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1 It’s Ms Hilton in a romantic European city (5)

4 Flying to Capri for a small orange-coloured fruit (7)

8 Foolishly lose vac for the building’s recessed spaces (7) 9 Sounds sombre and stern for the fairy tale brothers (5)

10 Ring friends with the gemstones from Down Under (5)

11 Nigel (a tobacconist) supplies Italian ice cream (6)

14 We hear it’s where you wear a belt. Rubbish! (5)

16 Fleas jumping about? That’s untrue (5) 18 Yours truly goes in last with the weakest excuse of all (6) 21 Starters of pasta? Edward’s not normally enticed (5) 24 Dine at home – or a posh school, say (3,2) 25 A popular brown sauce is added carelessly (7)

26 Sneering, unkind humour about Sam’s car (7)

27 Wee Samuel returned A1 to the tall Kenyan herdsmen (5) 1 We hear Townsend of The Who has organic Scottish fuel (4)

2 The crêpes I cooked with the chef’s instructions (7)

3 Sadly, Eve’s ill in Spain’s famous city of oranges (7)

4 Wee Alastair takes gutless Spiro, as well (4) 5 The scoundrel is sitting among the bistro guests (5)

6 A Cockney friend provides fine porcelain dishes (5) 7 An amazing mojo? Sent for a deep-voiced Welsh singer (3,5) 12 Michael turned up briefly in the poet’s meadow (3)

13 Wrestles in a foolish frenzy and feels uncomfortably hot (8) 15 Peg finally sent awesome wedge (every golfer should carry at least one) (3)

16 Liberty from taking in upset Dee (7)

17 It’s Nell, stirring the little pulses used in soup (7)

19 A parking gadget that’s more than a yard, we hear (5)

20 A natural laxative is chosen – Natalie’s content (5)

22 He was the first man to turn up in Madagascar (4) 23 Sebastian is holding a sparkling Italian wine (it’s among the tastiest) (4)