Daily Answers

1-across – Is note written in moment having enormous impact? : SEISMIC

5-across – Plug given by agent with cookware going around : STOPPER

9-across – Love, with noble union, came sadly very rarely : ONCEINABLUEMOON

10-across – Gains attention, north and south : EARNS

11-across – Playing solo, need to be relaxed : LOOSENED

12-across – Cut down work, occupied by pathetic wish for company : FELLOWSHIP

14-across – Scheme formed by pressure group : PLOT

17-across – Resistance absent in defeat : ROUT

18-across – Minor danger keeping quiet hare agitated : PERIPHERAL

19-across – Area around island empty in consequence of pollution : ACIDRAIN

21-across – Uninhibited type showing some extra verve : RAVER

24-across – Garden designer covering a part around one lake with variable colour : CAPABILITYBROWN

25-across – Purpose less good without wide support : ENDORSE

26-across – State leader shivering, catching cold : DECLARE

1-down – Broadcast on perks of being romantically attached : SPOKENFOR

2-down – Arouse extremes of irritation with aggressive dog : INCUR

3-down – Slight upset about article on recent leaflet : MAILSHOT

4-down – Criminal case, legal hurdle for French leader : CHARLESDEGAULLE

5-down – Arrogant creature in folklore going over judgement in full : SELFOPINIONATED

6-down – Overweight old drone, say, eating seconds : OBESE

7-down – Fitting broken by learner with large end of machine screw : PROPELLER

8-down – Disagreeable class : RANK

13-down – Point of departure from boat with stuff : LAUNCHPAD

15-down – Understanding flaw, not hard in hypnotic state : TOLERANCE

16-down – Like an angel, stylish, full of energy and polish : CHERUBIC

20-down – Book suppressed by costly ban : DEBAR

22-down – Interested initially in unusual oval instrument : VIOLA

23-down – Area covered by tarmac recently : ACRE

1-across – Small piece from code left : MORSEL

5-across – Beginning a new language : GERMAN

11-across – Fools around, covering area with glossy fabric : SATIN

12-across – Deserters see danger all over the place : RENEGADES

13-across – Trusting expert after take-off : IMPRESSIONABLE

14-across – Some routine material about end of prayer : AMEN

16-across – Curious batting by team’s opening pair, relaxed : INTERESTED

19-across – Judge restraining one with bottle before appeal in detail : TRIVIALITY

20-across – Concert for thousand : PROM

22-across – Poet needing income is kindly treated : EMILYDICKINSON

25-across – Opening screen, about right for shy person : INTROVERT

26-across – Editor turned against old name for county : DEVON

27-across – Holiday in bay : RECESS

28-across – Object, last in sale, reserved : DEMURE

2-down – Available work full of information’s ending with thanks : ONTAP

3-down – Child with final poem : SONNET

4-down – Peer over beach on ravaged isle occupied by commercial plant : LORDSANDLADIES

6-down – Tomb in conclusion carved : ENGRAVED

7-down – Signal changer with unsteady old arm out : MODULATOR

8-down – In hearing, is aware of hooter : NOSE

9-down – Hopeful when quiet country tune’s beginning : ASPIRANT

10-down – Ruin test a medic arranged, being wild : UNDOMESTICATED

15-down – Mysterious development of giant mice : ENIGMATIC

17-down – Ruling party, perfect? Not applicable to enter that : DOMINANT

18-down – Factory is carrying on producing large amounts : MILLIONS

21-down – Support raised with protest, having no love for crown : DIADEM

23-down – Cut in use verified : SEVER

24-down – Level in match with king : TIER

1-across – Pretend to be in charge in training : PRACTICE

5-across – Bird fluttering to cave : AVOCET

9-across – Strike and call for riot : RAMPAGE

10-across – Revel in constant cause : CAROUSE

11-across – Mark from piano teacher : NOTE

12-across – Supporter’s complaint about name used by player : BENEFACTOR

14-across – Left lusty one rambling forebodingly : PORTENTOUSLY

17-across – Silent comedian in tank sure to be in trouble : BUSTERKEATON

20-across – Panic resolved by old boy with a cocktail : PINACOLADA

21-across – Shrill greeting heard : HIGH

23-across – Study source behind revolutionary scrap : EXAMINE

24-across – Pal idly tossed leaf on pond : LILYPAD

25-across – Present extremes of sadly unorthodox doctrine : HERESY

26-across – Unaware, I admit, about drama : IGNORANT

1-down – Standard cuts in vegetables : PARSNIPS

2-down – Artist coming up with sensible framework : ARMATURE

3-down – Rush meal and run : TEAR

4-down – Prime minister’s people gossip in shelter after start of campaign : CLEMENTATTLEE

6-down – Parts of poem about a ruinous palace : VERSAILLES

7-down – Bad-tempered cur damaged enclosure : CRUSTY

8-down – Attempt to engage man with love for idea : THEORY

10-down – Signal at end of race varied following delay : CHEQUEREDFLAG

13-down – United in hunting mostly small marine creatures : SEAURCHINS

15-down – Sad poet I hail, missing lake in country : ETHIOPIA

16-down – Not wildly popular, cut by editor promptly : ONTHEDOT

18-down – Talk quietly in spot in front of church : SPEECH

19-down – Fun playing tune out of order : UNFAIR

22-down – Singer in national tournament : ALTO

1-across – Silver in swamp? It’s an illusion : MIRAGE

4-across – Sun, great comfort : SOLACE

8-across – Deduction about anger with me for loss of confidence : DISCOURAGEMENT

10-across – Defeats with swords : FOILS

11-across – Soldier on exercises, singular in honour : PERSEVERE

12-across – Smuggled goods in car not uncommonly used by group : CONTRABAND

14-across – Bishop with insolence causing deviation : BLIP

16-across – Hard, ignoring front row : TIFF

18-across – Slim script I revised with no right to be glib : SIMPLISTIC

21-across – Expenses from past masters : OVERHEADS

23-across – Absolutely excellent in speech : PLUMB

24-across – Disorder of noisy bar held up piece by Gershwin : RHAPSODYINBLUE

25-across – Carbon, material for pencil : CRAYON

26-across – Interfere with sound of gong : MEDDLE

1-down – Second inspector going over story containing a change : MODIFICATION

2-down – Unfinished matter raised in controlled language : RUSSIAN

3-down – List of words and tips from author in magazine : GLOSSARY

4-down – Pea soup, as gran ordered, lacking nothing : SUGARSNAP

5-down – Walk heavily with burden : LUMBER

6-down – Opening of cinema formerly with a large screen : CONCEAL

7-down – Abandon work to follow doctor : DROP

9-down – Claimed beeps ruined animated film : DESPICABLEME

13-down – Musical benefit about gear with plug : BRIGADOON

15-down – Internet provider in stupid deal : DISPENSE

17-down – Say nothing to stop more uninhibited student : FRESHER

19-down – Riotous set, loud and untidy : TOUSLED

20-down – Carpenter easily upset : CHIPPY

22-down – Beginning to struggle, artist lacking good protein : SOYA

1-across – Account by copper indecent in precision : ACCURACY

5-across – Fragment ending in fire grate : SCRAPE

9-across – Strange trio used to be stranger : OUTSIDER

10-across – Cross some lengthy bridges : HYBRID

12-across – Lawyer beginning to examine new disc and film : BRIEFENCOUNTER

14-across – Minister’s place in corruption probed by a newspaper : VICARAGE

15-across – Rigid back : STERN

17-across – Exhausted, nothing left, diva finally retired : ALLIN

18-across – Deal arranged by assistant in state capital : ADELAIDE

19-across – Objection about her chat they nastily make up : BURYTHEHATCHET

22-across – Reduce block and write : DAMPEN

24-across – Ominous sign’s last one received by nun : SINISTER

25-across – Discover sock : STRIKE

26-across – Criminal seen and stopped by river, caught : ENSNARED

1-down – Particle in amoeba to monitor : ATOM

2-down – Larva from crate wriggling over post : CATERPILLAR

3-down – Create trouble and upset expert in dried fruit : RAISECAIN

4-down – Basket filled by me with stuff including a dessert : CREMECARAMEL

6-down – Rodent, shy, heads for protection underground : COYPU

7-down – Broadcast just devoid of force : AIR

8-down – Continuing call to support aim, universal : ENDURING

11-down – Movement involving church developed real increase in speed : ACCELERATION

13-down – Time with dog around noon for leader of fashion : TRENDSETTER

15-down – Upright icon hasn’t changed : STANCHION

16-down – Island’s obstacle ahead of poor sailor : BARBADOS

20-down – Adjust temperature, lacking energy : TWEAK

21-down – Dry area cleared : ARID

23-down – Ruin force, overthrown : MAR