Daily Answers

1-across – Return game in Japan needs support : GOBACK

4-across – A noisy business house editor swore : AFFIRMED

10-across – Have in one’s possession some half-crowns : OWN

11-across – … no longer this – tell grandee differently : LEGALTENDER

12-across – Flatters light kitchen-sink dramas? : SOFTSOAPS

13-across – River, one featured in superstitions : LOIRE

14-across – Poor, born round unpleasant old constituency : ROTTENBOROUGH

18-across – Tense time ahead? Correct : FUTUREPERFECT

20-across – What a gaucho may have imported into Maracaibo – lasso? : BOLAS

22-across – Unduly led astray by Philip for so long : TOODLEPIP

24-across – This legal process involved errant gamin : ARRAIGNMENT

25-across – One’s image of oneself, for example, facing Opposition’s leader : EGO

26-across – Small telescope used by agent, good young woman : SPYGLASS

27-across – One worried about onset of debility is an inventor : EDISON

1-down – Boy admitting mislaying alphabetical list : GLOSSARY

2-down – Before flying etc abroad, one should get ecclesiastical approval : BENEFITOFCLERGY

3-down – Symptom of fear beginning to concern old soldier : COLDSWEAT

5-down – A series of transparencies records journey : FILMSTRIP

6-down – One with hand that’s perfect : IDEAL

7-down – Film – The Witching Hour, say : MIDNIGHTEXPRESS

8-down – County Durham’s first store, refurbished : DORSET

9-down – A mostly gloomy : AGRA

15-down – Singers in pub : BARITONES

16-down – United Nations told it’s beside the point : UNRELATED

17-down – Resign from favourite Society, upset and depressed : STEPDOWN

19-down – Submarines about at sea, heading for Suez : UBOATS

21-down – Undisturbed, yet subdued : STILL

23-down – Ring writer ready to entertain new ideas : OPEN

1-across – Neglectful of duty, Quentin led astray : DELINQUENT

6-across – Old garment, article obtained on the way back : TOGA

9-across – Warrior in SA painting, unfinished one : SAMURAI

10-across – National issue : SUBJECT

12-across – Girl in very large city church : WENCH

13-across – The osprey’s adapted – that’s the trick! : HEYPRESTO

14-across – Mountain shop’s first around to cut down on fish : SCAFELLPIKE

16-across – Bird, wren, was flying round ring : WHOOPERSWAN

20-across – I threaten naughty girl : HENRIETTA

22-across – Better public function : OUTDO

23-across – Spot inhabited by American bear : SUSTAIN

24-across – Old copper’s shown holding head of sea creature : OCTOPUS

25-across – Organ – new make : EARN

26-across – 12in. spanner unsuitable for the motorist? : FOOTBRIDGE

1-down – Deny any connection with small island situated within NI county : DISOWN

2-down – Sad songs, last to be broadcast about soldiers : LAMENTS

3-down – Italian girl giving support to former PM in a state : NORTHCAROLINA

4-down – Dickens character – one with a bit of humour, he appears in Peru after revolution : URIAHHEEP

5-down – A street in New York that’s filthy : NASTY

7-down – Direct extra to spot : OVERSEE

8-down – Fighting a lawsuit : ACTION

11-down – See writer boot out vacuous young man-about-town : BERTIEWOOSTER

15-down – Left vessel nearby to indulge in horseplay : LARKABOUT

16-down – Current of air well above river Thames town : WINDSOR

17-down – Jotter found in flat underneath record : NOTEPAD

18-down – Modest tea set out : CHASTE

19-down – Piece of sponge eaten by timid type for dessert : MOUSSE

21-down – Tabloid’s leader, article on good round dance : TANGO

1-across – Advance on area of land pointing towards dock : SUBTRACT

5-across – Dessert following piece of steak : AFTERS

9-across – Grown-up daughter wearing gold given by lieutenant : ADULT

10-across – Foreign car halted leaving place of worship : CATHEDRAL

12-across – Conservative has a wager about trendy piece of furniture : CABINET

13-across – Appreciation shown by some Lancashire spectators : RESPECT

14-across – Carol’s gone home on motorway in a rage : AWAYINAMANGER

17-across – Unscrupulously sold dead rowan tree : REDSANDALWOOD

21-across – Ballesteros going round ailing old Spanish port? : SEVILLE

23-across – Very foolish person, fanatic on box : NUTCASE

24-across – Sweetheart gets frisky at finish of blue film : BEAUGESTE

25-across – Detest gaudy bar house installed : ABHOR

26-across – Common sense is shown by party after wicket maiden : WISDOM

27-across – Slept around or touched up? : RESTORED

1-down – Weird scene must involve a session with spiritualist : SEANCE

2-down – Livid, boldly confront murderous character : BLUEBEARD

3-down – Show plump adult round room : ROTUNDA

4-down – Slick red coats, possibly semi-formal wear : COCKTAILDRESS

6-down – Plant on the house is climbing over top of attic : FREESIA

7-down – Weird, last piece of wreckage found in lake : EERIE

8-down – Confused royalist living alone : SOLITARY

11-down – Pretend not to notice poor Enid by Renault : TURNABLINDEYE

15-down – Sponsor leading exponent : GODFATHER

16-down – Angry over crook bringing weapon : CROSSBOW

18-down – Scored briskly? Totally, before e.g. run out : ALLEGRO

19-down – Not in list of players, one sent to Coventry : OUTCAST

20-down – Grow furious in diocese about ending of aid : SEERED

22-down – Bottles available in convivial surroundings : VIALS

1-across – Ineffectual type, male at sea on amphibious vehicle : LAMEDUCK

5-across – Animal from British Columbia in vessel : BOBCAT

10-across – Former PM’s outright victory : BALDWIN

11-across – Racehorse trainer, one standing in front of a girl : CECILIA

12-across – Poke one with end of fat finger : DIGIT

13-across – Notice by embassy showing entry charge : ADMISSION

14-across – Mounted policeman, say – dependable person, we hear : STATETROOPER

18-across – Warmth? Ideal, I suspect, for a butterfly : WHITEADMIRAL

21-across – Artificial language used in ten operas, possibly : ESPERANTO

23-across – Cog, extremely thin? Not half! : TOOTH

24-across – A trifling sum or what could make up a packet? : PEANUTS

25-across – Leaves company after explorer returns : TOBACCO

26-across – List latest info secured by a DA : AGENDA

27-across – Rule about intense backing in sport : SPEEDWAY

1-down – Sex drive brought on by one breadth in outdoor pool : LIBIDO

2-down – Slander married marshal : MALIGN

3-down – Completely depressed on awful ghetto patrol : DOWNTOTHEGROUND

4-down – Got in touch with editor after meeting : CONTACTED

6-down – Piece of furniture shown in rare catalogue : OCCASIONALTABLE

7-down – One Muse? Manage to include each one : CALLIOPE

8-down – Coach’s running shoes : TRAINERS

9-down – Refuse all round about : SCUM

15-down – Slim leg spinner, balding : THINONTOP

16-down – A pest flying around tiny climbing plant : SWEETPEA

17-down – Be unable to find drop of Madeira left in one room : MISPLACE

19-down – Lighter after short time in capital : MOSCOW

20-down – The man taken in by right-wing supposition : THEORY

22-down – English architect using northern wood : NASH

1-across – Painter, Italian one cast in bronze : TITIAN

4-across – Interval at centre disrupted : ENTRACTE

10-across – Show union a guarantee : PERFORMANCEBOND

11-across – English bird, friend for ever : ETERNALLY

12-across – Vessel in river on course : LINER

13-across – Girl is to eat on the way back : ENID

14-across – Sailing ship in glass : SCHOONER

18-across – Glove female relative left in bag : GAUNTLET

19-across – Jacob’s twin in Bible – Saul? : ESAU

22-across – Dog in car, barking : CAIRN

23-across – Plant about to be planted in flatter environment? : BUTTERCUP

24-across – Focus on party providing temporary shelter : RECEPTIONCENTRE

25-across – Reluctant male has to take a seat next to social worker : HESITANT

26-across – Sign he’s cut out of reference book : TAURUS

1-down – Temperature round roof of penthouse flat of the highest order : TOPLEVEL

2-down – Foreign currencies right shambles : THREERINGCIRCUS

3-down – Extent of a climb : AMOUNT

5-down – Fool emerging from small hotel in New York : NINNY

6-down – Wine, drop of red that is given to cast : RIESLING

7-down – Lawyer hit over the head plain court is shaken : CROWNPROSECUTOR

8-down – Last stop on Yorkshire river : ENDURE

9-down – Understood one member OK : IMPLICIT

15-down – Obvious? One has hidden meaning : OVERTONE

16-down – Former servant acts over depression : TURNSPIT

17-down – Drink crush or squash : SUPPRESS

20-down – Char or cleaner’s first in school : SCORCH

21-down – Information on girl from European city : GENEVA

23-down – Child, one in stable : BAIRN