Daily Answers

1-across – Account in which a trio of figures are detailed? : THREEBLINDMICE

10-across – Not a byelaw broken by archbishop : WELBY

11-across – To evoke old memory, emulate town crier : RINGABELL

12-across – Son taking protein didn’t get up : SLEPTIN

13-across – Unprofessional hairdresser half-smiles, makes uncertain movements : TODDLES

14-across – Bird who wrote satire : SWIFT

16-across – Petitions with legal process stowed in large containers : SUITCASES

19-across – The Spanish are heartlessly appropriating legendary Kazakh: it’s complicated : ELABORATE

20-across – Part of flight in fastest Airbus : STAIR

22-across – Place that attracts interest : DEPOSIT

25-across – Excluded slang for ‘paw’ in large lexicographic work : OMITTED

27-across – Almost always taking bass in lively song : GALWAYBAY

28-across – Singer with some frisky Lieder : KYLIE

29-across – Nice bun that guy bolts as a guilty pleasure : NAUGHTYBUTNICE

2-down – Evil cheat desecrated font : HELVETICA

3-down – Like youngster’s first pint in place by the Med : EGYPT

4-down – Direction and date announced to arrive at vast body of water : BERINGSEA

5-down – Dodgy info; Trump’s dropping behind otherwise : IFNOT

6-down – Insensitive, possibly, Donald’s offering things that won’t work : DEADDUCKS

7-down – I will be given a large quantity: perfect : IDEAL

8-down – Alarmingly silent son becomes soldier : ENLISTS

9-down – Oliver’s family dances : TWISTS

15-down – Chinese way of thinking is superior to every single European PM : TAOISEACH

17-down – Buy goofier backless pants please : IBEGOFYOU

18-down – Conceited fellow’s keen to get a Guinness : SMARTALEC

19-down – ‘Turkey’s head,’ butcher groaned : ERDOGAN

21-down – Well-mannered denizen muffling flush : RIDDEN

23-down – Laid up, poorly, missing date with a dish : PILAU

24-down – Bat, seen as it sleeps, by cat : TABBY

26-down – To be understood, with seconds to spare, finish drawing : INKIN

1-across – Cluedo. Mortal sin. I will be outstanding suspect! : COLONELMUSTARD

10-across – Tip describes good philosopher : HEGEL

11-across – Pastry: victual cooked with oven : VOLAUVENT

12-across – Manners princes, queens curtly display : PSANDQS

13-across – Competitor permitted to enter re-staged heat : ATHLETE

14-across – Begin to incriminate : SETUP

16-across – Conservatives pursue fun in ecclesiastical dwellings : RECTORIES

19-across – Typical! EU corrupted by oil suppliers : EUCALYPTI

20-across – Bang on, demand and obtain : EXACT

22-across – Broadcast to omit sudden lowering of food supplies : AIRDROP

25-across – Creator of effigies leaving EU bigwig and Arabian unfinished : TUSSAUD

27-across – Teens seen around Elvis’ home : TENNESSEE

28-across – Source of alcohol the drunken yokel emptied : ETHYL

29-across – Chicken? Playwright has yen to get a bit of pudding : COWARDYCUSTARD

2-down – Corgi a stick’s helping to make frenzied : ORGIASTIC

3-down – Tipsy – oldies almost sozzled! : OILED

4-down – Parts of roof fall away, exposing a snoop : EAVESDROP

5-down – Month on topless resort somewhere in the Med : MALTA

6-down – Ill-frequented locale where forbidden sauce is stuffed into fish : SOUTHPOLE

7-down – Comrade Lenin provides cover for artist : ADELE

8-down – Deserted soul singer, not given intro, panics : DITHERS

9-down – Fashions displayed by quiet monkeys : SHAPES

15-down – Hairy figure to dismiss two batsmen, according to Spooner : POLARBEAR

17-down – A neurotic ordered strong liquor : COINTREAU

18-down – Wanting kiss, exhilarant, worked up and rabid : INALATHER

19-down – The Spanish bubbly : ELASTIC

21-down – Not dead drunk, embracing one in orderly fashion : TIDILY

23-down – Renovate Magritte, perhaps, with tip of hacksaw : RENEW

24-down – Unhealthy-looking pie : PASTY

26-down – Got a whiff of fish : SMELT

1-across – Dullest dullard overwhelmed by exam : THICKEST

5-across – Fish by river, finding one gliding on surface : SKATER

10-across – Entertaining literature: primarily, a deep source? : MILNE

11-across – Hints end in sight amid unions’ disruption : INNUENDOS

12-across – Giving a name to mouse-pony hybrid : EPONYMOUS

13-across – Year on island, topless resort : YALTA

14-across – In conclusion, Guinness sells these! : STOUTS

15-across – Impartial head of Ireland ignored in new EU test : NEUTRAL

18-across – Consume fruitcake with a bit of salad : PINENUT

20-across – Stingy; losing pound will get you grief : MISERY

22-across – Half of theological colleges regressive in Languedoc city : NIMES

24-across – Having branches cut back to make room for using the net : NONLINEAR

25-across – Arid broadcast from our station : RADIOFOUR

26-across – Primarily, text orthodox rabbi always honours? : TORAH

27-across – Father Christmas, catching cold, retreats : SANCTA

28-across – Drinks Australian ingested, displaying signs of overindulgence : PAUNCHES

1-down – Soften, harden : TEMPER

2-down – Telling off about part of Bible having been ripped off : ILLGOTTEN

3-down – ‘Back off: yes? No?’: Europe to UK, confused : KEEPYOURNOSEOUT

4-down – Impudence. Boy on Sabbath’s clothing: comfy shoes : SLIPONS

6-down – Observe horny suitor fumbling: ‘Cool it!’ : KEEPYOURSHIRTON

7-down – Every so often, third yawl finds a kind of large wave : TIDAL

8-down – Naughty, vandalising cars with mate : RASCALLY

9-down – Workers’ groups’ stewards initially rising to show agreement : UNISON

16-down – Energy lost from dodgy rear heater’s element : RAREEARTH

17-down – ‘Happy, Sir?’ : UPINARMS

19-down – Second-rate chump has to return prize : TINPOT

20-down – Endless acrimony with development for island : MINORCA

21-down – Hindu creator’s not a creator of music : BRAHMS

23-down – Following agreement, I’m reversing position : MIDON

1-across – French pair with James Brown classic, shaking rear-ends: a theatrical device : DEUSEXMACHINA

8-across – Greedy, demanding star flipped : AVID

9-across – Sweet caught by hacking at tree? : CHEWINGGUM

10-across – English financiers beheaded communist : ENGELS

11-across – Originally Byzantium, a sunlit resort? : ISTANBUL

12-across – Draws symbol involving face of Malcolm X : TIMESSIGN

16-across – ‘By ear?’ ‘By ear.’ ‘By mouth!’ : ORAL

17-across – Siberian city? No time for Siberian city! : OMSK

18-across – Group chant, ganglions atingle : SINGALONG

23-across – Von Rompuy etc’s sad bleatings wasting time : BELGIANS

24-across – Clumsy poetic angler might announce this : OAFISH

26-across – Style of gown with crumpled ermine pile : EMPIRELINE

27-across – Money invested in neuroscience : EURO

28-across – Come to our gigs: dancing and a bit of philosophy : COGITOERGOSUM

1-down – Morse, say, imbibing a French drink, reveals genius : DAVINCI

2-down – One from France superior to two from Italy? Inappropriate : UNDUE

3-down – Old-time Catholic customs, offering indulgences : EXCUSES

4-down – Leaderless regiment bungled encounter : MEETING

5-down – Feature with topaz, vacuous floral design : CHINTZ

6-down – Largely popular officer : INGENERAL

7-down – Typical: USA messed up twice, then left : ASUSUAL

13-down – Relaxed with a piece of cake before departure : EASYGOING

14-down – Ionise oddly, creating connections : INS

15-down – In turn, oddly missing sister : NUN

17-down – Candid note about amateur attempt to amuse : OPENMIC

19-down – Encourage erection of Ulster steeple : INSPIRE

20-down – Travel on horse, holding poem, to deliver brick : GOODEGG

21-down – Casinos: Trump taking a cut; it’s bogus : NOSTRUM

22-down – PM with outfit, they say, to achieve success : MAKEIT

25-down – Clears ice, reportedly : FREES

1-across – He halted dig unexpectedly, being delirious : LIGHTHEADED

7-across – Supply embroidery with points? : SEW

9-across – English pursuing common sense? Pointless : NOUSE

10-across – He delivers accounts including Norway – slapdash Eurocrat : RACONTEUR

11-across – Speculate one will return with anger, seeing pet aversion : BETENOIRE

12-across – If only Iceland would import some herring to begin with : IWISH

13-across – Twists otter heartlessly to make a knot : WINDSOR

15-across – Exec, oddly stupid, ‘Head of Tasking’ : SUIT

18-across – Most of maple chopped up for wood : PALM

20-across – Talented cooks taking time to get perfect consistency : ALDENTE

23-across – Twist its limb to subdue rook : WRING

24-across – Loser in nine-piece muffling note encountering enmity? Not half : NONENTITY

26-across – Those with hourglass figures such as gets German mister in a ferment : EGGTIMERS

27-across – Splendid beer knocked back : REGAL

28-across – No time in prison for gentleman : SIR

29-across – He’d head navy incompetently, being oppressive : HEAVYHANDED

1-down – Good actors take these weapons : LONGBOWS

2-down – ‘Not guilty!’: fervently I denied sin : GLUTTONY

3-down – Ornamental item Prince put out as promotional device : TIEIN

4-down – From longer ago, more reminiscent of a certain nobleman? : EARLIER

5-down – Devoid of energy, heartily sickened author : DICKENS

6-down – Primarily, dressed and provided with something to make a bang? : DANDIFIED

7-down – Startled, since Conservative presenting agreeable views : SCENIC

8-down – Row about your quaint local VIP : WORTHY

14-down – To get across good line is hard : SPANGLISH

16-down – Mad Enid hung around : UNHINGED

17-down – Visibly ashamed to admit vehicle turned to scrap, perhaps : RECYCLED

19-down – He led resurgent Africa : MANDELA

20-down – Campaigners wanting many set free : AMNESTY

21-down – Affected, vacuous tidings? : TWEETS

22-down – Meddle with tariff in Germany? Partially : FINGER

25-down – Opera standard? Not quite : NORMA