CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Start to harass very big girl: ‘I

adore you!’ (7) 5 Some shrug and accept African country (6) 9 College computer systems used in actual performance (7) 10 Makes certain criticisms

without introduction (7) 11 Bar individual with two

names (3) 12 Love entering a strip club possibly between 23° and 40° (11) 13 Relish being available in

August only (5) 14 I have angered old union in

Britain — it’s my conduct (9) 16 Generously tell stories about

book meeting (9) 17 Majestic section of picture

gallery (5) 19 Meticulous new UN politics

controlling uranium (11) 22 Sister takes notes touring

university (3) 23 A re they members of mob?

If so, I am in trouble (7) 24 Irish priest back in sect as

person responsible (7) 26 More volume! (6) 27 Top class payment for performance of work (7)

DOWN

1 Catch husband making mistake (7) 2 Small bee infects skin badly —

apply for this? (8,7) 3 Head teachers are members

of it (3) 4 Group of well-read librettists

play it by ear (2-3) 5 Discover extremely lonely

alien (9) 6 Old storyteller makes adult

sit up (5) 7 BBC boss put one minister

into enlarged broadcast (8-7) 8 Old stableman stole nuts

randomly at first (6) 12 Search small part of Wimbledon, wasting time (5) 14 Instrument, one in dance at a

milk bar regularly (9) 15 Source of disease mostly

survived after surgery (5) 16 River in SA capital causing

benign tumour (6) 18 Henley regattas strangely ignore set area that’s overlong (7) 20 Scout group left heading

north, carrying nothing (5) 21 Old police company climb

and come to pass (5) 25 Put down old ballad (3)