PUZZLES: test your skills

ACROSS

1. Brief fall of rain 5. Whiting or marlin, eg 9. Quite sufficient 10. Largest

11. Backyard egg-layer 12. Television (slang)

13. Folk tales

15. Burial place

20. Offal dish, chicken … pate

22. Not inside, an … event

24. Metal bars that attract other metals 25. Pure-bred racehorses 26. Coral shipping hazard 27. Sections of a play

DOWN

2. Contentedly, … married

3. Ruined ship

4. Small songbirds, red …

5. Boxer, prize … 6. Stainless metal

7. Polka or foxtrot, eg 8. Remains in place 14. On her own, by … 16. Transgress, … the law 17. Hold responsible

18. Rolls without effort, … his bike downhill 19. Arm-hand joint 21. Imprecise, unclear 23. Skilled occupation, learn a …