DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sign Tommy’s unwell, keeping quiet (7) 5 Head off please to confirm (6) 9 Sort of power uncle wielded against a royal (7) 10 Bribes initially offered to navy in their boats (7) 11 Extract of Delphic letter from Athens (3) 12 Suspect made escape across river, caught on this? (5,6) 13 European monarch hosts Middle East chieftain (5) 14 Fraud clinched, say, and kept secret (9) 16 British see about drunken rebel’s pot (4,5) 17 A gun’s gone off in council area up north (5) 19 Play this, having had too many victories (about 1,000) (11) 22 It’s fixed to all garments at first (3) 23 Surrounding opponents at bridge within range (7) 24 Supporter of emperor in dire straits (7) 26 Heard singer’s note (6) 27 Highly admired person’s Dodge crashed touring Michigan (7)
DOWN
1 Tiny gap in head painlessly repaired — less ill (7) 2 Macabre headline deciphered like bar codes? (7-8) 3 Draw game (3) 4 Join setter taking in small amount of work (5) 5 Obama’s office bans opening series of concerts (9) 6 Somewhat upset, having swallowed one bone (5) 7 Rethink golfing maybe with start of downpour — and this? (6,9) 8 Part of archipelago is left with supports (6) 12 Get rid of stunted vegetation (5) 14 Former wife goes in to provide food and refreshing drink (4,5) 15 Cut up manuscript for tests (5) 16 Sell out by bringing in different rate (6) 18 Speaker’s located saw (7) 20 Large German one tours 8 for prolonged rest (3-2) 21 Set off mainly northwards, having registered (5) 25 Give weapons to a magistrate (3)