CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One tearing into extremely fruity trifles? (8)

9 Work with men at old port (8)

10 Church feature identified in downloads, so to speak (4)

11 Swaggering adventurer’s sister about to clean clasp (12)

13 Agent crossing railway line nimbly (6) 14 Reformed persons finally make comeback (8)

15 Inferior to some quarters in spa city (7) 16 Words maybe associated with some fine gauzy fabric (7) 20 Sloth unknown in East, captured by young woman (8)

22 Old lady sheltering a convict in Continental resort (6)

23 Our new envoy foolishly crosses king — anything could happen! (3,5,4)

25 Make an impression, and so on, with Head of History (4) 26 Supervised old archdeacon, suppressing language (8)

27 Bovid mammal bound to be tied to stake (8)

DOWN

2 Provide new community for theatre the Spanish writer set up (8)

3 Protestant, before initially singing some bits, rushed to invite one in (12)

4 Unusually apt clue covering Yankee oil producer (8)

5 Turn up with husband in tent, supplying healthy food (7) 6 Graduate at Sorbonne who at first supported French underground (6)

7 Characters entering for a Latin exam (4) 8 Not the condition of drunkard unknown to eat cheese? (8) 12 Be perfectly aware what’s short of water, do we hear? (4,4,4) 15 Uproar when brown bear traps leaders of large youth hostel (8) 17 This writer’s books about store, due out soon (8)

18 Curious thing about soft drink at bedtime (8)

19 Time a girl embraces popular sovereign’s wife (7)

21 English knight competed, being grudgingly admired (6) 24 One who employs asses regularly in ancient city (4)