£50 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 and 4 Across Really healthy and active in the orchestra’s violin section? (3,2,1,6)

4 See 1 Across

8 Stir fried? Yes, if going out for a martini James Bond dislikes (7) 9 A sort of large refreshing type of alcoholic drink (5) 10 Was picture cropped to show it’s a jelly? (5)

11 Start to give in after a few games of tennis (6)

14 Wee Margaret’s ahead, going back in a mad rush (5) 16 American dollars are discovered in an English county (5) 18 Talk informally like a member of Nicola Sturgeon’s party (6) 21 You’ll have to splash out quids to get the calamari (5) 24 Finish your meal! Last of all, the Louisiana mint gateau, Philip (3,2)

25 The most egotistical – that’s little Eva in Estonia (7) 26 Wandered off the pathway from Ayr – Ted’s lost (7)

27 A pick-me-up is needed in cot, oddly enough (5) 1 One item of seafood used by the Masterchef is halibut (4)

2 Eagerly desires the specially designed T-shirts (7)

3 The ices Rev distributed for an act of public worship (7) 4 Does some maths and says a little bit more? Yes, Dad’s getting annoyed (4)

5 A big loony’s inside the White House! (5) 6 Really enjoy what the archeologist has to do (3,2)

7 A weird feeling after taking some beer in Essen (8)

12 Back from the Gulf, and got a winter bug (3) 13 Bagpipe parts for the singing Gregorian monks (8) 15 Aristotle’s drink (3) 16 Sssh! Don’t say a word – the bee quit buzzing about (2,5) 17 Hi, Lance! Flying off to see someone in Santiago? (7) 19 Cooked a treat

– an American-style potato (5)

20 Vacuous and lacking substance – yet MP makes merry (5) 22 All fired up? Yes, maybe actor Tennant is losing the head (4) 23 The cuts must be raised at the trade unionists’ Scottish group (1,1,1,1)