£50 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 Put on the wrong way round and still in bed (3,2)

4 A portion of fish,

Ali? But it’s a really big flatfish (7)

8 Conned and given shelter by someone perhaps (5,2)

9 Make fun of someone with cuppas at the end of June (5)

10 US country star Wynette with a woolly Scottish hat (5)

11 In port and at the quayside? Do deck exercises (6)

14 Wee sister holds me back in two games before the final (5) 16 The Boyne flows to a dark wood (5)

18 The purest concoction bursts out of a volcano (6)

21 A garden entrance leads to a colourful semi-precious stone (5) 24 An unexpected turn of events in the tale of Dickens’ boy (5) 25 Drunk old wine? Take it easy, stretch out on the bed (3,4)

26 The new screen and the final bit of drapery makes the stage backdrop (7) 27 Moves swiftly to get the popular game in a pub (5) 1 Bananas, pecans – and a little coconut sometimes (4)

2 Get ready to fire clumsy Kate over Mia getting upset (4,3) 3 Straw hats from the bags a man apparently brought up (7)

4 Endless thanks for lead guitarist Marvin of The Shadows (4)

5 Take some risotto, Leonardo, and return to the game of chance (5) 6 Cilla sadly backslid without Sid (5)

7 Stayed with us, irregularly, for 24-hour periods (8)

12 Back up a bit for the taxi (3)

13 Toss base out – it’s a dangerous fireproof material (8) 15 Inverness’s first Westminster politician – a rascal (3)

16 Maybe it’s Humpty Dumpty with one of the TV know-it-alls (7) 17 Sounds like the exit – not inside, in the open air (7)

19 Get married?

You must use the tune I arranged (5)

20 Lift it – the tenth of one’s income for the church (5)

22 Everyone happy at last with a friend in wartime (4)

23 We hear Dad’s sisters identified the picnic pests (4)