CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 17,290
ACROSS
1 U.S. actor Alan is hard
and boisterous? (7)
5 Female in a fancy hat
touring Georgia (6)
9 Muffled sound on radio
for actor Kurt (7)
10 Function beside pitch gets a blow of a trumpet (7)
11 Japanese artist going
on at intervals (3)
12 Car selling firms bandied about idle phrases (11)
13 Model has a rare
Indian instrument (5)
14 Whiskery type given a diary and extremely usable list of items (9)
16 American eccentric first off in charge relating to widescreen images (9) 17 Supplies light
dancing shoes (5)
19 National leader upset
at foe’s death (4,2,5)
22 Valuable material mentioned in wonderment (3)
23 Prolong feature of cricket no longer fashionable (4,3)
24 Young hare always entering rental property (7)
26 Traps are seen between
three points (6)
27 Only Ted is dancing in
celebrated fashion (7)
DOWN
1 Ron’s lad scattered
chunks of bacon (7)
2 Stop varied action in studio before November (15)
3 Thing to prevent swelling in clinical environment firstly (3)
4 Some marshal mastered
board game (5)
5 Posh article featured
in prank is genuine (9)
6 Digs initially discounted
for female relatives (5)
7 Diagram in here I devised to inspire Penny struggling to listen? (7-8) 8 Hard drink around ship
produces bother (6)
12 German painter has drive to capture English river (5)
14 Cape’s mist obscured
places for tents? (9)
15 Mistake in circuits of a
track, reportedly (5)
16 I front event with others in house in Greek island over time (2-4)
18 Style we embroidered
in a pleasing way (7)
20 Lingering impression from party held in ordinary old city (5)
21 A couple of lines before finale shortly for comedian Tom (5)
25 Additional charge
for cistern (3)