WEEKEND CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Informs whimsical Bill first and second (9) 6 Really heartless sound enveloping lady (5) 9 Track of southpaw, say? (5) 10 Arab territory, he is taken in by Indian believer, monk (9) 11 Astronaut firing at random during church festival (15) 13 Solitary revolutionary supporter of monarchy (8) 14 Shakespearean placed embargo on type of status (6) 16 Deceptively memorable (6) 18 Marchioness, graduate becoming squire (8) 21 I name herb in particular state like new (2,4,9) 23 Irrational when unwell to go back in charge with a novice (9) 25 Attach literary scholar at Zambian capital (5) 26 Urchin taking risks endlessly (5) 27 In control in the main (2,3,4)

DOWN

1 Vandalised seat’s useful quality (5) 2 Way of imposing proportional shares? (5,6) 3 Leo’s oar damaged spray can (7) 4 Titaness becoming most unpleasant (8) 5 Be promoted to increase production (4,2) 6 Endlessly cook some hot stuff in Middle Eastern dessert (7) 7 With which to catch a perch (3) 8 Sour fish? (5,4) 12 Eager to know about five iniquities circling round (11) 13 Accepting this order (9) 15 Haggard allowed to take glove (8) 17 Worker, one of the shooting-party had weapon (7) 19 Queen by river did not start to split hairs (7) 20 Tree what’ll sound the same (6) 22 Prince amazingly turned up inside (5) 24 Piece of plum-pudding in chimney in Edinburgh (3)