Daily Answers

5-across – Red ring, one covered by pole : MAOIST

6-across – Little one in big boxes close to dustbin : INFANT

9-across – Take on a problem in extremes of solitude : ASSUME

10-across – Angels beginning to belch amid much ire, unfortunately : CHERUBIM

11-across – Time that flies? : BIRD

12-across – Marley had these situations hard to break, miser ultimately involved : DREADLOCKS

13-across – Someone permanently into his work, good he likes to party : GRAVEDIGGER

18-across – High — evidently drunk? : STAGGERING

21-across – Hear red fly : SOAR

22-across – Cut food into strips, right in the middle of summer? : JULIENNE

23-across – Porter’s observation after self-diagnosing ringworm? : IVEGOT

24-across – Flashy fishy? : GARISH

25-across – Red setter, line in rust : MERLOT

1-down – See 23 : YOUUNDER

2-down – Scale a scale, short of the bitter end : ASCEND

3-down – Outsider in high dudgeon — that’s about right : UNDERDOG

4-down – Castaway not entirely possessing a great singing voice : CARUSO

5-down – See 23 : MYSKIN

7-down – Sensitive skin of tiger, unpleasant : TRICKY

8-down – Turner’s tipple? : SCREWDRIVER

14-down – 7 in 7, everything originally from a European city : VIENNESE

15-down – Circling bloom, see wind : EASTERLY

16-down – As a fiddle is so troublesome initially, one of several steps taken? : STRUNG

17-down – One on top of an elephant, pig climbing off : MAHOUT

19-down – Thyroid problem — it’s in the blood : GOITRE

20-down – Money for the state : GUINEA

1-across – Finish fences with power dropping on grass : COWPAT

4-across – Horses run cutting legs : STAGERS

9-across – Primarily Best Mate wins only finest cups? : BONECHINA

10-across – Trotter not in state that’s conscious : AWARE

11-across – Records backing second horses here? : EPSOM

12-across – What might make jumper fast? Horse chases pack : PRESSSTUD

13-across – Drink as school term’s over : SCHNAPS

15-across – Last try to see racing : YESTER

17-across – Queen following horse that’s older? : GREYER

19-across – Covering racing ground, initially going inside old Bob Champion : SURFACE

22-across – Farm labourer to pass all the runners first : FIELDHAND

24-across – Horse at the front in good position : NICHE

26-across – Contact English bloke by phone : EMAIL

27-across – Makes use of false start to race with Esha Ness : HARNESSES

28-across – Daughter married and carried on : DALLIED

29-across – Advanced training, driver reversing out  : ASLEEP

1-down – Broadcasting woes: BBC showing signs of neglect  : COBWEBS

2-down – Women wearing dresses with middle cut out to show curves : WINDS

3-down – Jockey AP McCoy with an escort : ACCOMPANY

4-down – Grand National tip from last year : STATELY

5-down – Race horses : ARABS

6-down – Rash man murdered with the axe : EXANTHEMA

7-down – Stayed around stable : STEADY

8-down – Large animals in soft conditions finally getting round circuit : HIPPOS

14-down – Plant in earth: soil turned over : HORSETAIL

16-down – Second they run off, they go fast : SPRINTERS

18-down – Got hold of wine bottles individually : REACHED

19-down – European wearing fancy dress for ceremonial dinners : SEDERS

20-down – Settles the night before partners get excited : EVENSUP

21-down – Away result hurt : OFFEND

23-down – City to trade? Not a good morning : DELHI

25-down – Rank form close to race : CASTE

1-across – Admirer pulling sausage skin from dish of game? : GROUPIE

5-across – Into loveless jive/salsa dancing, am I potty? : CERAMIC

9-across – A success for Lloyd Webber, somewhat inevitably : EVITA

10-across – See 25 : BLACKMAIL

11-across – Daughter inspired by the influence of granny, perhaps, after heading for shower to get cleaner : SOAPPOWDER

12-across – Avian that’s smoked : SHAG

14-across – Gloucestershire opener in desperate chase dropping catches — players get lessons here : STAGESCHOOL

18-across – Fine lifesaver having stepped down, one in the majority : MOSQUITONET

21-across – Head shaved in bed, that’s proved painful! : OUCH

22-across – Man offering personal advice, lunacy gone mad! : AGONYUNCLE

25-across – Feeling initially around letter bag, need letters for children’s favourite game? : EMOTIONAL

26-across – Sweet thing hard to forget in ancient Chinese text : ICING

27-across – Little jerk inspiring one to beat giant : TITANIC

28-across – No explosive energy for runner : NOMINEE

1-down – See 4 : GREASE

2-down – Welcome in outskirts of Ontario, an American statesman : OHIOAN

3-down – Best thing to bury a spy, so desperate to feign death : PLAYPOSSUM

4-down – Joint declaration of nation, great effort : ELBOW

5-down – Fickle type appeared to welcome leadership of Hitler and Trotsky : CHAMELEON

6-down – Womaniser’s tool : RAKE

7-down – Point put in to ham about right for butcher’s device : MEATHOOK

8-down – Single weapon briefly in contact with a Roman emperor : CALIGULA

13-down – Cruise too flipping grand for PC travel : ECOTOURISM

15-down – In eating badly, chips primarily causing immune response : ANTIGENIC

16-down – Weak figure entering testament in support of the devil : IMPOTENT

17-down – Intellectually threaten to push city’s outsiders around : PSYCHOUT

19-down – Fighting, it arises during a party : ACTION

20-down – Beginning to brag, bird hunter : BEAGLE

23-down – Stretcher on after awful injury, demolition all ends up : NYLON

24-down – New painting lifted hero : LION

1-across – Promotion offering sex in the open air? : PUBLICRELATIONS

9-across – Puzzle only negative? : NONPLUS

10-across – Powerful beast, south-west Indian stream it’s suggested? : GORILLA

11-across – Lighter materials under packages : SUN

12-across – Genius doctor hugged by sweetie : SMARTCOOKIE

13-across – Bewildering debts cut, or stopped : OBSTRUCTED

15-across – Drifter accommodated by millionaires? No way! : SNOW

18-across – Hitch lacking success after film score : ETCH

20-across – Play about Genesis : RECREATION

23-across – Live by chance : ASITHAPPENS

25-across – See 8 : AGE

26-across – Cuddle sweetheart 1002? : EMBRACE

27-across – City assuming footballer’s first to join club, perhaps? : CARDIFF

28-across – John Lennon has one song left before dying : AIRPORTTERMINAL

1-down – Writer is character in Yorkshire market town : PENISTONE

2-down – Hand up the pole : BANANAS

3-down – Imagined America in attack showing no leadership : ILLUSORY

4-down – A celebrity finally reaching the top, Jamaican perhaps? : RASTA

5-down – Extraordinary way gay Hitler minced : LIGHTYEAR

6-down – Supercharged time for swimmer : TURBOT

7-down – Nicking case of liqueurs, pleb in raincoat : OILSKIN

8-down – Technologically advanced spring on base of hinge in prison : SPACE

14-down – Those baked on the plains of Manitoba? Temperature most disturbing : CREEPIEST

16-down – Cracking whip lower down initially fun : WONDERFUL

17-down – Bum note concealed by West Midlands boomer : BASSDRUM

19-down – Originally cost flexible, one going up : CLIMBER

21-down – One overcoming queen, an Islamic republican : IRANIAN

22-down – Inferior company accepting lots : CHEAPO

23-down – Patch around surface of nose ring : ARENA

24-down – Host ends in house from chronic fatigue syndrome : EMCEE

9-across – New finish for race — it’s Green Park : SERENGETI

10-across – Whip’s nothing, said the Member for Rotherham : KNOUT

11-across – Rake in money — the opposite is what normally happens : ROUTINE

12-across – One not very good picking up runs? Hardly : BRADMAN

13-across – Was sarcastic about shows lacking sensitivity : CRASS

14-across – Fencing by side of grass a joke? : SWORDPLAY

16-across – Went home only occasionally — no fun at this lousy address : STATEOFTHEUNION

19-across – Berks here groomed Rocky for battle : SEDGEMOOR

21-across – River horse is caught : RHONE

22-across – Bribe keeps old worker cheerful : BUOYANT

23-across – Stopped being right-on then? : LEFTOFF

24-across – Caught by shy rustic : CHURL

25-across – At risk surfing? Time he stopped : ONTHELINE

1-down – Costs are high — one’s introduced cuts : OSTRACISES

2-down – British mostly in error — invisible border causing fuss : BROUHAHA

3-down – Comes to life again in bra and panties! : UNDIES

4-down – The Speaker’s top dog : PEKE

5-down – Programme in a lot of trouble, right? : BIGBROTHER

6-down – Had nukes prepared … or a less effective weapon : SKEANDHU

7-down – I won’t! Redhead on strike turned round, as expected : NORMAL

8-down – ’E’s crazy — First Noel a protest song! : ETON

14-down – Readily accepts newspaper work — on reflection it’s an easy choice : SOFTOPTION

15-down – Made American define a key change : YANKEEFIED

17-down – Looks at the writer talking rubbish : EYEBALLS

18-down – Like some drinks in one boozer kept cool endlessly : ISOTONIC

20-down – Washington idiot is in our party : DOOFUS

21-down – See 8 : RIFLES

22-down – Champion’s dark side ignored : BACK

23-down – Ex and others getting upset : LATE