GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO. 27,898

ACROSS

7 It’s cold tea at home

with sweetener (9) 8 For starters in trigonometry, 100 radians equal 83? (5) 9 ’80s duo rejects EU over hydrogen and beats science? (9) 10 Try drugs, for

example (5) 12 Artwork made in two seconds by da Vinci, ignoring the odds (6) 13 Imagine seeing a criminal stealing Victoria’s crown (8) 14 By chief of business’s tally, lousy bet leads to unrecoverable money (3,4) 17 Heartless Tory stifles anger over daughter’s misfortune (7) 20 Hunter reforms parrot

eating man (8) 22 Spy’s licence to eliminate civilians and corrupted leaders — 0-0, say (6) 24 Old noble in fancy hat

and nice clothing (5) 25 Cryptic fanatic holds record — child’s play? (4,5) 26 They say you are second, not first, Man City (5) 27 Estimated cost of

passage taken (9)

DOWN

1 Page has to be translated into language (6) 2 First sofa bed to arrive in country (8) 3 Sailor’s on rising river runways (6) 4 Crones change direction from head to foot (7) 5 Play go, as this AI disregarded faint images (6) 6 Indeed, called crazy

(8) 11 First Lady supported by Republican at all times (4) 15 Before end of race, Harry is moved lower (8) 16 Woman’s gamble on husband (4) 18 Government’s latest reshuffle — start to see whole organised perceptions (8) 19 Think of a rude MP

unseated (5,2) 21 Boy’s brown tin (6) 22 Gossip magazine, inside: ‘Extremely Careless Adulterers’ (6) 23 Lewis gets disheartening little news on Oxford’s missing former president (6)