Crosswords

ACROSS

1 Question act with broken tub (5) 4 Avoids eating source of sugar in lipids (5) 9 Level of heat when armourer met poet in trouble? (4,11) 10 Legendary horseman? (7) 11 Nearest cupboard occupied by son (7) 12 Never naked for this girl! (3) 13 Speech for a day shift? (7) 15 Cover from sun's heat here (7) 16 The distress of gold workers surrounded by non-drinkers (7) 19 Everybody in performance is lacking depth (7) 21 Frozen water bugs with no head (3) 22 No French street work is continuous (7) 23 Drink that's ruin – can I? (7) 25 Doctor forgets net worth of such a stalwart (5,2,8) 26 Fools told off before start of school (5) 27 Copper miners losing half to get spice (5)

DOWN

1 Overwhelmed doctor confessed (7) 2 Careful translation reveals extremist (5) 3 Mercedes Benz originally invested in exhausts producing such sounds (7) 4 Rips off items of clothing (7) 5 Coronation Street perhaps appears too ridiculous – no time (4,5) 6 Person who learns boss has ten wrong (7) 7 Poor reactions part creating delay (13) 8 Boxer's apprehension about the western rowing crew (13) 14 Pick on examination of the voting register (9) 17 Frenchman got married, full of fresh vigour (7) 18 Hints that posh people accept minimum amount of money (3-4) 19 Language group needing house on credit, say (7) 20 Telling porkies at home, and not getting up (5,2) 24 Sign of a cold and he's into the spirit! (5)