DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Flowers lad has transplanted round institute (7) 5 Energy with twitch? It’s to do with digestion (6) 9 Pointed a gun clumsily, primarily left and right (7) 10 It may be oddly quaint and ultimately collectable (7) 11 Drive supporter there regularly (3) 12 When rewritten, stale lyrics take definite shape (11) 13 Uncle Andrew’s content with no obscene language (5) 14 Old cross an idiot modified shows rusting perhaps (9) 16 Purse in New York and how to prevent its theft? (6,3) 17 I’m going round the bend after work — this calms me (5) 19 I came in nervously behind a disreputable type — RA member? (11) 22 Could it be electric? Possibly its front parts (3) 23 Boxer with two degrees? He’s a legendary figure (3,4) 24 I’m Pope, wandering round one devastated city (7) 26 Some run escort agency with global impact (6) 27 Alison and I get entangled in affair (7)
DOWN
1 Extreme racist unsettled Democrat in the lead (7) 2 The upper classes? (6,9) 3 Hostile small state (3) 4 Bad-tempered and definitely missing sweetheart (5) 5 Postgraduate hides a thinly disguised toy (9) 6 Part of corolla in time covered by ring (5) 7 Papal court’s axed on jailing seven condemned for spying (15) 8 Humble college head welcomes this setter (6) 12 A bunch of fancy nicknames for old doubting Thomas (5) 14 Old boy, big alto, played key part in score (9) 15 Origin of a tree and a cereal (5) 16 US liberal drops protest about Virginia’s neckwear (6) 18 A large number in factory working under one (7) 20 Chop up manuscript and papers (5) 21 Drive man of the house into middle of field (5) 25 Was it obliterated by leaders of Maoris? (3)