SIMPLE CLUES

ACROSS

3 Bird (9) 8 Cots (4) 9 Morning meal (9) 10 Banished (6) 11 Facial hair (5) 14 Name (5) 15 Miserly (4) 16 Beggar (5) 18 Instrument (4) 20 Originated (5) 21 Tacks (5) 24 Adherent of Mao Zedong (6) 25 Sport (9) 26 Trip (4) 27 Loudness (9)

DOWN

1 Aim (9) 2 Abnormal dependency (9) 4 Group of cows (4) 5 Picture surround (5) 6 Feeble (6) 7 Blunt weapon (4) 9 Cap (5) 11 Tolerates (5) 12 Person who invests money (9) 13 List (9) 17 Heathen (5) 19 Feast day (6) 22 Former Russian leader (5) 23 Just (4) 24 Rootless plant (4)