Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS :

1 Matador. 7 Ecarte. 8 Linctus. 9 Nail. 10 Dhow. 12 Lumbago. 14 Charlie. 16 Lest. 18 Hall. 20 Reclaim. 21 Strand. 22 Surgeon.

1 Melodic. 2 Tango. 3 Duty. 4 Residue. 5 Cannibal. 6 String. 11 Workload. 12 Lizards. 13 Ottoman. 15 Hearth. 17 Erase. 19 Scar.

DOWN :

Stop operating branch (4,3) Plant first of primroses in a

row (6)

9 Study this book in N African

country without one (7)

10 Cardinal entertains special

journalist (7)

11 Put away 13 in odd places (3)

12 Taking on staff to arrange

current item (11)

13 Pass staff returning on time

(5)

14 Those in authority abandoned archery after Henry I (9)

16 Former home player Bill’s in

port with good stuff (9)

17 Brag about one in Paris cutting tax (5)

19 Jamie coats dinner starter in

turn as pick-me-up (3-5,3)

22 Modest business close to

bankruptcy (3)

23 Removing cross from outside

is permanent (7)

24 Disney’s youngster? No, Roman’s (7)

26 Hotel leaves smoker’s requisite in the wrong place (6)

27 Mistreated wife rode off

across New Guinea (7)

DOWN

1 Some turned up calm, say, in

circus bar (7)

2 Most trustworthy aide’s dexterity? (5-10)

3 Men start to bounce ball (3)

4 Old foreign money smuggled

into football club (5)

5 Plug new gold bed endlessly

(2,7)

6 Snipe withdraws, hiding

another bird (5)

7 Record-breaking data analysis

(6,9)

8 Troublesome, like Ken’s ash in

Merseyside (6)

12 Share quota’s cut (5)

14 Fooling around in ‘Equus’, for

instance? (9)

15 Forge item number six in

aluminium (5)

16 Big noise that’s used in Badminton (6)

18 Your old fashion house

returns organ (7)

20 Victor ignoring first ring next

to bull (5)

21 Steer front of boat in lake (5)

25 Low satellite’s bottom vanishes (3)