CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Agree with artist’s illusion (7) 5 Duke leaves MPs and goes over (6) 9 Devout fashion designer’s stimulating (7) 10 Pleasant stroll around Milan occasionally (7) 11 Romanian ready to enter jungle independently (3) 12 French father’s Russian vehicle needed for reconstruction there (11) 13 Four abandon petty case in court (5) 14 They may perspire, ready for battle (5,4) 16 Dramatic long-term weather conditions around cape (9) 17 Criminal lost ring in swamp (5) 19 Writer’s fit to manage retreat, one that’s vast (11) 22 He pursues queen to Manchester initially (3) 23 Attlee, for instance, left stick outside (7) 24 Expert loves name for dope (7) 26 Judge encounters European on way back (6) 27 Shade soldiers on leave at the front (7)
DOWN
1 Business plan covers one flyer (7) 2 Latest Queen’s visit is potentially what killed 22? (15) 3 Cretan incorporates character of Greeks (3) 4 Change head collar horse rejected (5) 5 Last of Spanish picadors danced with wild enthusiasm (9) 6 Navy ship loses a rare old announcer (5) 7 Open accounts for improvement of image (6,9) 8 Exotic lady’s bringing in eastern shelves (6) 12 Dance right round lake during each year (5) 14 Final demand reduced time in mutual arrangement (9) 15 Search for weapon (5) 16 Hug seal (6) 18 Token Naomi wasted in Netherlands (7) 20 Those people start to enjoy subject (5) 21 Music first to break box office record limits (5) 25 Fine Irish conifer (3)