£100 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Junior Scouts go round Edinburgh at first to find sugar lumps (5) 4 Be unfaithful to a lover a couple of hours after midnight? (3-4) 8 Barred, like all zebras, from the first ripe dates (7) 9 Was feeling unwell when Ms Smith the TV cook retired (5) 10 A plot about Italy’s first airman (5) 11 Initially recognised Andy’s nutty old female friend and left quickly (3,3) 14 Quarrel and quibble when a rogue throws the ring away (5) 16 A store of some of the nicest ashtrays (5) 18 Demand to see what the McLaughlin sisters have hidden (6) 21 Leaders of many universities really adore Leonardo’s wall art (5) 24 Nobody makes an appearance from the Dunoon event (2,3) 25 Playing around with beer and a cig? It’s dangerous at sea (7) 26 Very intense when taken out of context – remember? (7) 27 Start to bake some sweet pastry treats (5) 1 Swear manager’s successor has to show up shortly (4) 2 It’s the sound of a mad dog – exclude Stephen, the nightmare novel guy (7) 3 Have sneaking suspicion when Sue pops out (7) 4 Messy D-I-Y after the 3rd of October – now it’s neat as a pin (4) 5 A ham is served up under an egg in this big Nebraskan city (5) 6 Raised in a cool gingerbread house in the far north (5) 7 and 22 Where to find an angler’s hook – the terminus of a railway perhaps (3,2,3,4) 12 Between nine and eleven hauled up the fishing equipment (3) 13 The calm perseverance needed when taking a nice pet out (8) 15 Continuous cuts upset a small place of learning… (3) 16 …and sadly stunted someone in higher education (7) 17 A mate is taking Rugby Union up – and he’s not paid (7) 19 Tubby or tough with a very dark beer (5) 20 Sickened when the kid left with an argument in public (5) 22 See 7 23 Omelette ingredients – caviar, for example (4)