Clues Answers & 13 Writer who had sisters respond to alarm? ACTON & 14 Down Deficient medic takes so long without right device BLOW & 23 Poet cross about charge carried by nude dancing EZRA & 26 Down Festival rates ruined shipping line WHITE ‘You can’t dance with us’ in message from outside port TWOLEFTFEET…

Clues Answers Allowing gambling losing head for pound LETTING Audibly burnt vegetable CHARD Chattier about one billion net returns GABBIER Criminal’s case about bride’s last vow CONSECRATE Crusader beat Communists’ top revolutionary TANCRED Cutting cord in a hospital department ASTRINGENT Deceit admitted by a new immigrant ALIEN Did I omit to mask expression? IDIOM Driver…

Clues Answers A slippery character said to have temper ANNEAL Belligerent husband and wife outside a very old city HAWKISH Cared-for children initially here possibly? CRECHE Consequence of engineers attending noisy instruments? REPERCUSSION Daft things I see, briefly going round island IDIOCIES Den in city that’s defaced in part RATHOLE Disciple at back of church…

Clues Answers African international impressed by The Piano after editing ETHIOPIAN Alaskan city has an unpleasant duty collecting silver ANCHORAGE Author from Australia brought in beer and fruit on the turn? EMILEZOLA Butler in film, right hand dry, grabbing last tip from duke RHETT Class system ORDER Credit note with me for review: this locates…

Clues Answers … Leviathan thereby righted OGRE Bound to attend theatre’s premieres, accepted eagerly LEAPTAT Changing sides — what they did in Hamelin RATTING Clear it’s not in the basket? UNHAMPERED Copper’s come from Paris with son VENUS Couple joined up under Eye, it’s said ITEM Devious types go off, mostly westward EELS Drop by…

Clues Answers A seedy bar in which that chap’s ingested glue ADHESIVE Chief rang. IPA niffs somewhat … it’s got quite an odour FRANGIPANI Clan boss caught robber moving tons by road to Edinburgh CHIEFTAIN Compiler, a classist sort, sent up Japanese culture BONSAI Eastern Madame initially regularly binned product that’s full of holes EMMENTAL…

Clues Answers Admires words from the bride and groom — tales about intentions, ultimately IDOLISES Again bury priest in France and offer new explanations REINTERPRET Bond holding masculine student in unnamed Cambridge college for period allowed TIMELIMIT Calming extremes of sensitive case SEDATIVE Certain it could turn out to be difficult INTRICATE Compiling again, crazily…

Clues Answers 100 per cent effective of Shakespeare, as everyone can see ALLTELLING 10: number and line COUNTRY A feature adopted by the person who’s setting device MACHINE After a delivery job POST After which to gag quite animated English character WHITEQUEEN Again got in freelance crews as lead’s periodically vanishing REACCESSED Barman perhaps somewhat…

Clues Answers ‘Right’, in enigma, confusingly ‘left’ REMAINING Additional payment applied to boarding public transport BONUS Bend showed way out? BOWLED Big, strong bandages STRAPPING Both initials of Salvation Army on left shoe SANDAL Formidable second book HARDBACK Island heading off Spaniards with chilling effect SICILY Lay out drapes all over the place SPREAD Lost…

Clues Answers Article on endless wild party in periodical? ORGAN Cleared bad ground with crack in it ABSOLVED Could it be skinny male, prancing around with pride? EPIDERMAL Counterparts in work needing time off job OPPOS Couple disagreeing on the consumption of meat or fish SPRATS Cross about excessive consumption in part of course MODULE…