CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. CIA clap play to show it is prophetic of disaster (13) 9. Fish may be served with a curd a bar can provide (9) 10. Is sore about the lucre (5) 11. Turkish dynast was an outsize fellow (5) 12. The vandals who come out on his goal (9) 13. Tau sign one got from Loyola (8) 15. Sundry birds such as ducks (6) 18. How men tug seasoning out of it (6) 20. Flowering shrub in a grade that’s different (8) 23. There may be 40 French Academicians in the gods (9) 24. Right Reverend out of a cathedral in Cornwall (5) 25. Sing no rock? Not quite! (5) 26. The Lord’s publicans, are they? (9) 27. Patrons are sure a trust has been arranged for them (13)

DOWN

1. It’s as delicious as a bar Simon produces (9) 2. One rowing with Sam, Nora may be (7) 3. A principal seen at full speed (5) 4. When young, uh — fly out of it! (8) 5. In which, leaves it to brew (6) 6. Mortified cur, if dice are thrown (9) 7. Let a cat out so as one can produce milk (7) 8. Actor is a man of them (5) 14. They show age in a trunk (4,5) 16. In the Med and the Caspian, shore may yield such fish (9) 17. Hand across a celebration of the exodus (8) 19. As an embroidery frame, can you beat it? (7) 21. Roman, the new anti-novel (7) 22. Sacred text is almost enough for it to catch a person (6) 23. Become liable for runic version of it (5) 24. For a fortune-teller, to desert is up to the pack (5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across: 1. Parts 4. Mankind 8. Extravagantly 10. Lyric 11. Urge 12. Beau 16. Olive 17. Turn a blind eye 19. Lessons 20. Roget Down: 1. Precious metal 2. Rot 3. Stalls 4. Meagre 5. Nuance 6. Intercede 7. Day of Judgment 9. Ligatures 13. Tomato 14. Fields 15. Tenner 18. Egg