LONDON TIMES CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Tango indeed in a touching way (9) 6 Drink from well linked with case of diphtheria (4) 9 Names mangled, one beginning to corpse? (7) 10 Cooking oil used with Indian dish (7) 11 Wading bird, one alongside twice (4) 12 Transformation in Middle East? Most liking things unchanged (10) 14 Cheer up a religious doctor in depression (7) 15 Author’s introduction of Endeavour name carries Morse novel (7) 17 Auditor’s negligible dexterity (7) 19 Listen to part of PM’s address in comfort (7) 20 Isolation of a country admitting falsehood (10) 22 Failure to leave large church area (4) 24 Rabble-rousing not started in a single programme (7) 25 Urge daughter to give up on funny Chinese food (3,4) 26 Team’s leading character put at the back for a day (4) 27 Walton’s advice perhaps succeeded for some of the percussion (9)

Down

1 What’s popular in jazz develops slowly in commercial areas (7,7) 2 Frank’s behind topless runner (9) 3 Bear right in the country (4) 4 Reading stand tall at last with recent changes (7) 5 Distance shown by say, a low truck going north (7) 6 Ex-serviceman, ambassador and lawyer in state avert disaster (4,3,3) 7 Refuse Roger in bed (5) 8 Starting with this, finish up in endless pain needing treatment? (4,3,7) 13 They’d promote nice mobile in pithy words (2,8) 16 Start living in new empty house with no end of joy? (3,2,4) 18 One intact at sea? Not exactly (7) 19 Loose women seen in the front row? (7) 21 One struggled with covering of creeper (5) 23 City flag raised? Not completely (4)