CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Complain, and a student gives a bit of a hand (6) 5 Check with pilot for person on board (8) 9 Got time, having served teas, for such a thing as Marmite? (8,5) 10 Refiner working with energy and no constraints (4,4) 11 Fearless in command, chasing the girl’s love (6) 12 Rogue deed and its consequence? (6) 14 Quietly spoken — by a good man of the countryside (8) 16 Ducks walk when crossing road (8) 19 Such clues must be a burden (6) 21 Fearful Catholic’s first inhabitant of the Tower (6) 23 Double feature offering cheers (4-4) 25 Ultra-modern nation frequently needing courage (5-2-3-3) 26 Unhappy with ring and flower (8) 27 New Yorker’s talk about name and borders of Eire (6)

DOWN

2 Danger coming from garden, for example (7) 3 Resentment’s highest point, reportedly (5) 4 Electioneers sacked after ignoring one city (9) 5 Make a large profit from tip in trophy (5,2) 6 A long letter (5) 7 Water is mostly ice on Loire, apart from the banks (9) 8 Crime waves among drivers in this country (7) 13 A vile tale about moderate (9) 15 In the manner of a servant that’s wasteful, cloaked in cunning (9) 17 Spray a wild rose and look up (7) 18 Quantity of fire if fuel oddly absent? (7) 20 Let off after satirical piece becomes target for bowler (7) 22 Changes to Venice, apart from the west end, seen as relative (5) 24 Distance one propels a bicycle (5)