cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Painter manages to capture

one foreign city (6)

4 Shocked, being exposed

outside student event (8)

9 Indulgent, allowing bit of

noise after party (6)

10 Square contains a flowering

plant (8)

11 Traveller in company game

faced with ruin (5,4)

13 Accepted with thanks by little

fellow (5)

14 Maybe port is given extra defence before victory against foe finally (9,4)

17 They want us to take things

in properly (13)

21 Admit personal period of

good fortune (3,2)

23 Temper shown when gangster, priest and troublemaker meet (9)

24 Laughing when touched may

be difficult (8)

25 Germanic folk? They could be

obtuse (6)

26 One may provide cover-up

after accident (8)

27 President making a mark in

print (6)

DOWN

1 Woman crazy in the morning,

beginning to erupt (6)

2 FT pointer could show money

made (3,6)

3 Study journey – see it on a

map? (7)

5 Cold man, i.e. no lout

becoming excited (11)

6 Went around gallery

protected by staff (7)

7 Composer needs good

fortune (5)

8 Senior ladies performed start

of song with inner longing (8)

12 Individualists in a state of

wickedness? (8,3)

15 Setter-up of home to delay,

having hesitation (9)

16 Strange nude wandering

about town freely (8)

18 This writer’s joining chum,

because they are beasts (7)

19 Plain little son and a very

little girl (7)

20 A boy as an individual (6)

22 Shiny substance with nitrogen put over area of land (5)