CROSSWORD

Jeremy Mutch No. 1,490

ACROSS

1 Prime Minister’s rank? (5) 4 Worker sees nothing for each musical rejected (9) 9 Medium used for broadcasting latest lie? (9) 10 A spent force in Paris? (5) 11 Valued time invested in returning treasure (5) 12 Impressed at home - son worked the land (9) 13 Rest of deli now rebuilt (3,4) 15 Runs out of measures for medicinal draughts (7) 17 Creature seen in swimming Thames river (7) 19 Money owed by poor society girl before start of term (3,4) 21 Façade of indifference to feature of weather (4,5) 23 Look for water trapped in window seals (5) 24 Dish from southern States hot one (5) 25 Quota of beds from council (9) 26 City bird back with trees growing wild (9) 27 Mostly chaste object (5)

DOWN

1 Fog - beginnings of rain and light wind (7) 2 High wind over Blackburn? (3,6) 3 Made a decision and was in front after game (5) 4 Something that makes you cry about sanctimonious belief (7) 5 Levels odds on riding? (5,2) 6 Facelift going wrong daughter distressed! (9) 7 Reveal final lots with everything included (2,3) 8 Makes secret scene changes to include party on the way up (7) 14 Not conforming, untie fool in trouble (3,2,4) 16 Crush whoever moved and left motorway (9) 17 Tool that cuts a cow’s tail (7) 18 Severe reprimand for Brazilian city - with diplomacy (4,3) 19 Fighter left during strike (7) 20 Speaker - one sending a message (7) 22 Beam that’s light? (5) 23 Old-fashioned fruit salad, finally (5)