ACROSS

1 Widen (6)

4 Cavort, prance (6) 9 Bank employee (7) 10 Boy attendants at a wedding (5)

11 Face coverings, veils (5)

12 Accurate (7)

13 Floating markers (5) 15 Solid squares (5)

20 Help for the needy (7) 22 Influence (5) 24 Preliminary outline (5) 25 Training school (7) 26 Gladdens (6) 27 Amalgamated, combined (6) DOWN 1 Flee, abscond (6) 2 Shoemakers' models (5)

3 Needing a drink (7) 5 Cider's fruit base (5) 6 On a large scale (3,4) 7 Secondary (6)

8 Plunges (5)

14 Ignorant (7)

16 Unshackle (7)

17 Sharp, bitter (taste) (6)

18 ___ Thomas, author of ‘Under Milk Wood’ (5)

19 Remained (6)

21 ___ Milan, Italian football club (5) 23 Blatant (5)