Weekend Herald - Canvas

Observer Everyman

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Across

1. Party that might be in a garage (6)

4. Making toast, perhaps for a poet (8)

9. In part, male ego panicked about height (6)

10. Lingerie on hips (partially) in S American city (8)

12. ‘I’ve offended you’; ‘I’ve been offended by you’ (6,2)

13. Bigamy heartless: good to get married one time (6)

15. Regrettabl­y so, I clean huge fixture in sitting room (6-6)

18. Titled peer leaders of High Tories condemned? (4,3,5)

21. Phwoar! Fancied on-and-off Latin lover (6)

22. Inaccurate descriptio­n of crossword in 1995 film (8)

24. She pummels Everyman with wear and tear around bottom (8)

25. Very agreeable to take in European tourist destinatio­n (6)

26. Sensible, at first, to peel off clothing when it’s hot (8)

27. Sign that insect’s invaded shed (4-2)

Down

1. Military commander hoisted during anti-aircraft fire needing piecing together (4-4)

2. Poker face: not starting to turn green (8)

3. Catholics: ‘Easter – with transfigur­ation, now we are safe’ (3,5,2,5)

5. Mostly red, a little raw in the middle? (4)

6. Yen posted from abroad? (4,3,4,4)

7. Pieces of Inuit Greenland with little rooms? (6)

8. Something worn by men in Indian state: short-sleeved shirt (6)

11. Ape and flightless bird extinct (7)

14. Home with little ones restless all night – not good (3-4)

16. Bond had criminal picked up – sound (8)

17. Shakespear­e’s one spelling ‘fare well’ at end of Othello (8)

19. Gland and herb reduction unpleasant­ly served for starters (6)

20. Begun preparing sarnie (6)

23. Primarily alarming, serpentine poisonous slitherers? (4)

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