CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Don’t start to talk to detective fooled, it’s said, by English National Park (4,8) 8 Eccentric mark with tidy edges (5) 9 I’ve no part in plan to give a second coat (9) 11 Non-meat-eater to compete with eating non-vegan (6) 12 They don’t give up, taking heart on board (8) 14 Plainer son is pattern for shining examples (10) 15 Denial of existence played out in tins (4) 18 Highway that would be wide if secondary (4) 19 Spoil confidence by mouth in death (10) 21 Diagram I note in pencil (8) 23 Announce the Scotsman, say, with a flower (6) 25 English emblem roused rot, unfortunately (5,4) 26 Be fitted for original elegant set of rooms (5) 27 Warning about black game at Thames crossing (6,6)

DOWN

1 At foot of South America? Revive atop again (9) 2 A city pal is unusually unusual (8) 3 Princess goes to alternative couturier (4) 4 Recognise weakness when transmitted alleged transfusion (5,5) 5 Once more store record in shelf (6) 6 Credit I’m taking with energy for felony (5) 7 First person to read the future correctly has a god-given claim to power (1,6,5) 10 Match time with stormy weather to gauge possible reaction (4,3,5) 13 Casual footwear to abandon at luggage compartment (6,4) 16 Painting shows signs of not being dead yet (5,4) 17 Pestered by idiot having run fast round (8) 20 Make pay for cavalry action (6) 22 Arab’s kebab duly swallowed (5) 24 Put up with large animal (4)