CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Copper posh person disinherited (3,3)
4 Accused the French master,
implicated in plot (6)
8 Just fine song (4)
9 Disapproving to read gory novel (10) 11 Proper young animal circling
room (6)
12 Hamish manipulated in way to get
tremendous success (5,3)
13 Genuine about sea island being
health-giving (8)
15 Mostly chaos with hotel
network (4)
16 Silence after company strike (4)
17 Located expert airmen maintaining constant speed regularly (8)
21 In vessel carrying one very hostile (8)
22 Stone scrap around trap (6) 24 Enjoyable spinning rides are contracted for charity event (10) 25 Compete with wife's opinion (4) 26 Flowers on far side of that ancient city (6)
27 Island clubs with spot to the west to host sport (6)
DOWN
1 Look around in the morning beset by dog's commotion (7) 2 Drone after draining twentieth drink (5)
3 Recorded outside, two daughters played instruments (7) 5 Deadlock minutes after fantastic goal involving
Jack (6)
6 Unrivalled learner in board game on rug (9)
7 Fairly dingy hollow concealing chest (7)
10 They find information on extremely sure bowmen (11) 14 Shield man repaired is botch (9) 16 Ask opinion of university officer after scams (7)
18 Keenly, say, rising in advance (7)
19 Time to interrupt extravagant desire for those watching weight (7)
20 Sorceror crossing middle of fire is something illusory (6) 23 Party-goer's head in rough state (5)
ACROSS
1 Forces forward (7) 5 Highlander, eg (4) 9 Added incentives (7) 10 Hurrah! (5)
11 Shade of green (5) 12 Self-centredness (6) 14 Hugh Laurie's character in ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ (6)
16 ___ Steadman, ‘Gavin & Stacey’ actress (6)
18 Invent, plan (6) 19 Go up, mount (5) 22 Bizarre, strange (5) 23 Brought into line (7) 24 Roman gown (4) 25 Account books (7)
DOWN
2 Language spoken mainly in India's northern states (5) 3 Not mentioned exactly (11) 4 Predilections (6) 6 Periods in school (7) 7 Pressed (grapes) (4)
8 Engrosses (7)
10 Being sycophantic (11) 13 No person in particular (7) 15 Smelling strongly (7) 17 Deduction from a bill (6) 20 Underlying (5)
21 Cram for exams (4)