CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Made attempt to keep motorways cut (7) 5 A medic provided time at

sea (6) 9 Spot trainee returning material (7) 10 Old man’s laid back about

English collage (5-2) 11 Club, say, ejects Republican,

despicable man (3) 12 Carroll work upsets Roy and

Jack Webb (11) 13 Single daughter drinks whiskey, possessed (5) 14 Union support hit Pennsylvania at end of July (6, 3) 16 She accepts a reduced payment for unlicensed apps (9) 17 Recall story about college’s

brilliant show (5) 19 Busy printer at last put in

offer for small flier (11) 22 A woman of habit (3) 23 Cereal Sam stirred, a bit

messy on the outside (7) 24 Part is temporarily limiting

performer (7) 26 Model children occupy

same ground (6) 27 Tanner or shilling given to a

French city politician (7)

DOWN

1 Explorer heads up county in

Virginia maybe (7) 2 Film score? It includes manic

variation (10, 5) 3 Ruin planet? Not entirely (3) 4 March to front of barracks

and disband (5) 5 Part of orchard apparently

replete after repairs (5, 4) 6 Repeat broadcast? It could be

worse (5) 7 Chaperones fly in for training

in Pacific islands (6, 9) 8 Spanish royalty appearing

regularly in lively way (6) 12 Decide there’s little good in

Hardy character (5) 14 A girl has managed to acquire name for utopia (7-2) 15 Bakers do this, working

naked (5) 16 Small sailors keep greeting

respected men in Delhi (6) 18 Contract frightens EU politician to some extent (5, 2) 20 Picture, say, Parisian friend

put up (5) 21 Judges leave pyjamas for top

men in mosques (5) 25 Heavyweight throws over

novice initially (3)