Daily Answers

9-across – Footballer reaching sign-on age against comeback : RAMONVEGA

10-across – See 11 : OFTHE

11-across – 20’s final cut up top : THELAST

12-across – She’s going to get his one out when the Republic’s in : HEIRESS

13-across – 20’s pioneer gets deft shove from ferry company? : NATTY

14-across – Swore about terrorists wearing breastplates : CUIRASSED

16-across – 20’s a carrier for milk and a mineral without splash : AFLOATANDASHORE

19-across – Best friend’s holding tip in old napkin : MUCKENDER

21-across – County’s 17 dough : BUCKS

22-across – Revere, the setter does, Elizabeth and her top : IDOLIZE

23-across – Draw a doctor’s cutting implement first : TOMBOLA

24-across – Garbo’s wonderful, though with a twist in the tail : GRETA

25-across – In fate, lovers losing love but having energy well-stored : LOCUPLETE

1-down – Where hand is doubly evident can swimmer go in with edge? : WRITINGARM

2-down – Dairy product turning Enigmatist loopy : EMMENTAL

3-down – Disgrace – as incest is : INFAMY

4-down – 13 21 down’s garb belongs to Mrs T in trench village in Cumbria : LEAT

5-down – 13 21down’s stroke to prevent fellow coming inside : PATHFINDER

6-down – See 11 : MOHICANS

7-down – People unmentioned – up to 8 : OTHERS

8-down – See 4 : HERS

14-down – Exchange in M&S caused hell to break loose, leading to this? : CHAUDMELLE

15-down – 13 21down’s heard start of letter to Santa? : DEERSLAYER

17-down – A man in a man, like 20’s Democrat : AMERICAN

18-down – Quick look, when that’s finished : ONCEOVER

20-down – I say – a boxer! : COOPER

21-down – See 13 : BUMPPO

22-down – See 4 : INGS

23-down – See 4 : TOCK

5-across – CG after punishment for doze : CATNAP

6-across – Climax of the urge for gas masks : ORGASM

9-across – Poorly? Poorly : UNWELL

10-across – They make one wild in furies : UNIFIERS

11-across – CG to blow own trumpet : BRAG

12-across – CG finds one out – otherwise pop in : STRIPPOKER

13-across – CG’s revolutionary purpose gets free exposure : CHEMINDEFER

18-across – CG on wheels with base reportedly on the Mediterranean : MONTECARLO

21-across – … if French or if black, CG : JACK

22-across – CG at the back of a vehicle with a measure of purity : BACCARAT

23-across – CG with two sides : BRIDGE

24-across – Urchin at junction between roof ends for CGs, etc in 4 : GAMING

25-across – Foot’s story : LEGEND

1-down – Lying down eventually? : ATLENGTH

2-down – See 24 : TABLES

3-down – Sweet, pure if it is cooked : FRUITPIE

4-down – Financial experts in love with CG, eg in 18 : CASINO

5-down – Lie with C of CG without article : CANARD

7-down – Money alien to CG if new? : MARKET

8-down – With interest as it is now, how fast is the stream? : CURRENTRATE

14-down – Mademoiselle Leslie filmed during her month taking pasta : MACARONI

15-down – I give orders and directions to a woodworker : ENJOINER

16-down – Group of people without surprised expression to be ignored : GOHANG

17-down – Take top part in miracle play, with entry of calamity : ACTGOD

19-down – Book about business in the future : TOCOME

20-down – CGs for Spanish men : OMBRES

1-across – What’s blue and possibly brain-dead? : RIBAND

4-across – Cook’s vessel discovered Saint Peter decapitated on the grass : STOCKPOT

9-across – Test the soundness of one’s mettle, say, when leading : ASSAY

10-across – Don’t be so effusive down here! : CHEERLESS

11-across – Malignant spinner producing natural reaction among the reserves : TARANTULA

12-across – Quail cooked initially in port, perhaps : WINCE

13-across – Cocktail for a girl like Eartha Kitt? : OLDFASHIONED

17-across – Cracked bell also on my phone : MONOSYLLABLE

20-across – Irish diet one rejected? It’s a long story : ILIAD

21-across – One whose relations have been abandoned? : ADULTERER

23-across – Ring the assassin in the tax office : TOLLBOOTH

24-across – See 18 : AVERY

25-across – … a tale told by an idiot…signifying… : NONSENSE

26-across – Five on her scent : CHANEL

1-down – Opposition on a court charge : REACTION

2-down – He doth ___ the narrow world like a Colossus – Julius Caesar the top attraction was he? : BESTRIDE

3-down – Hither was it, where Charlemagne was crowned? : NOYON

5-down – 24 1across in ____- – Hamlet’s Under-21 International trophy? : THECAPOFYOUTH

6-down – Lateral revolution produced by a spokesperson? : CARTWHEEL

7-down – Father Time has a yen for this bloomer : PAEONY

8-down – Publisher’s reader with the Larousse Gastronomique? : TASTER

10-down – They watch the box up to the cocoa’s distribution : COUCHPOTATOES

14-down – Bad English viola playing should be shunned : AVOIDABLE

15-down – Might sailor-king want to return here? : ABERDEEN

16-down – The action of a rat by a later mutation : BETRAYAL

18-down – Could Byron’s prince of poets hail lines by this American painter? … : MILTON

19-down – or six lines on Francois? : VILLON

22-down – 25 binned? : TRASH

7-across – Voices of disapproval about fool getting mackerel : BONITOS

8-across – Light roll gives spirit to revolutionary : BRIOCHE

10-across – Liberal revolution gets the spirit : BLITHE

11-across – In the cinema Mary’s choice falls on Harrison : PICKFORD

12-across – With the 6th 2 one is a witch – about right, a feminist! : HARD

13-across – Tall chap lying down found life real and earnest : LONGFELLOW

14-across – Plagal mode: get windy after taking syringe: I only hope AA can make it : HYPOAEOLIAN

19-across – Conductor’s role reversing old car : RATTLETRAP

22-across – With the last 2 one is a piece of, say, 7 and 10, this and 17’s outside : GOOD

23-across – A stroke by the French: provide a detachment : UNCOUPLE

24-across – You stinker! cried Archimedes : EUREKA

25-across – With the 4th 2 one has service backing for African country : FARTOGO

26-across – One who won’t drink isn’t commonly going to convict : ATTAINT

1-down – Sophisticated guy – don’t give him a hot dog! : COOLCAT

2-down – Time of arrival sees John hot on Robin : BIRTHDAY

3-down – Sick? On the contrary: it’s somebody’s 2 in song : NOWELL

4-down – With the 2nd 2 one sees people entering another gulf : GRACEFUL

5-down – With the 3rd 2 one would nearly enter successive notes : WOEFUL

6-down – Heat preserver from nethermost hell : THERMOS

9-down – With the 5th 2 one is to attend between Frank and Edward : OPENHEARTED

15-down – PTO for the complete attendant : OVERPAGE

16-down – Shearer keeping Halliwell from Constantine, perhaps : ALGERIAN

17-down – Refuse is always increasing : GAINSAY

18-down – See 12 : WORKING

20-down – Was attracted by authority in its entirety? : TOOKTO

21-down – With the 1st 2 one is quite often with 22 : PRETTY

1-across – Crow eating variety of cakes is indifferent : JACKEASY

5-across – Upbringing? Over-acknowledge Enigmatist, if you like : EMETIC

9-across – Reacts to very witty joke and credit relaxes : CREASESUP

11-across – Novice companion knocking back beer : CHELA

12-across – About the flow of Ganges and Rhine, one may be issuing a legal warning : GARNISHEEING

15-across – Right behind Kon-tiki, say : RAFT

16-across – Arms are as good as hair : MATCHLOCKS

18-across – Strangely east of Java, but not very, crosses bridge in the Pacific : SEAOFJAPAN

19-across – Worker following meat : BEEF

21-across – Ford, etc, one sorting out river test : AUTOINDUSTRY

24-across – Dead thick, I won’t tip : STIFF

25-across – See 1 down : NICHOLSON

26-across – In the garden to clear lines is profligacy : RAKERY

27-across – Reopened line in Sussex down to the signal : BLUEBELL

1-down – Stone wall : JACK

2-down – Reporter’s divvy for one of 7 14 : CHER

3-down – Dry up! Will’s being a good listener : ENSEAR

4-down – One of 7 14 gets us up without a sweater to put on : SUSANSARANDON

6-down – One of 7 14 rodents round abyss with pair, if restricted by irons? : MICHELLE

7-down – Cut into bird: revolutionary, so eat well with port and play : THEWITCHES

8-down – Treats as a loss and leaves in a hurry : CHARGESOFF

10-down – Romantic letters with 26p stamps to LA? : POSTCLASSICAL

13-down – Interloper makes Parisian very cross : TRESPASSER

14-down – See 7 : OFEASTWICK

17-down – See 6 : PFEIFFER

20-down – Nothing to be seen amongst the trees but a furrow : GROOVE

22-down – As the Arctic is reported to be, that is clear : ISEE

23-down – A love-plant : ANIL