TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Dog savaged Republicans and odd characters in melee (7,7) 9 Ministers enact legislation carrying half of Conservatives (7) 10 Superb vehicle overturned by tree (7) 11 Captain Cook’s equipment (3) 12 One doing more good deeds in beauty spot (6,5) 14 Still batting with no suggestion

of criticism bagging duck (3,3) 15 Venue for performing music – ole! (8) 17 Change meat, put in starters of aloo and insalata (8) 19 Girl – I turn with repulsion, embraced by the opposite sex (6) 22 Engineers scrap European steamship, showing no respite (11) 23 Worried about Greek character (3) 24 Administrator reduced men serving round Royal Academy (7) 26 Japanese art of note shown by old Baltic city (7) 27 Old king could become glad thereafter (6,3,5)

Down

1 Superhero playing a cinematic part endlessly, top class (7,7) 2 Pretentious type bitter after good times (7) 3 Popular film? Ban one about train robber (11) 4 One’s in group carrying out rebellion (6) 5 Out-of-date teacher departed (6,2) 6 Nick’s suspension overturned (3) 7 Perfect example of Eastern book with religious content (7) 8 Romantic laments tiniest failing (14) 13 Scrapping briefly, risk rough Russian fighter holding part of leg (11) 16 Shabby old Italian leader, a communist (3-5) 18 Cart in which acrobat swaps sides (7) 20 Small space in standard egg (7) 21 In a series, preceding first prize Rotherham holds (6) 25 Become high climbing to achieve peak (3)