£50 PRIZE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Citrus fruits that

make you smile (5) 4 A coastal bird surprised Gus and Ella (7)

8 Good fortune immediately in this Indian city (7)

9 Type of fruit Donald relishes in every dumpling primarily (5)

10 Enter the vehicle and find the smaller target inside (3,2) 11 The man composed the EU’s Ode to Joy, for instance (6) 14 Magic formula for a

fairly short period (5) 16 Sounds like Sinatra with an out-of-date French coin (5)

18 US inventor must take no side, in retrospect (6) 21 Graduate returned with half bottle for a religious leader (5) 24 A bat flies back to the French where they eat (5)

25 The wee creep is O’Dell in part of a TV serial (7)

26 Admires unusual weapon carried in a holster (7)

27 This woman will have to edit the issue (5)

DOWN

1 A jaunty tune for Coca-Cola’s “totally tropical” drink (4) 2 Chop up the mace with a jungle blade (7)

3 An old timepiece that’s made by the Uni lads (7)

4 James was cutting up with tools used in carpentry (4)

5 He’s A1 with wee Daniel and actor Turner the Poldark star (5) 6 Heep of misery has some upturned hair usually (5)

7 Mucky lad annoyed a lah-di-dah female (4,4)

12 Sailor took part in

the documentary (3) 13 A boss set out to

trace toxic stuff (8) 15 Comic Dennis stands in front of the Misérables (3)

16 The dressmaker’s materials could be in the FBI’s car (7) 17 Romantic in special

USA room (7)

19 All set to flower – first of all, Irene’s new bulbs (unusual daffodils) (2,3)

20 A Greek letter from virtuoso Meg arrives (5)

22 He must take gutless Liam to the captain’s place (4) 23 A batch of Fife teacakes for a fundraising event (4)