CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Move awkwardly in mock ballet now and then (7) 5 Rock covers centre of tube tunnel (6) 9 The pool could be a potential cause of accidents (7) 10 A possibly terrible recital (7) 11 Scandinavian king left out idiot (3) 12 Miner with bottle ruined soft drink (6,5) 13 Old coin? Avoid it, some might say (5) 14 A harvest and where it’s stored back in hill in 26 (9) 16 We hold bat differently to deliver the coup de grâce (9) 17 Bad-tempered Yankee goes after big game (5) 19 Brief break in South Carolina parish shaped learning (11) 22 Ruin wool supplier’s return (3) 23 Guiana moved to accept rare Paraguayan language (7) 24 Queen visits London museum portico? (7) 26 One 10 inside another next to square in European capital (6) 27 Payment union representatives found in chimney (4,3)

DOWN

1 Majority of poodle was crinkly, the part near the bark perhaps? (7) 2 Engineer irate with a chairlift? It could keep him alive (10,5) 3 Show disapproval for a mistake briefly (3) 4 English opening item in programme? (5) 5 Worry about king stopping broadcast, a frightening figure (9) 6 Stake the Spanish plant (5) 7 Current tributes involving small hotel’s achievements (15) 8 Group controlling pub raised game (6) 12 Bishop has to put up with church fiasco (5) 14 They may cause rash work among friends (9) 15 House looks the same whichever way one looks at it (3,2) 16 Condescend to accept second plan (6) 18 Met branch where sailors hang out? (7) 20 Rent people a semi, not all of it ... (5) 21 ... a wretched hole accommodating five? (5) 25 Odd sport supported by millions (3)

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