IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Country where six million live around volcano (7) 5 Reason for crime? It’s recalled during shift (6) 9 Hurried back with Henry, Arctic swimmer (7) 10 Curious about, say, a small bunch of flowers (7) 11 What’s left after burning tree (3) 12 Police machine – it works with electrode (3,8) 13 Poe wrote about this house guide (5) 14 Where to drop off ’Spitting Image’ plot? (6,3) 16 Chemical measurement helping on bird table? (9) 17 It may indicate a cold area of house, I hear (5) 19 Twice examine part of foot yet briefly agree (3,3,2,3) 22 Paintings regularly displayed in garret (3) 23 Cold outburst and, say, what’s used after it? (7) 24 King George with mother and her mother? (7) 26 Ancient article, English, framed in precious metal (33) 27 Entourage in uniform filling entire ground (7)

DOWN

1 Fifty leave Tuvalu prepared to tour a new island group (7) 2 Calamitous clue for ‘heart’? (5-10) 3 Drama upsets half of Honshu (3) 4 Unruly scrum? Some blame Leeds for it (5) 5 Chap and knight on horse nearly impresses model (9) 6 Sample spotted initially in gallery (5) 7 Vet with a bad leg worked with green beans here? (9,6) 8 Trophy bride somewhat cross (6) 12 Molten rock covers rare young animal (5) 14 Remains on beach, meaning to seek delta (9) 15 Escaped prisoner’s at this, distributing lager (5) 16 Maybe Florence’s aunt’s nervous about Charlie (6) 18 Old land-holder follows setter that emerges from marsh (7) 20 Swift brute ducks under upturned grass (5) 21 Composer’s version of 15 (5) 25 Culprit may be caught in this part of play (3)