£100 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Walks about with a long face due to pathetic poems (5) 4 Nothing left when the galleon sails away (3,4) 8 Refuse to have dealings with former cricket star Geoffrey (7) 9 A measuring stick for a monarch (5) 10 Terribly fit in New York – really smart (5) 11 Observe, say, a canine with an old sailor (3,3) 14 Stay in bed longer than normal – i.e. nil movement (3,2) 16 He takes wee Leonard to see Ms Hunt the film star (5) 18 Flee if becoming dizzy in this famous French tower (6) 21 A top degree for Inverness’s really studious types primarily (5) 24 Some win! Nervously getting to part of the darts target (5) 25 Ant’s pal takes tennis ace Billie Jean to the garden platform (7) 26 Having no faith it’s glossed all over the place (7) 27 A little Scout? Ask Scoutmaster for jobs to be done (5) 1 Crowds make our Brenda scared initially (4) 2 Movingly prays, i.e. for an increase in wages (3,4) 3 Reduce the length if it’s torn – he’s careless (7) 4 A singer brought up in Scotland (4) 5 The clothes size of some particular gentleman (5) 6 Gawked at the badly damaged lodge (5) 7 Driving someone up the wall and angering mischievously (8) 12 Grow old? Yes, a few of the delegates must retire (3) 13 Modifying or making adjustments could be integral (8) 15 I’m with the top female of this global finance fund (1,1,1) 16 Chat with Uri about a trim at the barber’s (7) 17 A fool involved in lies – and Burns Night girls (7) 19 Upset in Bearsden if given a fixed penalty (5) 20 That’s a beer without a head, that is – so strange (5) 22 Ring wee Desmond for these long-winded poems (4) 23 Vain folk have them and leaders of European government offices, sadly (4)