TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Run in election, Attorney-General having been rejected (6) 5 Independent group following worker’s protection against infection (8) 9 Sadly many pensioners will have no answer for sources of income (5-8) 10 Sophisticated girl coming out on song (8) 11 Contents of wordy article printed by popular decree (6) 12 Hit, and unable to move across river (6) 14 End of promotions should come after flogging lots (8) 16 Managing director reveals someone owed a debt (8) 19 Oxygen’s needed by fool grabbing tail of savage cat (6) 21 Irish county town’s beginning to make wine? (6) 23 Left section in action (8) 25 Coins once found by men on board belonging to crew (6,2,5) 26 Cut down on relaxation after December – right? (8) 27 Speaks about system of voting for wets (6)

Down

2 Give weapons to others in support (7) 3 Fast bowler’s second is slow (5) 4 Bread wrapper taken from work? (3,6) 5 Dress is concerning, held in disgust (7) 6 Label covering new and old dance music (5) 7 Engineers employed by poor business may be on this, financially (9) 8 Smart dogs regularly fed with a cut of beef (7) 13 Slip perhaps reporting to battle full of energy (9) 15 Station crowd gets breaking news (4,5) 17 Strangely asleep after run, showing setback to recovery (7) 18 Wine resurrected in Lancashire? (3,4) 20 Too full of themselves at first, for all to see (7) 22 Health e-tailers must enclose letter (5) 24 Chap that’s understood? (5)