DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Return plump cheese in crisp material (7) 5 Items scattered around rear of city block (6) 9 It’s futile to skimp (7) 10 Monkey came running round queen wearing gold (7) 11 Jolly conservative GP (3) 12 Yacht club in Leningrad ruined laundry (3-8) 13 Unoccupied type ordered to keep minutes (5) 14 Fine university de-icing fluid that may kill thrush (9) 16 Yellow plant appears in Iceland in east (9) 17 Main 11 writing material (5) 19 An early tape disintegrates in box (7,4) 22 Go astray a bit irresponsibly on return journey (3) 23 Food Alan cooked over gas withdrawn (7) 24 Control dose put next to boy mostly (7) 26 Stock cold and dry beer bottles (6) 27 Private ground needs cultivating around Middle East (7)
DOWN
1 Move along roughly accurately over nodule occasionally (7) 2 Chaperones fly in needing work in South Pacific area (6,9) 3 She arrived first nearly always (3) 4 When, for example, to check quality of metal (5) 5 Appearance of Kent doctor about to block road (9) 6 Accuracy rises after disposal of car plant in Mexico (5) 7 Nosy habit of old papal court on leaving even annoyed saints (15) 8 Darwin’s craft ‘The Blackbird’? (6) 12 Professor embraces the old respected person (5) 14 Just time in US university for children’s story (5,4) 15 Help province over in Asian country (5) 16 Copper rod shortened on a small dome (6) 18 All right for time in martial art entertainment (7) 20 Illuminate staircase, all except the top (5) 21 Swift attack, seizing power (5) 25 Wing of the War Museum (3)