CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. A novel sort of style in architecture (6)

4. Those intent on a sing-song may gather round it (8)

9. Assert without proof that Ecstasy is about to be made legal (6)

10. They take inside pictures of the cress Ann uses (8)

12. Mare’s-tail, say, used for stuffing (9)

13. Recover lost strength in interplay at tennis (5)

14. Apartment blocks common in US, I’d found out (12)

18. A piscine as well as a vegetable takeaway (4,3,5)

21. Disturbances of sort one breaks up (5)

22. Wear – or set out – a flower scent (9)

24. Is inclined to have got rid of it (8)

25. Glossy fabric of which sea-net is made (6)

26. Amounts put down as post dies out (8)

27. How virtuous he-cats can be! (6)

DOWN

1. Illustrations of rig chaps adapt to (8)

2. Willing to put up with a lot, rent it out (8)

3. Gin made by the French in a fireplace (5)

5. Squeezebox player in agreement with one is not to be changed (12)

6. All-round as view of Roman cap I made (9)

7. Ladies put out their standards of perfection (6)

8. Yes: SAS is involved in literary works (6)

11. The local minister organising trips is her Pa (6,6)

15. Things left out in outsize task assigned to astronaut (9)

16. You won’t put as much in the catalogue if you’re languid (8)

17. Set out the shooting distance to alienate one (8)

19. Arranged by quality, might add Reg to it (6)

20. Chit-chat from GP is so confusing (6)

23. Anger with one replaced by Academician (5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 7. Philosophical 8. Predominate 12. Savant 14. Grease

16. Mildew 18. Inched 19. Centrifugal 23. Indeterminate

Down: 1. Chap 2. Blue 3. Escort 4. Spring 5. Pica 6. Fare 9. Revolve

10. Trachea 11. Weed 12. Sump 13. Nee 15. Run 17. Warden 18. Infamy

19. Cane 20. Need 21. Gong 22. Lute