CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Drama by captivating old

womaniser (7) 5 Seafood originally prepared

uncooked by Poles (6) 9 Green leaves Spain flummoxed – and Switzerland (7) 10 Firm to eat in studio during

late burst (2,5) 11 Live with European worker (3) 12 Royal heir’s top priest in

church (5,6) 13 Gaseous element, unknown

new one that’s around (5) 14 Distressed crew skip ringing

harbour, with this result? (9) 16 Old soldier grasped this fish

on small Welsh river (9) 17 Briefly redirect person exploring submerged 14 Across? (5) 19 Pierce trained with actor to

return the favour (11) 22 Squeeze inverted part of 9

(3) 23 National emblem could make

the list (7) 24 Cancel odd pieces of section

appearing in red (7) 26 Country beginning to undermine leading pair in Gabon (6) 27 Yacht club want to retain

constant overall courtesy (7)

DOWN

1 Daily Mail delivered here after

fight? (7) 2 Completely fit amateur charged with giving up (5,3,7) 3 Lady’s neckwear, bought on

account initially (3) 4 Swift creature loves grass

coming up (5) 5 Claimant’s clear difference of

opinion (9) 6 Embarrassed US city erected

tree (5) 7 Overt tone in inn scuppered

new hands-off policy (15) 8 Decorate second class level on

board, saving energy (6) 12 Coins smell top to bottom (5) 14 Hence a poet meets artist in

Coronation Street, say (4,5) 15 Golf club with head start (5) 16 Illegally reproduce cross

under pressure (6) 18 Charge in vain at high speed

(7) 20 Dish holding bread priest

consumed before noon (5) 21 Like thick smoke, very dry,

containing carbon (5) 25 Primarily some aerated cavity? (3)