Daily Answers

5-across – Tartan cape putting one in shade : WRAITH

6-across – State line question dividing temperance movement : ALASKA

9-across – Vote Democrat, I see : DIVIDE

10-across – Combined forces around Nile port : INTERPOL

11-across – Dried flower bed with a deep irrigation from the roots : WADI

12-across – Labour creator, bitter one in Ireland after work finishes : KEIRHARDIE

13-across – Decent property cages raving maniac : SAVINGGRACE

18-across – Can one cleave the brand in the Caribbean? : MARTINIQUE

21-across – Saucers suspended, some say, without handles : UFOS

22-across – Cruel fate trapping colt by first bet : PERFECTA

23-across – Catalytic converter’s frenzy, methane emitted : ENZYME

24-across – Stylish women quitting sewing circle abroad : SOIGNE

25-across – Flog on the butt : RETAIL

1-down – Sybil’s consort, as viewed I see before a church : BASILICA

2-down – Run for cover? Hardly! : STREAK

3-down – But he had no quarrel with Beaumont, apparently : FLETCHER

4-down – Shark found in American rivers : USURER

5-down – Why, as Hitler might have said, deface the old republic? : WEIMAR

7-down – Beau ideal falling in love during the commercials : ADONIS

8-down – Is this my farewell party?: FAQ during one’s execution : FIRINGSQUAD

14-down – Pope freed by Inquisition? : INNOCENT

15-down – Church put a resolution about introduction of Zionist brass : CHUTZPAH

16-down – Who-dun-it?, she asked. Saint Henry of Uluru? : SAYERS

17-down – The foreign soldiers retreating without a gong from their field marshal? : ROMMEL

19-down – Tin provided that female inside with lunch : TIFFIN

20-down – See old rock topped : EXETER

1-across – Marry but don’t be having children, the pestilential creatures : SPLICE

4-across – He’s accustomed to bark : SEADOG

9-across – It is not what he is that makes our planner snoop : PERSONALPRONOUN

10-across – 2 of 3 in boat taking on 1 of fab 4 : GEORGE

11-across – See 10 : HARRISON

12-across – Look with mine in view? : PROSPECT

14-across – Not fancy one that tangles with a cancelled performance : MATTER

15-across – See 14 : OFFACT

18-across – Start game with tyrant on holiday : BULLYOFF

21-across – Saint : STALLONE

22-across – Say what you may say is a decorative force : TORQUE

24-across – Dividing 9s – don’t tell anyone! : BETWEENYOUANDME

25-across – King of Persia bringing about raid on America : DARIUS

26-across – Automatic response to law enforcer’s law : REFLEX

1-down – Ursa, non-U version, entertaining cupbearer : SHEBEAR

2-down – Light in a pencil, as erasable? : LASER

3-down – Grant formerly given in successive notes : CONCEDE

5-down – A murder detected by sensitive listener : EARDRUM

6-down – Depression is the attempt to revert to the oral stage? : DENTISTRY

7-down – It’s sweet to stick around 19 : GLUCOSE

8-down – Dated tile? : OLDHAT

13-down – Broadcaster holding barrier to swordsman, as it were : SWALLOWER

16-down – Dad tailed and topped goose : FATHEAD

17-down – American writer for the Thunderer said O! : THOREAU

18-down – Farewell to extras : BYEBYE

19-down – Some salad, shall we say? : LETTUCE

20-down – Puzzle: cor! Nearly eaten by earth-dweller : FLUMMOX

23-down – Children always like a bit of kidney : RENAL

4-across – When it comes to Britten, is Pears the best interpreter? : SPINET

6-across – At the Eisteddfod, I’m sure Dafydd will offer fine Welsh music : SIDEDRUM

9-across – The music for Handel’s Saul suits the story’s theme : LITUUS

10-across – Hymns and psalms contribute to melodious Sabbaths : BASSTUBA

11-across – A super Shapiro CD has recently been released : HARPSICHORD

15-across – The first musical I ever saw was probably The King and I : SISTRUM

17-across – Elgar encourages thoughts of eternal hope in the British : ALPHORN

18-across – If you like your sound to be ethereal, avoid modern techno : VIOLADAMORE

22-across – Rock ‘n’ roll can irritate grandma : CARILLON

23-across – Here is a compilation of Chopin’s earlier nocturnes : CORNET

24-across – The maestro preferred orchestras who did what they were told : RECORDER

25-across – It’s bebop for you, ragtime for me : GUITAR

1-down – Where people meet an energy-filled goddess : VENUES

2-down – Drink to fix drink swallowed by girl : PINACOLADA

3-down – Jumbled communication when Attorney General leaves Ulster politicians : MESSEDUP

4-down – Water creature said to be under ledge – said to be beautifully slender : SYLPHISH

5-down – Allure returns : INTEREST

7-down – Flight path is shortened : ROUT

8-down – Soldiers capturing a base : MEAN

12-down – Pots storing gold salts – important ones : COMMODORES

13-down – Clown wants fish served up – old form of food : COCOANUT

14-down – One higher up the pop charts? : ANCESTOR

16-down – Scornful people about to take loathsome king and son : REVILERS

19-down – A plant? Don’t rush me, mother! Give me _____! : AMOMUM

20-down – Cliff ending in Athens with vehicle : SCAR

21-down – Man about to escape from enchantress after upset : ERIC

9-across – Partially similar to us French holding a record : ANALOGOUS

10-across – See 3 : WELLS

11-across – Butter producer a crazy lady? : SHEANUT

12-across – Tell what they say is for a winner : APPRISE

13-across – Make eyes at topless goblin : OGLE

14-across – See 3 : WELLINGTON

15-across – Alternative persons around junction of river in Syria : ORONTES

17-across – Preceding Guardian solver’s rights held in divine hands : THYRSUS

19-across – Capital under 14 : COPENHAGEN

22-across – Unusual variety of bird helps to raise me up : EMEU

23-across – Note to detective: this may follow the crime : REMORSE

24-across – Detective – this may colour what you hear : MAIGRET

26-across – Look into juice containing 14 : SALOP

27-across – Committed larceny in support of person with gun : PISTOLEER

1-down – What made St Francis love his work? : PASSIONOFCHRIST

2-down – Quality 3 won by 14 : WATERLOO

3-down – Good speller gets a spot of relief with spring in footwear : JOHN

4-down – No use being without 14s : BOOTLESS

5-down – Attack causing fool to suffer : ASSAIL

6-down – Poet’s father rounds up captive of little value : TWOPENNY

7-down – Sad song for ordinary time : PLAINT

8-down – Gracious pilgrim’s reasonable return has to acquire some ardour to be very ardent : ASKEENASMUSTARD

16-down – Guy’s number : TENTROPE

17-down – Arboreal lichen found by English doctor in lock … : TREEMOSS

18-down – … hence house containing 10 and 14 : SOMERSET

20-down – Spot politician in large building : PIMPLE

21-down – Drink at quiet river in Syria : ALEPPO

25-down – Club attached to 14’s title : IRON

1-across – Who third was cheeky and modest : PERTWEE

5-across – Who fifth took hire cars into the river : DAVISON

9-across – Who fourth and sixth would add one to twelve : BAKER

10-across – Who second found depression a heavy load : TROUGHTON

11-across – Many here articulated the three Rs : LORRYPARKS

12-across – Main demonstration heading off : ARCH

14-across – Treatment for cough that’s chesty not completed during next treatment : EXPECTORANT

18-across – He talks to tiaras, perhaps : HEADDRESSES

21-across – Desmond’s inappropriate attire? : TUTU

22-across – Marie unfortunately captured by Scottish king, beheaded, McDonalds nowhere to be seen? : UNAMERICAN

25-across – Reportedly, modern girl virtually attributed to a disease : PNEUMONIC

26-across – Material royal family almost finished after brief laugh : KHAKI

27-across – Serfs hear half-hearted greeting first : HELOTRY

28-across – Sound of wife with little pigs put on by man : YFRONTS

1-down – Footballer eating bees gains stone : PPBBLE

2-down – Croupiers, possibly right on the money, caught out : RRKERS

3-down – Line up for derby, as jittery, then play with these to relax : WORRYBEADS

4-down – More times with time in time : EXTRA

5-down – Rugby attempts diminish thrills : DROPKICKS

6-down – Star in love – Gazza? : VEGA

7-down – Asian dish restrains language shortly for a time : SATURDAY

8-down – Asian, perhaps, in town he rebuilt : NONWHITE

13-down – Batsman finally run out first is batsman at the other end : NONSTRIKER

15-down – 1996/7 car pursued by girl, when bump appears : PREGNANCY

16-down – Audacity of Shed at last accepted by stupid chap : CHUTZPAH

17-down – Who first with cunning plan’s ending in misery : HARTNELL

19-down – Who eighth finds Renault sound : MCGANN

20-down – Returns to life in 28? : UNDIES

23-down – Who seventh was the real thing : MCCOY

24-down – Athenian almost overturned skip : OMIT