CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Healthy dog’s part in film? (10) 6 Gets a place to stay (4) 10 Report of rifles they produce airs (5)

11 Power of new infection caught by poorly niece (9) 12 Giant male insect seen around in the morning (7) 13 Share proceeds of divorce (5,2) 14 Noisy disturbances on street after outside broadcast means barriers (12)

18 Take care doing internet diary, misplacing line that’s amazing (4-8) 21 Called back then left with journalist, old and twisted (7) 23 Low toll for facility in harbour (7)

24 Council plot that may be productive (9) 25 Shelled crab needs it with a side order (5) 26 Periodic rise and fall of antidepressants? (4) 27 Glistening, I smell after travel (10) DOWN

1 Only man to lose heart sober (6) 2 Irregular impetus with no second period of operation (6) 3 Rebuilding a bomb site could be confusing (14) 4 Loaded, full of energy on venison diet in Germany once (9) 5 Strikes as copper’s restraining two females (5)

7 Sign it? I only will admit firing (8)

8 To soak is hard, and a bit expensive (8) 9 Notice places — slugs seen around at home lodge (8,6) 15 ‘Numerous’ as defined by United Nations (9) 16 Grandma having been captured by the enemy uprising, one leaves the country (8) 17 Involved only half of talent, and suffered (8) 19 Show pleasure, coming across international figure of speech (6) 20 Horrified, seeing a good hotel when budget’s ending (6) 22 Expensive to cross river — and gloomy (5)