WEEKEND CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Observe short holiday in Rose’s place (6) 4 No depth in sandblast that shakes city (2,6) 9 Gun law, say (6) 10 Slips near the wicketkeeper (8) 12 Invisible barrier that’s above us (5,7) 15 Lady accepted Spanish man had the drug (9) 17 Height of poetic inspiration included in one’s best rondeau (5) 18 Last order, say, Australian concluded (5) 19 Practicality of half-dozen with strength (9) 20 Commercial undertaking’s travelling matter (5,7) 24 Some applaud a number taking tincture of opium (8) 25 Without lumps is not easily upset (6) 26 One with Michael in the sea took off (8) 27 A Spaniard is Aphrodite’s lover! (6)
DOWN
1 Game played on board using two pieces of bacon! (10) 2 Bird, chicken getting over runner (3,7) 3 Beauty appears (5) 5 Test of equilibrium of bookkeeper maybe (5,7) 6 Left one leaning over to get some African currency (9) 7 A hideaway in Yemen (4) 8 Son remains in the window (4) 11 Maybe for each, promotion enterprise will follow (12) 13 Produce fire on upland fell (6,4) 14 Not a plushy sort of bloomer (10) 16 Joseph ordered Franco to accept one French heroine (4,2,3) 21 No frantic rover (5) 22 Mostly fleshy fruit (4) 23 Part of Antigua mistaken for Pacific island (4)