TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Crab, 3 Miami Beach, 9 Mace, 10 Piano tuner, 11 Coin a phrase, 15 Pantomime, 17 Sabre, 18 Range, 19 Beefeater, 20 Recent times, 24 Unequalled, 25 Gobi, 26 Half-decked, 27 Isle. DOWN: 1 Comic opera, 2 Auctioning, 4 Irish, 5 Manganese, 6 Bittersweet, 7 Acne, 8 Hark, 12 Above ground, 13 Abstemious, 14 Depressive, 16 Imbecilic, 21 Niece, 22 Bush, 23 Hell. Prizeword: Canvas