CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 New Australian jumper, and one from the 1940s (4,6) 6 Miss a festive occasion (4) 9 All the best gold rings perish (5) 10 Gradually supplies wimps welcoming sustenance (4-5) 12 Girl Guides that could be stars of stage and screen? (7,6) 14 Outrage after objective is put at risk (8) 15 Help out with game, oddly showing self-possession (6) 17 Flinch from engineers with wind (6) 19 Prisoner found outside pub in the morning, kind of brown (8) 21 Drastic pay cut helps the Queen to get stand-in tutor (6,7) 24 Simple task for head coach sacking leader (2-7) 25 Excellent brief (5) 26 Slough is building for storage (4) 27 Flower youth plans to develop (10)

DOWN

1 Endless free-for-all is fine in Glasgow (4) 2 Got indignant – Born Free was the first (7) 3 Shrub that could yield a viable gun oil (13) 4 Men condescended to be heard, getting admitted to church (8) 5 Contemplating a share of money in general (5) 7 Fish and beer with girl who’s married (7) 8 Masses sent millions to drop appraisal (10) 11 Ephemeral success that’s seen with a crepe suzette? (5,2,3,3) 13 Acts for theatre with grudges (10) 16 Shambles as police inspector arrives, going inside perhaps (8) 18 First couple of pairs in line must be competent (7) 20 Rome’s worried about one hotel becoming addictive (7) 22 Dance beat gets green light (5) 23 View reversed after female charges (4)