CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Some mariners send a signal back in despair (7) 5 Useless sentimentality bores retired lecturer (2-4) 9 Muscle in old boy beginning to turn off colour (7)

10 Subtly differentiated pain is not given drug initially (7)

11 Like hotel’s timber supplier (3) 12 Ordinary members are revolting with document (4,3,4)

13 One enters lobby as prescribed by law (5)

14 Part of course accompanied by good mature fruit (9)

16 Harrow perhaps in the

traditional way (3-6)

17 More or less

shelter brawl (5)

19 Pick out stunner going round one smart university (11)

22 Our lot pursue English

fleece supplier (3)

23 Music-maker’s raincoat

all but ruined (7)

24 Misrepresent turbulent riots in outskirts of Detroit (7)

26 Parish caretaker attacked

defending cross (6)

27 Study group remains

in disarray (7)

DOWN

1 Tolerate duck in second

chaotic match (7)

2 Trouble in plant causes the middle to collapse (5,3,7)

3 Bird’s femur

marginally reduced (3) 4 Physicist ignores a

German mug (5)

5 Without a match, play online, accepting standard score (9)

6 Protect officer in Dublin briefly collecting uniform (5)

7 Hardly ever repair non-U mobile canoe (4,2,1,4,4)

8 Stick poster in

this place (6)

12 Remains of priest stolen by one of his followers? (5)

14 What arable farmer does without wife’s heavy material (9)

15 Attractive girl’s nearly gutted with rate of progress (5)

16 Strange child quite

likely to come first (4-2) 18 Person voting for

German prince once (7) 20 Wally I spot

touring India (5)

21 Big river delta in America is enthralling (5)

25 A few detected

problem in school (3)