Kropotkin 1035
Across
5. Very briefly warm and dry a trimming fur (4)
7. Character in Bartok opera suffering from depression – needs slices of bread (9)
9. Frontiersman first to commit a crime (6)
10. Centurion badly caught out. Is leapt on? Sounds like it (8)
11. ACT measurement of voting intentions in a one-party legal document (4,4)
13. Charlie gets really close to large snake? Ouch! (5)
15. Strangely manic European comes in – to plot against The Queen? One shot The Queen (15)
18/2 George Burns loses energy seconds away from Fiordland waterway (5,4)
20. A sporting club organised – sure to follow a stag’s trails (8)
22. The cost of repairing carpet about one grand (5,3)
25. March up to get these twice wandering across (6)
26. A class Scots man accompanied by Andrea reportedly (9)
27. Fellow, English, is hoodwinked (4)
Down
1. Idly talking friend spilt vinegar all over the place (10)
2. (See 18)
3. Where, we hear, an unknown piece of highway died out (6)
4. Port makes Dean and Edna tipsy (4)
6. Have one’s home around university: this is left after a removal (7)
7. This drum is good when held by U2 member (5)
8. A highball for bar worker (7)
12. Sponge from John: gets note (5)
14. Liking better opening of Phone advert – ‘Telephone!’ (10)
16. Zend birds go brown after exposure to sunlight (7)
17. Cat in Police Department did this? Poor mouse! (7)
19. Tear around Anglican Church that’s modern (6)
21. Muldoon in anti-drinking group (providing ‘the wagon’) ... (5)
23. ... cut strong drink before opening of Parliament (4)
24. Clobber an actress then duck away (4)