CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Most comfortable business sites need a facelift (7) 5 Devour section of Ulysses book that’s been withdrawn (6) 9 There’s no replacing opener on Monday around 12 (7) 10 Swimmer seems to be catching duck (7) 11 Tedious period when males lock horns (3) 12 Fruit can be appealing chopped up with the skin (6,5) 13 Light in parts, as are
warm coats (5) 14 Sold euros abroad without causing a stink? (9) 16 I greet cat, wild one of 20 maybe in US pack (9) 17 Tender old refugee in
Sydney sent back (5) 19 Big guys fill English
theatre extension (11) 22 Way to control
old staff (3) 23 Change in pitch made by erratic mole or rabbit ultimately (7) 24 He kills Caesar, dies
oddly and falls (7) 26 Heartless guy and
judge take a spin (6) 27 Hide earl in
agitated state (7)
DOWN
1 Primary children initially learnt randomly (7) 2 Filming right inside old vessel’s gun emplacement? (8,7) 3 Finish object (3) 4 Date in Coventry’s tempting (5) 5 Strange mood in one eastern church feature (5,4) 6 A medic in South America makes steps there (5) 7 RAF had prospects dashed, having run out of money (8,3,4) 8 Bust here perhaps, dealing with local tax (6) 12 Duck, about to
perish, capsizes (5) 14 Exactly where
bullring is (2,3,4) 15 Bouncers start to trash
fliers here at night (5) 16 Make banger containing last of explosive (6) 18 More embarrassed about European animals in 11 (3,4) 20 Wine and port container not finished (5) 21 Top swimmer’s
about 90 (5) 25 Main marine mammal’s
tail docked (3)