Sunday Independent (Ireland)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD no 1,061

- For today’s solutions, text CLUE followed by the clue (eg: ‘CLUE 1 Down’) to 53307

Across

1 Toing, froing to bar? (5). 4 Substitute criminal rogue’s art (9). 9 Body artist doing tawdry stuff also, first (9). 10 Customers, European, following jazz style (5). 11 Mates correspond­ing with musical pieces (8,7). 12 Sell abroad at trade show empty rot (6). 14 Dispel grannies’ income (8). 17 Shark one assaults (8). 19 To-do list for spy lacking time to take on prosecutor (6). 22 Orchestrat­e a few lively prediction­s (7,8). 24 See in son source of new life (5). 25 Performer expresses hesitation settling into western town (9). 26 Jump soundly on superfluou­s food and lie excessivel­y (9). 27 Fragment for woman interrupti­ng son and daughter (5).

Down

1 At home, abstainer plays host to wanderer, shy one (9). 2 Rise and clobber (3-2). 3 Help oneself to pocket money (7). 4 Annoyed, try his doctor (6). 5 Plump, to that extent, for round halls (8). 6 Catchphras­e written up on a new seat (7). 7 Mythical king with some sport in progress including hollow man (9). 8 Farm dweller with rights to water vessels (5). 13 Dodgy public relations partly introduced and spreading everywhere (9). 15 Hurt eccentric with chipped plastic? (5,4). 16 Retire in dismay without empty bowl — very bad (8). 18 Rocks school prizewinne­rs (7). 20 Look up European egg salad for Arabs, perhaps (3-4). 21 Rough helping at party with election coming up (6). 22 Endlessly cunning with firm expression of compliance (5). 23 Endure to remain (5).

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