Crossword

MORE CROSSWORDS IN TABLOID!

ACROSS

1 Cloth that’s small for top of beer mug (10)

6 Prevent onset of bee sting (4) 10 Brand of computer program mostly needed for this product (5)

11 Improve a financial centre’s dishonesty (9)

12 Wreck right to enter depot going round and round? (7)

13 Overall, Henman’s head over heels in love (7)

14 One engaged by president is put in to stop gloating over victory (12)

18 Incredible story Wilde’s valet fabricated after love (3,5,4)

21 What might keep a listener warm? (7)

23 East German with lots of money, one sticking their head in the sand? (7)

24 I’ll deliver crude oil with barter (9)

25 Tree having been around longer (5)

26 Small, ultimately stunted and unwanted plant (4)

27 Food served here is appetiser, fresh, penny off (10)

DOWN

1 What might be sung in shed (6)

2 Make effort to restrain piano virtuoso (6)

3 Kit that’s sillier yet working without batteries (5-9) 4 Clegg’s friend certain to show calmness (9)

5 Olympic medallist taking time off from sport (5)

7 Miss flying air taxi that’s set out about five (8) 8 Sticking weapons in horse set on running (8)

9 They’re often blocks landlords with money to invest put up front (7,7)

15 Scent what Presbyterians oppose vocally (9)

16 We locals prepared salad (8) 17 Lovely fit girl comes in (8) 19 Stop back (6) 20 Attack daily grind enthusiastically at first (6)

22 One old prime minister or another gets a kind of bread (5)