Daily Answers

1-across – Denied scorer runs; had second thoughts : RECONSIDERED

10-across – Reckons there’s no time for mutiny, son : REASONS

11-across – Country’s ‘Bravo’ welcomed by Shearer, international ace : ALBANIA

12-across – We’re told trim’s wanting braces : PAIRS

13-across – I sat first, dined on date, and filled up : SATIATED

15-across – Polish damage metal flyer : SANDMARTIN

16-across – Modify part of expedition : EDIT

18-across – Bone found in Dublin Bay oddly ignored : ULNA

20-across – Little iron supply in pasta : TORTELLINI

22-across – Retreating in South Pole, five numb Englishmen initially wanting blankets : ENVELOPS

24-across – Part of record that might be whispered : ASIDE

26-across – Count up, then: ‘House!’ : TALLYHO

27-across – The French retorted: ‘It is time to be snobby’ : ELITIST

28-across – Marines trial exercises in transport hubs : AIRTERMINALS

2-down – Family member’s heading off: joy! : ELATION

3-down – Oops – silly amounts of marsupials : OPOSSUMS

4-down – Help me, duck, OK? : SOSO

5-down – Wee drink at first satisfied : DRAMATISTS

6-down – Religious leader’s cut short talk : RABBI

7-down – Gave ‘old-fashioned’ to describe Old Norse : DONATED

8-down – A little Triple sec mixed with purée, zest — making …? : CREPESSUZETTE

9-down – Fancifully, to date E.U. élite, you’ll need perfume : EAUDETOILETTE

14-down – Inept Clanger lying down : ERRORPRONE

17-down – Primarily, a loyal shepherd’s assistant: trustworthy intelligent animal named …? : ALSATIAN

19-down – After a month, Fitzgerald’s written shortish book : NOVELLA

21-down – Jerome K Jerome’s central character? : INITIAL

23-down – Actor, not quietly, portraying chicken? : LAYER

25-down – Tippling eggnog to begin with, Everyman returned to chuck it down : TEEM

1-across – Doles out insulting remarks, hiding compliments : DISTRIBUTES

9-across – Primarily, Arnauts’ land; Balkan; Adriatic notably; Ionian additionally! : ALBANIA

10-across – A conflict between UN and Spain is unenlightened : UNAWARE

11-across – King George welcoming a toast : GONER

12-across – Scratching nail into neck : SCRAPING

14-across – Popular recording about alien life form is giving too much away : INDISCREET

15-across – Tolerate a beast : BEAR

17-across – Intact, we’re told: there’s a gap! : HOLE

19-across – British field marshal and Mexican artist in conversation in upscale resort : MONTECARLO

21-across – Anxious card player with twitch hiding money : NEUROTIC

23-across – Oddly ignored odour before booze consumed with gusto : DUGIN

25-across – Not having fun seeing some letters in Learn Estonian : EARNEST

26-across – French perhaps fabricated accounts of love : ROMANCE

27-across – In the end, England falling short with runs: idiots! : DUNDERHEADS

1-down – In bed, upset and down, there’s Everyman, lacking spine etc : DEBONED

2-down – Son to strip off warm-weather wear : SUNDRESS

3-down – Heading off in wide thoroughfare : ROAD

4-down – Performing Schubert: Trout and Alleluja‘s openings providing something to chew on? : BRUSCHETTA

5-down – Comeuppance for a bounder having stolen one item belonging to princess : TIARA

6-down – Digression following home counties coast : SEASIDE

7-down – Thrifty shopper unearthing bra, pants : BARGAINHUNTER

8-down – Touring Greece, playing instrument : GEIGERCOUNTER

13-down – Titled lord recollected the animals were his friends : DRDOLITTLE

16-down – A stinker finally strove to aspire to ascend in scholarly life : ACADEMIA

18-down – Museum director’s in arrangement with boards : LOUVRED

20-down – Royals are beheaded, chaps : REGENTS

22-down – Poem concerning classical theatre : ODEON

24-down – Cunning aspect of anarchosyndicalism : ARCH

1-across – Gadgets displaying pretension : TINOPENERS

6-across – Yin’s antithesis – nature’s governor, to begin with? : YANG

9-across – Swan Island‘s latest script : PENMANSHIP

10-across – German lad looking back and forth? : OTTO

11-across – Unsettling joke welcomed by bachelor, relaxing : BONECHILLING

15-across – Wear out car part : EXHAUST

16-across – Washing facility, bar and hotel bill in retreat : BATHTUB

17-across – Some French ate aubergines in their big house? : CHATEAU

19-across – Over-use worn-out bodies of work : OEUVRES

20-across – Drunk eager to follow competition, Rangers gutted : BEERSWILLING

23-across – Good to throw a ball : GLOB

24-across – Charitable gesture in which writer’s backing tyranny : DOMINATION

25-across – Hairy beasts’ jaws : YAKS

26-across – Stresses from unfortunate mishaps, see? : EMPHASISES

1-down – Ends giving clues : TIPS

2-down – Grandma’s somewhat bananas : NANA

3-down – Engineer ruins tape: no help for musicians : PIANOTUNERS

4-down – Nostrils running, you say? Easily fixed! : NOSWEAT

5-down – Perhaps Victoria’s sporting mostly blue hair : RAILHUB

7-down – That man’s Conservative: the old are first thing to study : ARTHISTORY

8-down – He defeated Gore; he bugs Gore terribly : GEORGEBUSH

12-down – EU members shun Italian reforms : LITHUANIANS

13-down – Bravo for every malfunctioning vehicle : BEACHBUGGY

14-down – Tourist guide, Romeo during season, with hygiene problem? Yes : PHRASEBOOK

18-down – All the same, perhaps, Oxford students : UNIFORM

19-down – Spooner’s expressed imperial desire to be like Saudi Arabia : OILRICH

21-down – Pork pies in France leading to intestinal discomfort : FIBS

22-down – Pubs in which Everyman sits finally absorbing news : INNS

1-across – Smooth move: child’s play? : SANDCASTLE

6-across – Hardly any, you say? What a relief : PHEW

9-across – Son, charmer, baked pastries : CREAMHORNS

10-across – Russian’s a little vigorous : IGOR

11-across – Messages about time-shifted treat: drink here? : COFFEETABLES

15-across – Given a warning, changed : ALERTED

16-across – Bring-a-bottle party? Afraid not : NOCANDO

17-across – Frenchman known for mould in spread that’s original : PASTEUR

19-across – In retrospect, Everyman has small problem, that’s obvious : EVIDENT

20-across – Primarily allegorical episodes : AESOPSFABLES

23-across – Suddenly change direction, getting knocked off : SLEW

24-across – Interpreters tear apart rulers, according to Spooner : LIPREADERS

25-across – NT book has an effect : ACTS

26-across – Indian moon waning now? : ANNODOMINI

1-down – Axe in bag : SACK

2-down – Miss that’s born, daughter : NEED

3-down – Topshop came undone making a pile – that stinks : COMPOSTHEAP

4-down – Satirised pampered, absent son at last : SPOOFED

5-down – Light in city initially niggled bird : LANTERN

7-down – Scotsman, tipsy, riding moon vehicle : HIGHLANDER

8-down – Argument over merit in poet : WORDSWORTH

12-down – Hair gel a cop recovered in islands : ARCHIPELAGO

13-down – Liquid Asian space? : CASPIANSEA

14-down – According to relative, coverage is constant : PERSISTENT

18-down – Lout disrupted funfair : RUFFIAN

19-down – ‘I need a hug’ offered up – stop! : EMBARGO

21-down – I ran up to see where salami is sold? : DELI

22-down – Some fantastic wine : ASTI

1-across – International transport system, part of experiment? : TESTTUBE

5-across – Run into trees, break into laughter : CORPSE

10-across – At the outset, handcuffed; occasionally underwater, daredevil in Niagara ill-advisedly? : HOUDINI

11-across – Virtuous, perhaps, Merkel endlessly in charge : ANGELIC

12-across – Sample of Engelbert Humperdinck provides hit : THUMP

13-across – Dye can dry badly, leading to fuss : HUEANDCRY

14-across – Disney character, 2-D entity, model for Pluto? : DWARFPLANET

18-across – Paid up, spread out all round, got wasted : DILAPIDATED

21-across – Nudist regularly seen in the French promontory in painting : LANDSCAPE

23-across – Get stuck in, Barney : SETTO

24-across – Afternoon with Everyman during journey, losing energy: it’s hard work : TRAVAIL

25-across – Costumier for Tom Cruise? : ANAGRAM

26-across – Distant socialist with no yen for revolution : YONDER

27-across – After messy kiss, run to find snowy incline : SKISLOPE

1-down – Italian signori finally seen with cap doffed somewhere in Polynesia : TAHITI

2-down – Confine is quiet! : SHUTUP

3-down – Tense and tattered, stumbled : TRIPPEDUP

4-down – Barren daylight breaking at crack of dawn : BRIGHTANDEARLY

6-down – Perhaps bladder is a music-maker? : ORGAN

7-down – Using part of scalpel, I can shave waterfowl : PELICANS

8-down – Pathetic counterspy, omitting two consecutive vowels, creates coded message : ENCRYPTS

9-down – Take thermal pants away inside, revealing behind : LATEOFFTHEMARK

15-down – Spooner’s put Scandinavian on board for help with navigation : LODESTARS

16-down – Adroitly handled hero-worship : IDOLATRY

17-down – ‘Banana’s member of vegetable kingdom’: artificial intelligence note : PLANTAIN

19-down – Noise-maker, a little arriviste, reoffended : STEREO

20-down – Speed of light covering no distance: that is revolutionary : COMMIE

22-down – Tool’s fixed, we’re told : SPADE