DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lie about Conservative row (7) 5 Go along with policeman, extremely lazy, covering miles (6) 9 Frank is upset by recent nonstop rioting (7) 10 A native American controls a good amount of land (7) 11 Run past middle of field (3) 12 The Sweeney throw small off-roader over close to motorway (6,5) 13 Ring, interrupting department store (5) 14 I invested in red topaz carved in four-sided shape (9) 16 Drugs? Corrupt Corsican imports last of shipment (9) 17 Heading off to trap wild animal in the outback (5) 19 Railwaymen pen silly question in irrelevant statement (3,8) 22 Crew member thanks first of rowers (3) 23 Country girl (7) 24 During prosperous period, English GP retires here (7) 26 A guy admitting Republican’s off course (6) 27 Engineer trains a craftsman (7)

DOWN

1 With spades our bed could produce early blossom (7) 2 At same time organise Open on same court (15) 3 Mum leaves county, displaying anger (3) 4 Clever yobbo nicks each (5) 5 Charles, going round at home, noticed woodcutters (9) 6 Celebrates writing about animal refuge (5) 7 UN forerunners thwarted as too unfeeling about America (6,2,7) 8 Married theologian packed in tobacco (6) 12 Tenor crammed into tatty sofa — he’s offensively plump (5) 14 After brief trip, 22 goes in to purchase current branch (9) 15 Diver, about to perish, surfaces (5) 16 Period of immaturity is, for example, soon over (6) 18 Roman’s ordered to imprison a galley slave (7) 20 It’s hard to top this flipping government without money (5) 21 Slightly upset after swallowing one bone (5) 25 Girl’s party time (3)