CROSSWORD
Clues across
6. A range of mountains in China quake (5) 8. Some of the Churchill I cited is shonky (7) 9. Slide dog out or force out (8) 10. Leaders of Jewish uprising delighted in this heroine! (6) 11. The Scottish know you aimed initially for equatorial land (5) 12. Timber mill operative sought medical advice (3,6) 14. Gas explosion surrounded by visible radiation in British port (7) 16. Champion goes back in coach at end of June for some reason (7) 19. Car seat is rebuilt for flight (9) 21. Hydrogen on the rear of the car makes it stall (5) 24. Plantations exhibit victory in gorse management (6) 25. Investigate getting lotion manufactured with permission inside (4,4) 26. Time ran out for fancy clothing (7) 27. Girl in relationship heard in French resort (5)
Clues down
1. A sample of the Dunedin sound in retrospect is derisive (5) 2. Giant eats live Himalayan (7) 3. Not well assessed as misguided (3-6) 4. Actors cloaked in darkness initially: one could start showing bitterness (6) 5. Stops broadcasting to saints? (8) 6. Sound as a bell (5) 7. Fully attentive as Ms Fitzgerald returns with a positive response (3,4) 13. Secret row involved a source of sauce (9) 15. I try real composition, poetic perhaps (8) 17. Worry excessively when one is buckling under silver (7) 18. Quarantine one, very dead (7) 20. Cool and egotistical but to no avail (2,4) 22. It is in the offering (5) 23. Compelled to leap (5)