WEEKEND CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Some vagabond ingeniously forming close attachment (7) 5 Usher high-ranking officer (7) 9 Like a tired kangaroo not allowed to go there (3,2,6) 10 Arch-foe, no odd characters, just a Greek character (3) 11 Happy area for the chase (7-6) 14 Weak in business (6) 16 What violinist does at start of performance, acknowledge applause (4,1,3) 18 Preliminary statement given by prior to walker losing both of his rights (8) 19 Shakespearean coming from nameless casinos (6) 21 Not so much income from this armed vessel (7,6) 24 Started to include salt (3) 25 How instrumentalist will indulge in publicity (4,3,4) 26 Appropriate time by which bill should be paid (3,4) 27 Please hold in slavery (7)
DOWN
1 Sound of prosperity (4) 2 Isn’t the church for Nick (5) 3 Soldier in a very junior division? (11) 4 Coming round with reference to some pithy sayings (6) 5 Figure with interwoven letters has record weight (8) 6 Artilleryman on southern headland (3) 7 Listen to said vehicle carrying old-fashioned handgun (9) 8 Coming from Kowloon, Don is to regard with contempt (4,4,2) 12 Coming from centre, meant to be an historical re-creation (2-9) 13 Sad having been exorcised (10) 15 Lines costing nothing (4,5) 17 Let a cure treat or form open sore (8) 20 Noise made by stocktaker (6) 22 More unusual recipes are accepted (5) 23 Man coming into some millions (4) 25 Uplifting support (3)