Last week’s solutions:

CRYPTIC – Across: 3 Spokesmen; 8 Iron; 9 Deathbeds; 10 Cutlet; 11 Shell; 14 Whale; 15 East; 16 Rodeo; 18 Roes; 20 Renal; 21 Seams; 24 Reform; 25 Raconteur; 26 Kept; 27 Headstone. Down: 1 Piecework; 2 Boat races; 4 Poet; 5 Ketch; 6 Subtle; 7 Eddy; 9 Defer; 11 Sides; 12 Lawnmower; 13 Stalemate; 17 Order; 19 Second; 22 Motet; 23 Mate; 24 Ruin.

QUICK – Across: 3 Dramatist; 8 Glee; 9 Pretender; 10 Rattle; 11 Grind; 14 Venom; 15 Tear; 16 Plumb; 18 Toss; 20 Raise; 21 Suite; 24 Motion; 25 Conducted; 26 Fuss; 27 Plenitude. Down: 1 Aggravate; 2 Pettiness; 4 Rare; 5 Motor; 6 Tenant; 7 Step; 9 Plump; 11 Gauge; 12 Delicious; 13 Greenness; 17 Brood; 19 Sudden; 22 Tacit; 23 Toil; 24 Mend.