£100 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Craig gets irritated with a panatella, corona or cheroot (5) 4 Fiendish and wicked? Yes, the demo Nick cut short (7) 8 Del flew off, properly nourished and healthy (4,3) 9 Where a snooker player puts the chalk, at the right time (2,3) 10 Internal spies with skin blemishes – or beauty marks? (5) 11 Cleo’s snake curls around Lee, having forty winks (6) 14 Take a seat again and retake the test (5) 16 Wyman, Murray and Sykes get requests to pay (5) 18 An awful insult, when bathed in natural light (6) 21 The cheat is prepared to pass on information (5) 24 Little Christina choking? Must be a piece of tortilla (5) 25 Help with the awful flu? That’s practical and considerate (7) 26 Have doubts about a person who is under suspicion (7) 27 Wander away from a group to trace a pet without an owner (5) 1 Milk producers in an Isle of Wight resort, we hear (4) 2 Foolish Al longs to get large units of booze perhaps (7) 3 Think seriously about what a mirror can do (7) 4 Two parties for the Wonderland bird (4) 5 Lampoons when pal leaves to see some heavenly bodies (5) 6 Hide at first in nice wall recess (5) 7 Each pet’s different? Yes, it’s got to be the most economical (8) 12 A bunch of buddleia makes a Hawaiian garland (3) 13 Some people get them on their birthday – slippery serpents (8) 15 Heading north from Dalmellington, not at all well (3) 16 Creepy crawlies in some old Volkswagen cars (7) 17 This diabolical character is cruel if disturbed (7) 19 Wee chips? Norman is cooking kids’ spuds first of all (5) 20 How a golfer achieves a dream shot and I get none (2,3) 22 No longer open for business if constructing huts (4) 23 A supporter or friend of McBeal or McCoist (4)