£100 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Garbo came back briefly to see a poisonous snake (5) 4 The yearbook that an antisocial man actually tries to hide (7) 8 Very well off – the money goes to ex-MP Balls (7) 9 Spotted in the Bistro Siena – the Cockney’s tea girl (5) 10 Alf is going round with me, an old girlfriend (5) 11 Mac and Ned each returned to a district of London (6) 14 Sounding congested? Yes, little Anna’s alarmed (5) 16 Which poet wrote She Walks in Beauty? It’s by Mr Weasley! (5) 18 Blows up like a volcano – the purest explosion (6) 21 Try some salami, amigo, in a US city (5) 24 A curved-blade sword? Yes, little Fraser basically retreated (5) 25 Garçon! I ordered the food that’s free of chemicals (7) 26 Runs rye round to where the horticulturist works (7) 27 Knotted items of menswear, we hear, for people of Bangkok (5) 1 Search thoroughly for the barber’s untangling tool (4) 2 Bang! Wee Leslie finds the bracelets (between the baubles and beads!) (7) 3 It’s totally dreadful when a little baby’s malnourished (7) 4 Puts two and two together – Dad’s in trouble (4) 5 Den leaves the marinade for the West Side Story heroine (5) 6 Snooped? Yes, so Ned is very suspicious (5) 7 Spilled the gin, Lance? Washing is required (8) 12 Chop up the yams this month (3) 13 Hans Christian is from the Ardennes, oddly enough (8) 15 Beginners always love pens – Mont Blanc, for example (3) 16 Possibly get bird for Ms Jones, the diary girl (7) 17 I’m Aaron, being driven about Bucharest’s land (7) 19 It’s an earthy shade of brown rum – be prepared (5) 20 Ether all over the joint? Not here – in that place (5) 22 Pull up some rugby socks and you’ll get warm and comfy (4) 23 Top poker cards for the hotshots (4)