CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Old invader runs over devout Roman object of worship (7) 5 Suddenly start going round with drink (6) 9 Impromptu to pianist is much more than romantic (7) 10 Politician goes over to consume one English dish (4,3) 11 Badger starts to nose around garden (3) 12 Without legal force, new posh students dodge touring North Dakota (4,3,4) 13 Restrict writer’s reading circles (5) 14 Route I go over in time (9) 16 Anyone can spread pest (9) 17 Yank one to open wine (5) 19 Irish monument makes Scottish team angry (6,5) 22 Defraud one out of money (3) 23 ‘Denizen of Antarctica’, a typical paperback (7) 24 Male animals produce coarse material (7) 26 Manoeuvre outcome of tube problem? (6) 27 The reason he’s given up serious crime (7)

DOWN

1 Jack and Albert keeping old vessel’s logbook (7) 2 Till Schumann played, learner devoured pub meal (10,5) 3 Asian game reported (3) 4 Following treatment, learn about certain internal organs (5) 5 Mum’s managed to turn up precis (9) 6 A minor trophy (5) 7 Discreet officers seize radical embassy personnel (10,5) 8 Prime colour on the rise in fodder (6) 12 In city, find superior dry crackers (5) 14 Hostelry formerly embracing church’s simplicity (9) 15 Principles of those in need of training (5) 16 Receive mushroom during part of play (6) 18 Relative in mask upset children ultimately (7) 20 Employed fashionable AmericanEnglish (2,3) 21 Go round busy bistro, neglecting son (5) 25 Prompt remedy Republican ignored (3)