Last week’s Cryptic

Liam Runnalls’ Cryptic

Liam Runnalls

ACROSS

1. I care for injured fighter pilots (3,5)

6. Procreated around US city and made lots of noise ( 6 )

9. Cheque for pre-concert job? (5,5)

10. One rejected knight’s flower ( 4 )

11. Antoinette’s guillotined from March 21 – April 19 (5)

12. Rip eggs from closing cafe ( 7 )

13. Intellectual generation is embracing university ( 6 )

14. Acne is popped soon (2,1,3)

17. Republican first lady with rhythm & blues music effect ( 6 )

19. Country looked into rumours we denied ( 6 )

21. Police photograph gums suspiciously burning ( 7 )

23. Emerged from first anniversary with flower ( 5 )

24. Shanghai censored every second story ( 4 )

25. Tight-arse starts cash piles with Duchess of Cambridge (10)

26. Footwear stocked by Coles and Aldi ( 6 )

27. You heartlessly allowed single editor back for Christmas ( 8 )

DOWN

2. Quarantined myself back overseas with Delta variant ( 8 )

3. Entertaining soldier by throwing dice for poison ( 9 )

4. Bigots trace borderless crossword compiler on streets ( 7 )

5. Vote for rich Shorten and assault? Way to get power (8,7)

6. Pointlessly bake super-hot fluid in sweet pastry ( 7 )

7. Friend openly asked minister if governments oppress ( 5 )

8. Imagine confused beginner deserting puzzle ( 6 )

15. Heard me punch alien in part of the face (3,6)

16. Hated exam indeed ( 8 )

18. Moral tale: rich fool left redhead ( 7 )

19. Knife second crap leader from Labor and tell insiders ( 7 )

20. Me and mother trapped friend’s antelope ( 6 )

22. $1000 piano? ( 5 )