CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Putting cowl on Glasgow chimney’s tough (7) 5 Quiet club arranged to host one social (6) 9 New attire designed to

be more dapper (7) 10 Various letters offering support (7) 11 Bag nearly all the actors on their return (3) 12 Spot box at

Wembley (7,4) 13 Dance very well around

lake in Pennsylvania (5) 14 Rowdy scenes with Prince Harry’s old steward (9) 16 Celebrate Seminoles moving to new locations (9) 17 Some ski unnervingly, falling over in weariness (5) 19 Stentorian orator

doesn’t need one (11) 22 Put shelter round

swimmer (3) 23 A leader in Tokyo tucked into sushi, prepared for therapy there (7) 24 Cutting maple perhaps, one in British Columbia (7) 26 Flawed hairpin bend then awkward turn at end of race (6) 27 Alter pitch at home reported to be marked (7)

DOWN

1 Instruction from highwayman or teacher (5,2) 2 Political lion disturbed about American deception (7,8) 3 Ready in Bucharest and Leipzig (3) 4 Idiot’s radical show behind houses (5) 5 Bird with such tetchiness could become unpredictable (9) 6 Get fat by keeping price up (5) 7 Their angle can be altered to be the same effectively (15) 8 Specify limits of event in Irish parliament (6) 12 Sacred song initially

sung in victory (5) 14 Do skaters go along with this calculator? (5,4) 15 Small fruit that’s typically carried by actor in the background (5) 16 Cut round page showing

prominent feature (6) 18 Cook chilli hotel’s thrown out? It’s unlawful (7) 20 Stray drunken old

reveller in wood (5) 21 Brownish stuff that’s needed to start vehicle, some say (5) 25 Fabulous creature nearly ran away from the south (3)

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