CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Last month a Dandy was sent back, lacking humour (2-5) 5 Trim tree (6) 9 Initially unaccompanied, Caruso could be shrill (7) 10 Cryptic clue baffles writer in small room (7) 11 Bundle with Australian dollars primarily (3) 12 Stingy, shut away, eating fish non-stop (5-6) 13 Board are friendly (3,2) 14 Inner coil possibly makes this garment stand out (9) 16 On which to roast meat, cook broth etc. at end of June (9) 17 Sort of panel left in tower (5) 19 The vicissitudes of a rollercoaster (3,3,5) 22 Navy uniform put on first in vessel (3) 23 TV etc. demonstrates how Bizet is absorbing (7) 24 Sick girl touring Spain? It’s forbidden (7) 26 Recall engineers abandoning component (6) 27 River in swirling tides creates sediment (7)

DOWN

1 Wife, avoiding iron, wears gym gear and headdress (7) 2 VIP may lay it, having located one touring new station (10,5) 3 Would you believe it? A bird with no tail (3) 4 Very nearly left to track down party (5) 5 Quartet in southeastern Greek island like spies (9) 6 Teacher keeps a couple of books in Rhode Island (5) 7 I count all geckos, snakes and lizards drinking here (8,7) 8 Parish officer and worker house poor lad (6) 12 Shell‚‘s business with Norway and Switzerland (5) 14 Nice here, due to czar’s reconstruction (4,5) 15 Ring sibling about a refuge during trouble (5) 16 Effect of punch and other beverages, say (6) 18 Lock enclosed in covering letter (7) 20 Has this wealthy man a shilling to his name? (5) 21 Mysterious writer pulled up fencing (5) 25 Cut back large surgery (3)