Previous Cryptic solution

Across 1. Cuckoo 4. Acting 9. Combine 10. Elide 11. Oral

12. Miss 13. Gas 15. Tact 16. Wand 19. End 21. Ever

22. Slug 24. Apart 25. Phantom 26. Kneads 27. Teases Down 1. Cock of the walk 2. Compact 3. Ovid 5. Chessman

6. Icing 7. Guessing games 8. Merit 14. Accented

17. Dilutes 18. Tempo 20. Drake 23. Cake