DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Short message, not article in Spanish and French (7) 5 Firms working in protective clothing (6) 9 Ineffective advice to wasteful consumers (7) 10 Arriving late in Dover, head to last fuel centre (7) 11 Edge would be the same topped with black (3) 12 Lack of water outside Aden’s done for old warship (11) 13 Let student relax … (5) 14 … immediately in awkward situation (2,3,4) 16 Punches make you so wobbly doctor’s first to intervene (4,5) 17 Champion abandons wife just outside ‘The Bull’ (5) 19 Go down with vicar specially to see Gibbons’ work (11) 22 Cold caught during bicycling (3) 23 Invigorate a poor team touring province (7) 24 Perfumier acquires new outlet … (7) 26 … in opposition to very angry users (6) 27 Backtrack over money to gain another partner (7)
DOWN
1 Unbiased engineer learnt to control unit (7) 2 Film duo all in the same convertible (6,3,6) 3 Some believe misleading story (3) 4 Experience state in turmoil (5) 5 Scot heard about large group of animals (9) 6 Company accepts radical statement of principles (5) 7 E.g. Napoleon rides off — he’s probably retired (3-3,9) 8 Music group texts randomly crossing Spain (6) 12 Nerd you and I introduced to girl who came out (5) 14 Sold euros everywhere without raising a stink (9) 15 Keeping tabs on one in Glasgow, say, running about (5) 16 One of the Archers on the fiddle? (6) 18 Queen’s performance fee? (7) 20 Men’s legwear (5) 21 I run up to collect clubs? Yes, run up (5) 25 Setter’s supporting a point (3)