Daily Answers

1-across – Headgear provided by former airline – article that’s defaced : PANAMAHATS

6-across – Long account given by ambassador : ACHE

9-across – A warning for an amusing type : CAUTION

10-across – One with Ms West drinking drop of Guinness in picture : IMAGINE

12-across – Artist and Mrs distributed useful book : TRISTRAMSHANDY

14-across – Henry and I send message from Canadian port : HALIFAX

15-across – Very difficult hill she negotiated : HELLISH

16-across – A symphony, perhaps, from Mozart for me : ARTFORM

19-across – Chief military commander gripping butt of ancient weapon : SHOTGUN

21-across – Make a great effort to remember snack bar senior used : RACKONESBRAINS

23-across – Lake trip abroad taken by copper and guilty party : CULPRIT

24-across – I had contracted to enter competition – that’s clear : EVIDENT

25-across – Song about daughter becoming a woman : LADY

26-across – Criminal in Merseyside port, German pocketing grand : BOOTLEGGER

1-down – Best option : PICK

2-down – Gear position Renault altered : NEUTRAL

3-down – Something to eat for the bridesmaids : MAIDSOFHONOUR

4-down – Rock guitarist casting spell across two US states : HENDRIX

5-down – Great victory for former car manufacturer : TRIUMPH

7-down – Church, one against providing wine : CHIANTI

8-down – All in Newgate, very thin guys : EVERYTHING

11-down – Immense enjoyment in heat of Malawi resort close to Blantyre : AWHALEOFATIME

13-down – Showbiz chat I later reviewed : THEATRICAL

17-down – Took on equipment heading for Dubai : TACKLED

18-down – Virtuoso from Rome sat awkwardly : MAESTRO

19-down – National field : SUBJECT

20-down – Alcoholic drinks and English tonic : GINSENG

22-down – Prison in northern part of Scottish city : STIR

1-across – Lying down in middle of boulevard after drink : SUPINE

4-across – In which one may see Odette boast about the French leading English : SWANLAKE

10-across – Girl cuddling boy in a state : LOUISIANA

11-across – Clear away thatch aloft : MOPUP

12-across – Cat, say, brought back after search : SCOURGE

13-across – Hornblower’s short speech after end of clash : HORATIO

14-across – Suspicious transaction with him, a republican? : ANTIMONARCHIST

17-across – Said of a gunslinger pulling a fast one? : QUICKONTHEDRAW

21-across – Drank one given by doctor, one by bunk : IMBIBED

22-across – Court finally presented with motive for act of betrayal : TREASON

24-across – Fuss about a single step in a series : STAIR

25-across – Complete change of opinion concerning fellow expert : ABOUTFACE

26-across – Provide forceful evidence against the Italian, Italian arrested by pair : MILITATE

27-across – Is worried about small son getting pet : CARESS

1-down – Willy Loman? Name lass involved : SALESMAN

2-down – Roman god in place, cast out : PLUTO

3-down – Quack remedy in no way unusual : NOSTRUM

5-down – Around northern tip of region, one state with a new meteorological facility : WEATHERSTATION

6-down – Chief magistrate upset about demo : NOMARCH

7-down – Inordinate praise about favourite hors d’oeuvre : APPETISER

8-down – Use Forster device? : EMPLOY

9-down – Respond humorously to fool getting comfortable role? : TAKEINGOODPART

15-down – Computer image of distressed lamb in hut : THUMBNAIL

16-down – Trendy types, carollers surrounding wife : SWINGERS

18-down – Jazz fan about to reveal what goes on in nightclub? : CABARET

19-down – Choose artist showing a complex character : ELECTRA

20-down – Turn down quantity of Chinese food : DIMSUM

23-down – Small girl gets fish : SKATE

1-across – A stubborn type beginning to trust a lucky charm : AMULET

4-across – Drink one with a girl after time : TIAMARIA

9-across – Choked, the lord upset about IOM race : THROTTLED

11-across – Unusual paperback? : NOVEL

12-across – I frame Swedish director seducing new Swedish actress : INGRIDBERGMAN

14-across – Device that spins to and fro : ROTATOR

15-across – Drink, more bubbly, for top boss : SUPREMO

17-across – Hear about old shocking event : TRAGEDY

19-across – Brief increase in small dried grapes : RAISINS

21-across – Medal winner? Initial clue required? : VICTORIACROSS

24-across – Child about to leave Mediterranean island : MINOR

25-across – Not fully satisfied, cook eats a tin around one : INSATIATE

26-across – Copy of short specification – mine smudged : SPECIMEN

27-across – Perhaps fly home ahead of party : INSECT

1-down – Sadly it’s a threat, if the situation stays as it is : ATTHISRATE

2-down – Just out of bed? Correct : UPRIGHT

3-down – New titles composed for famous bass guitarist : ENTWISTLE

5-down – Popular group struggling badly : INDIRESTRAITS

6-down – Note small car on motorway : MINIM

7-down – Earnings, extremely remunerative on location : REVENUE

8-down – Supporter in mass meeting, losing head : ALLY

10-down – Celebrity bid stupidly to secure old undergarment : LIBERTYBODICE

13-down – Pleased about half-sister being true to priniciples : CONSISTENT

16-down – Royal taken over to northern university : PRINCETON

18-down – Further loan : ADVANCE

20-down – Cut off, one very much overdue : ISOLATE

22-down – A dog may be company on rig at sea : CORGI

23-down – Prophet from Arabia – Moses? : AMOS

1-across – My partner may be set to drive off with a member on board : SHAMPOO

5-across – Almost heaven, after tea, this French wine : CHABLIS

9-across – Ten jerks in the Spanish bar : EXPEL

10-across – Pass big gun mashed cabbage and potatoes : COLCANNON

11-across – A Hollywood hangout for the stars, and racing tipsters on newspaper : SUNSETSTRIP

14-across – Remark on bridge puzzle : CROSSWORD

16-across – Monk holding head of laden transport animal : LLAMA

17-across – What can help to make children nuisances? : ENNUI

18-across – A bishop spotted on the wagon : ABSTAINED

19-across – Weak wine, mostly, in Davy Jones’s locker : WATERYGRAVE

23-across – What may be brittle in trash can? : LITTERBIN

24-across – Chide son lacking in affection : SCOLD

25-across – Flash, the Parisian wit : SPARKLE

26-across – Duck circling duck – one makes off quickly : SCOOTER

1-down – Watch one who is easily deceived accepting bit of rubbish : SEERSUCKER

2-down – Plan her son hatched to acquire wind instruments : ALPENHORNS

3-down – 21? Nervous energy, or vitality? : PULSE

4-down – Produced for some special event, story about black piece of furniture : OCCASIONALTABLE

5-down – Poor lad crossing polluted US city : COLORADOSPRINGS

6-down – A better piece of phrasing by Fitzgerald, sung without accompaniment : ACAPPELLA

7-down – Obtain post as head in Cornwall : LAND

8-down – See 7 : SEND

12-down – Girl with sailor, not here to waste time : FANNYABOUT

13-down – Ted Heath, for example, also included in British editorial : BANDLEADER

15-down – Whisper spread about king’s ruin : SHIPWRECK

20-down – Gadget soldiers and army medic required : GISMO

21-down – Cut lavish bonus : PLUS

22-down – Mount out of Newmarket – nap : ETNA

1-across – Dance after quiet game : SOFTBALL

5-across – Hack holding page showing prominent headline : SPLASH

9-across – One local person, about 100, is resting : INACTIVE

10-across – Briefly express American position : STATUS

12-across – Flower standing in row, cut : LUPIN

13-across – Repulsive, smooth ale if off : LOATHSOME

14-across – Film barrister attending meeting : BRIEFENCOUNTER

17-across – Money available for use by company run in Surrey town and London, perhaps : WORKINGCAPITAL

21-across – In New Zealand, adult inhaling pipe gets a respiratory ailment : INFLUENZA

22-across – Consider carefully course announced : WEIGH

23-across – Got the shakes in deprived area : GHETTO

24-across – Sheriff’s officer upset employees : TIPSTAFF

25-across – President’s first to speak in golf club : PUTTER

26-across – Popular batting order : INDEMAND

1-down – Protect novice in cast : SHIELD

2-down – She was a flighty young thing, and one likely to panic? : FLAPPER

3-down – Staff may make racket, working : BATON

4-down – Even scores at cribbage? : LEVELPEGGING

6-down – Essential oil, oil university refined under cover : PATCHOULI

7-down – Performs in a play abroad attached to different cast : ACTSOUT

8-down – Inn shortly to be refurbished to accommodate engineers, initially : HOSTELRY

11-down – Support an outsider, reportedly a drunken reveller : BACCHANALIAN

15-down – Protocol quite absurd – letter required to dismiss banks : ETIQUETTE

16-down – Admitting having spell of prosperity : OWNINGUP

18-down – Display mirror : REFLECT

19-down – Bail out a bishop, a hero of pantomime : ALIBABA

20-down – Irritated husband in snack bar close to Anfield : CHAFED

22-down – Refuse to kill : WASTE