CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Announce bar is to be installed in large hotel (7) 5. Plan took effect after withdrawal of journal (6) 9. Call out woman’s name (7) 10. What’s on the menu at stag do? (7)

11. Channel ferry carries German XI (3)

12. Toil with teacher possibly? It’s not practical (11) 13. Japanese box contains tense first notes (5) 14. Suspect trickery? Set alarm off around rear of mill (5,1,3)

16. Newspaper follows old magazine for long periods (9)

17. Coconut oil produced right away initially to yield this? (5)

19. Callous, as are snakes (4-7)

22. Grassy area bound to be cut (3)

23. Determining essentially where lines finish (7)

24. Spot short lad’s harmless medicine (7)

26. Agent stops fool returning soft mineral (6) 27. Distribute letters giving support (7)

Down

1. Splendid display by English No 2 destroyed

City (7)

2. Briefly got fence fixed, gaining approval of church (7,2,6)

3. Kind barrister doesn’t start (3)

4. Crowd breach order to some extent (5)

5. Tutor primarily goes over point (9)

6. He often painted bridge, one in Montana (5) 7. Popular cult, ugly, that discourages pests (6,9) 8. Strange tale about northern king’s low chain? (6) 12. Dodgy salesman keeps rare fish (5)

14. My opus is played at start of major conference (9)

15. All but beginning of Euclid’s complex but intelligible (5)

16. Find and pass over a note (6)

18. Sailor, stranded, may eat this (7)

20. Delight old conductor (5) 21. Store ring in department (5)

25. One successful service (3)