CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

No 17,345

ACROSS

1 Manage to include film

showing area of woodland (7) 5 Brew at home has

following benefit (6)

9 A northern doyen at work

suffering bother? (7)

10 Suspect traders given

an asterisk? (7)

11 Equipment and reduced

frame for flying in the air (3)

12 Some competitive fixtures — things that are guaranteed? (11)

13 Growth in college once with

minimum of pressure (5)

14 Early sign of anxiety in

canoeing at sea as before (4,5) 16 Fool in gibe so misrepresented

renewable energy sources (9) 17 Runner-up is less distant

after leaving clubs (5)

19 Somehow resist a levy

in a forceful way (11)

22 Learner in middle of

wild is out of sorts (3)

23 Composer encountered in medical facility by American (7)

24 Florence’s child? (7)

26 Very large island with English railway has place for willows (6)

27 Firmly established cathedral site has outsiders in event (4-3)

DOWN

1 React to a joke and

lose control? (5,2)

2 Possibly put in seclusion, son shows attention to fine detail (15)

3 Climber beginning to

inspect sides of valley (3) 4 Source of berries for

senior figure in group (5) 5 Incessant changes

as examples (9)

6 Dramatist Michael has to

unravel end of note (5)

7 Rustic grips sail in order to get cleaning liquids (8,7)

8 Number with pretension turning up for inventor (6)

12 Some recap ratings for

director Frank (5)

14 Old boy misplaced in cast over year shows stubbornness (9) 15 Soothe colleague about

source of antagonism (5) 16 Slowly cook first piece of

beef and produce? (6)

18 Exclude thin line for

public consumption (4,3) 20 By the sound of it, study

novelist Charles (5)

21 Final indication of large blow that’s damaged part of body (5)

25 Sue’s partner is easygoing, not miserable (3)