Daily Answers

1-across – Join journalists, not soft in speech : ADDRESS

5-across – Speaker prepared for woe : WOOFER

10-across – Preference for refinement : TASTE

11-across – King not at home in city on a regular basis : ROUTINELY

12-across – Be ruthless and smart, securing work and working on that : STOPATNOTHING

14-across – Table set for hospital room : PUTFORWARD

16-across – Arouse some interest irregularly : STIR

18-across – Vain hero in hearing : IDLE

19-across – Sheltered from cold and hung around, catching bus finally : CLOISTERED

21-across – Chap in broadcast grips a tiny insect : PRAYINGMANTIS

24-across – Recent arrival in Los Angeles followed by sleuth more anxiously : LATECOMER

25-across – Letter’s publication brought about by mother : GAMMA

26-across – Month with border in chaos : MAYHEM

27-across – Free, going into action, to be mocked : DERIDED

1-down – Worker perhaps is heroic, keeping middle of factory clean : ANTISEPTIC

2-down – Party with lack of harmony having no road : DISCO

3-down – Exercised to reveal muscle : ELEVATOR

4-down – One in arena we’ll miss, fantastic tennis player : SERENAWILLIAMS

6-down – Root, not quite fixed, among number pulled up : ORIGIN

7-down – Cargo carrier, determined type, carrying on : FREIGHTER

8-down – Reported lift shafts : RAYS

9-down – Clumsy, say, and loud in spree, then blushing : BUTTERFINGERED

13-down – Attendant with dream is sadly taken in by proposal : BRIDESMAID

15-down – Record in weird tale your old-fashioned psychic ability : TELEPATHY

17-down – Odd pieces of satire infuriate outsider : STRANGER

20-down – Good, long, gripping utensil, initially awkward : GAUCHE

22-down – Nervous, and unclear with it, getting upset : TIMID

23-down – Mollusc around lake before noon : CLAM

1-across – Planet with hot swamp : MARSH

4-across – Shame about getting into argument : DISREPUTE

9-across – Film with power, receiving Oscar simply? Not quite : MOONLIGHT

10-across – Crest belonging to florid gentleman : RIDGE

11-across – Cordial informer with criminal organisation sacrificing leader : RATAFIA

12-across – Run and play around old platform : ROSTRUM

13-across – Item Marx hoped to change, creating incongruous image : MIXEDMETAPHOR

16-across – Small high-pitched sound with purpose by bird, not left in tree : WEEPINGWILLOW

20-across – Apparatus used in circus trick with energy, with zest? Not half : TRAPEZE

22-across – State one name connected with Roman goddess : INDIANA

23-across – Frequent search covering area : HAUNT

24-across – Excessive in scheming in servile style : SLAVISHLY

25-across – Leave King Edward in charge : SKEDADDLE

26-across – Delusion caused by fear with time running out : ERROR

1-down – Recall opening of event in 2000 poorly, forgetting odd parts : MEMORY

2-down – Marsupial, fully grown, retaining composure in comfortable warmth : ROOMTEMPERATURE

3-down – Cry of triumph, careless about condition in capital of province : HALIFAX

4-down – Fiercely competitive dad got excited, keeping self-esteem up : DOGEATDOG

5-down – Instrument among prizes I target : SITAR

6-down – Regret capsizing when beginning to inspect a land mass : EURASIA

7-down – Out of sorts, hurt, need to change and survive : UNDERTHEWEATHER

8-down – Always remove terribly extreme pieces of ridicule : EVERMORE

14-down – Exclude select group outside main ground : ELIMINATE

15-down – Nervous movements from sorceress in endless trial : TWITCHES

17-down – Passivity at home? It rises during time : INERTIA

18-down – Opponent of innovation, endlessly dreary, upset over new diet : LUDDITE

19-down – Brief film carrying weight : LAWYER

21-down – Relieved, having finished getting rid of cold : EASED

1-across – Change course, producing equestrian gear : TACK

3-across – Work out duty to admit hesitation : EXERCISE

8-across – Kept quiet, not demonstrative : PRESERVED

9-across – Unite in reversing your strike : MARRY

11-across – Song raises crew’s help at sea : CARELESSWHISPER

12-across – Support gullible person in hearing : SUCCOUR

14-across – Expected to cover stone with right cloth : DUSTER

16-across – Delay retreating, then cut and run : GALLOP

17-across – Note restricting most of military unit I sign : SCORPIO

19-across – Remarkably bad error in daily tax : EXTRAORDINARILY

22-across – Wealthy level : FLUSH

23-across – Strange rituals held by motoring organisation in country : AUSTRALIA

24-across – Disloyalty in university mostly after letter about resistance : BETRAYAL

25-across – Declaration of single spirit : SOUL

1-down – Print and mould always in similar parts : TYPECAST

2-down – Easy to understand pay : CLEAR

3-down – Spy arranged adverse procedure : EAVESDROP

4-down – Provide conclusion with cry of pain : ENDOW

5-down – Order answer and anger door attendant : COMMISSIONAIRE

6-down – Hotel in predicament over a page showing pile of rubbish : SCRAPHEAP

7-down – Torment parent, embracing naughty role very quickly : HELLFORLEATHER

10-down – Story long devoid of energy : YARN

13-down – Singer with stake in church employment : CHANTEUSE

14-down – Is suitor initially overwhelmed by awful rejection? : DISMISSAL

15-down – Hairstyle that could have distracted any pilot? : PONYTAIL

18-down – Worker perhaps with loud complaint : BEEF

20-down – Study variable set : READY

21-down – One with despondency missing last house : IGLOO

1-across – Shake tower of strength : ROCK

3-across – Fellow enthralled by complicated maths, no novelist : THOMASMANN

9-across – Level still without one floor covering : PARQUET

11-across – Colourful display in fantastic bar I own : RAINBOW

12-across – Run into a wild, rough old animal : ARMADILLO

13-across – Certain alien back in fashion : FATED

14-across – Artist, good artist with clarity, finally sad about broken pen : GRAYSONPERRY

18-across – Not familiar with upper-class conduct, same all over the place : UNACCUSTOMED

21-across – One with force reflected about love for language : MAORI

22-across – Sorry about thousand libels, criminally elaborate : EMBELLISH

24-across – Energy in motivation daughter gained : DERIVED

25-across – Model army’s leader after survival seizing power : REPLICA

26-across – Painting left strangely grainy : PORTRAYING

27-across – Network becomes helpful to some extent : MESH

1-down – Cancel article in disgust : REPEAL

2-down – Approach keeping fringes of hair yellow : CHROME

4-down – Spanish article supporting fashionable guest house : HOTEL

5-down – Travelling merchant hurt company with game : MARCOPOLO

6-down – Sign of fortitude, having quarrel with superior in error : STIFFUPPERLIP

7-down – Judges in time consumed by bias err badly : ARBITERS

8-down – Negative methods receiving notice in these times : NOWADAYS

10-down – One doing less well than expected, suffering ruin, ached continually : UNDERACHIEVER

15-down – Beatles song certainly rated uncommonly higher than unknown quantity : YESTERDAY

16-down – Day in season, endlessly cheerful, described concisely : SUMMEDUP

17-down – Sailor breaking rule or prepared to give a hand? : LABOURER

19-down – Beautiful guess : DIVINE

20-down – Refuse to accept hard defeat : THRASH

23-down – Stop working for lord : BARON

1-across – Unjustified when beginning to exult in praise : BASELESS

5-across – Unpleasant, chased by police : RANCID

9-across – Verbal attack reflected support by social group : DIATRIBE

10-across – Still endless criticism about volunteers : STATIC

11-across – Excited fans stir champ to show skill : CRAFTSMANSHIP

14-across – Observe, with obvious hesitation, startling event : EYEOPENER

16-across – Passage in article with silly lies : AISLE

18-across – Skinflint lives alone finally in room after retirement : MISER

19-across – Awkward guy at back of house, very withdrawn : ILLATEASE

20-across – Hysterical team becoming disunited : SIDESPLITTING

24-across – Encourage appeal in stirring vein : INVITE

25-across – Be clear, worried about king being intellectual : CEREBRAL

26-across – Number with link receiving constant attention : NOTICE

27-across – Excellent price attached to object protected by cover : SPLENDID

1-down – Mass in depth grasped by child : BODY

2-down – Seekers in vault taken in by prophets : SEARCHERS

3-down – Los Angeles artist admitting very immature form : LARVA

4-down – Unhappily abstain, lust being considerable : SUBSTANTIAL

6-down – Steward at start of trip unusually tanned : ATTENDANT

7-down – Surprise in contract : CATCH

8-down – Resolve, endlessly receiving pressure, at this point cracked : DECIPHERED

12-down – Actress, knowing about upset, in bad temper : MERYLSTREEP

13-down – Approval for each assignment : PERMISSION

15-down – Exploitative pose assumed by soldier in charge : PARASITIC

17-down – Astonished head of government’s in step with revolutionary : STAGGERED

21-down – Digger’s first turn releasing soft piece of turf : DIVOT

22-down – Department getting some praise recently : ISERE

23-down – Happy with piece of publicity following good line : GLAD