Daily Answers

1-across – Trouble recurring, discards rubbish : GUBBINS

5-across – Country bumpkin ultimately a state : INDIANA

9-across – Urgent case in solving reference made public : OUTED

10-across – Aggressive articulated lorry you hired out? : TRUCULENT

11-across – Misery, as booty left on ship : SPOILSPORT

12-across – European providing rolling news : FINN

14-across – Radioactive element collected, about one in four bombs : CALIFORNIUM

18-across – Weakness, when it comes to lifting a kilo, meant wimp finally collapsed : KLEPTOMANIA

21-across – Weapon — something sharp knocking head off : PIKE

22-across – Private member almost totally bent, a genius behind bars? : WILLYWONKA

25-across – Order lacking here, church is cut­ting 50% from extortionate cost? : ANARCHISM

26-across – Prickle, however, with service : THORN

27-across – Going to seed, perhaps — like a tree? : ELDERLY

28-across – Curse rock pieces on middle of patio : TORMENT

1-down – Protest, as bird shot : GROUSE

2-down – See 19 : BUTTON

3-down – Offensive show about the bowels of hell : INDELICATE

4-down – Exercise position is elevated : SITUP

5-down – Drug creating high in building of bonfire : IBUPROFEN

6-down – Knight covering a smear : DAUB

7-down – A couple for eating, did yer say? Drink! : APERITIF

8-down – Completely different words from boy on paper : ANTONYMS

13-down – Get nowhere, seeing doctor possibly pocketing extraordinary wad : TREADWATER

15-down – Clarity, I imply: it is unlikely to inspire leader in democracy : LIMPIDITY

16-down – Aircraft has to avoid route : SKIPLANE

17-down – Jack in pack, set of cards : DECKHAND

19-down – Stirring soon, beast with the hump time and time again activated this? : SNOOZE

20-down – Artist embodying good drawer? : MAGNET

23-down – Bound to find this writer’s into books : LIMIT

24-down – Tree, one with canopy of red? : ACER

1-across – First indications of Times Jumbo’s grace : TJUNCTION

6-across – Mid-April fly-by-nights take note : RMONTHS

12-across – Lady Day flower : LDRIVER

13-across – From next Iron Age : XGENERATION

15-across – Worried mother starting to yawn : MTHEORY

16-across – It’s very hard for us : HHOUR

17-across – Crude jokes involving level of acidity : JOSEPHK

21-across – Spanish girl by Swiss city at parts of court : BASELINES

22-across – Decorations for naval personnel getting into a spot : ADORNMENT

24-across – Strengthening supports from trees are suggested : FURS

27-across – Where one’s only just late? : MORTUARY

28-across – Born, died unknown, bereft : NEEDY

30-across – Compilers initially clue it loosely as ‘dead skin’ : CUTICLE

32-across – Henry leaving Erichplatz, troubled : ZPARTICLE

33-across – Severely criticise leading rider with one horse : RIPINTO

34-across – Son flees creepy-crawly returning, lower in bath again : REDIP

35-across – Sausage with nachos, as starter : CHORIZON

39-across – Platoon, out of condition, losing heart : UNIT

40-across – Actor gets series, which may be pulled during run : HAMSTRING

43-across – Repeatedly went and persevered : KEPTGOING

46-across – In office, female is most like Mrs Beckham : POSHEST

47-across – Snake in secret surroundings : QBOAT

48-across – State loo : GAGENTS

51-across – Sip seasoned mixer and get fat : ADIPOSENESS

52-across – Parkhead’s team : PCELTIC

53-across – Bird getting stronger, gaining weight : WAXWING

54-across – Blooms from seed Lewis scattered : EDELWEISS

2-down – Jubilate starting Mass in church : JCLOTH

3-down – New Avengers providing lethal weapon : NERVEGAS

4-down – Man of note who works at the pub : TAVERNER

5-down – Fine artist makes gumbo : OKRA

7-down – Caesar’s big ice cream : MAGNUM

8-down – Coming from Euston on Underground : NONU

9-down – Supporter held up during time at Dover and Folkestone, say : HARBOURS

10-down – Pupils of equal ability disturbed master : STREAM

11-down – Cash advance securing cold and hot water in Scotland : LOCHAN

14-down – Roughly tie ox right there, outside : THEEXTERIOR

18-down – Ebbinghof’s not odd : BIGO

19-down – Unknown tot turning up : DDAY

20-down – Stentorian player : FFACTOR

21-down – Plump buttock outside : BROTUNDUM

23-down – Troubling, in general : ELEARNING

25-down – When to form a union, learning, we hear, of rule in the main : MARITIMELAW

26-down – Bigwig entering Switzerland? On the contrary : VCHIP

27-down – Short time in Germany to experience first Greek appetiser : MEZE

28-down – Some twenty performers : NTYPE

29-down – Frosty ground around N : YFRONTS

31-down – Thomas’s Hill plant : FERN

35-down – Anglican books of little value? : CENT

36-down – Emperor’s essential oil : OTTO

37-down – Man’s surroundings : IRISHSEA

38-down – Swimmer always put in extra length : MORAYEEL

39-down – Trouble undoing steel nut : UNSETTLE

41-down – Common US women get a new start : AROADS

42-down – Wandering Pharisees’ ire not accepted : SSHAPE

44-down – Weak seaman spoken of : WBOSON

45-down – Supplies troughs of sweet-smelling flowers : STOCKS

49-down – Poor reception for Sussex and England fast bowler : SNOW

50-down – Letters from TripAdvisor : IPAD

1-across – Setter’s right out of sweetener for drink : IMBIBE

4-across – Stole back to cover a quarrel : FRACAS

9-across – Green with envy welcoming press people of stature at match : ENVIRONMENTALLY

10-across – Say nothing : OBJECT

11-across – Within that location round Maidenhead you’ll find an instrument : THEREMIN

12-across – Danger across the Channel, I send up love first : JEOPARDY

14-across – See 23 : SHOWER

15-across – Wrap organs for transplantation : SARONG

18-across – A plea for help to secure finest material : ASBESTOS

21-across – See 9 : FRIENDLY

22-across – Butchers grill Aberdeen cattle topsides and rumps : GLANCE

24-across – A sweet complexion : PEACHESANDCREAM

25-across – Lead up the garden path in Giverny of 8, so to speak : DELUDE

26-across – Prepared to ride topless in a confused state : ADDLED

1-down – For a start, noblesse oblige is violated and that’s disgraceful : IGNOBLE

2-down – Barks heard and almost felt : BAIZE

3-down – I don’t approve of this rest treatment as a provider of energy : BOOSTER

5-down – They are found in the belfry, same as dead : RINGERS

6-down – Blokes take a long time gathering right gooseberries : CHAPERONS

7-down – A bit postmenopausal, tired and cross : SALTIRE

8-down – Sexy dog as a substitute for old lover? That’s obscene : SMUTTY

13-down – Frenchman’s confirmed short visit : PROVENCAL

16-down – Dimwit hairy chef made to strip : AIRHEAD

17-down – Real blessing for D? : GODSEND

18-down – Regardless of 5th Avenue? : ANYWAY

19-down – Father under secure hospital in the city : BAGHDAD

20-down – Source of fruit or veg : ORCHARD

23-down – How reprisal affected Mayflower’s precursor? : APRIL

5-across – All over the place, miss catching ball that’s gone up : GLOBAL

6-across – Fast pace cut, time cut back : GALLOP

9-across – Asians in a queue, say, captivated by bit of a looker : IRAQIS

10-across – Old couple in the family way rejected, might these take some heat off? : COOLANTS

11-across – Fairy caught by vampire, pixie in retreat : PERI

12-across – Flatulence offensive, put a knot in it! : WINDSORTIE

13-across – Kindling after log can catch fire : CONFLAGRATE

18-across – Covering article inoffensive? : INSULATING

21-across – Pants one regards where bloomers on display : ROSE

22-across – Wrong part of house noted well enough? : SINGABLE

23-across – Caught, famous Smith and Wesson finally turned over : NAILED

24-across – Missile sees helmsman in river shortly reversing : EXOCET

25-across – Inspector Lynley’s first scrap : MORSEL

1-down – Buzzer in tiny temple arguably for announcement? : MOSQUITO

2-down – Capital, sharp tool used in action? : WARSAW

3-down – Drunken reveller, driver stopped by officer originally : CAROUSER

4-down – Star key, look : ALTAIR

5-down – See 21 : GARDEN

7-down – Common talk a steamy thing on Love Island : PATOIS

8-down – Look at artist’s uncovered bed, shocked : SCANDALISED

14-down – Farm animal tucking into prov­ender served in a flash? : FLAMBEED

15-down – Furthest behind, I started to crack up : TARDIEST

16-down – Prompt perceptible to the audience? : INCITE

17-down – A heaving of water on top : ASWELL

19-down – Encourage operator to doff cap : URGEON

20-down – Free horseboxes for animal involved in a blood sport : GUNDOG

8-across – Spells musical passages : EPISODES

9-across – Doc possibly moves forward, or quits : DWARF

10-across – See 26 down : ARMY

11-across – US hospital situation popular with birds getting cool : INTERNSHIP

12-across – Promising Latin opener with Kylie dancing : LIKELY

14-across – Breakfast time? : PORRIDGE

16-across – Copper intercepts drunk messenger : MERCURY

18-across – As egg-producers do, in anticipation of a union : OVULATE

21-across – Poor idea, roping in animals as a religious figure : AGNUSDEI

23-across – Revolution takes place in arena : RISING

24-across – 1960s’ youth, one linked with ailing creative artist : MODIGLIANI

26-across – Soggy embankment parking : DAMP

27-across – Book to register cash : BREAD

28-across – In awe of despotic leader at southern English town : DREADING

1-down – Assess smartphone feature and set up : APPRAISE

2-down – Watch : ESPY

3-down – Untwinned large town abandoning its leader’s case : ODDITY

4-down – Something at the atomic level breathes oxygen over shark : ISOTOPE

5-down – Lines start to reflect river : ODER

6-down – Anglicised French port’s state, for example, broadcast : MARSEILLES

7-down – Removing without date in the near future : OFFING

13-down – Scoops old sluices out to gain victory : EXCLUSIVES

15-down – Pretty upset, losing top from yellow cycle : REV

17-down – A light that’s often put in pocket : RED

19-down – Flat has view over people : TENEMENT

20-down – Country besieged by mad, reckless Shakespearean character : MIRANDA

22-down – $1,000 campaign is thick and soft! : GLOBBY

23-down – Bankrupt, one enters under review : RUINED

25-down – Convenience that is lacking for workmates : LADS

26-down – Pop music’s centre host presenting a classic series : DADS