Crossword

MORE CROSSWORDS IN TABLOID!

ACROSS 1 Still wearing specs to take in constant opportunities for learning (7,7)

9 Charlie plays around with love song (7)

10 Part of Vermont – an awful state (7)

11 Just beat seed (3) 12 Almost doomed by family secret (11)

14 Queen once rejected after struggle for city in Europe (6) 15 Cadge from miser, importing one in France for nothing (8) 17 Sort of clue needed in case of love game (8)

19 Unusual Monday person full of energy (6)

22 Church collecting ancient stone, gold and silver in abeyance (4,7)

23 People in line for audience must be prompt (3)

24 High roller’s note about star in the morning (7) 26 Military man disposed of one facing Her Majesty (7) 27 Officer’s examination papers? (6,8)

DOWN

1 Voyager’s requirement for space needs a selective copy fashioned (6,8) 2 Obscure magazines imported by eastern European (7) 3 Once I’m up I set on American, having little or no money (11) 4 World travel, crossing line on Beagle, intermittently (6) 5 Ineffective type made off, coming into fortune (4,4) 6 Notice abandoning good for evil (3)

7 High spirits of nephew, say, losing head (7)

8 Go if desperate – a spread such as this! (4,2,4,4) 13 Second right-wing counter of votes may be a liar (11)

16 Last on is hardly concealing shock (8)

18 University officer taken in by remedy for society (7)

20 Sale requiring caution to be exercised (7)

21 A benefit adopted by North America produces disgust (6) 25 Voice impression (3)