£100 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Rushed to take the motor back to wee Edward (5) 4 The person who makes coffee in Dunbar is talented (7) 8 Runs to mum about Len’s lot becoming outrageous (5,2) 9 Relinquish office if it’s timed the wrong way (5) 10 A bowler hat for a horse race at Epsom Downs (5) 11 Oberon is off to the world’s third-largest island (6) 14 Rinse out a material used in some adhesives (5) 16 Talked of a metal rod in a cycle wheel (5) 18 Salad is sent back – needing a tiny bit of lettuce – in a US city (6) 21 Metal for ex-MSP David, the former Presiding Officer (5) 24 Lubricated a squeaky gate and surprised oldie (5) 25 Exhibitionist or boaster cancelled after TV entertainment (4-3) 26 A party I’d organised for a 24-hour outing (3,4) 27 Some ornithologists enticed back to the safest spots for the birds (5) 1 A solemn ritual or sacred liturgy? That’s correct, they say (4) 2 Visitors with shirt neckbands, by the sound of it (7) 3 Somehow Bud’s tin becomes the outside waste container (7) 4 The sound of a slammed door? It’s Olufsen’s partner (4) 5 Went by horse to the oval for a cowboys’ calf-roping event (5) 6 A number of economists get upset with Mr Cowell (5) 7 An avid picture gallery visitor – in Volterra possibly (3,5) 12 Some grandparents get upset with Jay-Z’s music style (3) 13 Actors Pitt and Harrison in a Yorkshire city (8) 15 Not able to go to work in a sawmill (3) 16 Take a seat when the twins do somersaults (3,4) 17 It’s distressing and difficult when our nose is put out of joint (7) 19 Money for a treat on a stick (5) 20 Somewhat scared, Daniel lifted a venomous viper (5) 22 Respond to invite? First of all, reply soon – very politely (1,1,1,1) 23 Alien spaceships returned from areas of Umbara (1,1,2)