Previous cryptic solution

Across: 1. Modish 4. Stroll 9. Include 10. Icing 11. Skip

12. Pink 13. Get 15. Ever 16. Less 19. Owl 21. Echo

22. Plea 24. Opera 25. Perfect 26. Rasher 27. Vestry Down: 1. Maids of honour 2. Decline 3. Slug 5. Thick-set

6. Owing 7. Light infantry 8. Begin 14. Generate

17. Solvent 18. Shape 20. Leers 23. Tree