CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Live surprisingly (2,2,7) 9 Crease exercises take over meadow (5) 10 Barbaric punishment, perhaps, of aquatic insect (8) 12 Put back a pale I knock out in Japanese island (7) 13 Spills the beans about publicity by leaps and bounds (7) 14 Cut off final bequests for all time (5) 15 Composer seen to spoil the look of coffees (9) 18 Got viruses – take sleep sessions in frosty periods (4,5) 20 Hang fire, it’s said, at animal’s feet (5) 21 Enthusiast withdraws before beginning of sin with sweet Fanny Adams (4,3) 24 Makes sacred building from something shallow (7) 25 Energy is produced by vigorous walk to it (8) 26 Christian monogram said to be found in Egyptian city (5) 27 Both sides of argument were heard as to literature item being put before inmates (4,3,4) DOWN 2 Good weather forecast for group festivities (3,4) 3 Thanks to minster’s house, first letter makes crossing from Australia to New Zealand (6,3) 4 Old English head-to-toe treatment of brain’s pathways (5) 5 Does pal rule with flexible chest membrane? (7) 6 Only mobile number will reveal synthetic material (4) 7 Left without funds in an instant, come a long way behind leader (1,4,6) 8 Pre-renaissance gong I’ve got mixed up in (8) 11 Is son at lake? Possibly. Probably (2,4,2,3) 16 Chloroform, for example, destroying an appreciation of taste (9) 17 German told to work on mouthful of pick-me-up (8) 19 Salts with old salts? (7) 20 Bird to place in trash (7) 22 Promotion for airman? (5) 23 Put pressure on first rookie entrant to be educated (5)