CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Please cut out conjecture (9) 8 It’s all right to love a girl (4) 9 Listen in as part of the roof falls (9)

10 Miscellaneous way to remove moisture (6)

11 Publish complete (5)

14 Work on a twitch of the eye (5)

15 Relax with the others (4) 16 Bill loves to be disapproved of (5)

18 Give up like a selected player, say (4)

20 Country that should be handled with care! (5) 21 Consumed at school, say? (5)

24 Animal found in the Philippines? (6)

25 A political leader like Washington (9)

26 Came out on top (4) 27 Clerical workers (9)

DOWN

1 Game for a dance before a drink (9)

2 The significance of eating mud? (9)

4 Amuse oneself in drama (4) 5 Divided Conservative wing? (5)

6 Book to have the shelf put right (6)

7 Wrong to return at this pace (4)

9 Build upright (5)

11 A pope from the town (5) 12 Talk about past crimes in broken English (9)

13 Start game badly with a trick (9)

17 Sea getting a once-over (5) 19 English flower festival (6) 22 Try to write a composition (5)

23 And the others could be back late (2,2)

24 Forced to be manufactured (4)