CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Stage act – dangerous if done in the bathroom! (3,5)

5. No Oriental reclamations – It’s a fraud! (4)

8. A total about turn with lapel (for example), Albert (8)

10. 150 overdose on dirt (4) 11. Some bangers and mash served up for Australian bartenders’ course (3)

13. Put a bit of herb on the football boot (5)

14. Master paddled one (5)

15. A paid crowd score in the cricket match? (6)

17. By the sound of it French cheeses can cause wind (6)

19. Players in the pack (5)

20. It’s one way to get to Timbuktu in craft (5)

22. To get in you need to open a crack (3)

24. Runt led out naturalised Oriental (4)

25. Seth goes AWOL with the slaughterers in the army (8) 26. A vegetable found back on the yacht (4)

27. So, Una and Sue make you sick (8)

Down

1. Her harsh treks may find a bite in the ocean (8,5)

2. Layman on the path (5)

3. Drop a line – from an aircraft? (10)

4. 45-inch letters (4)

6. Lot Alec will assemble perhaps (7)

7. 40-year itch? (3,4,6)

9. Mary & Myra joined forces? (4)

12. Their occupation is out of this world! (10)

16. Uri bent the big wheel (7)

18. Engage in earnings (4)

21. No gastric sugar-coating by the smell of it! (5)

23. Reveals smiling ring of smugness (4)