CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Angry customer last to leave clothing (7) 5 Standards in Home Counties in short supply (6) 9 Ruffian grabs old reasonable watchman (7) 10 Smart men join Yankee plant (7) 11 Case report lacking name (3) 12 Harry departs with genius (5-6) 13 Some ski unnecessarily around depression maybe (5) 14 Monk endlessly carrying no good equipment (9) 16 Job involves short drama with stick (9) 17 Get tipsy this evening on leaving (5) 19 Spare tyre’s firm (11) 22 Foreign unit appears in Newcastle-uponTyne (3) 23 Say nice things about coffee in France (7) 24 Leave mark on one

ruler, heading off (7) 26 Team gets red cards (6) 27 Rich, married, like Cyclops losing energy (7)

DOWN

1 Worry about Liberal bore (7) 2 New manager is tough about radical union under pressure (7,8) 3 Blip on radar starts to unnerve flying officer (3) 4 Old paintings, say, raised more (5) 5 Psycho distressed colonist and toady (9) 6 Excuse boxer boxing illegally at the beginning (5) 7 Filming old ship crossing river makes a fair attraction (8,7) 8 The underworld welcomes first of young stars (6) 12 To avoid work, Kevin’s cleverly lost note (5) 14 Ruth uses a different reference book (9) 15 It helps climbers no end on the way up (5) 16 College provided wage controls still (6) 18 Bound to rely on broadcast (7) 20 Swimmer Harry needs no introduction (5) 21 Papers on Isle of Man revealing dialect (5) 25 Roast French bread one picked out (3)