CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Put in a silly line to do with wedding (7) 5. What makes a vast difference travelling round north? (3-3) 9. Bowler aims for these, and more than one miss (7) 10. Stupid son’s wearing new vest continuously (7) 11. Club flyer (3) 12. To all intents and purposes, writer’s useless (11) 13. It’s shocking but legal to sack trainee (5) 14. Where it’s impossible to see jardiniere behind screens (5,4) 16. Euros sold everywhere without causing a stink? (9) 17. Get rid of scene with polish (5) 19. Choose Rhode Island conurbation? That’s shocking (11) 22. Put away a note (3) 23. Dish is funny? So laugh! (7) 24. Worst possible place to get new tyres in Monaco? (3,4) 26. Contingent occasionally sends team (6) 27. Slated staff drinking exotic teas (7)

Down

1. Busy main airline goes over one African country (7) 2. Reason for single fare for critical stage of journey? (5,2,2,6) 3. What Arctic explorers have to overcome (3) 4. Large isolated piece of land stocking yarn (5) 5. They pester you on beach and find sales difficult (9) 6. First note in scale transposed into C (5) 7. Acrobat hosts MP in it angrily opposing rule extension? (4-11) 8. Optimistic conductor often starts with this (6) 12. Sluggard Mike avoids Bette (5) 14. Top people from Flanders in plot showing flaws (9) 15. Swarthy duke followed by superior TV company (5) 16. Tense, like 3 skaters (2,4) 18. Famously loud actor burbles seductively in part (7) 20. Vehicle overturns in dry area of land (5) 21. Bury side in Italy (5) 25. King interferes during each period (3)