CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. List of duty for the RAF fit for setting out (6)

4. Monsieur to act differently, being feline (6)

9. The smallest possible dress held back by mother (7)

10. Something glittering ahead of the Terriers, involving change of air (5)

11. Fellow-fighter was everything to York, initially (4)

12. Hindu garment got from the commisssariat (4)

13. Supernatural being starts exploiting landing facility (3)

15. I am the dedicatee, it would seem, of this volume (4)

16. A lady’s first bouquet-garni has this in it (4)

19. A bone in a cage (3)

21. An arm or a leg of Satan, an imp may be (4)

22. I am twice backing a heroine of Puccini’s (4)

24. Cross tie may hold Academician in (5)

25. Showing no regard for others if she’s about fifty, maybe (7)

26. None older than the set led so astray (6)

27. He is in a muddle as one gear engages with another (6)

DOWN

1. Again and again it’s like consecutive prison sentences (4,5,4)

2. Telephone one and allow it to curl (7)

3. Renown is given up in the Mafia (4)

5. Got into a bed improperly made (8)

6. It may be a fad, to cover it with cracks (5)

7. They are responsible for the stop-go policy on the roads (7,6)

8. It may be a slur that’s taken for microscopic examination (5)

14. Iron workers to be given term less awkward for them (8)

17. This 19 being broken, nationality is apparent (7)

18. A being such as Clio to tickle one (5)

20. Smooth, the way leading Boeing will come down (5)

23. It is risqué for an athlete representing his university (4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1. Toboggan 7. Dingo 8. Cryptic 9. Hostels 10. Link

12. Realism 14. Tenfold 17. Styx 18. Warship 21. Picture

22. River 23. Dejected

Down: 1. Tickle 2. Buying in 3. Goth 4. Anchor 5. Knee

6. Possum 7. Distant 11. Brother 13. Instruct 14. Toward

15. Dapple 16. Expend 19. Rove 20. Ache