Cryptics crossword
ACROSS
3. 8. Foreign Proper G.P. the real eat ones estate food this! appear - (9) make market in the (4) 9. Governs, ruler (9) i.e., as a 10. This will smooth out the wave (6) 11. It’s mounted when differently set by the editor (5) 14. The yarn in the novel is legendary (5) 15. Give heed to a brief message (4) 16. Refer to another court to pardon (5) 18. The boy to assume an attitude of prayer, we hear (4) 20. Splits associated with tenanted houses (5) 21. One in a strange sect makes a quotation (5) 24. Maid to spoil a Scotsman! (6) 25. One in unspoilt surroundings, like a bachelor (9) 26. Avoid a colloquial word of command (4) 27. The stage property is a toy (9)
DOWN
1. To disturb the fish is alarming (9) 2. True to life, but it is clear there’s change (9) 4. Inferior alternative to the Post Office (4) 5. One who is entertained arrived at the right conclusion, one hears (5) 6. One by one (6) 7. Closely follows trite quotations (4) 9. One who tacks together a waste disposal unit (5) 11. Distress call about mother returning to Greek island (5) 12. Thorough antonym of up left! (9) 13. Finding a logical cause, as one is upset in the arena (9) 17. Walk on the imprint of a tyre (5) 19. Illuminated one undefined prayer of supplication (6) 22. There’s no start to famine - this produces food (5) 23. In the Mediterranean I loved the colour (4) 24. The average man who’s tight-fisted is (4)