DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Liberal aristocrat obtains one following launch (7) 5 A beard in poor condition? Use sandpaper perhaps! (6) 9 I put in information etc. to do with heredity (7) 10 Old word processor found in that windy riparian way (7) 11 Man on board thanks Republican (3) 12 ––––– help in garden that has a rose (8,3) 13 Cable supporter hosted by happy Londoner (5) 14 Busily toil with file and rod to make engine cleaner (3,6) 16 It may be wiser cooking with this dish (5,4) 17 Unknown European appears in posters for tools (5) 19 Father ruined nice fresh chips (6,5) 22 Lecturer withdraws gesture of approval (3) 23 Sort of orange Japanese porcelain (7) 24 Explicit illustration (7) 26 Enthusiast defends radical mate (6) 27 Seasoned actor on radio who’s said to swear a lot? (7)

DOWN

1 Illuminate smoke (5,2) 2 Parlour boss’s leisure time left creditor bemused (7,8) 3 Published books about university (3) 4 Newspaper contains outstanding feature (5) 5 Wolf great flounders, leading to satisfied feeling (9) 6 Horse runs round wide tree (5) 7 Praise upstanding native’s cool joint residential status (4,11) 8 What shoeblack uses produces a black eye (6) 12 Crank with island in Scotland (5) 14 How cards are dealt without reservation (3,2,4) 15 Judges leave familiar pyjamas for religious leaders (5) 16 Steep fines managed to curb upstart at first (6) 18 Motorcycle passenger here is belted up separately (7) 20 Natural petroleum is dirty (5) 21 Section of main Gothic bar (5) 25 A function creating commotion (3)

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