DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Fear going in to sow main crop? (7) 5 Courageous priest favoured (6) 9 English house, unfinished, close to Mersey’s mouth (7) 10 The languages of love? (7) 11 Greek character beginning to enjoy pizza in U.S. (3) 12 King and servant interrupt service, showing craft (11) 13 Lady in palace, embarrassed, made a mistake (5) 14 Can one pick up this roller in good condition? (5,4) 16 Maybe stamp on GCHQ files confused poster etc. (3,6) 17 A long letter that some drop (5) 19 Vince hosts old fellow with feet resting on this? (6,5) 22 A page may represent this in diary periodically (3) 23 Reduced choir in England bouncing back (7) 24 Ignoring Germany, old PM becomes Middle Eastern citizen (7) 26 Burn top of risotto enveloped in water vapour (6) 27 See men working under duke in lands around manor (7)
DOWN
1 The Epistles surprisingly ignore this church feature (7) 2 He’d tar a footpath badly without hesitation (2,3,4,2,1,3) 3 A great many years are over (3) 4 Printer saves rupees to acquire blower perhaps (5) 5 Most important standard quantity (9) 6 Take bottle from Cockney person around November? (5) 7 Address in Kent he rebuilt, showing sympathy (4-11) 8 Eastern politician let loose outside place of worship (6) 12 Squeeze with the upper hand (5) 14 Scheme exposes valuable stone under layers of rock (9) 15 Old sailor departs with rifle (5) 16 What regularly beats diligent worker losing head? (6) 18 Erratic awkward way to divide rent (7) 20 The pick of the Pre-Raphaelites (5) 21 Unable to see Venetian perhaps (5) 25 Strange island, with or without 17 (3)