Daily Answers

1-across – Go round a market, mostly in dense fog : PEASOUP

5-across – Mounted bullfighter with pair doc treated : PICADOR

9-across – A gypsy with a distinctive smell : AROMA

10-across – Literary hero found in lake in Virginia close to Bridgewater : LOCHINVAR

11-across – Start out on a journey with group, by the side of Scottish river : SETFORTH

12-across – Be up to some criminal activity then make off furtively : BEATIT

14-across – A row of policemen, inadequate down by railway track : THINBLUELINE

17-across – Immediately before any serious study took place : ATFIRSTSIGHT

20-across – Very good Dutch painter is alone : SOLELY

21-across – Son is cross, failing to identify cutters : SCISSORS

23-across – G-man chose ridiculous dress : CHEONGSAM

24-across – Select piece of escalope, low in calories : ELITE

25-across – Call of wren tit learned : ENTITLE

26-across – Sup bubbly, before biting mushroom : UPSTART

1-down – Power lift gets acclaim : PRAISE

2-down – A disease one got from a rodent : AGOUTI

3-down – Flying separately, team’s leader, not in touch with reality : ONANOTHERPLANET

4-down – Head touring a Roman province : PALATINATE

5-down – Lick end of lollipop – superb : PACE

6-down – A game of chess where pin is disastrous : CHINESEWHISPERS

7-down – Evil toad, awfully fit : DOVETAIL

8-down – Artist associated with Rhode Island draws freaks : RARITIES

13-down – Welsh party dry? I clam up, perplexed : PLAIDCYMRU

15-down – Inflict a heavy defeat upon a large number – fixed race : MASSACRE

16-down – A female, graceful and wealthy : AFFLUENT

18-down – Ian leaving US state with a girl : LOUISA

19-down – Express agreement when told to go : ASSENT

22-down – One famous golfer turned up in Anglesey, say : ISLE

1-across – Wrong about grand gesture : SIGN

4-across – Bewilder gnome with excellent returns : BAFFLE

11-across – Distinctive character of those broadcast : ETHOS

12-across – Market’s overwhelming feeling about muddle : MARESNEST

13-across – Self-taught person in car did play a part : AUTODIDACT

14-across – Examine front of spam tin : SCAN

16-across – Danger faced by look-alike in film : DOUBLEJEOPARDY

18-across – What’s this crib score worth if he loses badly? : TWOFORHISHEELS

21-across – Cover nothing on bathing beach : LIDO

22-across – In Bush era, one destroyed a German city : OBERHAUSEN

25-across – Small fish with a bite that’s nasty : WHITEBAIT

26-across – Boy finding any number in lake : ERNIE

27-across – Ignore redeveloped area : REGION

28-across – Birch in centre of old wood : LASH

2-down – Forward from secret port : INSIDELEFT

3-down – Rover, not out, barking : NOMAD

5-down – A length, therefore further : ALSO

6-down – Around middle of afternoon, chef rings – ‘send out for vinaigrette!’ : FRENCHDRESSING

7-down – Straighten out former nurse : EXTEND

8-down – Engineers battled, reportedly, for payment that’s merited : REWARD

9-down – See nightgown and dude’s excited – what may result? : SHOTGUNWEDDING

10-down – Vegetable producer : BROCCOLI

15-down – Hot air? That’s what you%u2019d expect from them : FANHEATERS

17-down – Ancient king with a lot of bottle? : JEROBOAM

19-down – Wrongdoer’s small secret : SINNER

20-down – Telephone left in recess : BLOWER

23-down – Animal later let loose : RATEL

24-down – Forbid executive toys? Not entirely : VETO

1-across – Shell of yellow car missing rear end : ORMER

4-across – Arrive and examine cabinet : SHOWCASE

8-across – Fed gruel that he prepared – that’s to experience hardship! : FEELTHEDRAUGHT

10-across – Girl in poem, Maud : EMMA

11-across – Ready to start the day at college? An expert abroad : UPANDABOUT

13-across – It carries letters about mother and the Italian coach : MAILTRAIN

15-across – Reject the Spanish weapon : ELBOW

16-across – Foundation school initially goes after scholars attached to one : BASIS

17-across – College girl from Norfolk town : KINGSLYNN

19-across – Unstable African oil state : CALIFORNIA

20-across – Destruction caused by bug shaken off plant : LOSS

22-across – This may be raised on board a ship from Qatar if a gunnel is damaged : QUARANTINEFLAG

24-across – Insulating material, like finest found by sailor : ASBESTOS

25-across – Do some, but not all, by end of July : PARTY

1-down – Away? Ray is mistaken : OFFBEAM

2-down – An adaptation of timeless Mountie film : MEETMEINSTLOUIS

3-down – Legal documents reportedly for luxury hotel : RITZ

4-down – One who’s 11 and out? : SLEEPWALKER

5-down – Other ranks locked in a row : OAR

6-down – Crass, rude, misguided campaigners : CRUSADERS

7-down – Etonian, a monkey? One could make his teacher laugh : SCHOOLBOYHOWLER

9-down – Pack some clothes to wear : STOW

12-down – People of no importance making awful noise in tent : NONENTITIES

14-down – Time to expect church working party : TASKFORCE

16-down – Reverse taxi up on to top of kerb : BACK

18-down – Inquisitive about e.g. a bouquet : NOSEGAY

21-down – Sunk low in river, first of piles : DEEP

23-down – Wine taster’s difficulty : NET

1-across – My job, as pal badly spelled out, is to make night attire : BABYDOLLPYJAMAS

9-across – Cleansing agent put off squire : DETERGENT

10-across – Phoned leader of expedition for compass : RANGE

11-across – Happening just before start of tournament : EVENT

12-across – Saving made by company that’s invested in foreign money : ECONOMY

14-across – Publicans in the North needing minders : INNKEEPERS

16-across – Book to attend every single social function : BALL

18-across – A cat, tiny thing : ATOM

19-across – Caron : CORIOLANUS

21-across – A permit held by the sportsman : ATHLETE

23-across – Caught, she’s out in game : CHESS

25-across – Electronic device in fashion – millions after it : MODEM

26-across – A Swedish queen creating terrible stir in country : CHRISTINA

27-across – Upset learning a letter reveals an emotional relationship : ETERNALTRIANGLE

1-down – Bird with a grub flying around cloudy ridge : BUDGERIGAR

2-down – Women need beauty treatment as a private matter : BETWEENYOUANDME

3-down – Girl heard too, unfortunately : DOROTHEA

4-down – City in Belgium for example featured in story : LIEGE

5-down – A medley of popular tunes could be up to prior : POTPOURRI

6-down – Jack has quarrel in port : JARROW

7-down – Talking idly about one extremely youthful crime : MONEYLAUNDERING

8-down – Fix a casserole : STEW

13-down – Fails to hear husband in pothole, bringing narrow escape : CLOSESHAVE

15-down – Tested about Latin language : PROVENCAL

17-down – Want, in new base, a source of water : BLACKSEA

20-down – Article supporting bogus doctor-priest : SHAMAN

22-down – Dread : ERROR

24-down – Learn about head of muscovy duck : SMEE

1-across – Blame Sean, a bad sailor : ABLESEAMAN

6-across – Junk mail – plans for circulation : SPAM

10-across – Fury about National Trust exercising power : REGNANT

11-across – Small child has unusual dread of cheese : CHEDDAR

12-across – Start from scratch and cook – banquets are difficult! : BACKTOSQUAREONE

13-across – What’s used by parrot? A long claw : TALON

14-across – Fool, one who chooses to become a pedantic fault-finder : NITPICKER

16-across – Flying to a place inhabited by king and queen : CLEOPATRA

20-across – Despicable person, close to forty, grovelling : WORMY

22-across – Major here in Georgia : AUGUSTANATIONAL

23-across – Girl and boy have to become calm : DIEDOWN

24-across – Bizarre, as ruler? Awfully : SURREAL

25-across – Leader of expedition on free trip : RIDE

26-across – Caravans may follow it, a winding detour during endlessly long hard journey : TRADEROUTE

1-down – A reptile seizing bait at sea, like a dolphin? : ACROBATIC

2-down – Soldier in pub is rational : LOGICAL

3-down – One providing reports on sports day? : STARTINGPISTOL

4-down – Handy worker, painter, hasn’t finished on article : ARTISAN

5-down – Description of a nobleman, we hear : ACCOUNT

7-down – Tramp cut off in enclosed field : PADDOCK

8-down – Start to signal in additional code : MORSE

9-down – This should be used when driving off at first : REARVIEWMIRROR

15-down – Colour of your label originally : ROYALBLUE

17-down – Boffin using short gadget he developed : EGGHEAD

18-down – See some of orchestra : TRAINER

19-down – A large amount journalist collected : AMASSED

21-down – Our dean translated poem : RONDEAU

22-down – Tree has less on top, having been pollarded : ALDER