SOLUTION TO 4703

ACROSS: 1, Clothes horse; 8, Lapse; 9, Ballerina; 11, Out of print; 12, Smut; 14, Pinkie; 15, Gigaflop; 17, Downhill; 19, Author; 22, Inns; 23, Dilettanti; 25, Grosgrain; 26, Atoll; 27, Reassessment. DOWN: 1, Capstan; 2, Overflight; 3, Hobart; 4, Splendid; 5, Oven; 6, Seismal; 7, Blood pudding; 10, Antiparticle; 13, Balustrade; 16, Ultimate; 18, Winsome; 20, Handout; 21, Tennis; 24, Ages.

The winner of 4702 is Mrs Vivien Kroon, Saffron Walden, Essex