£50 PRIZE CROSSWORD

1 I’d set out the nutrition and slimming schedules (5)

4 Make a loud piercing cry if the crèche’s out of control (7)

8 Some sunbathing… Rena daydreams in a Caribbean island (7) 9 Start by being different (5)

10 Mother & Son

– he’s a highly skilled craftsman, Perry (5)

11 A terribly untidy place? Yes, it’s a pity G’s untidy (6)

14 Had sore muscles? Yes, he’d run after heartless Alec (5)

16 We hear the play’s actors are a class of the Hindu community (5) 18 A silly maid?

OK, it’s a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta (6)

21 It gets rid of a quantity of the road rainwater (5) 24 Revisiting unusual roads and lanes, primarily in the country (5) 25 A huge fire?

Yes, but a non-fire, in a weird way (7)

26 Being idle and hanging about a bread factory (7)

27 Seem indifferent to a collection of Turkish rugs (5) 1 Archaeological excavations discover the lodgings (4) 2 Healey’s developing facial hair (7)

3 An oaf’s ode about clams, calamari and crabs, for instance (7) 4 The tea’s brewed – fetch a chair… (4) 5 …and grab biscuits, just a few for the clergyman (5)

6 The borders have roses, e.g. delicately pruned back (5) 7 Downey and he cultivated this sweet yellow melon (8) 12 Using pieces of Lego, Alex is constructing a place in India (3) 13 Moll and the Arab travelled to a Scottish castle (8)

15 Miss Mendes the actress is going through Dundee V& A (she’s just back from Buckhaven) (3)

16 Rab drops bottles at first in cafes. Get the house wine holders (7) 17 A teaspoon perhaps for the troublemaker (7)

19 Making a mark

– it’s the Buddhist’s cosmic destiny (5) 20 Led back to the centre of Ohio, an Indian place (5)

22 and 23 A violent exchange of words or blows among the bell ringers (4-4)

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