Daily Answers

1-across – E.g. gorilla’s rage aggravated by recording : GREATAPE

5-across – Song from soldier perhaps connected with border : ANTHEM

9-across – Livelier book with weight, entertaining one? Right : BOUNCIER

10-across – Nothing coming about after call for capital : DUBLIN

11-across – Sleuth in a romp, while confused, retaining edge : PHILIPMARLOWE

14-across – Host in attendance with hesitant expression : PRESENTER

15-across – Animal completely rejected by mother : LLAMA

17-across – Posed wearing glossy fabric : SATIN

19-across – Learns during proper practice : REHEARSAL

21-across – Ride wave and react so excitedly : ROLLERCOASTER

24-across – Calm, fast accepting condition : PACIFY

25-across – Name a bad revolutionary in great partnership : ALLIANCE

26-across – Lie, say, concocted without difficulty : EASILY

27-across – Small pincers from fancy set were gripping zipper’s head : TWEEZERS

1-down – Pass fish : GOBY

2-down – Joke with guys in alien gear : EQUIPMENT

3-down – One following colourist’s tips in story referring to touch : TACTILE

4-down – Ancient hero, spirit broken, beginning to cry : PREHISTORIC

6-down – Dull, supporting neither side : NEUTRAL

7-down – Greeting, in nutshell, old-fashioned : HELLO

8-down – Central ground in low resort : MONTECARLO

12-down – Sweet maiden protected by officer on base : MARSHMALLOW

13-down – Punctuation mark being amended too, perhaps : APOSTROPHE

16-down – Confidence in promise : ASSURANCE

18-down – Essential end of innocence, in fun led astray : NEEDFUL

20-down – Spanning time, run into different ideas : ASTRIDE

22-down – Devices for fastening hair : LOCKS

23-down – Muddle becomes simpler to some extent : MESS

1-across – Hesitate in front of hero, former champion : HOLDBACK

5-across – Saloon for instance with favourite floor covering : CARPET

9-across – Volunteers express contempt for ban : TABOO

10-across – Pass laws with support I condemn : LEGISLATE

12-across – Old man, artist with very large sunshade : PARASOL

14-across – Partner in mood endlessly unprofessional : AMATEUR

15-across – Unhappy with material, so she played an Elvis classic : BLUESUEDESHOES

18-across – One with fee cut, faintly troubled, showing weakness : INEFFECTUALITY

19-across – Alliance finally became split in vanity project : EGOTRIP

21-across – In context remembrance is intense : EXTREME

23-across – New drapes due to be brought round : PERSUADED

25-across – Merely dropping small hint : IMPLY

26-across – Talk reflected on temperature and effect of sun : NATTER

27-across – Area containing Glastonbury Tor seems changed : SOMERSET

1-down – Agitated man set to climb : HETUP

2-down – Party member’s unsparing protest about traitor : LIBERALDEMOCRAT

3-down – Nonsense about fair and legendary creature? You’ll find volumes on it : BOOKSHELF

4-down – Low point reached by school expelling odd characters : COL

6-down – Some diplomats easily baffled : ATSEA

7-down – Hasn’t fate dealt badly with people in this film? : PLANETOFTHEAPES

8-down – Thinker’s article on wild riots : THEORIST

11-down – Aged drunk bothered noble ruler : GRANDDUKE

13-down – Walk after meal round a point of departure : LAUNCHPAD

16-down – Love put into opening tune, English gem set alone : SOLITAIRE

17-down – Psychic power in strange final period of existence : LIFESPAN

20-down – Provoke arguments in hearing : ROUSE

22-down – Country for example with unknown part : EGYPT

24-down – Pair united in act : DUO

1-across – System maintaining speed in swirling current is cool : CRUISECONTROL

9-across – Coffee made by doctor before tea : MOCHA

10-across – Assorted clothing I start to collect, second-hand : VICARIOUS

11-across – Form of language that’s ideal ordered by court : DIALECT

12-across – Relative losing heart has broken free : UNLEASH

13-across – Finish changing most new gifts : ENDOWMENTS

16-across – Moisture expected by the sound of it : DEW

17-across – Invite offer : BID

18-across – Front of rampart in the south contains points of entry : THRESHOLDS

20-across – Nothing right, for example, with a refusal to supply herb : OREGANO

22-across – Satisfied about weight, went off course : SWERVED

23-across – Puzzle behind quiet work in part of factory : SHOPFLOOR

24-across – Reverse in channel unnavigable to the west : ANNUL

25-across – Fearful shout, one’s first, will be adjusted by editor : YELLOWBELLIED

1-down – Protest about to be raised over variable entertainment : COMEDY

2-down – Song stirring audience, old hymn : UNCHAINEDMELODY

3-down – Saint keeping lid on self-esteem, a fall guy : SCAPEGOAT

4-down – Desire firm check : COVET

5-down – Lyrical pieces on sect run strangely : NOCTURNES

6-down – Regular members of group really relating to countryside : RURAL

7-down – Working in field excited avid Nordic artist : LEONARDODAVINCI

8-down – Avoid extremes in encounters with champ : ESCHEW

14-down – Pack up old game to become traveller : MARCOPOLO

15-down – Delay in overtures to new alliance : STONEWALL

17-down – Happen to absorb arguments read casually : BROWSE

19-down – Attach light-emitting diode, getting confused : ADDLED

21-down – Just missing line? That’s terrible : AWFUL

22-down – Abandon stunted vegetation : SCRUB

1-across – Horrible stranger’s second sin : TRANSGRESS

6-across – Bitter revolutionary in predicament : ACID

9-across – Projecting part, large one attached to a plant : LOBELIA

10-across – Lie concocted with certain freedom : LEISURE

12-across – Fight back, restricting opening of secret files : RASPS

13-across – Number, day by day in urban area, subdued : TONEDDOWN

14-across – False idol accepted by foolish curates : TREACHEROUS

18-across – Mad to keep new vehicle around rear of insecure jail : INCARCERATE

21-across – Church right with trade union in tendency to show conviction : CERTITUDE

23-across – Some campaigns win great change : SWING

24-across – I arrive to unwind in coastal region : RIVIERA

25-across – Outlaw protected by pseudonym mostly in country : ALBANIA

26-across – Promoted thus by lord : SOLD

27-across – Colony’s resolution : SETTLEMENT

1-down – Swallow in group coming north over Spain with speed : TOLERATE

2-down – Surprised to get exhausted after a mile : AMBUSHED

3-down – Cleric’s safe if involved in generous action : SELFSACRIFICE

4-down – Cook when in decline : ROAST

5-down – Give love, seized by urge for glory : SPLENDOUR

7-down – Company happy about entry form : COUPON

8-down – Colouring fading, according to report : DYEING

11-down – Essential corruption of a penniless bid : INDISPENSABLE

15-down – Cheer on cue stirring passion : ENCOURAGE

16-down – Disagreement’s very bad in a race : VARIANCE

17-down – Police officer having material on worker? : SERGEANT

19-down – A great many scratches : SCORES

20-down – Nonsense from learner following ambition : DRIVEL

22-down – Cut up court? Correct : EXACT

1-across – Sign in front of camera in broadcast is poor : SCORPIO

5-across – Noah’s arranged new start for animals, getting cry of praise : HOSANNA

9-across – Reportedly studies water plants : REEDS

10-across – Game and drink after hard work : HOPSCOTCH

11-across – One absorbed by weird topic has to be a nut : PISTACHIO

12-across – Projection in line with advantage : LEDGE

13-across – Unfolded letter, learning about a tense relationship : ETERNALTRIANGLE

16-across – Idol, notice, following heart, frequently extreme? Far from it : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD

18-across – Metallic sound in futuristic language : CLANG

20-across – Group of players in short race out of shape : ORCHESTRA

22-across – Dancer having left Ireland settled in Welsh town : BALLERINA

23-across – Brave saint no longer in prison : STOUT

24-across – Unknown vessel with hundred captured by alien being wiped out : EXTINCT

25-across – Little in note about primate : HOMINID

1-down – Collapse, losing heart after second doubt : SCRUPLE

2-down – Finished dispatch admitting pressure and excessive outlay : OVERSPEND

3-down – Food made from dough by middle of day : PASTA

4-down – One caring for eyes unaccustomed to Soho lamplight : OPHTHALMOLOGIST

5-down – Funny actor, one with company in trendy way giving promise of ethical treatment : HIPPOCRATICOATH

6-down – Predicament, having no pence in store for time off when ill : SICKLEAVE

7-down – Famous end to novel : NOTED

8-down – Complete account on busy place filled with energy : ACHIEVE

14-down – Colour, for example, about to be found in fresh linen : NILEGREEN

15-down – Presenter, tousled initially in dress, deserted place : GHOSTTOWN

16-down – Vehicle’s driven into horse? Ghastly : MACABRE

17-down – Selected for service, composed : DRAFTED

19-down – Dispense completely with part of Bible : ALLOT

21-down – Be gloomy, upset about small location of course : EPSOM