CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3. Telephone workers staging musical dramas around the hill (9)

8. Fruit to reap, perhaps (4)

9. Looking around the street is annoying (9)

10. One said to be disposing of an underground room (6)

11. Like a man in India (5)

14. Learn about a N Ireland port (5)

15. Pleasant French resort (4)

16. Drinks the last of the coffee for a break (5)

18. Getting a taste for Dynasty (4)

20. Cyril rewrote a short song-like poem (5)

21. Groan about gas (5)

24. Lack of interest is a way to get your first letter (6)

25. Acne under statement shows ability to last (9)

26. Proceed with Sir Harry Secombe? (4)

27. Wrinkles seen on newspapers? (9)

DOWN

1. Conjecture that the capsule explodes before ET returns (9)

2. Dance with the queen when Ian is out with a dancer (9)

4. Look for a nobleman (4)

5. Amounts of property tax (5)

6. Jane’s swinging friend (6)

7. Offensive row (4)

9. Jury bringing about penal reform (5)

11. A tree like a writing instrument (5)

12. Journey into a grim place (9)

13. Catching sight of a man weeping (9)

17. Run away to form a union (5)

19. Crushed earth (6)

22. An animal – it’s all right to get a quiet one (5)

23. Formerly got caught in one (4)

24. Race around the land (4)