Daily Answers

1-across – Sleep with dandy in car on the way back : DROPOFF

5-across – Van finally removed from house on street, space reserved : STORAGE

10-across – Rotation of valved devices in row : SPAT

11-across – With these, washers’ heads in coverings of plastic spattered? : SHOWERCAPS

12-across – Doctor who transformed state in setter, briefly : JEKYLL

13-across – Put in peril, give peace a chance? : ENDANGER

14-across – Function with metrical swinging of wood chopper, did you say? : LOGARITHM

16-across – Inebriated worker randy? : BEERY

17-across – Moderate taking a badger by the ear? : ABATE

19-across – Wind and frost unfortunately resulted in winter pile-up? : SNOWDRIFT

23-across – Distort the winning beauty of modern art? : MISSTATE

24-across – A blind partner’s exploit in rave : EFFUSE

26-across – Evidence of damage, problem with electrical connection? : SCARTISSUE

27-across – Green piece of lasagna I found : NAIF

28-across – Man ripe for development in geologic period : PERMIAN

29-across – Toy with a hog that’s furious in sweaty exercise : HOTYOGA

2-down – All the other instruments I rope in to play : RIPIENO

3-down – Brief: mine handy? : PITHY

4-down – Spur cut around American pasta : FUSILLI

6-down – Posh, cute dandy? : TWEEDY

7-down – Storyteller, creator uninvolved? : RACONTEUR

8-down – Time off from study, stuff inspiring a playboy on vacation : GAPYEAR

9-down – Ace — another card, perhaps? : SOMETHINGELSE

15-down – Injected substance ruins meat that’s processed : ANTISERUM

18-down – Cheese sandwiches first of all on order, choose ham roll : BRIOCHE

20-down – Going to that place, put on number for the audience? : WHERETO

21-down – Eggs having gone up in smoke, Shrove Tuesday over, evidently? : FASTING

22-down – Plate with lamb or chicken, perhaps, served up? : LAMINA

25-down – Crave cool candy? : FANCY

8-across – A salt thrown into sea in chains : MANACLED

9-across – Idols contributing to music on stage : ICONS

10-across – Leader in athletics by virtue of being light blue : AQUA

11-across – With due care, I quietly put on hat backwards : DILIGENTLY

12-across – Rates for musicians as part of system, possibly : TEMPOS

14-across – Maiden surrounded by highly distinctive singers is mover and shaker? : TREMBLES

15-across – Experiencing uncertainty with one negative reaction about part of body : INLIMBO

17-across – Tragic knight going astray in transit : TRISTAN

20-across – Blunder dividing odd case also containing new wine from Loire valley : SANCERRE

22-across – Emperor taking drink back in chariot : CAESAR

23-across – Wife with one 24 down or another : WELLINGTON

24-across – A male one could become royal, but never does : DEER

25-across – Earl famous for piano playing excels, apart from first piece : HINES

26-across – Old American statesman is blunt, taking nothing back : FRANKLIN

1-down – Blossom with rock band as girl selected annually : MAYQUEEN

2-down – Silence a so-called lady singer : GAGA

3-down – Good woman’s soulful knight, so-called? : GLADYS

4-down – Excessively praise? Grown-up mostly scoffed : ADULATE

5-down – Drama in family, tragically regal : KINGLEAR

6-down – Rely on foundation that includes one jazz great : COUNTBASIE

7-down – Princess lied so badly — for her lover, see below : ISOLDE

13-down – Redesign ring with pencil for minor royal : PRINCELING

16-down – Save your son for noblewoman : BARONESS

18-down – eg fellow that’s practically irrelevant : ACADEMIC

19-down – Make more concrete outside court? Right : RECTIFY

21-down – A change of heart for 26, queen of her genre : ARETHA

22-down – Lord Jim was title for him, misspelt on card : CONRAD

24-down – One of two used by boxer, titleholder : DUKE

1-across – River Island stock emptied in plant : TAMARISK

5-across – Kiki maybe grasping answer in 400 years : DECADE

9-across – Club’s getting 50% from Norman Hunter : WOODSMAN

10-across – High octave for bird : AVOCET

12-across – Maxine Peake’s back performing after concerning review : REEXAMINE

13-across – See 27 : SCORE

14-across – Some held captive by slave-driver rejected God : DEVA

16-across – Sincere pledge : EARNEST

19-across – Demo upset Peter Tosh — he’s leaving! : PROTEST

21-across – Brazilians stir it up : TUPI

24-across – Inception on TV : ONSET

25-across – Total giant oddly into kinky reggae : AGGREGATE

27-across – 240 midnight ravers at last getting substance : TWELVE

28-across – Characters in mountain hospital getting aid wrongly : ALPHABET

29-across – Inspectors exercise neglect : DISUSE

30-across – Wacky redcoat entertaining posh teacher : EDUCATOR

1-down – Stop that train, primarily about hard struggle : THWART

2-down – No more trouble for rear shower : MOONER

3-down – Bob Marley perhaps managed star touring America : RASTA

4-down – Endurance of Anita Harris finally cracked over mile : STAMINA

6-down – Earwig left out of shed in autumn? : EAVESDROP

7-down – Secured a new job with degree : ANCHORED

8-down – Head of Exeter City in America welcoming minister to appeal : ENTREATY

11-down – Jump about in concrete jungle : JETE

15-down – Particular society falling down completely for the chosen ones : ELECTIVES

17-down – Vegetable seeds occasionally grew : SPROUTED

18-down – Bums around India in briefs : DOSSIERS

20-down – Jack without energy to run fast : TEAR

21-down – Switched tee on tricky dogleg : TOGGLED

22-down – Bunny wailer’s ultimate ‘rock it baby’ cut short : RABBIT

23-down – Fiddler missing introduction to catch a fire? : HEATER

26-down – Nationalist abandons cultural belief : ETHIC

9-across – Criminal warrant you truncated for a pest : NORWAYRAT

10-across – Blackbirds in 16 activity : BOWLS

11-across – Brewer leaves brewery with direction for what goes in beer : YEAST

12-across – Kind of water around promontory being 16 : NAIVENESS

13-across – Chaps in parties, 16s : SPINACH

14-across – Speaking without hesitation on gentle 16 activity : PUTTING

17-across – Rotter abandoning home, getting another one : VILLA

19-across – Dined perhaps, delaying a possibly 16 drink : TEA

20-across – Beer bottles Gloria drained? These may be in the drink : ALGAE

21-across – Dog in his hut, with spitz’s tail wagging : SHIHTZU

22-across – Train robbery : BREAKIN

24-across – Socialised in hotel with old pupil, toff and qualified teacher : HOBNOBBED

26-across – Cry after sacking one famous 16 figure : SHREK

28-across – Famous 16 figure left, you heard, with a lot of money : LUCAS

29-across – 16 activity on 16 activity : RECYCLING

1-down – English sailors deprived of a feeling making you 16 : ENVY

2-down – A princess investing millions in Italian company : ARMANI

3-down – Method for scrapping upturned vehicle, running a trial : MARTIALART

4-down – Famous 16 figure’s smile about goal in rugby : GRINCH

5-down – Land in Haiti, a lot of open ground : ETHIOPIA

6-down – Instrument: gong ringing out at first : OBOE

7-down – Comprehensive school’s head in distress : SWEEPING

8-down – Poses while eating Special K : ASKS

13-down – Husbands heading for swingers’ bar at first : SAVES

15-down – Way in which vagrant lives poorly on the road : TRAVELSICK

16-down – Alternative energy, mostly, may be so? : GREEN

18-down – Cool kid without current support : LAIDBACK

19-down – Hunt out composer, a famous 16 figure : THUNBERG

22-down – Problem when refusing to wash and cut part of dress : BODICE

23-down – Famous 16 figure I’m not sure is dressed in clothing : KERMIT

24-down – Famous 16 figure’s hard luck, wanting cold bananas : HULK

25-down – Send packing case for outfit around America : OUST

27-down – Whence we get beer from cask, eg Stella : KEGS

7-across – Starsailor performances lacking support : SOLOS

8-across – Pain — yes, like, on the tip of my tongue : MALAYALAM

10-across – Food for sheep next to the sea in Portugal? : MARRAM

11-across – Football team comes second to another one involving stars : SIDEREAL

12-across – Gently touches Chevrolet SS? : CARESSES

13-across – When 12’s struck off totally? : NOON

15-across – First, they turn clay vessel : TOPSPOT

17-across – Do work to prepare to hang new wall covering : REPAPER

20-across – Loose iron shackles are beginning to be removed : FREE

22-across – They review trips in a Quattro: not for everyone : AUDITORS

25-across – Something on the front page causing a bit of a frown? : HEADLINE

26-across – Clothe Nick in nurse’s costume at last : ENROBE

27-across – Note on private record reviewed every year : PERENNIAL

28-across – Married man’s wife’s address : MADAM

1-down – Put compost on a bin — alternatively, dig it in with this : ROTAVATOR

2-down – Are their guts more developed? : GOURMETS

3-down – Guitar player with the lowest sound : BASSIST

4-down – Blasted palindrome left Soup put out — I’m sorry! : PARDONME

5-down – I take position in firm round Barnet : HAIRDO

6-down – Long stories drop top grades : SAGAS

9-down – Creatures which cut the mustard : EMUS

14-down – Thumps above the solar plexus : HEARTBEAT

16-down – As instructed, nothing put on foundation that is not without substance : OBEDIENT

18-down – Rate rail disruption relating to a key part of the network : ARTERIAL

19-down – High arcs covering rear of stage that’s essential for a Hamilton performance : RACECAR

21-down – More embarrassed about doctor describing the two early signs of dementia : REDDER

23-down – Act finished: theatre stage cleared finally : DEED

24-down – Belief in infinite netherworld : TENET