Daily Answers

1-across – Vegetable makes sleep sweeter : SUGARSNAP

6-across – Old Irish families providing short items for certain calendar pages? : SEPTS

9-across – College is following plan to get around one path to disaster : COLLISIONCOURSE

10-across – Popular film is back in place : SITE

11-across – Claim he transmuted carbon — hoping for gold? : ALCHEMIC

14-across – Porter, perhaps — individual secured by my tip? : BEERMONEY

15-across – Editor probing hospital litter : SEDAN

16-across – Start working before being ready? : ONSET

18-across – I brought in people with US railway fuel : BIODIESEL

20-across – Judge, after hesitation, blocking less contaminated source of dodgy evidence : PERJURER

21-across – It’s not enough for side dish : FLAN

25-across – Carry on after collapse of business etc, getting very little money : SUBSISTENCEWAGE

26-across – Party occupying most of a remarkable place for orgies and such : SODOM

27-across – Ridiculous suggestion but diary’s misinterpreted : ABSURDITY

1-down – Dismisses British neurologist : SACKS

2-down – Sweet cake allowed to be consumed by spectators : GALETTE

3-down – Country demoting the leader in downfall : RAIN

4-down – Unsophisticated in turning up embracing a fellow : NAIF

5-down – Possibly fine component of shrubbery in which there’s a particular spot : PENALTYBOX

6-down – Random person not readily moved to accept Charles Trenet at first : STOCHASTIC

7-down – Religious figure in decline turned up in burial site of kings : PYRAMID

8-down – Petition for zone around North African location at first — this one? : SUEZCANAL

12-down – Lack of skill represented as immature : AMATEURISM

13-down – I get ecstatic, I start to admit — not bodily present? : INABSENTIA

14-down – Nonsense from America about job pursuing record website content : BLOGPOSTS

17-down – Flashed in street, wearing loose garment : STROBED

19-down – Upset is limiting blooming options for study : SYLLABI

22-down – Craving affection, with rise in desire after cuddling of Parisian : NEEDY

23-down – Leader abandoning extra responsibility : ONUS

24-down – Comedian’s eccentricity not OK when making sarcastic comment : JEER

1-across – Still dressing old ladies, say, in white top : SNOWCAP

5-across – V&A wins time : AGAINST

9-across – Factory owner to be informed about answer : WONKA

10-across – A kitchen item in France covers area not fit for diners : UNEATABLE

11-across – Lengthier struggles to secure government approval : GREENLIGHT

12-across – Republican American with energy between the sheets : REAM

14-across – Unseen Observer article with lines knowing about everything : FLYONTHEWALL

18-across – Repeat drama’s opening being performed by theatre set : ACTIONREPLAY

21-across – Perhaps bearded cockney is impractical : AIRY

22-across – Was a swinger’s large behind pinched by huge policemen? : OSCILLATED

25-across – Dubious hearing air Holst composed drinking whiskey : SHOWTRIAL

26-across – Harsh words with husband during breakfast, perhaps : OATHS

27-across – Smart to limit use of computers etc in office : SITTING

28-across – Spooner’s legwear tear? It comes from a thorny bush : ROSEHIP

1-down – Waste money earned in Kent? : SEWAGE

2-down – They could make a pound for cats : OUNCES

3-down – New designer stores bound to seek new entertainment : CHANNELHOP

4-down – Two Guardian setters and a quantum whiz : PAULI

5-down – Ancient king’s popular record opening with Let It Be : AMENHOTEP

6-down – Bit of pot inhaled by urban terrorist : ANTE

7-down – Entitled fellow rejected good Parisian lover : NOBLEMAN

8-down – Soldiers in high heat also stripped off winter gear : THERMALS

13-down – Bling or diamonds grabbed by male shaking with pride : MEDALLIONS

15-down – Stampeding rhino’s shot with gun : ONRUSHING

16-down – Rapid mammals seizing donkey and badgers : HARASSES

17-down – Greatly admired solicitor to get going : STARTOUT

19-down – Senate’s leader has tiny individual issue when running : STITCH

20-down – Trouble concentrating? Getting drink makes sense : ADDSUP

23-down – Slacker student features in newspaper article in Bild : IDLER

24-down – Case of best pupil having periodical lapses : ETUI

1-across – Unit heard brief alarm not long after St Andrew’s Day? : DECIBEL

5-across – Put under wraps say for cardinal : INTEGER

9-across – Ready to drop, dropping guts? : ALLIN

10-across – Sewn to the buckles — that might sharpen things up : WHETSTONE

11-across – Some bread and cream? : UPPERCRUST

12-across – Fracture that’s the same! : SNAP

14-across – Poser: one put on underwear, nearest pants : BRAINTEASER

18-across – Fancy quality seen in 21,4,5 down : FLOWERINESS

21-across – Bit of bitter? : HALF

22-across – Bottom pinched by old backing group, bacchanalian lot : WASSAILERS

25-across – See 26 : INTESTINE

26-across – Internal part embodied by 15, 9, 6, 5 down : SMALL

27-across – A murder most foul — there’s a hammer behind it : EARDRUM

28-across – Home Office credo perverse — right to vote, perhaps? : FREEDOM

1-down – Contact laid? : DIALUP

2-down – A margin crossed by companion’s ruler : CALIPH

3-down – One going for apple pockets rank bananas for a nicker : BANKROBBER

4-down – Cow nearer bottom of hill? : LOWER

5-down – Fundamentally, skill lacking at first, one missing in particular? : INESSENCE

6-down – Check flower : TEST

7-down – My rectitude : GOODNESS

8-down – Again sell story about old flame : REEXPORT

13-down – Matter found under bottom of cups in period of over a month — glasses cleaner? : LENSTISSUE

15-down – Brutishness is around country defended by broken man : ANIMALISM

16-down – See 28 : OFCHOICE

17-down – Researcher investing £2 in ad : POLLSTER

19-down – Carrot artist served up : REWARD

20-down – Shelter unknown number in a favela : ASYLUM

23-down – Two females have bound a bundle : SHEAF

24-down – Plucking out odd bits, it is hairy for Nicholas, say? : TSAR

1-across – Thong? Ace bum’s out with it? : BATHING

5-across – Designer pen at front of table : STYLIST

10-across – Marry and look after prince : PAIR

11-across – Growing space in new fancy shoe you picked up : GREENHOUSE

12-across – Plain top on secretary : PATENT

13-across – Leaks and passes water over a long time : SEEPAGES

14-across – John Stones tackling back for Everton: they’re unsettled : LOOSEENDS

16-across – They might tweet sentence then add a second : BIRDS

17-across – Turned? Last bit in milk bottle : SPUNK

19-across – Short crisis meeting with European coming : EMERGENCE

23-across – Playing Rita Ora number one in club : ROTARIAN

24-across – Somewhat like a vehicle to go up in smoke? : VANISH

26-across – Clear company’s short of securing old web address : COLOURLESS

27-across – Puma ultimately protecting paw : MAUL

28-across – Hacked off with demanding daughter : SEVERED

29-across – Barred one parking next to front of entrance in road behind street : STRIPED

2-down – Without starter for korma, a pakora is served when eating hot Indian : ARAPAHO

3-down – Water collecting in river bay? : HORSE

4-down – Drink up? Husband to restrict habit for bedroom? : NIGHTIE

6-down – Sore foot of goat, one at the back : TENDER

7-down – See one enjoy a double : LOOKALIKE

8-down – Fork out to cover American ground : SUSPEND

9-down – Way of treating bride, man needs to get excited : BEDSIDEMANNER

15-down – Grass and a flower on land : SINGAPORE

18-down – Expert to position table : PROPOSE

20-down – The King without large appeal after Queen? Come again? : REVISIT

21-down – See 1 : COSTUME

22-down – Gore and Republican getting into scrap : PIERCE

25-down – They hold water in bath, primarily: smallest amount comes over : NIMBI

1-across – One left with our Sicilian wanting a hole in the head : NOSTRIL

5-across – Put out suggestion for boozer’s language? : PUBLISH

9-across – See 14 : PARTY

10-across – Pole touring Black Sea city, sucker for punishment : MASOCHIST

11-across – Rising circle : REVOLUTION

12-across – AI character’s 3/8, say : HAL

14-across – Boris’s once sober occasion? : CONSERVATIVE

18-across – Prodigality proves ridiculous before resolution : OVERSPENDING

21-across – Not entirely hard wood : FIR

22-across – Leant out, energy in that hidden warmth : LATENTHEAT

25-across – Compound ideally in oft disputed sunblock : LEYLANDII

26-across – Convincing evidence has ring confiscated by teacher : PROOF

27-across – Buy book with two biblical characters : BELIEVE

28-across – See 2 : TUESDAY

1-down – Items of table linen, no rings for each : NAPERY

2-down – He’s starved, you suspect — feast approaching fast : SHROVE

3-down – Family where bumbling yahoos rule : ROYALHOUSE

4-down – Head on lap, it’s me in cap : LIMIT

5-down – Steam engine part is taking load: poke around it : PISTONROD

6-down – Side dedicated to sports: eg a leader in polo? : BACK

7-down – Girl taking those four characters after foxtrot out for dance : IRISHJIG

8-down – Story in other novel for Conrad Hilton, say : HOTELIER

13-down – Shed clipper somewhere in North Devon : BARNSTAPLE

15-down – On horseback, say, king and journalist head for the hills : SKEDADDLE

16-down – One of thirteen in pack following VW car driver, say : GOLFCLUB

17-down – Little girl and two little boys breaking faith : BETRAYAL

19-down – See eh? : BEHOLD

20-down – Things nearby, ultimately close : STUFFY

23-down – Put out English winner, or not : EVICT

24-down – See 6 : PAGE