CROSSWORD

Puzzle No 1074

Clues across

1. You could make cat sit still (6) 4. Produced fake news about politician having faltered (6) 8. Set up for use at home then drag one’s feet (7) 9. Also in the near future, etcetera (3,2,2) 11. Inform lunatic about the Italian style of gangster movie (4,4) 12. Grow sunbeams, I’m told (5) 13. Insignificant part of my appetite (5) 14. Taxi clear for refabrication as a funicular railway conveyance (5,3) 16. Experienced with a pinch of salt? (8) 18. Out of practice? Try us out (5) 20. How to get someone new on the committee: work in bed (2-3) 22. Left one with cat as vital support (8) 24. Location of Taj Mahal can be seen in dumb plan (7)

25. Polish doesn’t last with this once tea is spilled (7) 26. With taxes arranged – having political leader on the inside – they live in other countries (6) 27. Notices include likely changes in view of the circumstances (6)

Clues down

1. Nun is converting to a branch of Islam (5) 2. Try to get a non-drinker to take in casual employee (7) 3. Improper title, long misappropriated (3-6) 5. Central part of a brain nerve (5) 6. I’m into glue as a hobby (7) 7. A beast of burden roamed around in desert-like weather (9) 10. Large beast with pale flesh presented ice cold or cooked (9) 13. Order drugs for wild spree around bach in Riverton (9) 15. Audacious, having had a close shave? (9) 17. Prevent doctor grabbing a makeshift remedy (7) 19. Bad slip, put up with it and divorce (5,2) 21. A quirk apparent in Sinatra I think (5) 23. Man-child working overturning taboos (2-3)