Daily Answers

7-across – : REQUIRED

9-across – : AMAZON

10-across – : OSLO

11-across – : MINDTHEGAP

12-across – : HERPES

14-across – : SHINGLES

15-across – : KITTEN

17-across – : IMPACT

20-across – : QUARTILE

22-across – : ZOSTER

23-across – : CALIBRATED

24-across – : JEST

25-across – : FLUENT

26-across – : BLACKART

1-down – : NEWSPEAK

2-down – : LUDO

3-down – : GRIMES

4-down – : XANTHISM

5-down – : WATERGLASS

6-down – : VOYAGE

8-down – : DANISH

13-down – : PETERPIPER

16-down – : EMIGRATE

18-down – : TREASURY

19-down – : YENTOB

21-down – : UNABLE

22-down – : ZODIAC

24-down – : JOKE

1-across – Answer from helpline base usual taped reply horror: so a ”’ello?’ wasted : ALLOUR

4-across – See 1 across : PLEASE

9-across – King appearing from the wings of a jet : LEAR

10-across – Ashes near win is lacking destructive bowler : SHANEWARNE

11-across – The one enlightened theologian consumed by a radiant reversal : BUDDHA

12-across – Is copied out in parts : EPISODIC

13-across – How to enter Queer Street? Certainly not! : BYNOMEANS

15-across – The force of Enid Blyton? : PLOD

16-across – He scored with workers’ ‘ousing : IVES

17-across – Joshua led rebellious, suspicious peers through this? : JUDASHOLE

21-across – Rock group supporter, Bunthorne? Get a life! Is this how things start? : MEGALITH

22-across – Good liar could be caught by a stinker! : GARLIC

24-across – Sorely pressed with such a headache? : BEDOFNAILS

25-across – See 1 across : HOLD

26-across – Tripping silver tongue works overtime to trip blatherskite : GASBAG

27-across – Admiral signed up at the Hawkins’ tavern : BENBOW

1-down – See 1 across : AREBUSY

2-down – I draw the line out East over penny dreadful : LURID

3-down – A quiet guest reappearing to steal the show : UPSTAGE

5-down – He discovered chloroform lake: that’s great! : LIEBIG

6-down – Top Iranian child minder accommodating a Scot! : AYATOLLAH

7-down – Like those effete Romantiques on pot, say : ENNUIED

8-down – Today’s leading man? Ah! Just imagine! ‘e could be, if the other one left : JAMESNAUGHTIE

14-down – See 1 across : OPERATORS

16-down – Lettuce served on the White Star Line? : ICEBERG

18-down – Busting a gut? Sue the clown! : AUGUSTE

19-down – Dying face up and down : LAIDLOW

20-down – Lucentio’s Mrs MacNab losing head over trapping one : BIANCA

23-down – In which one’s straightened out from severe habits : REHAB

1-across – One that goes over London water taps, otherwise cut : CHELSEABRIDGE

10-across – So Man Utd lose first of three, failing to find growth : OSMUNDA

11-across – Blue shot from camera outside studio : OBSCENE

12-across – Saw no way to get caught on return : TENON

13-across – Public opinion’s swell : TIDALWAVE

14-across – The quality of a peer? The reverse! : EQUAL

16-across – Force out food – the conductor requests it : EXACTFARE

18-across – Combination needs to put up flag : UNIONJACK

19-across – Almost con wealthy Greek : DORIC

20-across – Toy nearly on fire in joint : LEGOFLAMB

23-across – Freedom of speech? : ADLIB

24-across – A long time to be in Paris without a stand : ETAGERE

25-across – Madman is our loony in the Foreign Office : FURIOSO

26-across – Inverted feature of Rugby Union that should provide post-match satsifaction : WEDDINGTACKLE

2-down – Liquid lunch? I’m out killing time with the Little People : HOMUNCULI

3-down – Cloth in decline now? : LINEN

4-down – Do criminal investigators escape bad accident? : ENACT

5-down – Red flower put here as a donation : BLOODBANK

6-down – With passing prevented to minimum, Arsenal finally leave Millennium Stadium in chaos : INSULATED

7-down – She’s large, replacing the final pair : GRETA

8-down – Animated chart-topper, tho’ I blubbered horribly : BOBTHEBUILDER

9-down – Index fingers do the walking here? : REFERENCEBOOK

15-down – Course of fish for French champ! : LINGFIELD

16-down – Eminem’s endlessly agitated about Teletubby – some conflict here : ELALAMEIN

17-down – One’s caught Casanova up taking time off in a pool : APRILFOOL

21-down – 7 misspelt in grid : GRATE

22-down – Do lots of exercise to get into suit? : BEFIT

23-down – He composed music for films Goldfinger primarily : AURIC

1-across – Channel fashion : BRISTOL

5-across – Doctor keeping an animal, the American dolphin : GRAMPUS

9-across – Classy Americans, formerly pages : WASPS

10-across – Cheese from Dudley … : LEICESTER

11-across – … double from Richard III : GLOUCESTER

12-across – Smart girl losing a lot of money : CHIC

14-across – Pole map not wanted here : NORTHAMPTON

18-across – Intercostal pain – your pain led off : PLEURODYNIA

21-across – Beginning of deep water : BATH

22-across – The Oxford five, say, masked : HARLEQUINS

25-across – Modern piece with coals : NEWCASTLE

26-across – Capital needed, with flag high : IRISH

27-across – Argentine islands returned with a bit of land? True : SILVERY

28-across – Herbal drink takes a long time : SAGETEA

1-down – Asks about institutionalised women and covers tops : BEWIGS

2-down – Devonshire village being taken along with one outside society : INSTOW

3-down – Scene of examination for international three-quarter? : TESTCENTRE

4-down – Endless money’s to be found in lounges : LOLLS

5-down – Money for girl, one that flies from West Africa? : GUINESHEN

6-down – One needs people that are in agreement : AMEN

7-down – Flower children keep silence! We”re trying to play snooker : POTSHOTS

8-down – Arabs, people without skirting : SARACENS

13-down – In old-fashioned style, getting on board a brig manque, possibly : EMBARQUING

15-down – How happy can you be with lady in art exhibition? : RADIANTLY

16-down – Be open as possible with Piltdown man’s constituents : APEBONES

17-down – Duck going round to the Guardian and I’ll dry up : TEATOWEL

19-down – Looker on the bright side, losing work, becomes one with a stop watch : TIMIST

20-down – Bits of pelvis near Naples get Greek character into savings : ISCHIA

23-down – City is first to speak : LEEDS

24-down – Bargains here from Jerusalem : SALE

5-across – Slippery character in Longfellow’s Last Stand : WEASEL

6-across – Bloke’s last Letter From America comes back in German : GEEZER

9-across – Author of The Bird Who Broke the Professor’s Heart : FOWLES

10-across – Oriental toffs with a lack of social distinction : EQUALITY

11-across – Given direction by a bird lover : LEDA

12-across – Notes girl receiving drink on a plate : MARGINALIA

13-across – Naturally produced a maiden over? : EXTRAVIRGIN

18-across – Freedom fighter’s infiltrated trade towers, literarily : BARCHESTER

21-across – Stitch up with a euphemistic oath : DARN

22-across – Lots of booze turned humble character inside out : ALFRESCO

23-across – Ford’s history, say, swallowed by Scottish fool : BEGUNK

24-across – Credit cut back for digger : WOMBAT

25-across – Tolerated nothing on the island : BORNEO

1-down – Fit a jacket around exhibits in the Louvre : TABLEAUX

2-down – Aircraft with missile aimed at it – it ends up in the sea : JETSAM

3-down – Odd penny coin once given to pork pie purveyor : PECULIAR

4-down – Plant supplying a drink in South Africa : AZALEA

5-down – Was first to keep song inexpressive : WOODEN

7-down – Undo docking and sell on? : RETAIL

8-down – Want source kept quiet : DEPRIVATION

14-down – It regulates the power that makes toaster hot : RHEOSTAT

15-down – Poor soldier brought up in middle of Depression : INDIGENT

16-down – Unproductive river running dry : FALLOW

17-down – Good drummer required for An American in Puerto Rico? : GRINGO

19-down – Metal providing Switzerland with capital : CHROME

20-down – Tease aristocrat about tape : RIBBON