Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS:

1 Innocuous. 6 Ear. 8 Angora. 9 Limit. 10 Streak. 11 Eternal. 13 Explore. 16 Dahlia. 18 Drone. 19 Of late. 21 Mop. 22 Threshold.

1 Ion. 2 Noose. 3 Cracker. 4 Or else. 5 Sermon. 7 Retaliate. 8 Amsterdam. 12 Tedious. 14 Prompt. 15 Opener. 17 Hello. 20 Ted.

DOWN:

Bona fide ingenue gets into

trouble (7) Abandon broadcast during

racket (6)

9 Lay couple visiting a very old

city in Iraq (7)

10 Film artist beginning to loathe strong wind in France (7)

11 Old man’s balletic movement

(3)

12 Is it valid having only one tale

about India? (11)

13 Enthusiastic monarch keeps

time (5)

14 The part Little or Large finally

played? (5,4)

16 It has jointed limbs or hard

top in different places (9)

17 Stripped soldier, one who’s

getting on (5)

19 Former French revolutionary

government not listed? (2-9)

22 Spot three of these in Fiji (3)

23 Stormy petrel eats variable

biscuit (7)

24 Converse with university

about each vineyard (7)

26 Big bird’s very big victim (6)

27 Fencer’s response wounding

posterior or not? (7)

DOWN

1 Struggle to obtain Greek fruit

(7)

2 NHS residents deteriorate with

age, getting myopia (4-11)

3 Half of police removed diamonds (3)

4 Listener starts to notice some

gains (5)

5 Silly twit did trips with me (3-6)

6 South American almost hid

cold food (5)

7 Passion: it’s a mammalian trait

(4-11)

8 Five fish hauled up by English

record holder (6)

12 Magician scraps trick for

panel member in court (5)

14 Characteristically agree to

cover Yankee image (9)

15 English lad circles northern

wood (5)

16 Drink by quiet river in Syrian

city (6)

18 Motivate somehow, then

employ (7)

20 It cuts zone besieged by two

lots of soldiers (5)

21 Come about old copper

found in crown (5)

25 A small primarily poisonous

snake (3)