Daily Answers

11-across – See special instructions : NAMELY

12-across – See special instructions : MARGOSA

13-across – See special instructions : VARLET

14-across – See special instructions : SIXPENNIES

15-across – See special instructions : PALTRINESS

16-across – See special instructions : SCARABEE

18-across – See special instructions : CALIBRE

20-across – See special instructions : INCA

22-across – See special instructions : NOVASCOTIA

24-across – See special instructions : INCONTRAST

25-across – See special instructions : ADMIN

26-across – See special instructions : GRENFELL

28-across – See special instructions : NISSAN

31-across – See special instructions : IGNARO

33-across – See special instructions : NOSEBAGS

36-across – See special instructions : KUKRI

39-across – See special instructions : ENTOMOLOGY

41-across – See special instructions : NAMBYPAMBY

43-across – See special instructions : TACO

44-across – See special instructions : SCRUPLE

45-across – See special instructions : SHARPISH

47-across – See special instructions : GETINRANGE

50-across – See special instructions : MISSIONISE

52-across – See special instructions : TADEMA

53-across – See special instructions : INSURED

54-across – See special instructions : EXEDRA

1-down – See special instructions : HARI

2-down – See special instructions : HELPER

3-down – See special instructions : LYINGBACK

4-down – See special instructions : AMBIVERT

5-down – See special instructions : BRASSCHAIN

6-down – See special instructions : COMPULSIVE

7-down – See special instructions : NAIL

8-down – See special instructions : OVERWEENING

9-down – See special instructions : FRONTIER

10-down – See special instructions : NEWS

17-down – See special instructions : CLOUD

19-down – See special instructions : BACKLOG

21-down – See special instructions : CASCA

23-down – See special instructions : AVILA

27-down – See special instructions : RANCOUR

29-down – See special instructions : SCUBA

30-down – See special instructions : ZOROASTRIAN

32-down – See special instructions : GENOA

34-down – See special instructions : SAYSPLEASE

35-down – See special instructions : BANKERMARK

37-down – See special instructions : ROBES

38-down – See special instructions : SYBARITES

40-down – See special instructions : OZONISER

42-down – See special instructions : MOSSSIDE

46-down – See special instructions : PONDER

48-down – See special instructions : ECAD

49-down – See special instructions : NAIN

51-down – See special instructions : SORB

1-across – An aspiring knight has no say in essay papers : ESQUIRE

5-across – Speculate about danger of meat : BRISKET

10-across – The way to get into Irish party : URDU

11-across – Rogers must design for adverse tidal conditions : STORMSURGE

12-across – Greeting returned in Italian port : BIHARI

13-across – Joiner interrupts US painter : MANDARIN

14-across – Confidentially, access is reduced by common sense : ENTRENOUS

16-across – Ethel’s awful forgetfulness : LETHE

17-across – Big time : OSAGE

19-across – Edward entertains rustic and Parisian with dense shrubbery : THICKETED

23-across – Run round people’s church : ROMANSCH

24-across – Tellurium connector’s acceptable : TELUGU

26-across – Fairy meets goddess in place that’s unimportant : PERIPHERAL

27-across – Acting award for knight in play : TONY

28-across – 8 briefly staying in oriental island : BENGALI

29-across – Pineapple contains iodine? Liar! : ANANIAS

2-down – Welsh girl holds item of royal regalia : SORBIAN

3-down – Common pet wears gold! Upset? It sticks in the throat! : UVULA

4-down – Rex has a sinus problem : RUSSIAN

6-down – Jenkins tours island : ROMANY

7-down – African and Scandinavian in a pickle : SOUDANESE

8-down – Old type size : ENGLISH

9-down – Boasting during battle charge in the county : MONMOUTHSHIRE

15-down – Trigger an organised hiking of prices : REGRATING

18-down – It makes Bob adore Tyneside : SLOVENE

20-down – Boy chases animal : CATALAN

21-down – Empress of France cut a plant : EUGENIA

22-down – Helios affected line on map : ISOHEL

25-down – Endlessly criticising : LATIN

1-across – What’s wrong is the translation or a witty retort, spiral-wise : SINISTRORSALLY

9-across – Weed at absolute temperature in local retreat : BUTTERCUP

10-across – Old city, one favoured by artists : PETRA

11-across – Initiators of direct rule returned, which is ghastly : LURID

12-across – Point to apostle with epistle endlessly run together with a badge : EPAULETTE

13-across – Last man in railway: what did you say about opening? : ELEVENTH

14-across – Inventor of modesty from the right : EDISON

17-across – Weed catcher let out : NETTLE

19-across – Weed used by worker in rolling ground : PLANTAIN

22-across – Class of crystals used in reported attempt on health centre : TRICLINIC

24-across – Weed on the ground is not so green : ELDER

25-across – A good swimmer: top person gets over it : OTTER

26-across – PM once a French gentleman left among Italian footballers : MACMILLAN

27-across – Mayor’s in time to enter medal on deposit by the Albert Memorial : KENSINGTONGORE

1-down – Junior officer tricked into a logical relationship : SUBALTERNATION

2-down – For its sake came Spanish princess, crazy on genealogy : NUTTREE

3-down – Weed – for a time Spooner’s? : SPEEDWELL

4-down – Nude painter under the hay likely to collapse : RICKETTY

5-down – Effect cancellation concerned with bellringing : REPEAL

6-down – Shock for son of Welsh friend : APPAL

7-down – Tales about liquor are far from an exaggeration : LITOTES

8-down – Come in with man taking ecstasy – insert old actor taking ecstasy : MAKEANENTRANCE

15-down – Weed for fellow holding with old priest : DANDELION

16-down – Corporal punishment banned by union? That’s lucky : BLACKCAT

18-down – Weed making the list : THISTLE

20-down – Topless footwear with nothing in addition : ANDALSO

21-down – Good time – about my first pointer to it : GNOMON

23-down – House and ground : LORDS

1-across – Magic word receiving low frequency and none other : SELFSAME

5-across – The revolution sets on Switzerland : PUTSCH

9-across – Senior office is doubly malodorous : HIGHRANK

10-across – The Virgin Soldiers get help : MAIDEN

12-across – A drink that can be relied on : STOUT

13-across – Not long ago an article of the Beatles’ faith? : YESTERDAY

14-across – School book on building : CHARTERHOUSE

18-across – Offering to be funny, but not ironic : CONTRIBUTION

21-across – State in which bird has forewarning of strange occurrences : PHENOMENA

23-across – Friend welcoming alien with a term of endearment : PETAL

24-across – Students taking a degree involving one type of sound : LABIAL

25-across – Detective admits woman as spokesperson : CHAIRMAN

26-across – A trap that almost ensnared Tatiana? : ONEGIN

27-across – Differing in doctrine, but not in heat here : ISOTHERM

1-down – Parting of the ways when Mao’s lost taste for torture : SCHISM

2-down – Soldiers charge onto stage : LEGION

3-down – Support for victims of the rack? : STRETCHER

4-down – Acquisitive type putting cash back into the kitty for masseuse : MONEYGRUBBER

6-down – Instrument binding a Pole to Russian rule : UKASE

7-down – Showed allegiance to unconventional member of orchestra : SIDEDRUM

8-down – Sharpen up by repeating note on buzzer : HONEYBEE

11-down – Grave words spoken when a man’s digits get hold of tree : ASHESTOASHES

15-down – Suggestion about money-spinning at the Sign of the Horse : HOOFPRINT

16-down – A firm absorbing a firm absorbing university town in Mexico : ACAPULCO

17-down – Group dropping both ends of fellows’ symbol : ENSEMBLE

19-down – Balk at hovel where I cut myself : STYMIE

20-down – It’s highly desirable to secure space for general meeting : PLENUM

22-down – Arab will be back in a tick : OMANI

1-across – See special instructions : BLITZ

4-across – See special instructions : CHROMIUM

8-across – See special instructions : AWORDINYOUREAR

10-across – See special instructions : DRYCELLS

11-across – See special instructions : QUOTHA

12-across – See special instructions : EARLYCALL

15-across – See special instructions : OFGAS

17-across – See special instructions : TEETH

18-across – See special instructions : KINGSTOWN

19-across – See special instructions : NEWMAN

21-across – See special instructions : FIRSTACT

24-across – See special instructions : VICEROYOFINDIA

25-across – See special instructions : XENOPHON

26-across – See special instructions : HORSE

1-down – See special instructions : BOARDMEETING

2-down – See special instructions : IVORYTREE

3-down – See special instructions : ZADIE

4-down – See special instructions : CANALBANK

5-down – See special instructions : ROOK

6-down – See special instructions : MURMUROUS

7-down – See special instructions : UNAPT

9-down – See special instructions : PASSINGTRADE

13-down – See special instructions : YOHEAVEHO

14-down – See special instructions : LONGICORN

16-down – See special instructions : GOOSANDER

20-down – See special instructions : WHITE

22-down – See special instructions : SMITH

23-down – See special instructions : JOSH