£100 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Cora takes the first of the brothers in to see a poisonous snake (5) 4 Ed leaves the early bird going round a public book store (7) 8 Go and go back? Del returned and did an internet search (7) 9 Wine with the starters – rosé is outstanding, just amazing (5) 10 Chops into wee cubes when Dec is cooking (5) 11 One of the Cubs is cuddling her heavenly baby (6) 14 The number of Long John Silver’s pieces of currency (5) 16 The smaller parcel, love, is a musical instrument (5) 18 Moses found this obstacle in the middle of the sacred season (3,3) 21 A police constable with Greyfriars’ dog (5) 24 Involved in the space age, Robert? Yes, enthusiastic (5) 25 A roast I ordered in New York’s famous Waldorf… (7) 26 I posted off the down payment (7) 27 Stop talking and use the dish towel (3,2) 1 Wary of a chartered accountant – gutless Gary (4) 2 A red or yellow card from the referee, inside a little book in Glasgow (7) 3 An illness that distressed Tina and wee Melanie (7) 4 Glad yams are sliced for a lord’s wife (4) 5 Slumber? They can give you a bed on the ship (5) 6 A bit of a sham, our secret love affair (5) 7 Twelve months to reserve an almanac published annually (8) 12 The No.1 woman from Kinlochleven (3) 13 Chum up with someone and find beer poured out (8) 15 Belongs to him? Yes, three of the Mitsubishi Shoguns (3) 16 An idiot takes Ted to get thick cream for the scones (7) 17 Freedom to view a famous New York statue (7) 19 A pug I’d brought up to unearth buried things (3,2) 20 A sailor leaves the Eurostar with some French currency (5) 22 One of the Simpsons is in a pub, taking tea, we hear (4) 23 Constantly find fault with a freshwater fish (4)