CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Come at the same time as money given to

police department at last minute (8)

5 My bass is found swimming in bottomless

deeps (6)

10 Demanding nature of set-up belonging to

us (7)

11 Help air treatment for birth defect (4-3)

12 Be in line to get brown in South Dakota (5)

13 Plant corresponding article on language (9)

14 Some footballers open facility for children

under protection (6,8)

17 This may result in execution in Edinburgh of

criminal middle-man (7,7)

21 Unwanted kittens, perhaps, have been

casually put in waste disposal unit (6,3

23 Seen as a late deduction through the nose

(5)

24 Evacuated tour to help with work (7)

25 Eats with verbal jokes (7)

26 Lifeguard, say, holding original life on a

plate (6)

27 Dooms dissent to dissolve around final fate

(8)

Down

1 Alter score on the quiet? Over my dead body!

(6)

2 Tearing up at unappreciative recipient (7)

3 Company takes up detachment with a last

moment overthrow of government (4,5)

4 I’ll see garb ends up as prestigious fashion

brands (8,6)

6 Artist visits pub on island (5)

7 Army guy needs little retraining to become

more trustworthy (7)

8 Dine with journalists to keep something out

of the papers maybe (8)

9 Large number bring injury that’s resented in

motivated campaign of flattery (5,9)

15 Small chess piece found between

Wednesday and Thursday, for example (9)

16 Priests’ assistants at Ely cost a packet (8)

18 Unexpected problem caused by colliery

accident? (7)

19 Starts knitting when players are ready to

perform (5,2)

20 Finishes near to bend (6)

22 Leg shown in online recording (5)