WH Crossword

ACROSS

1 The advantage of buying (8)

5 Very cold beer (6)

9 Detain a number inside (8)

10 Dope going by letter rate (6)

11 Using a lever to obtain lift (8)

12 Start again, and write about love first (6)

14 A decidedly trying individual! (10)

18 Overweight woman is taking in the French orphan (10)

22 Flags surround the pupils (6)

23 Bill the young minister appears nice (8)

24 The alternative is to convert it here (6)

25 Taps out sick-note, for a cough sweet perhaps (8)

26 Calm constituents are teased (6)

27 Set at odds when some pest rang early (8)

DOWN

1 Taking a pride in being wellmatched (6)

2 Somewhat sooner (6)

3 A file of simple properties (6) 4 See about a certain issue with a lawyer at the proper time (10)

6 Trendy parties — coppers gain admittance to make checks (8)

7 He pants, though not at all well, and he acts (8)

8 Hired without direction, which is viewed with displeasure (8)

13 New student intake that’s among the very best (5, 5)

15 Men of authority giving one hundred in presents (8)

16 It’s rated differently when lined (8)

17 Opinion held about people generally getting flats (8)

19 Food for a goat? (6)

20 There’s some bitterness over this measure (6)

21 Cut the egghead will find really hard (6)