CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Crust broken with one yokel (6) 4 Scheme to get some land (4) 7 Unaccompanied, without new plant (4) 8 Initially burn with rage at sausage (6) 9 Boy has right to be fat (4) 10 Element of victory (4) 12 God of both orders (4) 14 Depend on losing capital city (3) 16 About to have nothing but deer (3) 17 Leap about, ashen (4) 20 Don’t answer, just overtake (4) 23 Good time for report (4) 24 Look for every application (6) 25 Ties up venue (4) 26 Betting journalist was rushed (4) 27 Get gun out a bit (6)

DOWN

1 Zealous about braid (5) 2 Boy gets German tune (4) 3 Vehicle to leave its load (5) 4 Reported European ballot (4) 5 Chief editorial (6) 6 Trifle with attorney before midnight (5) 11 Spoken of morality (4) 13 Jumps to get a beer ingredient (4) 15 Engineers sit in inactivity (6) 16 Puzzle concerning transport (5) 18 Panes smashed by tree (5) 19 Teach how to swindle (5) 21 Between morning and one day (4) 22 Throw a backhander (4) Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror