CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Said blot had spread on rags (8)

5 Buzzing because it’s, like, pretty hot (6)

10 Pugwash & Co having wild parties (7)

11 Instils ways to employ incomplete data (7)

12 Neckwear suitable to US gangster who wasn’t ace (5)

13 Recall of fond memories unfortunately lost again (9)

14 Allude to aim as basis for comparison (9,5)

17 Crazier to be topped and give away quickly in the morning (5,9)

21 Brassy tie sported by lovers of luxury (9)

23 Everyone’s gathered on account of Forth town (5)

24 Do trace work in 1920s geometric style (3,4)

25 Out-of-date account of fuzz (3,4)

26 Boy online writes 14 lines (6)

27 Soup etc provided for those in the running (8)

DOWN

1 Showered pity on saint who became office worker (6)

2 Bearded in pub rage (7)

3 Not engaged by got undressed? (3,2,4)

4 To dig up a square I added gravity on going to pieces (14)

6 Couch one sits on in Bulgarian city (5)

7 As sage I wield spear (7)

8 Young lady going round with stookie chooses wrong player (8)

9 Good delivery in kindergarten teaching job? (5,5,4)

15 Hype summer to snake (4,5)

16 Alien planet bans chocolate (4,4)

18 It goes up to put money on a new Dalai Lama, for example (7)

19 When season’s over, fury makes one flag (7)

20 Finishes making tweed in traditional manner when union gets into marches (6)

22 Returning from ireland, original woman turns to plunder (5)