CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Footie score could be about a hundred (6)

4. Orations quietly made between various cheeses (8) 9. Astonished it could daze Ma (6)

10. Dips pelt so that it can be coloured in spots (8)

12. Type chats about money for minor expenses (5,4)

13. As yet it may be what a brewer needs (5)

14. Not pleased, started first with what was inside and died to go out (12)

18. He comes to a place for political purpose by great barge, PC as can be (12)

21. Aim at a maker of violins (5)

22. Taking notice of old boy and his valet (9)

24. Is perhaps in a quest for old furniture (8)

25. Have to contend with broken rivets (6)

26. Get less death around end of December (8)

27. With credit, is repeatedly a turning-point (6) Down

1. Herd rush made pets scatter (8)

2. This case is organised to punish one (8)

3. Polishing powder used up in tyre mechanically (5)

5. Coin-throwing game with chips, not darts right away (5-3-4)

6. HP may seem to bring about breathing difficulties (9)

7. Muslim butchery in Jeddah, all a lad found (6)

8. Got seated in a slow, dignified way (6)

11. They spoil others’ fun, and Pope prays rot will be destroyed (5-7)

15. Harem slave does quail anyhow (9)

16. Jesuit founder using it a different way (8)

17. Sibling monks and fellow-workers (8)

19. Thanks to the poet, a herald’s tunic is produced (6)

20. Ate this gum resin first, so must chew (6)

23. Part of a dynamo might as well be taken up (5)