Daily Answers

1-across – Actor in bed with terror, trembling, cross : ROBERTREDFORD

8-across – We’re told part of foot’s to recover : HEAL

9-across – In frenzy, Eddy let men run riot : DEMENTEDLY

10-across – Put otherwise, ‘anon’; also, dishearteningly, ‘mere’! : NONAME

11-across – King missing Australia leadenly condemned outlaw : NEDKELLY

12-across – What happens when a golfball sliced? Already mentioned : AFORESAID

14-across – US territory acceding haltingly, primarily? : UTAH

15-across – Missing first item of agenda provokes those upstairs! : GODS

16-across – Where you might see stripped-off bare model with clothes removed? : ARTLESSON

20-across – Labyrinth lieutenant, old, vanquished at first? Congratulations! : MAZELTOV

21-across – In dining-car, a feeble serving of wine : CARAFE

23-across – Emphasise superiority to partner, withholding gold, diamonds and charm : LORDITOVER

24-across – To gather, crowd returned : MEET

25-across – Big change: larder refitted with formica : RADICALREFORM

1-down – Quickly, list some conger eel offcuts : REELOFF

2-down – Tree ointment when scratching bottom : BALSA

3-down – Perhaps writing milk-producers’ guides : RUDDERS

4-down – Victorian marvel, mushy art movement : ROMANTICREVIVAL

5-down – Strip off widest annual, widest in the middle : DENUDE

6-down – Dishes in bistro, finally: ‘Everyman, settle up’ : OMELETTES

7-down – She’s attractive and dangerous seller of foreign food : DELILAH

13-down – Ascendant Tudor essentially, Queen Elizabeth led – how she might be described? : REDHEADED

15-down – Appeal of grand Latin lover in Paris : GLAMOUR

17-down – Who makes us care – left and right – about espionage, ultimately? : LECARRE

18-down – Misguided sour smile : OFFBEAM

19-down – Not my mistake, putting junk in stable : STATIC

22-down – Lover, fifth one after Mike : ROMEO

1-across – Pig scabs for fashionable bar snack : BAGOFCRISPS

9-across – Disney World’s setting for V. Woolf novel : ORLANDO

10-across – ’20s style red coat altered : ARTDECO

11-across – Very much game for movie set in N. Dakota : FARGO

12-across – The writer pulled back, tensed up, given a cuddle : EMBRACED

14-across – In the altogether bald lie, he’s preposterous : DESHABILLE

15-across – Discussed obscure monster of literature : HYDE

17-across – Language in Poetry: volume missing : ERSE

19-across – French dish: mash pear evenly, for thin crinkled sheets : CREPEPAPER

21-across – Like Eric Clapton, narcoleptic? : ANAGRAMS

23-across – Angel or shark? : NURSE

25-across – Children regularly rejected your pizza : CHORIZO

26-across – Around wife, Everyman shall repeatedly feud : ILLWILL

27-across – With alcohol banned by trains, I’m mixing cocktails : DRYMARTINIS

1-down – Beckoned eastwards, Lukashenko approved Russia’s ‘Union State’ primarily, here? : BELARUS

2-down – Norse god’s surrounded – Odin’s head – finally, finally wanting boats : GONDOLAS

3-down – Ravenously eat up course : FLOW

4-down – Pay attention: ready money’s invested. Upset? Mostly upset : READMYLIPS

5-down – Musical instrument, one that squeals, is taken up : SITAR

6-down – Not half easy navigating two-master that’s slight : SKETCHY

7-down – Fresh evasion, audacity: that’s rich at the table! : HOTFUDGESAUCE

8-down – They’d collared criminal without pity : COLDHEARTEDLY

13-down – What may get you arms half akimbo, sweaty and gasping at the end? : BIKRAMYOGA

16-down – Without walls round US prison, spy finally escaping : OPENPLAN

18-down – Do foes struggle to secure end of Nicola Sturgeon, perhaps? : SEAFOOD

20-down – Run for seconds of baked goods in celebrations : PARTIES

22-down – Heading off, intellectual given to falls? : RAINY

24-down – A little unpicturesque person of old : PICT

1-across – ‘Old-fashioned’, old university with ‘tense’ old fellow? ‘Tense? That hurts!’ : OUTOFTOUCH

6-across – Part of hospitality industry: foolish people in retirement : SPAS

9-across – Therapist with discussion that offers protection : SHRINKWRAP

10-across – Saudi money? Retreat, retreat! : RIAL

12-across – Resort site: Arcadia : ADRIATICSEA

15-across – They’ll deliver packages ‘on 15th March, perhaps‘ – plus points!? : UPSIDES

16-across – Beatles song, The French Bird, live : LETITBE

17-across – U8? That sounds like a threat : YOUWAIT

19-across – Bore seeing vehicle with bumpy ride : CARRIED

20-across – Cold – it’s often covered in ice! : STANDOFFISH

23-across – Rugby player’s retreat : BACK

24-across – Telling Everyman: ‘Wave Union flag, nothing to lose’ : MEANINGFUL

25-across – At heart, Balearic cassette offers calm : EASE

26-across – Victorian allusive narrative – it tickles your fancy? Accordingly, I recommend, to start with, ____! : VANITYFAIR

1-down – It provides beer and some toasties : OAST

2-down – Rubber cushion for bore that’s outspoken : TYRE

3-down – Penalise a vacuously natured fop? OK : FINEANDDANDY

4-down – Where nurses go in direction of front : ONWARDS

5-down – Painter’s title describing witch : CHAGALL

7-down – House plant’s site? In a pot, strangely! : POINSETTIA

8-down – Serve salad, tossed: it contains capers and anchovies : SALSAVERDE

11-down – Resentful, quiet, Warhol’s concocted thing involving pop? : BITTERSHANDY

13-down – Characteristic of a hive of activity? : BUSYASABEE

14-down – Promises Caesar: ‘Sun’s to rise’ : ASSURANCES

18-down – Material from Falstaff et al. : TAFFETA

19-down – Greek character : CHIANTI

21-down – Mercian king taking most of entrails : OFFA

22-down – Britpoppers’ endless promotional material : BLUR

1-across – Rattled by death, calm Shakespearean character : LADYMACBETH

9-across – Collected idiot found in a body of water : AMASSED

10-across – Initially oriental recreation, it generates animalist miniature imagery? : ORIGAMI

11-across – Best section of comparative literature : ELITE

12-across – Where might you find plates of meat under a desk? : FOOTREST

14-across – Unhappy interrogator runs away twice, becomes diplomat : NEGOTIATOR

15-across – Flipping catastrophe leading to ill temper : MOOD

17-across – After a drop of Hermitage, old boy wanting seconds where food’s prepared : HOBS

19-across – Handsome narcissist in angry radio broadcast : DORIANGRAY

21-across – Hard to ignore anguished moving prayer : AGNUSDEI

23-across – Virgin goddess. Guardian angel? Not entirely : DIANA

25-across – Ma wanting marsh tits represented in casual clothing : TSHIRTS

26-across – Protective equipment that may be black and hairy? : LABCOAT

27-across – Movie’s averages sources of pleasure, we’re told : MEANSTREETS

1-down – Activity of oaf, primarily indolent, lazy, no good? : LOAFING

2-down – Tense up, seeing cobblers, etc : DESSERTS

3-down – Announced young woman is accomplished : MADE

4-down – One with sweet tooth’s terribly chic: oh, cool! : CHOCOHOLIC

5-down – A depicter of English rural life, he brought down Al Capone : ELIOT

6-down – He’s next to a bar, temperature becoming hot, getting rejection : HEAVEHO

7-down – Well, hot drink dispelled any hatred : HALEANDHEARTY

8-down – Pithy bard launched pretentious annual celebration : BIRTHDAYPARTY

13-down – Everyman’s drained Soave in pubs with posh ladies : BARONESSES

16-down – Dine out in France: the starters of intestines and brains ingested – unfit for consumption : INEDIBLE

18-down – Moral philosopher, dishonest pig : BENTHAM

20-down – Rationale for decapitation: acts of betrayal : REASONS

22-down – Spy … or vicar? Odd characters noted in country : SYRIA

24-down – Slight component of fisherman’s lures : SLUR

6-across – Pastry’s sour: bit of tarragon the French included : TARTLET

7-across – Tea room sent back plaited loaf : CHALLAH

9-across – The origin of Emmaus, Liebesahnung, Gloria, Arthur and Rosemary! : ELGAR

10-across – Tried to listen with attention, like a judge : EARWIGGED

11-across – Cuthbert, less bold, quivering somewhere in Low Countries : UTRECHT

13-across – Some boycott a warmonger: capital! : OTTAWA

15-across – Completes, romantically what icers do, showing enormous flair : CONSUMMATESKILL

17-across – Numbers intended to be heard by more; words intended to be heard by fewer : ASIDES

18-across – Stretchy base: perhaps Tupperware loses lid : ELASTIC

21-across – Honouring monarch around end of day : KNIGHTING

22-across – A pooch rolled over, having eaten last of bleu cheese : GOUDA

24-across – Unexpectedly encounter ram : RUNINTO

25-across – Health Secretary who reluctantly gave blood? : HANCOCK

1-down – Dress up and show off : BRAG

2-down – ‘Uncle Ricky’: deep down inside, a father : CLERIC

3-down – Everyman’s with drunken ‘best mate’; I’ve no idea why : ITBEATSME

4-down – Sir, a tab’s arranged for those at the drinks counter : BARISTAS

5-down – Topless beekeeper going round trail: his ideas aren’t fresh! : PLAGIARIST

6-down – Brazil might prove resistant to this ballet? : THENUTCRACKER

7-down – Announced roadside limit : CURB

8-down – Curly hid a playing card: that’ll help in raising! : HYDRAULICJACK

12-down – Performances: when they’re extraordinary, they’re secret? : RENDITIONS

14-down – Set free knight who’s regularly hidden assets : STRENGTHS

16-down – ‘It’s used for plastic coating’: what Macbeth wanted to hear? : URETHANE

19-down – Once clothing removed, managing to treat disorder : ANGINA

20-down – Artist seen in mailroom every now and then : MIRO

23-down – Company abandoned voucher: it’s over! : UPON