CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Country lover’s group hired by Irishman (7) 5 Most recent U.S. city trial (6) 9 Leaf primarily developed daily across front of pond (4,3) 10 Former Portuguese colony hosts little river ape (7) 11 Doctor protects a space (3) 12 One spots new stars — latest count is wrong (6,5) 13 Child’s complaint is universal during harvest (5) 14 Sailor’s job, scorching around western third of Africa (9) 16 Find empty lorry? That’s weird (9) 17 Grain spotted initially among small stones (5) 19 Ramshackle hut in Oslo they rebuilt as cheap lodging (5,6) 22 Names impress posh sister (3) 23 Half of bikers backed objections voiced in Israeli farm (7) 24 More miserly treasurer hides eight crackers (7) 26 Quaker cooked to entertain knight (6) 27 Well developed, as are broad figures (7)

DOWN

1 Swimming plaice ingest gallons of ocean (7) 2 Ring this huge figure (9,6) 3 Brat is more precocious at first (3) 4 Sort of wave — it flipped boy surfacing (5) 5 Famous English garden designed within lovely borders (9) 6 Conditions of heating units hospital abandoned (5) 7 Shift position and feel cocky (4-11) 8 Disorderly artillerymen joke around first of tanks (6) 12 Sailor’s taken over gym to get thinner (5) 14 Son mooched nervously around entrance to zoo and chatted (9) 15 Sponsor a new set (5) 16 Free instrument inspires National Youth Orchestra (6) 18 Given permanent post in U.S., European turned bolshie (7) 20 Home Office exploit royal family (5) 21 Inferior alcohol, not good, upset teacher (5) 25 Leading trio of ungulates head north — or just one of them (3)