Weekend crossword

ACROSS

1 Sofa courtship? This calls for collar and

tie (64)

6 Girl’s something in her eye (4)

10 Giddy limit, firstclass returns —

they’re not regulars (7)

11 Absurd fact, show cut short by bull (7) 12 One hug (wanton) is turning one —

ugh! It’s time to draw the line (6, 2, 6) 14 Station American is an English school

(6)

15 Girl who dallies with more than one

rissole when there’s no R in it (8)

17 A rank discordant cats’ band (8) 19 Embarks on a jammy pastry in Sunday

School? (6)

22 Attractive, sharp? This points to the

North (8, 6)

24 Pull fish back to the sheltered side (7) 25 Fractured her shin and hock (7) 26 Measure of land? Right in one (4) 27 Cold spell to linger on bed’s the place

for me (10)

DOWN

1 Glittering fabric is unsatisfactory if not

accented (4)

2 Overhead lights for the downs (7) 3 Fore! (or become singular)

(3, 3, 2, 3, 3)

4 Bandage the man after a sharp blow (6) 5 Tax on gold is a fraud (8)

7 Fortification engineers distrust (7)

8 ESP or the wit of those in top form?

(5, 5) 9 Educate the train to come last

(5, 2, 3, 4)

13 Every one in the afternoon able to rise

gets an ice (5, 5)

16 Like a gatecrasher, dined poorly on

fancy bun (8)

18 Carry’s after an insect, an object of

annoyance (7)

20 Making the turf flat and very, very rich?

(7)

21 Catch up with partner, almost (6) 23 Leg before? Hush — Not out (4)