DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

No 15,449

ACROSS

1 Made attempt to keep motorways cut (7) 5 A medic provided time at sea (6) 9 Spot trainee returning material (7) 10 Old man’s laid back about English collage (5-2) 11 Club, say, ejects Republican, despicable man (3) 12 Carroll work upsets Roy and Jack Webb (11) 13 Single daughter drinks whiskey, possessed (5) 14 Union support hit Pennsylvania at end of July (6, 3) 16 She accepts a reduced payment for unlicensed apps (9) 17 Recall story about college’s brilliant show (5) 19 Busy printer at last put in offer for small flier (11) 22 A woman of habit (3) 23 Cereal Sam stirred, a bit messy on the outside (7) 24 Part is temporarily limiting performer (7) 26 Model children occupy same ground (6) 27 Tanner or shilling given to a French city politician (7)

DOWN

1 Explorer heads up county in Virginia maybe (7) 2 Film score? It includes manic variation (10, 5) 3 Ruin planet? Not entirely (3) 4 March to front of barracks and disband (5) 5 Part of orchard apparently replete after repairs (5, 4) 6 Repeat broadcast? It could be worse (5) 7 Chaperones fly in for training in Pacific islands (6, 9) 8 Spanish royalty appearing regularly in lively way (6) 12 Decide there’s little good in Hardy character (5) 14 A girl has managed to acquire name for utopia (7-2) 15 Bakers do this, working naked (5) 16 Small sailors keep greeting respected men in Delhi (6) 18 Contract frightens EU politician to some extent (5, 2) 20 Picture, say, Parisian friend put up (5) 21 Judges leave pyjamas for top men in mosques (5) 25 Heavyweight throws over novice initially (3)