£50 prize crossword

1 A joint that’s above the knee – and possibly below (5)

4 A really sad ship in attic, all broken up (7) 8 Make a deep impression with a New Avenger (7)

9 You’ll get a chocolate sweetie if you pull the lever back (5)

10 A number of the Alabama choristers are not shy or weak (5) 11 Mischievously blamed for chaos, like a Victorian asylum (6) 14 This face protector is somewhat corrosive – send it back (5)

16 It’s barely sufficient – a few of the fabrics can tear (5)

18 Pushily enter to attain some knowledge indoors (4,2)

21 The sound of a bouncer when the bingo gets unruly (5) 24 Give a long-winded speech, or take brewed tea (5)

25 …stops in the middle of a speech – and uses a tea towel (5,2)

26 Larger cars for residential areas, in one State suburb (7)

27 Look intently as rats run back to the end of the avenue (5) 1 Need to restore an old garden – a risky place to pick apples (4) 2 Bars acquire the essential omelette ingredient for tramps (7) 3 Take a hat – we’re prepared for the rain or shine perhaps (7) 4 Pretty, prim and precious during the first week (4)

5 Take a drop of port (or tea) with the rich Austrian cake (5) 6 Wildly in love? Yes, but I must go – it’s a work of fiction (5) 7 Endless salami in the city? It’s a disaster, Jane (8)

12 GP hauls up fish (3) 13 Where you could ski in Scotland in the lively movie era (8) 15 Got a prize, by the sound of it – numero uno (3)

16 Tories support Cummings finally producing tall tales (7) 17 The seaman I treated has memory loss (7)

19 Wee Greg ran to get a handout from the government (5) 20 Kind of clumsy primarily – it’s not easy planting turnips (5) 22 Makes calculation, and does difficult sum first of all (4)

23 Have a wee nap secretly in the church’s recess (4)