LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1073:

ACROSS: 1 John Lennon 6 ASAP 9 Talon 10 Search out 12 Shirley Bassey 14 Trending 15 Plural 17 Absent 19 Unbeaten 21 George Michael 24 Eccentric 25 Knife 26 Stye 27 Helen Reddy

DOWN: 1 Jute 2 Holy See 3 Lonnie Donegan 4 Nestling 5 Ovary 7 Scouser 8 Patsy Cline 11 Charlie Parker 13 Stranglers 16 Unicycle 18 Smoochy 20 Tallied 22 Merge 23 Levy