CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Assemble pub shelf for a large- scale garrison ( 1,4,7)

9 Pouch stuffed with dough? ( 3,6)

10/ 11 Break in fuel leads to last reprimand ( 5,6)

12 Eurasian wildcat joins up connectors, it’s said ( 4,4)

13 Has a go at pieces of bacon and lamb? ( 6)

14 Fit in without fuel injection designed for Stalin ( 5,3)

17 When you first ran off with flat- lining ( 8)

19 Fan starts to moan excitedly before debut of Ginger Spice ( 6)

21 See 7 Down

23 Receivers’ obstacles ( 6)

25 Dark period close, with Trump leader ( 5)

26 First job over weekend, potential section manager ( 4,5)

27 We, the constituents, getting into lager and performing acrobatics ( 12)

DOWN

2 Carpet stubby construction manager ( 4,5)

3 See 4

4/ 3 Timid, grasping, lank criminal following account manager ( 4,7)

5 Having another shot at repairing tyre in arena ( 8)

6 A strong sign of something wrong in awful fail, like an appendage ( 7)

7/ 21 Manager of England, silky movement before end of match ( 5,8)

8 Sign of the times – cleaving, crude foul enrages manager ( 4,8)

9 Compel to come down with weight to area in middle of staircase ( 5- 7)

15 Jack has heads of media and logistics collected by avant- garde cinema manager ( 3,6)

16 Girl held by Ghanaian jungle leaders starts to act weird, a transparent weakness in a fight ( 5,3)

18 Tornados hit motel, startling gathering ( 7)

20 Fix nut securing centre of wheel with head of spanner, then I left behind tool ( 7)

22 Reason for technical virtuoso installing semi electric terminals ( 5)

24 Ignoring the odds, camcorder has part of plot ( 4)