Cryptic Crossword

Across

1 Overflow might be gone for

good (4,3,5)

8 Heading off to the borders to

get some kilns (5)

9 Top garden prepared for a

child's sponsor (3-6)

11 Second overseas tour, at the

end, was a lot of rubbish (6)

12 Did a runner have a break with some hesitation? He's in the police (8)

14 Ready-made recipe started

out for an idealist ... (3,7)

15 ... and some graduates started

to hold a party (4)

18 It's not very often that two

army units join forces (4)

19 Showing ample energy to

mount a first attack (10)

21 Have a quick look, in the east end, when one spoils a text, say (8) 23 Tough question to stump one

right away (6)

25 To enlist, at sea, could turn

out to be vital (9)

26 Use a little branch. That's

right way to make a pipe (5) 27 Notwithstanding (12)

Down

1 Do try to see right across a

warship (9)

2 Saw a role for one to stand out,

at some stage (3,1,4)

3 Old Roman garment turned up

into garden (4)

4 Beryl took on deer, right away,

to bear fruit (10)

5 Was a senior academic a bookworm? (6)

6 From all sides that is (2,3)

7 To be deliberate, can be of

some importance (12)

10 They cast some light over the

leaders of a campaign (5-7)

13 Learn about digs over time, when on the at risk register (6,4)

16 On board a vessel, one's moving to the centre of the boat (9)

17 Gather together to see a ballet

move (8)

20 Pass from one state to another with a handful of coins (6)

22 Thanks to a second note on

discrimination (5)

24 Have a good line, with two

additives. It's a delight.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Double flat, 6 Isis, 9 Flatulence, 10 Afar, 12 Pass the baton, 15 Skiddaw, 16 Lie-abed, 17 Rustler, 19 Ortolan, 20 Time and again, 23 Iona, 24 Behindhand, 25 Edam, 26 Drug addict. DOWN: 1 Deft, 2 Ural, 3 Loud and clear, 4 Fretsaw, 5 Alcohol, 7 Safety belt, 8 Serenading, 11 Absent-minded, 13 Escritoire, 14 Dipsomania, 18 Red deer, 19 Ongoing, 21 Sari, 22 Adit.

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