DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Make happy young birds do this around middle of February (5,2) 5 Rough work after church with party extremists (6) 9 Prince occasionally plays cool instrument (7) 10 Spy cases a new hotel opening in street (7) 11 Wood supplier returns odd pieces of mallet (3) 12 Useless northern uni students with very old papers (4,3,4) 13 Vandal caught in street collision (5) 14 Engineers meet Arab in channel at fixed intervals (9) 16 Trunk routes mother’s keeping under control (4,5) 17 Secretaries with fruit (5) 19 Check song for each boy meeting controller (11) 22 Put on a big bra? (3) 23 Forbidding ring in sumo wrestling (7) 24 Friendly sailor dives in a long way (7) 26 Tension in spine distorted part of foot (6) 27 He delivered final sentence in guessing game (7)
DOWN
1 Tree divided Mediterranean island, so I’ve heard (7) 2 Old message that bans one from joining services (15) 3 Air hostess carries letter from Athens (3) 4 Move stealthily and quietly in front of two lines (5) 5 Military operations affected gains in other places (9) 6 Wife split unit daughter possessed (5) 7 Novel Ralph bought Pam? It contains old snaps (10,5) 8 Reckless delay ringing doctor initially is fatal (6) 12 Wanting tea, charlatan turns up in old SA province (5) 14 Carpets more costly for silver medallists? (7-2) 15 Flower could be plentiful if left out (5) 16 McIlroy’s first club covers constant tiny distance (6) 18 Wife and I had briefly gone off duck (7) 20 Rooks shed more than 2lb by end of night here? (5) 21 Winner on Broadway or in Badminton perhaps? (5) 25 Pub’s stylish name (3)