CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Mutual respect shown in big town keeping order (6)

4 A bodybuilder’s heavenly body? (8)

10 Auction last of them in state capital (5)

11 Leader of team assigned to study factory’s monotonous routine (9)

12 Manure one spread in pen? (7)

13 Most magnanimous popular gestures, at heart (7)

14 Cartoon crew was playing a piece for piano and orchestra (6,8)

17 Cocktail: liqueur in, as set out (7,7)

21 Indicate fast train (7)

23 Record losses exceeded that in this big enterprise, initially (3,2,2)

24 Quiet by area, so the Spanish bloke returned for a dance (4,5)

25 Beautiful girl in British lifestyle magazine (5)

26 Model, celebrity, going around with daughter (8)

27 Young swan and small seal heard (6)

DOWN

1 All the players losing could get one depressed (4,4)

2 Hospital employee’s unusual surname the Parisian adopted (4,5)

3 Humour shown over Arp’s first method of painting (7)

5 This may tarnish top-notch household cutlery (8,6)

6 Advocate has foremost of degrees in English Language? (7)

7 Kept in readiness in old Mediterranean resort (2,3)

8 The Italian employed in time to prepare pupils for examination? (6)

9 Pip, unfriendly and staid, fully alert? (5-4,5)

15 Worry about half of them covering athletics event (9)

16 Strong former US soldier taking on tough guys (8)

18 Young dog with no lead,

stopped, then flipped over (7)

19 Without competence, in particular (7)

20 Attracts short-term office workers? About time! (6)

22 Italian dish in Dad’s Army? (5)