CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Order recall of a flowering plant (6-2-3) 9 A new lease prepared to gain access (5) 10 Regular chant in prayer, at the end of the day (8) 12 Talk at length about new design (7) 13 Keep in a black hole, in solitary confinement (7) 14 Have small trips to get to retail stores (5) 15 Free from blame a former partner, at one pace (9) 18 Casual workers got behind schedule when designing the moulds (9) 20 Second worker led a magical character, at the present time (5) 21 It’s the wrong position for a remote settlement (7) 24 About to put on a display, by getting back in the saddle (7) 25 Tear up code in order to dress up (8) 26 Principal cut short a right-hand page of an open book (5) 27 May associate merchantman with co-operation (11)

DOWN

2 Have the wrong leases for some 14 across (7) 3 May greet Ben on line to develop open land around a city (5,4) 4 Have little time to break up in style (5) 5 Extract fragrance from perfume, in reality (7) 6 Finding a wild cat in central Asia may carry little weight (5) 7 Does girl’s posture show her frame of mind? (11) 8 Record over a model figure on the stage (8) 11 Popular 23 down getting into shape for communication (11) 16 More than one 19 down gets the Sunday papers (9) 17 Give notice of a new name before 6 down (8) 19 Advice to be careful to the guard (7) 20 Little boy had to turn right before first-class Japanese warrior (7) 22 Greek character was in the volunteer force (5) 23 Find out there’s little time to get a move on (5)