form on supply column : ADVICEFROMCATERPILLAR

40-across – Determined to get the crossword done again : RESOLVED

42-across – * Musician receives greeting from Mahatma with zest : PIGANDPEPPER

47-across – * Chucks the box about right as doctor’s one left : LOBSTER

48-across – * Flaws about houses to let : WHOSTOLETARTS

49-across – Muslim ruler comes in to give me errand : EMEER

50-across – Reverse of wrong not right? : TROT

51-across – See 6 and 48 down : LIKE

52-across – See 1 : HOLE

1-down – Money from the French beast : DUCAT

2-down – Courting person with cry of apprehension : WOOER

4-down – Food, say, for conspirator or explorer : OATES

5-down – How much gold? Chop-chop! : KARAT

6-down – Wise man collects paper from landed gentry : SQUIREAGE

7-down – * Return of still barrier separately included : MAD

8-down – Nip pic : PINUP

9-down – Land the Guardian in Chambers? : AUSTRIA

10-down – Stockbrokers’ homes increase liquidity, detaining one wandering by : MONEYBELT

11-down – Complete recovery from flu, cruel affliction : FULLCURE

12-down – Space traveller leaves a skeleton in Philistine city : ASKELON

17-down – Poetical requirement to dice with death : ODIC

18-down – Bow to c-cricketer : CLARA

19-down – It will take all sorts of characters to get head from 28 and base from 17 : UNICODE

20-down – Sporty beast has permission to knock back the booze : REEBOK

21-down – Half cathedral city for a gram : CHICH

22-down – It’s good to do nothing to cover the pot : GLAZE

25-down – Knocker in fashion : BRISTOL

26-down – I take pot for just one reason : STONER

28-down – Lighter garment for ulster in cutback : TUNIC

30-down – See 6 across : ITHOT

31-down – Ship for the dustbin : LINER

32-down – See 47 : QUADRILLE

34-down – * Peter who sang round – round and round the gallery : POOL

35-down – Vicar loth to construct a soffit : ARCHIVOLT

36-down – Typewriter to be found in excessively imaginary number : OLIVETTI

37-down – See 34 : OFTEARS

39-down – It’s horrible keeping close relation in sight : VISIBLE

41-down – When to see you producing … : LATER

43-down – … co-operative decapitation of monopolistic group : ARTEL

44-down – King of the valley, an inhuman creature : DALEK

45-down – Order sailors to have love for erotica : PORNO

46-down – Cider drinker got up about one : ROSIE

48-down – Open eyes about both sides – one is hostile : WAR