SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD

Across: 3 Trumpeter; 8 Play; 9 Projector; 10 Retire; 11 Crops; 14 Trite; 15 Ella; 16 Sword; 18 Over; 20 Unwed; 21 Ruses; 24 Panama; 25 Turn about; 26 Echo; 27 Pear trees. Down: 1 Operation; 2 Part-timer; 4 Rare; 5 Major; 6 Escape; 7 Eton; 9 Pries; 11 Cross; 12 Slow march; 13 Bandwagon; 17 Ducat; 19 Runner; 22 Ember; 23 Lute; 24 Pure.