CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dry label, once spoilt, is irreversible (6,6) 8 Winds back film roll (5) 9 Porthole cover weighs next to nothing (9) 11 Soft drink taken after game gets rocket (6) 12 CERN riot knocked into a cocked hat (8) 14 No male relative adopts Australian with English dependent construction (4,6) 15 Ranges with first-class fuel (4) 18 Is pick-up shorthand for press? (4) 19 Romance lie about being infused with ritual (10) 21 Disentangles Port of London Authority’s entry into separate compartments (8) 23 Bore the pants off you? Absolutely! (4,2) 25 Munro and I shuffle into this retirement home (9) 26 Girl who gives thanks to any guest (5) 27 Fancy viewpoint on a Polish turnover (4,1,5,2)

DOWN

1 Reserve suit for reading circles (4,5) 2 Security provided with turn at American university engagement (4,4) 3 Done wrong at junction (4) 4 Those at the back took a break and were put on a charge again (10) 5 A colic I treated in American cat (6) 6 Hang about without direction to see hybrid beast (5) 7 Sterling worth standing up to a thorough beating (1,6,5) 10 Actor loses money introducing beauty business to one from Greek port (12) 13 The person I’m out with expresses temper as they show when it happened (4,5) 16 Being a divisor of carrying out an investigation (5,4) 17 Give the lion a play based on comic opera (8) 20 Stories about a hotel in Punjab city (6) 22 Godfather and animal icon (5) 24 Frankly it is regular life-saver (1,1,1,1)