CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Starve, though mother is back surrounded by sea-food (6)

4. Worthy of worship like broad fuddled in drink (8)

9. The result could be a metallic glaze (6)

10. Who, to the Romans, got Heather and was helpful to the enemy? (8)

12. Don’t pedal: remove the parking clamp! (9)

13. Youngster, one discovered in the grain store (5)

14. Waits for a song and those who render it (5-7)

18. Cordon sanitaire? Here, it may issue notes! (8,4)

21. Some old buffoon put the worker in charge (5)

22. How much stops one from grounding is apparent with broken cane (9)

24. Things such as clover have game official in hard work situations (8)

25. Being late doing one’s work, is bottom! (6)

26. Preparation of meat can be a shambles (8)

27. Revolutionary will appear not to begin to get it back from uncle (6)

DOWN

1. Head-on shot obviously not lean-featured! (4-4)

2. Art of using small arms sergeant-major arranges with Turkey (8)

3. Wife for Petruchio, she was about right to go West (5)

5. Having twice the windows, gee-gee was idle (6-6)

6. Rude sound produced by the cane (9)

7. In Scotland magistrate that is after money put up for release (6)

8. When gift next halves the machine that does the work (6)

11. It’s only half going the rounds (12)

15. Middling sort of attire, the dhoti! (4-5)

16. Take drugs like this from London to Edinburgh by rail? (8)

17. What’s more, it’s in the book (8)

19. Is able to get a cricketer up from Cambridge University (6)

20. What has houses may share short form with Saint (6)

23. Pass rope’s-end through for the old official (5)