CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Disappear about noon and go to restaurant (4,3) 5 Seeing picture perhaps (6) 9 Left out of Tuvalu, swimming round a new island group (7) 10 Romans at sea recruited one (7) 11 Excessively short device (3) 12 Advanced, trimming border (7,4) 13 The German pinches Greek character’s object (5) 14 Bit of a shower cheers tenor (9) 16 Attacker to leave when soldier goes round (9) 17 Ruler retains article number (5) 19 Helping in English fighter planes making flights (11) 22 Label end of shoelace (3) 23 Smooth except for obstruction in mouth (4,3) 24 Edith perhaps to get larger eating it (7) 26 Putting on work in junior class? (6) 27 Overwhelm son and parent (7)

DOWN

1 Eve and Todd get engaged because they’re this? (7) 2 Such officers manage in semi with no mod cons (15) 3 Partially renovate female cells (3) 4 Explosive contains a uranium needle (5) 5 Menuhin, say, played in Tivoli, entertaining society (9) 6 Irish rugby showing indication of indifference (5) 7 Draped in weapons, he treated them to burst (5,2,3,5) 8 Queen preserving former lover’s appendix (6) 12 Pet otherwise seen in special effects (5) 14 Rather huge, almost fuzzy place for sleeping dog? (6,3) 15 Small muscles? you look better with them (5) 16 One’s probing a treasure, showing discrimination (6) 18 Orderly’s uniform (7) 20 Israeli lawman’s a poor golfer without a tee (5) 21 Old sibling’s taken over a refreshing place (5) 25 Couple taking part in networking (3)

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