CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Rough handling that is deliberate is being covered up (6) 4 Notice project worker, one assisting senior officer (8) 9 Healthy food for

party people (6) 10 One present late in the morning

or evening by river (8) 11 Vehicle, say, in City area – area

half destroyed (6,3) 13 Street with strange sort of sound

(5) 14 Leaders won’t stay in position – expect people to get sacked (5,4,4) 17 Church leader like me will get

involved with psalter (13) 21 Nuisances in religious instruction thrown out by clergy (5) 23 You finally react with law being

broken and howl (9) 24 Obsessional state that could

make us nosier (8) 25 Ways to hide love – such will

evoke sadness (6) 26 More than one drink that is brought by deck worker aboard ship (8) 27 Island’s tree featured in speech

(6)

DOWN 1 Periodical not gross – something that can be attractive (6) 2 Pots he was getting knocked out

in a factory of exploitation (5,4) 3 Singer to get some ladies in a

trance (7) 5 Put off skimpy attire, good person who has a resigned outlook? (11) 6 Nut is left only half fixed – tool

needed (7) 7 Tree person once on the council, man made redundant (5) 8 Winds coming up? Get some

warm clothes (8) 12 Unusual chasm, a ravine that needs special card to gain access (4,7) 15 Prayer bringing love with hurt and fear dissipating (3,6) 16 Steer clear of workers in special trousers (3,5) 18 Girl with big dictionary getting tied up somehow (7) 19 Sailor to loiter, having lost heart

in historical region (7) 20 Conservative fails and goes out

of business (6) 22 Thus America presents one of its

composers (5)