SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD No 15,727:

ACROSS:

1 Bulldog clip 9 Unlined 10 Signs up 11 Gut 12 Closure 13 Relapse 14 Pal 15 Recap 17 Yarns 18 Logic 20 Up-bow 22 Irk 24 Get lost 25 Quinine 26 You 27 Chimera 28 Absolve 29 Grand pianos

DOWN:

1 Bolt of lightning 2 Languor 3 Dodge 4 Gastropub 5 Legally 6 Past participles 7 Hubcap 8 Upsets 16 Courtyard 18 Legacy 19 Cholera 21 Whitsun 23 Keeper 25 Quasi