GENERAL CROSSWORD

▶ Across 1. Danish king of England (6)

4. Awkward, clumsy (6)

9. Observation balloon (5)

10. Ridiculous mistake; type of loaf (7)

11. Head cold symptom (7)

14. Egg-shaped (5)

15. Open razor (3-6)

20. A transparency (5)

21. Leading journalists (7)

24. Detonate, set off (7)

25. Sharing secret knowledge (5)

26. Cane, stick for punishment (6)

27. Pelted (6)

Down

1. Artists using geometrical figures (7)

2. Sound (5)

3. Yellowish or bluish gemstone (5)

5. Tender, loving (music) (7)

6. Behave, conduct oneself (7)

7. Went wrong (5)

8. Declines, recedes (4)

12. Old French silver coin (3)

13. Newt (3)

15. Cheerful (7)

16. Three-lobed leaf plant (7)

17. Pole, perch (3)

18. Painting (3)

19. Tested (7)

20. Ledge (5)

21. Garden of paradise (4)

22. Coded information fed in (5)

23. The Hunter (5)