Quick No 1586

(answers in next week’s paper)

ACROSS

3. Uninviting (9)

8. Bellow (4)

9. Kind, helpful person (9)

10. Not present (6)

11. Mix (5)

14. Object (5)

15. Rotate (4)

16. Boat crew (5)

18. Coil (4)

20. Saunter (5)

21. Long (5)

24. Repudiate (6)

25. Translate (9)

26. Entanglement (4)

27. Mythical (9)

DOWN

1. Collapse (9)

2. Miserliness (9)

4. Tidy (4)

5. Be of value (5)

6. East (6)

7. Genuine (4)

9. Trap (5)

11. Start (5)

12. Astonish (9)

13. Compensation (9)

17. Implied (5)

19. Erase (6)

22. Swift (5)

23. At one time (4)

24. Beloved (4)