VICE versa

The answers to this puzzle can be written into the grid both forwards and backwards. Seven of the Across answers read left to right as usual, while seven read right to left. Likewise, seven of the Down answers actually read upwards and seven read downwards. There is one other Down clue which is a palindrome and can read up or down. We’ve filled in one word to get you started.

ACROSS 7 Orange vegetable (6) 8 One of a kind (6) 9 Egyptian river (4) 10 Actor’s part (4) 12 Bloke, gent (3) 13 Devoured (3) 15 Manufacturing plants, industrial workshops (9) 17 Merry-go-rounds (9) 19 Frozen water (3) 22 Cricketing score (3) 23 Feathered creature (4) 25 Capable (4)

26 Paper hanky (6) 27 Madness, idiocy (6) DOWN 1 Graceful style of dance (6) 2 Point of ingress (5) 3 Go without food (6) 4 Told a fib (4) 5 Highest point of mountain, summit (8) 6 Notorious (8) 11 Pilfered (5) 13 Precise, exact (8) 14 Spookiness (8) 15 Percussion instruments (5) 16 Anger, rage (3) 18 Sign, emblem (6) 20 Shade, hue (6) 21 Small light canoe (5) 24 Equipment (4)