8-across – To take that woman hand in hand : TOGETHER

9-across – Little money trouble over work with dough : PROVE

10-across – In Paris, 1 + 1 + 1/3 of 2 = 1? : UNIT

11-across – It might be worn on bike during its trip touring Italy : RIDINGSUIT

12-across – Wanders freely in mountains : RANGES

14-across – Special article in the Times following Tory faithful : CONSTANT

16-across – Spins jars storing last of honey : GYRATES

18-across – Travel firm’s head of marketing’s silent : COMMUTE

21-across – Relating form to shape : TRIANGLE

23-across – Regular revolutionary beat Reagan : NORMAL

24-across – Drug must hurt badly without hesitation : TRUTHSERUM

26-across – Way for additional Republican to switch sides? : MODE

27-across – Faraday lied about speciality : FIELD

28-across – Worker’s awfully poor rate : OPERATOR

1-down – Perhaps 4 or 6 jump fairly evenly : BOUNDARY

2-down – Setback by time trial : TEST

3-down – Conservative leader of House rumours wife’s left with multiple notes : CHORDS

4-down – Work for director ordering ‘cut!’ : PRODUCT

5-down – Around 50% of relative favouritism is free : OPEN

6-down – One breaking in other mares? : HORSETAMER

7-down – Queen’s upset by government stopping crime to abdicate : RESIGN

13-down – Custodian, punched by six-footer on drugs, swore : GUARANTEED

15-down – Sergeant perhaps taking part in foreign coup : NCO

17-down – For example, good kind of person : EGG

19-down – One’s shed as predator is torn to pieces : TEARDROP

20-down – About to request New Jersey tea : REDROOT

22-down – Thin? Judge in the Sun’s issue : RAREFY

23-down – More than one race around winning award : NUMBER

25-down – Eleven small fish : SIDE

26-down – Design of base stolen by soldier : MEAN

1-across – Pay graduate £50, getting light fixture : FOOTBALLMATCH

10-across – Live well in Cap d’Antibes, back in pleasant surrounding : AMBIENT

11-across – Defeat of king going around with authority : MANDATE

12-across – Liquid waste, you heard, hard to be extracted from river : URINE

13-across – Learn about officer with hurry to get fitter : HEALTHIER

14-across – Field only half a top European team : REALM

16-across – Wake when US students may have English or science? : AFTERMATH

18-across – Given a stretch in gaol, need criminal to accept time : ELONGATED

19-across – Material that is found at the end of a sonnet? : LINEN

20-across – Got up and dressed : TURNEDOUT

23-across – According to Picaroon, for example, Spaniard’s agreed : SAYSI

24-across – Jewel you picked up in place you often go : PURLIEU

25-across – Very small amount of venom in a lizard : NOMINAL

26-across – Party member blamed for crime is suitable for gardening leave? : GREENFINGERED

2-down – Stink over goal, bit dubious, forming part of score : OBBLIGATO

3-down – Idea which reappears with a lot of force in London : THEME

4-down – Answer with irritation a character missing in EastEnders? : AITCH

5-down – Meat wife leaves potted or roasted : LAMBASTED

6-down – Aunt swimming in bay, topless — and bottomless, too? : AUNATUREL

7-down – Nurturing love, maybe pet one furry animal : COATI

8-down – Argue deep Tory reforms will be old-fashioned still : DAGUERREOTYPE

9-down – Wrong about gripping, entertaining book : REPREHENSIBLE

15-down – Painter is drinking gallons with energy to draw : MAGNETISE

16-down – Synthetic material, red like fancy fur coats : ASTROTURF

17-down – Speaker, losing head, dances naked: this causes irritation : ANNOYANCE

21-down – End up admitting reading is less well done : RARER

22-down – Projection of scoreline showing victory by nine goals, almost : TENON

23-down – Department store regularly invests millions upon millions : SOMME

1-across – Marked on the surface, Puck going in to work … : PIMPLY

4-across – … back in business, like Crucible and Pan? : SPOTTY

9-across – Make out number, second and third reversed : SNOG

10-across – Servers with perfect hair : WAITRESSES

11-across – State of shock taking whippings from behind, rump finally bandaged up : STUPOR

12-across – Tramp in artist almost warmed up : GOTREADY

13-across – Literary squire we learnt foiled mutiny in the end : TRELAWNEY

15-across – Seasonal tune: I acknowledge song’s Bohemian : GOOD

16-across – Function hosted by Boris in error : SINE

17-across – A jerk filling in hybrid puzzles : ACROSTICS

21-across – Seafood dish, name inspired by soaked bread : SCALLOPS

22-across – Boost Tramp and young Rover? : BUMPUP

24-across – English in Amsterdam working for the best crews : DREAMTEAMS

25-across – Shed behind stable initially bolted : SHUT

26-across – Tedious Romeo in love : DREARY

27-across – Small dish taking short butt and ash, for example : ENTREE

1-down – Sticky stuff from Araucaria and Boatman? : PINETAR

2-down – Dope finished study : MUGUP

3-down – Philistine’s top brought down? : LOWBROW

5-down – Copied, Picaroon and Boatman? : PIRATE

6-down – Confiscated by solicitor, contaminated doses thrown away : TOSSEDOUT

7-down – Housework coming up including cutting of wood — bore! : YIELDED

8-down – See 15 : KINGWENCESLAS

14-down – FDR’s agreement all needs to be sorted out before end of battle : LENDLEASE

16-down – Shackled dog chained by Nutmeg, say : SECURED

18-down – Old singer, if not plain beast? : ORBISON

19-down – Fashion dated, make better dresses : COUTURE

20-down – Notice Sphinx penning the ultimate in entertainment : POSTER

23-down – Cheeseparer removing last of Roquefort from man : MISER

1-across – Minor inconveniences securing a rotating tool with bolts : FLEABITES

6-across – Shipwrecked rats! : PISH

8-across – 10 24 I see, one loading weapon shortly : MORTICIA

9-across – Grand Inquisitor chasing old lady after revolution, aghast! : AMAZED

10-across – Mummy gutted, if embalmer working for daddy, say? : FAMILY

11-across – Military command certainly abandoned after first of evacuations : EYESLEFT

12-across – Little jerk behind card sharp : ACETIC

15-across – Something precious penned by 10 24, English author : FORESTER

16-across – 10 24 defending the homestead with university reformers : LUTHERAN

19-across – Discontented people in those riding scooters: these are similar : MOPEDS

21-across – Leg position, requirement for play : STAGESET

22-across – See 16 : CHURCH

24-across – See 10 : MEMBER

25-across – 10 24 wrapping up 10 judgment : THINKING

26-across – Addict, monarch of republic? : USER

27-across – See 7 : WEDNESDAY

1-down – More than one gathering about fifty plants : FLORA

2-down – Accept total humiliation when leader in race has tied at swimming : EATDIRT

3-down – Top of bun too sweet for baked item : BICKY

4-down – Recital of letter on page, one of many read by fortune-teller? : TEALEAF

5-down – Instrument hit while holding end of baton up : SNAREDRUM

6-down – 24 in lobby consumed by horrid matter : PHALLUS

7-down – Three females I led astray joining 10 24’s club : SHEFFIELD

13-down – Legion after desertion of a nobleman? : COUNTLESS

14-down – Wind in European city, fleece put on : CORKSCREW

17-down – Spaced out, secure gymnastic equipment : HIGHBAR

18-down – Date on end of contract roughly marked : NOTATED

20-down – Fortune invested in training, child finally played guitar : PLUCKED

22-down – Reportedly cold country : CHILE

23-down – Sharp, like a container? : CANNY

5-across – Was an obedient dog, still unusually steady : STAYED

6-across – Pugs run in packs : BOXERS

9-across – Parts of chest, back and front of Alsatian : STERNA

10-across – Exhaust Rover, moving his head inside tether : OVERTIRE

11-across – Clue to which setter may be attached : LEAD

12-across – Knowing about old measure that’s accommodating dogs : KENNELLING

13-across – Hunting companion for Brendan, say : IRISHSETTER

18-across – Helpers with law enforcement I lodge with cops, possibly : POLICEDOGS

21-across – Don’t abandon maltreated peke : KEEP

22-across – Highly dangerous combat for 6? : DOGFIGHT

23-across – Animated beagle’s strength of character securing award : GROMIT

24-across – Scholar’s book returned by editor — was barking mad or whined, perhaps : EMOTED

25-across – Part of dog originally named after American people : PAWNEE

1-down – Lab fully extended in part of Canada : LABRADOR

2-down – Make adjustments in case about hounds : REPACK

3-down – At a cost, over time, covering European dog’s front paws : FOREFEET

4-down – Sort of care canines get from student also : DENTAL

5-down – It’s easy to catch obedient dog? : SITTER

7-down – What greyhounds do, producing small paw mark : SPRINT

8-down – Check pattern of canines with another, maybe : HOUNDSTOOTH

14-down – In dog-drawn vehicle, most of crew travelled across snow : SLEIGHED

15-down – Deerstalker led OK hunt, endlessly excited : ELKHOUND

16-down – Wild dog’s withdrawn, having turned up to eat, initially : COYOTE

17-down – Alternative to pet dog for fine English family : FELINE

19-down – Lots of people arriving home upset member of dog family : INFLOW

20-down – Noteworthy dog whistle, for instance : SIGNAL