Daily Answers

1-across – Tree found by common – not yew, by the sound of it : POPLAR

4-across – Quickly cut thick slice of meat : CHOPCHOP

10-across – Clan leader one English newspaper featured in series : CHIEFTAIN

11-across – Regular returned holding right cheek : NERVE

12-across – Go-getter abroad, eastern salesman wearing this French material : GEORGETTECREPE

14-across – Evident in extra time : OVERT

15-across – Efficient secret agent : OPERATIVE

17-across – Copper lacking moral principles joined with Capone? : BASEMETAL

19-across – Most important one caught, a subject of conversation : TOPIC

20-across – Mean map used by alien from Venus, perhaps : INFERIORPLANET

23-across – Level before start of this competition : EVENT

24-across – People in general seen round shady place in New York street : THEBOWERY

25-across – Humble dramatist’s young children : SMALLFRY

26-across – Church worker attacked holding cross : SEXTON

1-down – Page on execution finds agreement : PACT

2-down – Totally absurd charge brought by minor : PRICELESS

3-down – A bike race round trees, originally : ATFIRST

5-down – Her pupil’s tenth sloppy game : HUNTTHESLIPPER

6-down – Look for expert with a universal remedy : PANACEA

7-down – Army store, or so it’s said : HORDE

8-down – Leader of party? Mention first choice : PREFERENCE

9-down – Who, to boot, cared for sick? : BAREFOOTDOCTOR

13-down – Shoot tough old birds? They help one to live : POTBOILERS

16-down – Carry out appliance : IMPLEMENT

18-down – Altar? I’m nervous of marriage : MARITAL

19-down – Run out stopping kid getting flower : TEAROSE

21-down – Girl’s name, favourite, read out : FREDA

22-down – Colour of yard in prison : CYAN

1-across – Dior’s the last word in fashion? : DERNIERCRI

6-across – Unsatisfactory, a bygone king : OFFA

10-across – Temporary place to stay, very large, in decay : ROOST

11-across – One bird and a piece of veal taken in by me from oven : MICROWAVE

12-across – Jumped in field – prelude to training? : LEAPT

13-across – Attack head, seizing power with speed : RAPIDNESS

14-across – Go round in circles in a hotel, struggling with cases : CHASEONESTAIL

18-across – Mercy shown by excellent chess player – petty officer, perhaps : QUARTERMASTER

20-across – Fetch feathers from shoot : BRINGDOWN

22-across – I had brought back nothing from US state : IDAHO

24-across – Involved in endless attempts to catch domestic pet : INTRICATE

25-across – Friend in Miami, golfing : AMIGO

26-across – Fuss excessively about daughter : TODO

27-across – An intuitive faculty suggesting she isn’t sex mad? : SIXTHSENSE

1-down – Vagrant, extremely destitute old widow : DERELICT

2-down – Jack has drop of Armagnac after port wine : RIOJA

3-down – Also against article on pub acquisition : INTOTHEBARGAIN

4-down – Strange term involving a particular kind of painter : REMBRANDT

5-down – Run over English international after start of race : RECAP

7-down – Tell age of specially designed musical instrument : FLAGEOLET

8-down – Relaxed with drop of Scotch : ATEASE

9-down – Those offering help with anagrams do it so furtively : GOODSAMARITANS

15-down – Settled account and left : ACQUITTED

16-down – Tough line adopted by hospital department : STRINGENT

17-down – Preservative Rose spilled in shelter : CREOSOTE

19-down – Player, one wearing odd boots : OBOIST

21-down – One from Muscat? Old chap, upright character : OMANI

23-down – Offensive article defending fabrication : ALIEN

1-across – Aspiring scout, some years ago – ferocious type confronting copper, British : WOLFCUB

5-across – Reportedly fed up with panel : BOARD

8-across – One may see one upriver always carrying line : ELVER

9-across – Loire surprisingly blocked by container ship : OILTANKER

11-across – Left us keeled over and adrift on the Red Sea : PORTSUDAN

12-across – Authoritarian writer of novels, abridged : STERN

13-across – Photograph mate in front of superb cinema : PICTUREPALACE

16-across – Like a spy’s role in a couple of tight spots? : HOLEANDCORNER

17-across – Magnificent old gold coin : NOBLE

19-across – One married woman’s no right to give cheek : IMPUDENCE

22-across – Making a mistake wearing the German pistol : DERRINGER

23-across – Shrub – gardener’s first rambling rose : GORSE

24-across – Information about a style of literature : GENRE

25-across – Roman statesman is led up, struggling : LEPIDUS

1-down – Wife to lend a hand with puppy : WHELP

2-down – Gem found in organ by old friend : LIVEROPAL

3-down – Penny leaving Mediterranean island with American chap? : CYRUS

4-down – Horrific descent? Sport must involve bit of danger : BLOODCURDLING

5-down – Ship’s officer makes racket catching duck, one in Aussie river : BOATSWAIN

6-down – An animal’s taken over joint : ANKLE

7-down – Madden, getting one dreadfully enraged : DERANGE

10-down – NCO in car park cut colonel off : LANCECORPORAL

14-down – Truce, widespread over in Cuba, still? : CEASEFIRE

15-down – Novel plant : AARONSROD

16-down – Put up with scoundrel, shamefaced : HANGDOG

18-down – Rail against powerful businessman : BARON

20-down – Discover, after search, dog I’d raised : DIGUP

21-down – Fair, steeplechaser’s opening odds : EVENS

1-across – Dish, lightly cooked portion : RAREBIT

5-across – One likely to have a nap? : TIPSTER

9-across – Horseman, leader of cavalry, with very big rifle : COSSACK

10-across – Row back to vessel to attend a service : WORSHIP

11-across – Carol having drop of lime in drink : SLING

12-across – Set aside popular book : INRESERVE

13-across – Crowd with sports league meeting with journalists : PRESSCONFERENCE

15-across – Tense meeting patrolman on street, one one’s not met before : PERFECTSTRANGER

19-across – Deploy laser beam, almost following lead of ‘Cubby’ Broccoli? : CALABRESE

21-across – News involving learner driver and the public : WORLD

22-across – Study large hospital in Welsh town : DENBIGH

23-across – Appropriate language, English : GERMANE

24-across – Girl, one leaving drunken sailor at New York, on the way back : ROSALYN

25-across – One who entertains those at sea on steamship : HOSTESS

1-down – Goes mad, discarding clubs, and accumulates points : RACKSUP

2-down – Sappers deliberately hurt causing temporary delay : RESPITE

3-down – Sweetheart gets upset about ending in feature film : BEAUGESTE

4-down – Accept defeat stoically, as a boxer might? : TAKEITONTHECHIN

5-down – Powerful tractor? One’s extremely dependable when needed : TOWEROFSTRENGTH

6-down – Community’s endless capital : PARIS

7-down – Article supports working there in Iran : TEHERAN

8-down – Full? Salesman allowed inside at the end : REPLETE

14-down – Street repairs, radical round roundabout by factory? : ROADWORKS

15-down – Horseman in cap Dior designed : PICADOR

16-down – Decisions in game, good for East in more than one series : RULINGS

17-down – Rubbish boy initially put in lockup, perhaps : GARBAGE

18-down – Compensation concerning clothing : REDRESS

20-down – Excellent fish : BRILL

1-across – Short fellow, very large, causes utter confusion : CHAOS

4-across – Mountain range party – some lit flares : DOLOMITES

9-across – Snub judge : SETDOWN

10-across – Kelly’s is a religious book? : GENESIS

11-across – Angry before last dance : BLACKBOTTOM

14-across – What may be the later consequences of mowing at the farm? : AFTERMATH

16-across – Info brought back about one horse producing whinny : NEIGH

17-across – Twister about to overcharge : CROOK

18-across – Astaire, say, first to do part with cane, possibly : TAPDANCER

19-across – Naval officer triggering raider alarm at sea : REARADMIRAL

23-across – Mother worried about parking in market town : MORPETH

24-across – First to moan when girl produces cosmetic : MASCARA

25-across – It affords protection for those in difficulty in English river swirling fast around : SAFETYNET

26-across – Saltpetre some alert inspector rejected : NITRE

1-down – House on one of the Costas or here, in Morocco : CASABLANCA

2-down – Interest in draw : ATTRACTION

3-down – Agent wearing standard clobber for wealthy area : STOCKBROKERBELT

4-down – Wild dog making loud noise on drive : DINGO

5-down – Navigational aid in vessel of limited tonnage? : LIGHTSHIP

6-down – Maker of tombstones – huge fellow dressing well : MONUMENTALMASON

7-down – Perched up on top of keep pointing to difficult job : TASK

8-down – Frame made from piece of strengthened wood : SASH

12-down – At variance with candid sort abroad : DISCORDANT

13-down – What a sailor may have on dry land? : SHORELEAVE

15-down – Prince after a short belt that’s made out of fur : ASTRAKHAN

20-down – Awfully mad Italian let in : ADMIT

21-down – Prophet from Aegean island? Not initially : AMOS

22-down – Quantity of meat refused, not kosher : TREF