Weekend crossword

ACROSS

1 Chop, or just a little nick? (6)

4 Red Bus Co given new look, made less

plain (8)

9 Circles the glove for gold pieces (6) 10 Caught by evidence of burglary,

northern lad’s last appearance (44) 11 Be off with King Edward in the riding

seat (9)

13 Voyage east? That’s going the wrong

way for a prophet (5)

14 Where you’ll find keen sports fans

whatever may happen (2, 3, 6)

18 Bete noire, honey — one translation

(3, 8)

21 Albert, having parted from his third, is

not to be caught napping (5)

22 Rising man of the theatre loses nothing

in interest (9)

24 Goodbye, jowl? (44)

25 District with a capital H (6) 26 Illtreatment of a banger one left at the

side of the motorway (8)

27 Fever makes one awfully pushy by the

tee (6)

DOWN

1 Part of bicycle annoyed legal

gentlemen (53)

2 Mother breaks a plate, I’m put under

one (53)

3 Wide, perhaps, on top of everything

else (5)

5 That is confounded Kevin cutting ties

— with these? (56)

6 I concentrate, but am thicker after

study (9)

7 Very well, I’ll get in some eggs for the

new recruit (6)