CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Where journalists

work, in theory (2,5)

5 Genuinely concerned

with colleague (6)

9 Purist, nervous about

radical, bursts in (7)

10 Distance, say, a cart

travels in reverse (7)

11 An attempt in

the past (3)

12 Like most speakers, an oil mogul managed to retain name (11)

13 Abraham’s son is caught

stealing two articles (5) 14 Harry and Charlie look displeased about old coin (4,5)

16 Articulate part of speech

beside church (9)

17 Occasionally view revolutionary

Daily Planet (5)

19 Hard worker and keen

builder of dams (5,6)

22 Label gun the wrong

way round (3)

23 They support band over occupying raised ground (7)

24 Offensive old Mike

breaks racket (7)

26 Whalebone’s been compressing a lady’s top (6)

27 Take care of group’s

ideas and attitudes (4-3)

DOWN

1 Baltic city in centre of booming Japanese art form (7)

2 Eccentric parson on a grant tours Spain? He’s not welcome (7,3,5)

3 Religious leader

reduced drink (3)

4 Product of spruce

son held in check (5)

5 Member of top family reportedly wasted shade (5,4)

6 Professional wearing a new protective garment (5)

7 Old alliance condemned as too unfeeling about America (6,2,7)

8 Magician’s bird

of prey (6)

12 Red-blooded chairman

tours Switzerland (5) 14 He rang about

boy’s parasites (7-2)

15 Shelter in bay before

start of race (5)

16 After odd bits of prose

attempt verse (6)

18 Separate place housing

FBI agents (7)

20 To bring up artist

is easy at first (5)

21 We’ve no medicine

that absorbs poison (5) 25 Bar’s trendy name (3)