CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Rule not enforced in the main? (3,2,3,4) 8 Disregard the lack of caring (7) 9 Is rough becoming playful in an appealingly bold way (7) 11 Abhor that extraordinary part (4) 12 Result at the end (10) 14 Saunter round losing one during the discontent (6) 15 I enter two records before mid-january with energy at close of play (8) 17 Meeting line of workers (8) 19 Hostility in Japan I mustn’t embrace (6) 22 How magician might produce right result (2,3,5) 23 Called back with growl (4) 25 Boarding house allowance paid regularly (7) 26 One or two animals (7) 27 How kid behaved in an intentionally silly way (5,3,4)

DOWN 1 Not such a heavy boat (7) 2 Audibly make it moist in order to sharpen (4) 3 Understand the depth (6) 4 Printout that’s difficult to reproduce (4,4) 5 Teasing exercises of stretching (3-7) 6 Pole unwell, it’s catching (7) 7 Making successful progress repeatedly climbing (2,3,2,3,2) 10 Empty protest (6,6) 13 Wrongly hail Semite, one coming from the desert (10) 16 Instrument almost certainly needs retuning (8) 18 Devilish as it can become (7) 20 Pursue bloke first during organised search (7) 21 Rare vehicle in South Carolina on the point (6) 24 Initially part exchange some other currency (4)