Daily Answers

1-across – Perhaps Marilyn’s sweetheart to take care of a little rusty instrument : FRENCHHORN

6-across – Betrayer turned, protecting second despot : TSAR

10-across – Enthrone in rumpled satinet : INSTATE

11-across – Native Americans handing us ‘avocado’, ‘tomato’, linguistically : NAHUATL

12-across – Some prequalify in uniform : EQUAL

13-across – Rain’s stopped play? It’s a foregone conclusion : NOCONTEST

14-across – A witch may have this assistant, bit of a fright : SECONDSIGHT

18-across – Destructive policy: a pact must be arranged : APOCALYPTIC

21-across – Small woodsman, one that’s out for a bit : SLUMBERER

23-across – Dim British king : BLEAR

24-across – Medically assessed the ‘riddle’ at the outset: Everyman’s got old : TRIAGED

25-across – Adds quality to multiple TV episodes : SEASONS

26-across – Woman essential to United Nations : EDNA

27-across – Spooner’s assessed judgment, briefly seeing bird : CRESTEDTIT

1-down – Foundered when afield, reeling : FAILED

2-down – Relax: that man’s not still in bed, Cockney informs us : EASEUP

3-down – Inventor: Bach and Elgar’s confused with Barber – runs off : CHARLESBABBAGE

4-down – Hullabaloo near duchy that’s neglected : HUEANDCRY

5-down – Lead operations, in charge of mysterious characters : RUNIC

7-down – Sensible to get to grips with bit of progress that’s cutting-edge : SPACEAGE

8-down – Sympathise with concern : RELATETO

9-down – Gorges on English seafood, right away, with most of roll and vegetable : CHINESECABBAGE

15-down – Attests to the bona fides of suspicious señoritas : NOTARISES

16-down – Tape in difficult test case : CASSETTE

17-down – This answer may be saline : SOLUTION

19-down – Make new arrangement for holidaymaker’s destination : RESORT

20-down – For model: cheers! : PROSIT

22-down – Set of pulses directed one way … or another : RADAR

1-across – Conclude to dress for cold weather : WRAPUP

4-across – Over-hasty – and late! : PREVIOUS

10-across – Terrible couplet, being four times greater? : OCTUPLE

11-across – Creature seen in Japan? Thereabouts : PANTHER

12-across – Streetscape redesigned for athletic types : PACESETTERS

15-across – Bond film’s aged fellow : GOLDENEYE

16-across – Tongue stuffing in bulghur dumplings : URDU

18-across – Holy Roman Emperor succeeding Berengar VIII in Rome : OTTO

19-across – Son among schoolboys who live by Baltic Sea? : ESTONIANS

21-across – Stationery item seen in basic dental reshaping : ELASTICBAND

24-across – Old outfit: is Everyman making many creases? : ORIGAMI

25-across – Following fashion, coolest cats : OCELOTS

26-across – Ageing mathematician pursuing degree : MATURING

27-across – Archipelagos may be full of these holes, we’re told : ISLETS

1-down – Bird baked in pie now? Good : WOODPIGEON

2-down – Most of description of lorry is clear : ARTICULATE

3-down – Peacekeepers deployed: that’s not seen on Facebook? : UNPOSTED

5-down – Statement about antenatal position : REPRESENTATION

6-down – Fade out with loose description of a lorry? : VANISH

7-down – Restriction for darts players getting round: revolutionary! : OCHE

8-down – Returned symbol of love, being cross : SORE

9-down – Ginsberg, Kerouac etc all in reproduction : BEATGENERATION

13-down – ‘So any bread prepared?’ ‘It’s completely devoid of moisture’ : DRYASABONE

14-down – Issues bids suspiciously, wanting funds : SUBSIDISES

17-down – Giggles, seeing chocolate bar : SNICKERS

20-down – Go sew? : REPAIR

22-down – Space to secure boat that’s capsized : ROOM

23-down – PM, in total twice, primarily? : PITT

1-across – Footballer, one with marriage potential : KEEPER

4-across – One who painted his mother, a referee? : WHISTLER

9-across – Desired being massaged in the auditorium : NEEDED

10-across – SEALs ran amok in military stores : ARSENALS

12-across – Fools around in baths : SPAS

13-across – Back in control, staggered to welcome cast etc. : REELECTED

15-across – Antique storage item, one that’s cracked: it’s a familiar story : OLDCHESTNUT

18-across – Largely racy, I compose silly, amusing entertainments : COMICOPERAS

21-across – Nap, Sweetie? : REFRESHER

22-across – Send out some remittances : EMIT

24-across – Confused: tempura’s getting further from mouth : UPSTREAM

25-across – Shed next to empty lighthouse, a grand edifice : CASTLE

26-across – In Athens, letter written – returned – blast! : DETONATE

27-across – Everyman affectedly starts to speechify in extremely shapeless garment : ONESIE

1-down – Monarchs getting to finally sojourn in Caribbean destination : KINGSTON

2-down – Dodgy dealers pocketing money and gemstones : EMERALDS

3-down – Tent’s roof removed for Olympic event : EPEE

5-down – Spooner’s made callous deer a means of transporting goods : HORSEANDCART

6-down – Cliché in way of playing music genre : STEREOTYPE

7-down – Part of humble Antony’s humble abode : LEANTO

8-down – Make one’s home and manage without parking : RESIDE

11-down – I promise bravery after angry and shocked exclamation : CROSSMYHEART

14-down – Afraid to manage space with multiple layers? : CHICKENRUN

16-down – Archbishops in particular ate seconds : PRIMATES

17-down – In a way, weariest – put another way … : ASITWERE

19-down – Where you can see football team crumbled : GROUND

20-down – Compensate for TV with no power? : OFFSET

23-down – Piece – albeit weak – numerous at the outset? : PAWN

1-across – Proves sectarians will be dispersed : ASCERTAINS

6-across – Knock back lager? That’s a mistake : SLIP

9-across – Welcome when sporting cane, cap etc : ACCEPTANCE

10-across – Not taking sides of gammon and pineapple? : AMMO

11-across – Carol, with mashed potato, perhaps making a fuss : SONGANDDANCE

15-across – Ray Brown has gym kit : SUNBEAM

16-across – Badly over-use bodies of work : OEUVRES

17-across – Operating system’s way of working is stifling small, gradual assimilation : OSMOSIS

19-across – Able to pay for chloroform? : SOLVENT

20-across – State that’s stunned to host our excellent sporting event : TOURDEFRANCE

23-across – One of the Great Lakes is spooky, we’re told : ERIE

24-across – Characters seen in Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II; Henry V? : SEMICOLONS

25-across – One way to order food in W African country : TOGO

26-across – Starter of tree tufts rejected; detox’s not half restricting Everyman in regime : ATKINSDIET

1-down – A glass container’s open? Not entirely : AJAR

2-down – Bird to draw back : COCK

3-down – Predecessor treated and treated again : REPROCESSED

4-down – Mixture showing some charisma, glam albeit retro : AMALGAM

5-down – Number with ‘party in the county jail’? Out of the question : NOCANDO

7-down – What may be found in orchard as twitchy mole enters : LEMONTREES

8-down – Disposition of person to wallow in pity : PROPENSITY

12-down – Match short, suggesting cheat? : DOUBLECROSS

13-down – Deranged maestros finally turn out medley : ASSORTMENT

14-down – No geranium in arrangement? Charming! : ENAMOURING

18-down – So fine! Exam is gentle in the extreme : SOFTEST

19-down – Seriously widely adopted, hugely intelligible language – international, primarily! : SWAHILI

21-down – Inhospitable environment: island with marsh to the north : GOBI

22-down – Call for attention; troops straighten, to some extent : PSST

1-across – Devoured one sheep, noisily : ATEUP

4-across – You shouldn’t have small infatuation in Australian state : TASMANIA

8-across – Tipsy tippler, tattler giving you stuff and nonsense : PRITTLEPRATTLE

10-across – Sporting Coe let in: it’s how parliamentarians are chosen : ELECTION

11-across – Exactly zero t-shirts etc. returned : SPOTON

12-across – Translation of banal epic not up to the job : INCAPABLE

15-across – With coins of little value, Everyman’s heading to find boozer : SOUSE

17-across – Heavyweight’s disheartened, Sonny Liston’s fourth struggle : TYSON

18-across – Cuckoo, pigeon and tit moving stealthily : TIPTOEING

19-across – Aim to express disapproval : OBJECT

21-across – Money changing hands for pudding : TURNOVER

24-across – At length, a child trained hairy bovines : HIGHLANDCATTLE

25-across – Son caused online trouble, proceeded without urgency : STROLLED

26-across – Gold, Dutch and Italian, in financial examination : AUDIT

1-down – Growth in understanding : APPRECIATION

2-down – Worthy folks incense me terribly : EMINENCES

3-down – In France, slight appetite, taking only part : PETIT

4-down – Where to cook morsel for Tolkien’s hero : THEHOBBIT

5-down – Either side in scrimmage might be hurt : SORE

6-down – A little bean tip as topping in canapé : ANTIPASTO

7-down – Opening part of chain letter : INLET

9-down – Short fellow inserting limb in long johns? : UNDERGARMENT

13-down – Not starting rhinoscopic process, finally wanting changes for one with ‘incredible’ nasal abnormality : PINOCCHIO

14-down – Former husband rapped and sermonized : EXPOUNDED

16-down – Far from welcome seeing football team gathering in vain: not half : UNINVITED

20-down – Mutual club? : JOINT

22-down – Natal’s yammering animal – large antelope, primarily? : NYALA

23-down – Issue a reproach when fibber’s shown up : RAIL