CROSSWORD

Puzzle No 1108

Clues across

7. You and I with broken heart endure with fortitude (7) 8. Racket includes record loud bang (6) 9. Weep, start to sob at latest breakdown in wireless technology (7,3) 10. People in general or some of the young (4) 11. Noun then perhaps adjective “backwards”, verb “to overwhelm” (5) 13. New York politician beginning to help alien Lolita (7) 14. Proceed hurriedly and cook cutlets (7) 16. Messy place is exceptional (7) 19. Become fully aware of genuine fibs you hear (7) 21. Beamer features second in actual reverse (5) 23. Reminded to speak, having been lined up for announcement (4) 24. A net ball if in good order can be blown up (10) 26. Against poetry being recited (6) 27. Directs incompetently but gets mentions at the end of the film (7)

Clues down

1. Proverbs with metal teeth? (4) 2. Small change upsets her plans (8) 3. Quietly begrudge being here (7) 4. Beginning to print Metro badly in the meantime (3,3) 5. Random examinations for measles? (4,6) 6. Generate reform with a herbal infusion (5,3) 7. Wisconsin revolutionary is all tensed up (5) 12. Alien dismissed at 50 by Danish googly (10) 15. Song about employment in a fairground attraction (8) 17. Legal rip off as freebooter … (8) 18. … crept mysteriously around grabbing iron of unsurpassed quality (7) 20. Cities contrived to be most cool (6) 22. Regrets embracing Labour leader and what she imposes (5) 25. Fair wind at regular intervals makes one dry (4)