CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7 One that's served US general
receiving award (8)
9 Foreign characters very big
inside and out (6)
10 Alec ignoring banks with
commercial tip-off (4)
11 Free love: he thus cavorted
with one (2,3,5)
12 Cold fish rejected by English
king (6)
14 After turning face, Boz not
badly attacked (4,4)
15 Shot lodged in thief for
thieving (6)
17 Help fellow following
concerning tale (6)
20 Loathing diets, mysteriously
gaining a stone (8)
22 Finger's skin peeled off,
caught in wood (6)
23 Books one like The Herald
supports (10)
24 Similar to relish (4)
25 Birds from river in south-east
depart to the west (6)
26 Once more claim right and
see tsar destabilised (8)
DOWN
1 Join line and get on section of
aircraft (8)
2 Endlessly pore over hunky
male (4)
3 Burden of male in one
heartless gang (6)
4 Agitated voices about Man
United (8)
5 Show fierce animal getting
round it's destruction (10)
6 Help to support lead of big
dog (6)
8 Noisy toy animal talked
oddly (6)
13 Flexible feet turned without
restriction (10)
16 Plant went up broom, close to
tractor shed (8)
18 Traces monarch inside
cinema (8)
19 Sportsman to secure runs (6) 21 Murdoch, perhaps, stopped
by a queen and countryfolk (6) 22 Scientist like Celsius
welcomed by friend (6)
24 Final screw's head sunken in
wooden strip (4)
ACROSS
1 Infrequent occurrence (6) 4 Speak in support of (6)
9 Connubial (7)
10 Spanish snacks (5)
11 Claw (5)
12 Expiation (7)
13 Hoisting machine (5)
15 Shade of brown (5)
20 Breathing as though you
have a cold (7)
22 Medical trials (5)
24 Breathing organs (5)
25 ___ Jones, adventurer played by Harrison
Ford (7)
26 Incorrect handling or
maltreatment (6)
27 ‘ Underneath the’ ___,
music-hall song (6) DOWN
1 Far from anywhere (6)
2 Concerning the
countryside (5)
3 1912 iceberg-disaster
ship (7)
5 ___ away, corroded (5)
6 Charge (7) 7 Sped (6)
8 Petticoats (5)
14 Large tropical lizards (7) 16 Principal bullfighter (7) 17 Place of safety (6)
18 Habitual sceptic (5)
19 Academy Awards (6)
21 Closed hands (5)
23 Break to bits (5)