CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Braille flummoxed party member (7)

5. Revealing Philby concealed by one of his own (6)

9. Plant, one not cooked in Caribbean island (7) 10. Ruffled rector occupied outside (7)

11. European unit some people use (3)

12. Railway restricted judge (6,5)

13. Contents of cask put in still for brewer’s agent (5) 14. Noble act by worker perhaps nursing a sick guest (4,5)

16. Black Bess’s unknown competitor? (4,5)

17. Sort of inert explosive ingredient (5) 19. U N soldier exercises with expert zoo attendant (11) 22. Scrap university fundraiser (3)

23. Be happy — start smoking! (5,2)

24. Weather changes, generating wind (7) 26. Barrow-boy’s fruit captivates landlady’s heart (6) 27. Fully developed well-balanced opener dismissed (7)

Down 1. Money carried about in the neighbourhood (7) 2. Returned mailbag resolved unexplained losses here (7,8)

3. Men upset women’s argument (3)

4. Hen’s bed (5)

5. It sounds like county swallowed gag (9)

6. Seeing, not missing, what decorator applies (5)

7. After treatment, pal turned out, say, sort of fat (15)

8. Stick Bill where setter is (6)

12. Nick religious books in new church (5)

14. Drinks dispenser’s cupboard guarded by alarm? (9) 15. Busy person inhales nitrogen? He’s had it (5)

16. Spot double parking in valley (6)

18. E for expert? (7)

20. Rave about what’s in next Olympics (5)

21. Power we found in rivers (5)

25. Bird eaten by lemurs (3)