Daily Answers

1-across – Physicist showing new path he’s worked out with chess piece : STEPHENHAWKING

9-across – So marsh, except for odd parts, happens to be fertile spot : OASIS

10-across – Carnivore in rage, very unhappy, coming back with new energy : WOLVERINE

11-across – Increasing taxation initially relating to jewellery : TREBLING

12-across – Most unusual depth in poem by saint : ODDEST

14-across – End of annual period around Christmas : NOEL

15-across – Dignified arrangement of a quest set up without pressure : STATUESQUE

18-across – Fruit began to go rotten in vehicle : LOGANBERRY

19-across – Search with horse covering miles : COMB

21-across – Meal, excellent, quietly consumed : SUPPER

23-across – On the whole exhausted before melodrama’s last lines : ALLINALL

25-across – Passed area in open range : OVERTAKEN

26-across – Material from speech in order : CHINO

27-across – Crime writer’s odd gems one ignores : GEORGESSIMENON

1-down – Print lingo boss translated for football team : SPORTINGLISBON

2-down – Point for example about registration mark’s hidden feature : EASTEREGG

3-down – Trouble with fluttering lashes : HASSLE

4-down – Occasionally negative, therefore receiving stick : NOWANDTHEN

5-down – Clever chart from which temperature is taken : ABLE

6-down – Very involved requirement in store : KNEEDEEP

7-down – Sound from hooter, overwhelming one : NOISE

8-down – Get through election mostly working for high-flying data collector : WEATHERBALLOON

13-down – Plots beginning to subvert Conservative policies : STORYLINES

16-down – Extract estimate of cost : QUOTATION

17-down – Doctor cares not for predecessor : ANCESTOR

20-down – Funny series? Some miss it completely : SITCOM

22-down – Bit quiet, vocally : PIECE

24-down – King unknown in middle of desert island : SKYE

1-across – Inattentive person in shelter arrested by agent with brain : SLEEPYHEAD

6-across – Ruler treats army partially : TSAR

9-across – Panel uninterested in hearing : BOARD

10-across – Soil freshly broken by instrument, not one for volcanic island : STROMBOLI

12-across – Playing at pub, lose desire to show rare musical ability : ABSOLUTEPITCH

14-across – Popular chef’s conclusion, exploiting filling : INFUSING

16-across – Reset wobbly old record player : STEREO

18-across – Settled a craving : AGREED

19-across – Greek god’s present identification acceptable : POSEIDON

21-across – Range, I note, a varied kind : COMPASSIONATE

24-across – Atmosphere around street connected with trouble back in country : AUSTRALIA

25-across – Move stealthily and softly, right beside bird : PROWL

26-across – Refrain from eating quickly : FAST

27-across – Exercise involves a payment, it seems : APPARENTLY

1-down – Leave cab, alas, bit damaged : SABBATICAL

2-down – Medium in state having no time for tests : EXAMS

3-down – Hesitation under pressure confuses crew in boat : PADDLESTEAMER

4-down – Remake of The Saint? That’s doubtful : HESITANT

5-down – Inclined to keep book on rugby union short : ABRUPT

7-down – Most unruly man communist suppressed : SMOTHERED

8-down – Run and help attack : RAID

11-down – Time consumed by renovation of top hotel, home for rock band : MOTTTHEHOOPLE

13-down – Enjoy Welsh broadcast in church leader’s name : JOHNWESLEY

15-down – Predictions about cutting wooded areas : FORECASTS

17-down – Dish that’s first of many set before us in Japanese city : MOUSSAKA

20-down – Hit barrier, getting over operation : WALLOP

22-down – Embrace and fuss, then part : ADOPT

23-down – Part of leg from young elephant : CALF

1-across – Sit next to former partner in show : EXPOSE

4-across – Outlaw, almost docile, is chicken : BANTAM

10-across – Regret harsh tune played for primitive folk : HUNTERGATHERERS

11-across – Rabble repeated phrase with force, receiving service : RIFFRAFF

12-across – Revolutionary work gathered pace : TEMPO

14-across – Dislike eating seconds in hurry : HASTE

15-across – Incisive tips from tipster with charm : TRENCHANT

17-across – Wild group, number inhabiting trailer? : ABANDONED

20-across – Fielder, mind wandering, catching nothing : MIDON

21-across – Be resistant to pressure during dance : REPEL

23-across – Crumbs cleared by old cleaner finally in passage : CORRIDOR

25-across – Fraud with ton in secret stack : CONFIDENCETRICK

26-across – Store of food some shared, rallying round : LARDER

27-across – Stage complete story : LEGEND

1-down – Repeat part of speech once : ECHO

2-down – Device used by writer to make a point : PENCILSHARPENER

3-down – City’s defence full of energy, very loud : SHEFFIELD

5-down – Expert answer with endless profundity : ADEPT

6-down – Dynamic duo lethal in same film : THELMAANDLOUISE

7-down – Pro within minutes resolved trouble : MISFORTUNE

8-down – Horrified husband in story turning up on time : AGHAST

9-down – Hold back stone weapon, dropping resistance : STIFLE

13-down – Dramatic act the liar arranged : THEATRICAL

16-down – Carry out peg and board : COMMITTEE

18-down – Steal Spanish article and coin : NICKEL

19-down – Immediate order : DIRECT

22-down – Knowledge about island in river : LOIRE

24-down – Small child’s slide : SKID

1-across – Clumsy person breaking section in wall : PARAPET

5-across – Discourage delay : PUTOFF

8-across – Reliable police officer with watchword back in base : COPPERBOTTOMED

10-across – Left with desire to disrupt mad show : ILLUSTRATE

11-across – Ring linked to odd elements in sale of capital : OSLO

13-across – Learn good tip : GLEAN

14-across – Air in large shed : BROADCAST

15-across – Controller’s true goal ruined by resistance : REGULATOR

17-across – Substitute returning pass with doubtful expression : LOCUM

19-across – Gain vase, according to report : EARN

20-across – Pressure to join in courses arranged for part of orchestra : PERCUSSION

23-across – Fellows taken in by devious effect, false modesty : SELFEFFACEMENT

24-across – Level enclosure filled with mineral : STOREY

25-across – Article in store, not right for impetuous type : HOTHEAD

1-down – Exercises on record oddly involving monarch and hierarchy : PECKINGORDER

2-down – Agent with service admitting large defeat : REPULSE

3-down – Agreeably different panel last year : PLEASANTLY

4-down – River in wood, miles away : TIBER

5-down – Prepared to erupt if getting little cake? : PETITFOUR

6-down – Attempt to encapsulate love for city of Paris? : TROY

7-down – Flower father planted on raised area, I notice : FREESIA

9-down – No admittance after development is polluted : CONTAMINATED

12-down – Benefit in advancement for young person : ADOLESCENT

14-down – Book entirely about loud insect : BUTTERFLY

16-down – Something with which chap covers part of body? : GARMENT

18-down – Language used by machines extensively : CHINESE

21-down – Disagree with Conservative whip : CLASH

22-down – At a distance from Nadal, upset? : AFAR

1-across – Dismal churl’s plea out of order : SEPULCHRAL

6-across – Fancy missing hour after second reel : SWIM

10-across – Deceive kind partner : CONSORT

11-across – Funds from hundred volunteers : COFFERS

12-across – Undemanding music, say, is in gentle broadcast : EASYLISTENING

14-across – Academic posers for unravelling : PROFESSOR

16-across – Empty clamour surrounding artist : DRAIN

17-across – Blushing about thanks, in retirement, deserved : RATED

19-across – Old life is transformed in areas yielding fuel : OILFIELDS

21-across – Sales talk in particular behind desire for ceramic design : WILLOWPATTERN

24-across – Clear sailor with volume in fish : ABSOLVE

25-across – Confirm contest to grab attention : BEAROUT

26-across – Back in classes learning more : ELSE

27-across – Soldier enters inflexible city alone : SEPARATELY

1-down – Excerpt from classic known poorly : SICK

2-down – Write meal menus, including price for church members : PENTECOSTALISTS

3-down – Viewing river going north in Cornish town : LOOKSEE

4-down – Part of Bible taken in by man and left in place for guests? : HOTEL

5-down – Name received by experts on search yielding weight of family history : ANCESTRAL

7-down – Song on life will have moving, overwhelming emotion finally : WHENIFALLINLOVE

8-down – Not loudly, signify most cranky person averse to women : MISOGYNIST

9-down – Hurt, not on purpose : OFFEND

13-down – Sea creature well below wave in south-west : SPERMWHALE

15-down – Whose epic developed into outstanding example? : SHOWPIECE

18-down – Drawing line in poem supporting party : DOODLE

20-down – Restriction in furniture seller’s floral art : IKEBANA

22-down – Bone identified by one cutting a fragment up : TIBIA

23-down – Wait for prop : STAY