£100 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Untangle the ropes and reveal the imposter or show-off (5) 4 A swell party item – a boon when everyone goes inside (7) 8 Brides go across the first of the great river crossings (7) 9 It’s a measuring device Mr Tee cleverly designed (5) 10 A classic French soup and a portion of macaroni only (5) 11 An amorous Tanzanian produces lines of poetry (6) 14 Retains possession of the strongholds in the castles (5) 16 An MOT at the Spanish motorway inn (5) 18 What monks have to do when it’s a silent order (6) 21 Back from Oceania Games once more (5) 24 The rhythm and beat that a totem pole can give you (5) 25 Purchase a newly born dog and discover it’s not a pedigree? (3,1,3) 26 Stupidly sneer at what is the closest (7) 27 The ancient Viking language could make you snore (5) 1 Peter usually buys Skol initially in the local bars (4) 2 A lazy niece’s “C” in physics, chemistry or biology, for example (7) 3 Sneakily ignores different areas of the country (7) 4 A deep male voice from a rock in the Firth of Forth (4) 5 The maximum speed on the road upsets a number of the multimillionaires (5) 6 Frequently use a large quantity of softener (5) 7 As a rule, wee Norman takes a pal (8) 12 No sin in Saigon? Yes, in the past (3) 13 All the bones of the body but lost knee, unfortunately (8) 15 The family dog perhaps that Stephen has sent north (3) 16 The star of When Harry Met Sally – in Germany possibly (3,4) 17 A tourist on a short excursion who keeps falling over things? (7) 19 A dance that’s being held by Brazil’s ambassador (5) 20 Recall memories? That’s OK when Adam’s wife is around (5) 22 Lie next to part of a buttress… (4) 23 …see some trespassers looking up into the church’s recess (4)