CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Salts removed from beach tub (8) 5 New cases caught in entry (6) 10 Unit of luminous intensity coming from a candle (7) 11 Urdu Pa and I translated in old part of India (7) 12 Engage in sport near a beach in Spain (5) 13 What motorcyclist might do with boot at the beginning (4-5) 14 Serious crime in Cardiff perhaps (7,7) 17 Ex cited nude’ s treatment, it’ s no exaggeration (14) 21 Pantomime character who is a weed (9) 23 Cougar darted round lake (5) 24 Picturing one short publication in middle of night (7) 25 Desert er had revolutionary square toothed bar (7) 26 Given a pointed reminder (6) 27 Wild ted mysteriously had finally twisted oddly (8) DOWN 1 Twice accept mushroom using muscle (6) 2 Effect of the sun on third of the taramasalata. Blast! (7) 3 Gallant knight (9) 4 In case there’s no bullet (5,9) 6 Stupid to give credit to fool (5) 7 Account for old type of flour (7) 8 Spray cockney lady’s drink (8) 9 Lightning cartoonist who is trigger-happy (5,2,3,4) 15 If mud is plastered round the entrance, it must be treated with smoke (9) 16 Judge receives sacrament at intersection (8) 18 Matt stopped short with fat dunce (7) 19 Hurried over to find most of whale, tusked whale (7) 20 Had a lot of food but without energy had nothing (6) 22 ME or NE US state (5)