CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Piano with a good reputation (7) 5 Drive a goddess nonstop with energy (6) 9 Old ascetic ingests cold plant extract (7) 10 Current’s hot, lacking resistance (7) 11 Primarily sporty kids inspect sporty footwear (3) 12 Member of legislature who works in Ikea? (11) 13 Fast, or at first slow (5) 14 He has tub moved around old ideal place for it (9) 16 Doctor opens mask, revealing mouthpiece (9) 17 After 11, representative cut corners (5) 19 Relatives fuss occasionally among hot celebs (4-7) 22 Cut top of grass or top of cereal (3) 23 Note article describing an odourless gas (7) 24 Old vehicle popular with a music-maker (7) 26 All the snakes could be deadly (6) 27 Powerful woman seems agitated hosting prince (7)

DOWN

1 Superior, endlessly extendable tool (7) 2 Its player’s fate hinges on one round in ... (7,8) 3 ... arm initially going up close to mountain (3) 4 Lock castle for going away (5) 5 Top-class fruit gathered by a new robot (9) 6 European gym consumed in very big fire (5) 7 Shy Ivan cut no ice with mum unfortunately (15) 8 Agent James cases large English fair (6) 12 A few lines describing British residence (5) 14 Unexpected event, perhaps 8? (9) 15 Sprays mounts rider finally abandoned (5) 16 Border in small church plot (6) 18 Rings about new parking for correspondents (3,4) 20 Hoard stone remains (5) 21 African animals, avoiding colonist, run away together (5) 25 A record number of people climb this (3)