CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Is unwell, the French corn-cutter (6)

4. Make one pay to unship it in such a way (6)

9. It isn’t normal to be so remarkable (7)

10. It is plain one will make a profit (5)

11. Of course, it is liquid (4)

12. He makes a dandy lover (4)

13. Marijuana could be taken in the afternoon (3)

15. Covet it when vying for inclusion (4)

16. Unorthodox religion is axed around beginning of Lent (4)

19. Canine may almost supply the remedy (3)

21. Divide and get the line straight, they say (4)

22. Know two rhymes for a one-man effort (4)

24. Final part of poem about oven one is given (5)

25. Maize whisky rose among the French royals (7)

26. One whose utterances are noted (6)

27. The emphasis that’s given to mental pressure (6)

DOWN

1. Game that will suppress fraudulent activities (6,7)

2. High fashion design, or our cute version of it (7)

3. It will look threatening to the Left, your and my involvement (4)

5. Offensively glib way university will count us out (8)

6. Clumsy, the way it handled pen (5)

7. Paper chase to run with and hunt with, they say (4-3-6)

8. A passage around the East found by a fellow-fighter (5)

14. Extra work needed to remove it (8)

17. Bother to adjust our belt (7)

18. The world is an artichoke of a sort (5)

20. Poe’s Tower bird (5)

23. Boat one could get for a pound in Ireland (4)