Double Crossword
1 Let them have it, as the proverb went in an old Indian city (5,4) 6 A gay man didn’t end up a reptile (5) 9 Drop in chronicle is notorious (2,4,2,7) 10 Strand of rayon made when oxygen’s sucked out (4) 11 Go up as hose sprayed canal in the body (10) 13 Work for a while, as do off-colour ... (2,1,5) 14 ... parts of man, set to be male reproductive organ (6) 17 Income beyond latest Central American native (6) 18 Spot and regularly unstrap baby’s connection to it’s mother (8) 20 Sitting on the fence, at home, before most wind storms (2,3,5) 22 Like a shot and like a pistol at the start (1,1,1,1) 25 The last word in eatables and healthy lodging (8,7) 26 Ship on the treacherous Nile river (5) 27 Take the wraps off record, mostly produced music (9) 1 Do the shopping without horse and carriage (5) 2 Kitted out PM with oddly deader heart (4,5) 3 Embroidered breaking news (4) 4 Trace neat construction to termite (5,3) 5 Swift brutes stole the rest from poor soothsayer (6) 6 Teaches it’s in conflict with artistic principles (10) 7 A day on the force, in the thick of it (5) 8 Abandoned any basis to overrun independent nation (9) 12 Period of hostilities between two Far East formations (5,2,3) 13 Two-timing feet, lucid movements (9) 15 Prior home may rest on loose ground (9) 16 Jokes about Boy Wonder’s final appearance in Sunday best (4,4) 19 Asked to pay for evil content of plot (6) 21 Run it out of home of the Fiat (5) 23 Showed off half the seed in seedcase (5) 24 Star centre of the Miami Dolphins (4) 1 Incomplete, defective (9) 6 Bird call (5) 9 Disenchantment, loss of innocence (15) 10 Depart (4) 11 Of industrial or manual workers (4-6) 13 Farcical parody (8) 14 Birthplace of St Francis (6) 17 Type of penguin (6) 18 Place where bride and groom sign the official record (8) 20 High spirits, rejoicing (10) 22 Cupid’s Greek counterpart (4) 25 Trivial, insignificant (15) 26 Blend, coalesce (5) 27 Onlooker (9) Across: - 1 Fumble. 5 Recipe. 10 Pad. 11 Matriculate. 12 Dermatitis. 13 Once. 15 Abridge. 16 Sleeper. 17 Reviews. 18 Snorkel. 20 Role. 21 Determined. 24 Afghanistan. 25 Elk. 26 Idiocy. 27 Crease. 1 Sidestep (5) 2 Beguile, transfix (9) 3 Young cow (4) 4 Parity (8) 5 Lavatory (6) 6 Policy of restriction or suppression in the media or arts (10) 7 Perfect, optimal (5) 8 Fatherhood (9) 12 Opposition to those in power (10) 13 Quadrilateral figure (9) 15 Prohibit, blockade (9) 16 Determined (8) 19 Greek capital (6) 21 Suppurating sore (5) 23 Of the sun (5) 24 Small biting insect (4) Down: - 2 Underprivileged. 3 Bombardier. 4 Entwine. 5 Raisins. 6 Crux. 7 Plain-spokennness. 8 Sped. 9 Deferral. 14 Recommence. 15 Agrarian. 18 Specify. 19 Sceptic. 22 Dyke. 23 Taco.