Daily Answers

1-across – Gangster without assistance seizing crown : ALCAPONE

5-across – Direct debit cutting very large price : ODDS

10-across – Cheat turning to automatic machine : ROBOT

11-across – Convey elevation in case : CARTRIDGE

12-across – Writes about river safari, initially poor : PENNILESS

13-across – Popular point about English being awkward : INEPT

14-across – Go for it, needing that leg-up, keen to work : TAKETHEPLUNGE

17-across – Angry protests after damage outside new buildings : CONSTRUCTIONS

21-across – Some now energetic in retirement begin again : RENEW

22-across – Distance after day covered by game bird : GOLDFINCH

24-across – Explain concern, not small, about public relations : INTERPRET

25-across – Cross island with speed : IRATE

26-across – Chatters, getting power in voice back : YAPS

27-across – Left chosen ground, beginning to seek monster’s abode? : LOCHNESS

1-down – Brisk sailor with routine, quietly absorbed : ABRUPT

2-down – Group in government showing it can be complicated : CABINET

3-down – Role involving a prank, worry for actor : PATRICKSTEWART

4-down – Hour during pleasant recess : NICHE

6-down – Failure with information about old resentment : DUDGEON

7-down – Time put into search over half of area in plant : SWEETPEA

8-down – Be successful mostly on court in view : PROSPECT

9-down – Official threat shaking strong belief : ARTICLEOFFAITH

15-down – Violent behaviour almost embraced in test : THUGGERY

16-down – Shortage having lasting effect on urban area : SCARCITY

18-down – Constant drama, north and south, before summit : NONSTOP

19-down – Soldier perhaps in secure state capital : SANTAFE

20-down – Layers in places drilled by man : SHEETS

23-down – Learner with excessive love for game : LOTTO

1-across – Scaremonger with anxious air almost devoid of love : ALARMIST

5-across – Colour created by revolutionary artist receiving honour : AMBER

9-across – Level about right for one making an effort : TRIER

10-across – Get rid of alien, biting back after time : ERADICATE

11-across – Trust date chum arranged came up to expectations : CUTTHEMUSTARD

13-across – Container ship’s contents secured by mate : PHIAL

14-across – Painting wins top prize finally : LANDSCAPE

15-across – Tango one faced and accomplished for programme : TIMETABLE

17-across – Signify magic formula : SPELL

18-across – Clubs with areas developed by resort beside lake with super casino : CAESARSPALACE

21-across – Pass finished film : OVERSHOOT

22-across – Clutch, for instance, ring inlaid with diamonds : PEDAL

23-across – Number born after revolution in country : BENIN

24-across – Spent day wandering to ridge : DOGTIRED

1-down – Expect quote about old man supporting opponent : ANTICIPATE

2-down – Adventure novelist’s ace tip followed by aviator, endlessly immaculate : ALISTAIRMACLEAN

3-down – Officer warlike in speech : MARSHAL

4-down – Vapour from south side : STEAM

5-down – Beasts attack in area, upset : ANIMALS

6-down – Drink in university with cross and doubtful expression after class : BRANDYALEXANDER

7-down – Smell river with cry of surprise : REEK

8-down – Left gold, last of collection, in reasonable place in Switzerland : LAUSANNE

12-down – Rich source, rotter with editor : WELLHEELED

14-down – Note support and stick up for Canadian region : LABRADOR

16-down – Stare, bewildered about betrayal : TREASON

17-down – Don’t move prop and frame : STAYPUT

19-down – Test muddled old argument : SETTO

20-down – Search in company with doctor : COMB

1-across – Cowardly fiend that managed to grab attention : FAINTHEARTED

9-across – Thinker’s ultimate triumph is breaking barrier in theory of evolution : DARWINISM

10-across – Divide opinion to some extent in film : VIDEO

11-across – Harvester stern about exercises : REAPER

12-across – Old joke about man, saint and fiend : CHESTNUT

14-across – Shelter church provided for parasite : LEECH

16-across – Outing scoundrel after vote in revolutionary racket : EXCURSION

17-across – Real friend keeping king by law in charge : PRACTICAL

18-across – Pair with diamonds for valuation : PRICE

20-across – Just left, following sign showing way in New York : NARROWLY

21-across – Channel with singular quality : STRAIT

24-across – Aims for wealth : MEANS

25-across – Artistic gardener in fresh air I spot with trowel initially : TOPIARIST

26-across – Further volume by expert covering worry about wastefulness : EXTRAVAGANCE

1-down – Wild about editor connected with central government : FEDERAL

2-down – Song from different era dame admired : IDREAMEDADREAM

3-down – Nervous action involving west and east more than once : TWICE

4-down – Current upset is diabolical : EVIL

5-down – Ruinous force going over limit : RAMSHACKLE

6-down – Spy using pad ever so deviously : EAVESDROP

7-down – Bad diet in story involving a diagnosis : IDENTIFICATION

8-down – Fabric in small bed with weight : COTTON

13-down – Drink in report prepared for coffee maker : PERCOLATOR

15-down – Deeply affected if riots developed in hard times : HITFORSIX

17-down – Criticise article on mother country : PANAMA

19-down – Allow call : ENTITLE

22-down – Distinctive tone with sharpness carrying weight : TWANG

23-down – Dodgy dealer bringing big names up : SPIV

1-across – Party in middle of tragedy following old-fashioned drill : SQUAREBASHING

9-across – Free revolutionary for example raised band : RIDGE

10-across – Repetitive song, after fashion, endlessly incisive : TRENCHANT

11-across – Number, by end of episode in yarn, endangered : THREATENED

12-across – Solid mass behind tree : FIRM

14-across – Book with translation of woeful poem : BEOWULF

15-across – Relish, in south and north, energy in language : SLOVENE

16-across – Understanding map they revised : EMPATHY

18-across – Picture that is, around edge, not right : IMAGINE

20-across – Studied colour in speech : READ

21-across – Total class trained regardless of expense : ATALLCOSTS

24-across – Novel told one about man receiving benefit : ONTHEDOLE

25-across – Stumble, beginning to explain nonsense : TRIPE

26-across – Dance creator in job with reverse of average work ahead of her : CHOREOGRAPHER

1-down – Odds on rodent getting fish : SPRAT

2-down – Open, admitting hesitation before good experience : UNDERGO

3-down – Turn up with answer, overdue, about university review : REEVALUATE

4-down – Complete race, second last in event, restricted by poor swimming style : BUTTERFLYSTROKE

5-down – Pest revels, being mistaken for film director : STEVENSPIELBERG

6-down – Distance covered by main character : INCH

7-down – Stone jar containing nickel : GRANITE

8-down – Politician in sedate broadcast in charge : STAMPEDE

13-down – Number on course breaking through in province : NOVASCOTIA

14-down – Insect with steady pace consuming old vegetable : BEETROOT

17-down – Insincere in company about wine : PLASTIC

19-down – One page on change missing tons in town : IPSWICH

22-down – Promise small display : SWEAR

23-down – Prohibition some have tolerated : VETO

1-across – Bishop managed church department : BRANCH

4-across – Taste article, soft and dainty : APPETITE

9-across – Share speech, omitting nothing : RATION

10-across – Prompt start of medication with iodine in present : REMINDER

12-across – Airman, quiet during praise for achievement : ACCOMPLISHMENT

14-across – Deliberate deception by minor communist : CONSIDERED

16-across – Passage without a key? : ISLE

18-across – Wrong weight in your answer, on reflection : AWRY

19-across – Catch in complicated test we love : SWEETHEART

21-across – Banter about disturbance thus followed by anger in film : CHARIOTSOFFIRE

24-across – Appeal occurs during tea with mother : CHARISMA

25-across – Clubs with permission split : CLEAVE

26-across – Establish communication finally in alien language without force : ENTRENCH

27-across – Notice opening time before Christmas : ADVENT

1-down – Official objection about a cure mixed with radium : BUREAUCRAT

2-down – Cheers up with mark of approval mostly for loft : ATTIC

3-down – Peculiar whim once resulting in dish with noodles : CHOWMEIN

5-down – Public statement with force concerning rent : PRESSRELEASE

6-down – Mystery unravelled in game : ENIGMA

7-down – Popular ideas on changing nation : INDONESIA

8-down – Make name following attention : EARN

11-down – Band foolish to welcome fad : FLEETWOODMAC

13-down – Hamlet? Singular part, enthralling time after time : SETTLEMENT

15-down – Direction from another wayward saint : NORTHEAST

17-down – Mixed signals, initially, bad mood caused : SHUFFLED

20-down – Cook book put up : BRAISE

22-down – Silly part of screen animation coming up : INANE

23-down – Time to go north around cold area : ACRE