Across Maybe Rooney’s drunk, snorting cocaine, right? SCOUSER Addicts keeping sober, with flipping rowdy encouragement ATTABOY In blocking Porto’s wingers fail to disrupt a shot PHOTOBOMB Doctor grasps paper by cooler physicist DIRAC Prince Albert’s accepted in Abu Dhabi, say HALAL Corrupt person’s confession probed by new copper in office INCUMBENT Remake of Godfather’s iffy?…

Across Used item H&M originally embossed with blue HANDMEDOWN Suspect Yard follows in Fife at intervals IFFY Gold reflected by pale ash ROWAN Alluring General on vacation up for some action? GLAMOROUS Deficiency in gear host fixed SHORTAGE Body part causes irritation when undressed ANKLE Five in pool session replacing fellow’s drink AQUAVIT Beer knocked…

Across Start of second half of year given a miss JULIA A killjoy like Harpagon getting left out MISERY Government official put burden on staff TAXMAN The French king and queen once snubbed a singer of 2 LEHMANN Indian national eating stale Indian bread ANNA Result of our violent rioting? REVOLUTION Left with additional bit…

Across Scholarly rascal consumed by a terrible malice ACADEMICAL Boss getting apprentices half-cut STUD Loser’s lesion oddly covered in distinctive sort of stitches ALSORAN I like this drink which may be radioactive ISOTOPE Twisted menace behaved wickedly SINNED Words recited in panto, perhaps, when horse enters ANTIPHON Second XI from Bundesliga showing personality SELF Unpaid…

Across Cross? Violently angry, I will get to snapping bones, possibly XRAYING Tell’s apple, brief hazard for lad’s crown APPRISE Bamboozled and unmasked idiot breaking in OUTWITTED Hot drink with cinnamon, e.g., using only a bit NEGUS Willing for those neglected originally to be represented in series GAMEOFTHRONES It nips, it uses teeth heartlessly, it’s…

Across Cross? Violently angry, I will get to snapping bones, possibly XRAYING Tell’s apple, brief hazard for lad’s crown APPRISE Bamboozled and unmasked idiot breaking in OUTWITTED Hot drink with cinnamon, e.g., using only a bit NEGUS Willing for those neglected originally to be represented in series GAMEOFTHRONES It nips, it uses teeth heartlessly, it’s…

Across Throw a strop about filling of roti dish POTROAST Ancient city – sacred tours every 60 minutes HOURLY Old rockers caught daughter visiting adult clubs ACDC Sort of conk out – no reason – crossing motorway ROMANNOSE Where The Three Little Pigs live, steaming rice’s typically included GRICESTY Arab chaps featured in the old-fashioned newspaper YEMENI…

Across Force meeting with defeat – it’s a very thin line? FLOSS Unhappy Reginald, worried, losing head REGRETFUL Abundant supply reduced and … what did you say? CUTANDCOMEAGAIN Quality of oil? Blasting of US county will secure it UNCTUOSITY Andromeda’s heart perhaps is for Perseus? HERO Declining, not fine, sick AILING European and American openness…

Across Most unusual storing data setting for Amazon, say RAINFOREST Ball beats me! PASS Clear screen NET Object’s engineers battle time and cost REMONSTRATE Bandage major laceration on Tuesday TUBIGRIP Penny slept with tartan blanket PLAID Work always covering term time for school inspectors? OPENDAY Stretch things as far as possible, tailor’s suggestion? TRYITON Navy…

Across Decorator presses buzzer to get drink ICEBEER When do old cooks dance? HOEDOWN Fear breaking card-reader DREAD Seat of learning regularly infers vicar is in Pacific islands POLYNESIA Chew this stew briefly, the whole lot GUMBALL Check retrograde public transport’s expected to arrive SUBDUE Thinkers had to wildly guess SHOTINTHEDARK Claim made by writer…