CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Some mariners send a signal back in despair (7)

5. Useless sentimentality bores retired lecturer (2-4)

9. Muscle in old boy beginning to turn off colour (7)

10. Subtly differentiated pain is not given drug initially (7)

11. Like hotel’s timber supplier (3)

12. Ordinary members are revolting with document (4,3,4)

13. One enters lobby as prescribed by law (5)

14. Part of course accompanied by good mature fruit (9)

16. Harrow perhaps in the traditional way (3-6)

17. More or less shelter brawl

(5)

19. Pick out stunner going round one smart university (11)

22. Our lot pursue English fleece supplier (3)

23. Music-maker’s raincoat all but ruined (7)

24. Misrepresent turbulent riots in outskirts of Detroit (7)

26. Parish caretaker attacked defending cross (6)

27. Study group remains in disarray (7)

Down

1. Tolerate duck in second chaotic match (7)

2. Trouble in plant causes the middle to collapse (5,3,7)

3. Bird’s femur marginally reduced (3)

4. Physicist ignores a German mug (5)

5. Without a match, play online, accepting standard score (9)

6. Protect officer in Dublin briefly collecting uniform (5)

7. Hardly ever repair non-U mobile canoe (4,2,1,4,4)

8. Stick poster in this place (6)

12. Remains of priest stolen by one of his followers? (5)

14. What arable farmer does without wife’s heavy material (9)

15. Attractive girl’s nearly gutted with rate of progress (5)

16. Strange child quite likely to come first (4-2)

18. Person voting for German prince once (7)

20. Wally I spot touring India (5)

21. Big river delta in America is enthralling (5)

25. A few detected problem in school (3)