CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Learning about a hot city in Pakistan (6)
4 OK to enter figure, seeing ability (8)
9 With respect to problem marriage, finally continue (6) 10 Primate takes bite into fruit (5,3)
12 So in sci-fi film, boy is mysterious (8) 13 Believe short quote about communist (6) 15 Immediate sensation, aunt dancing (13) 18 Around church, scattered epistles in a papal place of worship (7,6) 20 Find old moggy in middle of glen (6) 22 Develop popular line (8) 24 Not thick, monarch using his brain? (8) 25 Reptiles coming from opposite directions — fishes losing head (6) 26 Approach organ that’s been sketched? (4,4) 27 Boring drivel a problem in the house? (3,3) DOWN
1 Bigger drink about right (6) 2 Welcome novels, books about the past (9) 3 Fairy tale spirit spins little shreds, impressing king (15) 5 Narrative that may be woven? (4) 6 Rapper’s ranting upset gangster ultimately, fellow combatant (8,7) 7 £1,000 — magnificent! (5) 8 Source of pleasure is English essay (8) 11 Buccaneers traipse all over the place (7) 14 Initially lost, beautiful work of art (7) 16 Ship’s lieutenant and equipment thrown overboard, we hear, after ten uprising (3,6) 17 Complicated detail, so withdrawn (8) 19 Accommodation to rent — county has it (6) 21 Tea to keep in teacups etc? (5) 23 Old South American appears during curtain call (4)