CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 3. Youth upsets girl's pint (9) 8. No weed encouraged in this garden (4)

9. The majority of some societies (6-3)

10. I spoon a compound of venom (6)

11. Tells you how to play for a goal (5)

14. They run straight to the middle in circles (5) 15. Pans round for a quick shot (4) 16. Hundreds swallow oil emulsion for tummy upset (5)

18. Yet mostly yours! (4) 20. Speak about tax on nothing (5)

21. A place to stop and play (5) 24. Support a form of drug to start with (6)

25. Kind of spirit to raise spirits? (9) 26. Common by-line of many a poet (4) 27. Demented posse sets off (9)

Down 1. Dispenser of a little spice before fight (9) 2. Knotted handkerchiefs, for example (9) 4. Novel place - like Alice? (4)

5. Kind of column featured in the edition I consult (5) 6. Beds for hens? (6)

7. Not any compound of light gas (4)

9. Item for discussion torn apart in front of Opticians Union (5)

11. Restore a remedy (5) 12. Resulting in giant line going bust (9) 13. Sound as a bell, at last coming into view (9) 17. We expect him to tickle us (5) 19. Condescends and bowls (6) 22. Merchandise well worth having? (5) 23. Revealed by final solution, too (4) 24. Long tree? (4)