£50 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Listened to the sound of a group of cattle (5)

4 Sack a female teacher after Sid comes back (7)

8 The memory loss of drunk men in Asia (7)

9 A 30th wedding anniversary is a danger, we hear (5)

10 A private detective out of bed to check out someone’s looks (3,2) 11 A fizzy Sprite for the person wearing a cassock (6)

14 Items on the work list? Yes, so Dot must return (2-3)

16 Wee Dorothy drops in to Glasgow’s indoor arena (5)

18 Let man out to produce a mournful bagpipe tune (6) 21 What one earns by working – a hard bit of the loaf (5) 24 The speed that is required in ecosystem politics (5)

25 Alec and Tim are shuddering in the prevailing weather conditions (7) 26 Temporarily stop to spend all over the United States (7) 27 Each line extremely glum? Yes, primarily it’s a mournful poem (5) 1 Pick up info on the grapevine in this place, they say (4)

2 Not at all pleased with what is ridiculously anodyne (7)

3 Talk about and debate little Diana’s swearword (7)

4 Make a sketch and upset the hospital room for patients (4)

5 First rate – like the Man of Steel at the beginning (5) 6 I get new game revealing a mental picture or likeness (5) 7 The answer is a mixture of liquids in the science lab (8)

12 A number of the bicycles are covered in frost (3)

13 Lazy Ethel sat with people who train for the Olympics (8)

15 Spanish cheer as Dot leaves Toledo (3) 16 A very brave woman? Oh, Irene is extraordinary (7)

17 Die overseas!

It’s a serious ailment (7) 19 Brought up a few tiresome messages – inter-office mail (5) 20 Not a single person comes from Dunoon – extraordinary (2,3) 22 The CID followed activist’s leader to find the corrosive liquid (4) 23 Mr Sheeran returned to New York briefly to say no (4)