Daily Answers

1-across – A line written by clever US diplomat : ALBRIGHT

5-across – Beginning to tour upper-class house : STUART

9-across – Showing good aesthetic judgement in refurbished flat – suite I removed : TASTEFUL

10-across – Prairies: maps I collected : PLAINS

12-across – For this one needs right type of oven : ROAST

13-across – Shown on the box, Elvis teed off : TELEVISED

14-across – Italian painter ordered vindaloo and rice : LEONARDODAVINCI

16-across – Certainly at home, everyone’s against discipline at school : INALLCONSCIENCE

19-across – Nothing needs to be added to clear statement of policy : MANIFESTO

21-across – Jacob’s father’s saving scheme account : ISAAC

23-across – Brat’s mistake after start of tantrum : TERROR

24-across – Ahead, master swimming against the current : UPSTREAM

25-across – Feast I prepared for carnival : FIESTA

26-across – Couple hired band : BRACELET

1-down – Player’s agent ignoring fine : ACTOR

2-down – Steps taken to control a star : BOSSANOVA

3-down – Disinclination to act shown by one with damaged retina : INERTIA

4-down – Scary place sought, to include a hospital by river? : HAUNTEDHOUSE

6-down – A live TV broadcast from a city on the Mediterranean coast : TELAVIV

7-down – Sign of tooth decay? Canine needs to be extracted : ARIES

8-down – Assess performance in River Dee initially, then short river : TESTDRIVE

11-down – Wonky gyroscope lad fixed for actress : GLADYSCOOPER

14-down – Revised title includes second Kipling poem with a recurring theme : LEITMOTIF

15-down – Without equal, nothing contains cricket side on level above English : NONPAREIL

17-down – Omitted the French female solicitor : LEFTOUT

18-down – I do it wrongly, in charge, being silly : IDIOTIC

20-down – Take care of slow-moving shark : NURSE

22-down – Arrive on time with one of Santa’s reindeer : COMET

1-across – Insight shown by hospital department, originally : DEPTH

4-across – Established practice in art? I do it differently with end of crayon : TRADITION

9-across – American’s vest in desert, reportedly shown on film : WAISTCOAT

10-across – Cancel yearbook missing second article : ANNUL

11-across – Hamleys, say, developed photos – first of yours displayed inside : TOYSHOP

12-across – A rounded character, but not initially amusing man : OMICRON

13-across – Women’s crew, showering after end of work-out improving muscle performance : WEIGHTTRAINING

17-across – Fat American woman shown up by car headlight? : BROADINTHEBEAM

19-across – Resolved to live permanently with daughter : SETTLED

20-across – Girl in cold area round a factory : CAMILLA

22-across – Living in a city, some favour banking : URBAN

23-across – Can one run broadcast? : ANNOUNCER

24-across – To exceed one’s budget unfortunately proves point : OVERSPEND

25-across – Unpleasant odour I start to detect in damp : HUMID

1-down – Business centre in Bangor, perhaps : DOWNTOWN

2-down – Old writer, popular within fold : PLINY

3-down – Struck senior teacher – row’s made the papers : HITTHEHEADLINES

4-down – Bad time over in platoon? : TROOP

5-down – One who might have excited NASA tutor? : ASTRONAUT

6-down – Drink – two words for it! : ITALIANVERMOUTH

7-down – Lack of awareness in church sheltering good girl : IGNORANCE

8-down – Stockings, new, only ruined by son : NYLONS

14-down – One bishop, one on board, is cranky : IRRITABLE

15-down – That rider is shaky, not much good : THIRDRATE

16-down – I’m mated, being handicapped : IMPAIRED

18-down – Criminal does, pocketing copper coin in use before the euro : ESCUDO

20-down – Thoroughly defeated a northern European, breaking record : CANED

21-down – Stand-in doctor reduced swelling across one’s chest, initially : LOCUM

1-across – Passionate tale about leader of Mohicans : STORMY

4-across – Sheepdog the lads let loose around noon : SHETLAND

9-across – Good for son inside to decline asylum : REFUGE

10-across – Salad we locals ordered : COLESLAW

12-across – Spider coming from altar – aunt going berserk : TARANTULA

13-across – Brownies in chapel vestry : ELVES

14-across – Everything connected with the subject mentioned in New Orleans? : ANDALLTHATJAZZ

17-across – Prone to pilfering, as Bunter often was : STICKYFINGERED

21-across – A female, initially nervous, is pale-faced : ASHEN

22-across – Messy part upset M, say : SPYMASTER

24-across – Watched king brought in by Cornish town lecturer : LOOKEDON

25-across – Very small amount of time : MINUTE

26-across – Emphasised sweet dishes must be returned : STRESSED

27-across – Very busy with calls, daughter in other resort : REDHOT

1-down – Supernatural being priest exorcised : SPRITE

2-down – Come up with chest missing lid : OFFER

3-down – Mother ringing rep bringing colour : MAGENTA

5-down – Brash types cheer Plantagenet king and son : HOORAYHENRYS

6-down – At that point, theatre collapsed : THEREAT

7-down – To mollify everyone, I’ve turned up and dined : ALLEVIATE

8-down – Move to a smaller property in depressed area : DOWNSIZE

11-down – Play a sly trick to attract individual after a hunger strike? : PULLAFASTONE

15-down – Happy hour binge for one next door : NEIGHBOUR

16-down – Is serial broadcast for Middle-Easterners? : ISRAELIS

18-down – Shelters for animals, well-groomed, reared round outskirts of Nuneaton : KENNELS

19-down – Inspect former pit, going after answer : EXAMINE

20-down – Man from ancient city calling for immediate attention? : URGENT

23-down – Feel spot : TOUCH

1-across – Calm, knight and queen about to hang? The opposite : TRANQUIL

5-across – Geographical formation in centre of Germany – I very much doubt it contains sulphur : MASSIF

9-across – Hothead showing sign of emotion on holiday : TEARAWAY

10-across – Rush job : CAREER

12-across – Bail broken? One makes an excuse : ALIBI

13-across – Pictured, English editor holding travel document : ENVISAGED

14-across – Fruit from Australian state, choice : VICTORIAPLUM

18-across – Both comrades injured, so out of action : HORSDECOMBAT

21-across – Military command connected with revolution : ABOUTTURN

23-across – The best of Norse literature : ELITE

24-across – Apprentice ultimately failing to pass : ELAPSE

25-across – Save bishop in Irish county town, one spreading the Word : BARNABAS

26-across – On the contrary, somewhat sooner? Quite : RATHER

27-across – Shallow type plugging leak : SKINDEEP

1-down – He painted giant straddling island : TITIAN

2-down – Sleeveless cardigan lost in Moroccan port : AGADIR

3-down – Professional is guarded : QUALIFIED

4-down – A vehicle aunt damaged? No idea : IHAVENTACLUE

6-down – Former US president, Hoover, say, in to that extent : ADAMS

7-down – Scandinavian boy and girl, first to identify evil manipulator : SVENGALI

8-down – Gas let off by a politician : FIREDAMP

11-down – Medieval morality play to uplift all of us : EVERYMANJACK

15-down – Legendary king soon to entertain willing maiden : AGAMEMNON

16-down – Bird in hot weather diving into English river : WHEATEAR

17-down – Disdainful, a bishop over tango dancing : ARROGANT

19-down – Active doctor found in African river : NIMBLE

20-down – Spoil canteen at university : MESSUP

22-down – Sip drop of sherry in gallery : TASTE

1-across – Bad blood shown by heartless opponent about it : ENMITY

4-across – Smart to disconnect after energy conserved by family : CLEANCUT

10-across – Arms race participant? : GUNRUNNER

11-across – Agricultural machine the Parisian kept in farm building, briefly : BALER

12-across – Graceful Ragdoll is so meek inside : LISSOME

13-across – Special phone link may cause heated row : HOTLINE

14-across – I consume poison – terrible illness results : PNEUMOCONIOSIS

18-across – Complaint in sheikdom, unease spreading : HOUSEMAIDSKNEE

20-across – Dismiss teller : CASHIER

22-across – Robot in Dr No novel brought in to help : ANDROID

24-across – I must sit in cleaner seat : CHAIR

25-across – Smart having line deleted in travel document? The other way round : VICEVERSA

26-across – At Naples? That may be nice : PLEASANT

27-across – Popular act? Certainly : INDEED

1-down – For example, loses one’s composure after last of strong drinks : EGGFLIPS

2-down – Clergyman, old fellow, to tell government member : MINISTEROFSTATE

3-down – Organised tour taking in centre of early market town : TRURO

5-down – Feature of spectacular Christmas tree : LARCH

6-down – Bird in brass – a lot manufactured : ALBATROSS

7-down – Cornelius is cool about opposing philosophies leading to conflict : COLLISIONCOURSE

8-down – Aim at goal : TARGET

9-down – Telephone system popular company installed in Trinity, for example : INTERCOM

15-down – Joker, male, is seen on Baghdad river : MISTIGRIS

16-down – Canine with us, barking – a pest : NUISANCE

17-down – Leader to go ashore in cape : HEADLAND

19-down – I, about to step over frozen summit : ICECAP

21-down – Heading off, yellow and black bird : RAVEN

23-down – Dove flying over northern county : DEVON