GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO. 27,487

ACROSS

9 All of us sniff a

new career (5,4) 10 I love tackling journal’s final stage of development (5) 11 Agent of retribution, English, lying in state (7) 12 Former duck trap that is snaring mallard’s head (7) 13 Educated girl eating

a yogurt dish (5) 14 American ready to separate opposing sides in port (9) 16 Smiley’s group jams here in central London? (9,6) 19 Carpeted stable

dam wrecked (9) 21 Tin and aluminium

locks here (5) 22 Note silence among ladies in bygone times (4,3) 23 Journos, gathering in loose ends, raise them in anger (7) 24 Centre Point’s fine

old state (5) 25 Song by East End barman is going places fast (3,6)

DOWN

1 Articles about wearing suit in camp (10) 2 Rule for each individual framed by one parent (8) 3 Puzzle’s meaning can be decoded without a name (6) 4 Landowner doesn’t finish hideout (4) 5 Decide moves after Woman’s Own’s first brave feat (6,4) 6 Latin repetition not working for bookworms (8) 7 Saw one in Glasgow

filling sink (6) 8 Innocent, maybe: a thousand and eleven fled Pompeii (4) 14 Extra maths problem starts to annoy lazybones (10) 15 Not how Ko-Ko operates, lacking spirit (10) 17 Clear fingerprint impressed into actual tablet (8) 18 College on lookout to host large assembly (8) 20 State capital needs a good deal to secure province (6) 21 Clubs and diamonds run out for consul (6) 22 Port given permission to entertain foreign leader (4) 23 Ambassador and bishop’s address in 20 (4)