CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,290

ACROSS

1 U.S. actor Alan is hard and boisterous? (7) 5 Female in a fancy hat touring Georgia (6) 9 Muffled sound on radio for actor Kurt (7) 10 Function beside pitch gets a blow of a trumpet (7) 11 Japanese artist going on at intervals (3) 12 Car selling firms bandied about idle phrases (11) 13 Model has a rare Indian instrument (5) 14 Whiskery type given a diary and extremely usable list of items (9) 16 American eccentric first off in charge relating to widescreen images (9) 17 Supplies light dancing shoes (5) 19 National leader upset at foe’s death (4,2,5) 22 Valuable material mentioned in wonderment (3) 23 Prolong feature of cricket no longer fashionable (4,3) 24 Young hare always entering rental property (7) 26 Traps are seen between three points (6) 27 Only Ted is dancing in celebrated fashion (7)

DOWN

1 Ron’s lad scattered chunks of bacon (7) 2 Stop varied action in studio before November (15) 3 Thing to prevent swelling in clinical environment firstly (3) 4 Some marshal mastered board game (5) 5 Posh article featured in prank is genuine (9) 6 Digs initially discounted for female relatives (5) 7 Diagram in here I devised to inspire Penny struggling to listen? (7-8) 8 Hard drink around ship produces bother (6) 12 German painter has drive to capture English river (5) 14 Cape’s mist obscured places for tents? (9) 15 Mistake in circuits of a track, reportedly (5) 16 I front event with others in house in Greek island over time (2-4) 18 Style we embroidered in a pleasing way (7) 20 Lingering impression from party held in ordinary old city (5) 21 A couple of lines before finale shortly for comedian Tom (5) 25 Additional charge for cistern (3)