Daily Answers

7-across – Trendy outfit? Hot! : RIGHTON

8-across – See 20 down : MACOUTE

9-across – Getting heavier on a regular basis? That’s a bit of a shock : HAIR

10-across – Eating heartily after cutback, family then drink : TUCKINGIN

12-across – Suppressed sex appeal : SATON

13-across – 6 21 down followed by rice pudding? That’s modern : NEOTERIC

15-across – Cross, if oversleeps? : SPAN

16-across – Complaint concerning English bit of steak : TBONE

17-across – Small heaps : TONS

18-across – Seat about 500 in this cinema? : ARTHOUSE

20-across – See 12 down : TONIC

21-across – Rule badly as male sovereign, stupidly banning One Direction : MISGOVERN

22-across – Two females after answer, following start of fling? It’s awkward and time-consuming : FAFF

24-across – Country in East Asia lacking capital : ESTONIA

25-across – Haircut in order? Undoubtedly : TONSURE

1-down – Capital of Qatar, I gather : RIGA

2-down – One representing Ben-Hur as prince astride horse : CHARLTON

3-down – Off to get rhubarb before tucking in! : ROTTEN

4-down – Island toured by bald singer : BARITONE

5-down – Stone lost by one visiting speaker : TONGUE

6-down – Pudding from M&S : ETON

11-down – A scene surprisingly typical of a Chinese city : CANTONESE

12-down – Ray has drink with Eric : SUPER

14-down – Ancient Greek impresario : IONIC

16-down – The pupil regularly top of class in German : TEUTONIC

17-down – I shun fat when cooking for swimmer : TUNAFISH

19-down – See 2 : HESTON

20-down – Nutmeg provides hiding-place for blooming militiaman in Haiti : TONTON

21-down – See 6 : MESS

23-down – Card game for a drunk : FARO

9-across – Dirty dog’s ending in no little trouble : ILLGOTTEN

10-across – China in Japan, damage between the two : IMARI

11-across – Saving a little time, don’t stay to see opera singer : DOMINGO

12-across – Union supporter on course to return in Chinese dynasty : MEETING

13-across – Runner caught someone at the top : EXEC

14-across – Straggly branch OK with tall, hollow bush : BLACKTHORN

16-across – Painter, way less than a month through the alcohol : GAUGUIN

17-across – Picture lover in ecstasy during fling : CINEAST

19-across – Drooling, one throwing up during chant : SLOBBERING

22-across – Shake hands on mammal with flippers : SEAL

24-across – Bird I adore’s heading for flowering shrub : ROBINIA

25-across – Looking away when gran nude, is it sur­prising? : TURNING

26-across – See 25 : ASIDE

27-across – Leader, the best of the bunch? : TOPBANANA

1-down – Essentially, fat insects pumped with lead shot, then pared off : MIDDLEAGESPREAD

2-down – Torch, innocent thing in iron and gold : FLAMBEAU

3-down – Certain limit : BOUND

4-down – Giant captured by boy, well I never! : STROLLON

5-down – Briefly witty as some comic, I’m on guard being sent up : GNOMIC

6-down – Enjoy a furore very much : LIKESTINK

7-down – Las Vegas establishment equally popular, business raking it in : CASINO

8-down – Noted communication error mine, alert leader in government when trebly confused : SINGINGTELEGRAM

15-down – Spooner’s poem to Chelsea that may go to one’s head? : SUNBONNET

17-down – Monument, knock one up in church : CENOTAPH

18-down – A quality detailed, and among the best, as a nation’s aspiration for a better life : AMERICAN

20-down – Leg before wicket partly, one way to get out? : ONBAIL

21-down – US property concerned with key industry, ultimately : REALTY

23-down – See 18 : DREAM

1-across – Study for degree in stars, getting locations online : DOMAINNAMES

9-across – As one does in last trips with seamen : ENMASSE

10-across – Black pipe down to bin I fill with food : BANQUET

11-across – It’s so important to be seen partying with A-list : ESSENTIAL

12-across – Movement between banks’ current accounts for light in Louvre : LOIRE

13-across – A mark found by doctor that’s fired : AMMO

14-across – Editor’s retired — force queen’s devoted follower to booze? : DEPRESSANT

16-across – Equals 1-10 in order? : SEQUENTIAL

19-across – Spots helter-skelter : RASH

20-across – Cares for more than one behind looms : REARS

21-across – Illustrated options for Congress : KAMASUTRA

23-across – Castle’s abandoned — don’t go near! : KEEPOFF

24-across – Animal reportedly loving request to stick oar in : ROEDEER

25-across – Suspect less perfect character among those dignified : SELFRESPECT

1-down – I seem dim from this set of notes : DEMISEMIQUAVERS

2-down – Being without jolly builder : MASON

3-down – Number of upset exes I met ill-advisedly : ITEMISE

4-down – Cloudy cider’s back, unable to get drunk : NEBULAR

5-down – Stop caring so much, stupid : MINDLESS

6-down – After relocation, one put dramatist here? : STUDIOAPARTMENT

7-down – When everything stops, force leaders to take unconventional transport : GENERALSTRIKE

8-down – Play in open event, regularly — start there after training : STREETTHEATRE

15-down – Sink’s chrome shatters — poncho optional when taking out central bits : CESSPOOL

17-down – Consider moving you from filming : TAKEFOR

18-down – Takes one’s hat off to die, arms folded : ADMIRES

22-down – Auditor’s influenced releasing material : SUEDE

1-across – Queen possibly grasping simple form of entertainment : CABARET

5-across – Drawings, quite a few on back of card : DOODLES

9-across – Gesture of defiance contrary for artist : KOONS

10-across – Prison reforms attributed to figure in racketeer? : TENNISPRO

11-across – A word of gratitude in the peerage for eminence : NOTABILITY

12-across – Builder’s trough — oops, it’s fallen over! : HOD

14-across – Fish joining stream after swimming instructor : SCHOOLMASTER

18-across – Each clue needs one dog trained to find the scent : EAUDECOLOGNE

21-across – Card and cut : WIT

22-across – Meeting of Ford and British colonialist reported as a turning point : CROSSROADS

25-across – Time when You’ll Never Walk Alone was sung by legendary giant in musical show : ROCKOPERA

26-across – Dock strike’s ending for artist : MOORE

27-across – Old cavalrymen back in South America, a hundred escaping injuries : HUSSARS

28-across – Meanwhile, waste time in middle of performance : INTERIM

1-down – A man under roof of chapel is plastering : CAKING

2-down – Brahms and Liszt for starters, German is sozzled : BLOTTO

3-down – Vessel beneath reddish-brown banger : RUSTBUCKET

4-down – Complete wreck : TOTAL

5-down – Give pair of lines love as an artist : DONATELLO

6-down – Artist shaving head for god : ODIN

7-down – Note zigzagging lines under rim, as artist : LIPCHITZ

8-down – Classic marks arising for artist : STODDART

13-down – Slotting in money initially, turn a load around — here? : LAUNDROMAT

15-down – Short of bees, audibly, lob rosebuds away — as not humming? : ODOURLESS

16-down – The value of cool artist : HEPWORTH

17-down – Too much to raise in dollars for the seated area : BUTTOCKS

19-down – Kandinsky originally a substandard artist : KAPOOR

20-down – Judge is introduced to magistrate finally, when standing : ESTEEM

23-down – African lover endlessly cuddles Zambian leader : SWAZI

24-down – Comfortable seat, up until now, finally lost : SOFA

7-across – One way to get 30 American instead of English cows : THREATENS

8-across – Pester 25 across’s uncle : HARRY

9-across – Awfully sad deed? King Lear’s first to beat it : SKEDADDLE

10-across – No posh car for Ringo Starr? Gee, bad day for him today : SAINT

12-across – Topless females on tail of 30’s killer? They tremble and quiver : ASPENS

13-across – Wrongly coin leg-over as a new word : NEOLOGIC

16-across – Sudden outburst from EU, after right is in panic : FLAREUP

19-across – Sounding tired? Yes, when collecting for charity : FLAGDAY

22-across – Changing gender is a new plan : REDESIGN

25-across – See 10 : GEORGE

27-across – Unit 3, nervy? Oddly not : HENRY

28-across – Play opposite male, missing a knight finally captured by queen : ANTONYAND

29-across – Some relief, if thinking 27 quoted elsewhere : FIFTH

30-across – See 28 : CLEOPATRA

1-down – One now remembered going, having heard fellow go for drinks : SHAKES

2-down – 27 agreed about carrying a hat? : HEADGEAR

3-down – A Fleet Street barber’s out of step : ATODDS

4-down – Country with good local network, finally? : ENGLAND

5-down – Much Ado About Nothing, including 2 from the beginning : DACAPO

6-down – Bard regularly worked in EU country : BRUNEI

11-down – Touchstone, say, with length under 9 inches? : FOOL

14-down – Follow up what’s said in shock : GOD

15-down – Lament, if only about 43% like this crossword : CRY

16-down – Pro golfer’s last by start of final hole : FOR

17-down – Joiner from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, initially not primarily mechanical : AND

18-down – One you texted before 11 : UNIT

20-down – Rubber users, making love during day, go red when almost found out : GOODYEAR

21-down – One child’s granny goes to see how 11s act : INANELY

23-down – It’ll make you bring up quote Puck brought up : EMETIC

24-down – Having drunk eight pints, negotiated River Tees in waders : EGRETS

25-down – Huge number shot in East Yorks town after docking : GOOGOL

26-down – Eldest daughter’s missing Israel — they’ve left for good : GONERS