The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 Colonist who pays the bills? (7)
5 Propose putting it back inside for a reason (6)
9 Virginia sick inside house (5) 10 Image of doctor left in spirited meeting (9)
11 Publicans' letters? (9)
12 Quick to have a drink around
four (5)
13 Boat Cathy capsized (5)
15 Unattractive variety of
eglantine (9)
17 Articles I ordered to be
lifelike (9)
19 Man holds note of little
value (5)
21 Strainer is sent back to
woman (5)
22 Exploit commercial outlet by
the river (9)
24 One sailor I discovered in
squall is musician (9)
25 Lie about textile (5)
26 Lower the dignity of churchman embracing me (6) 27 Make insane having angered terribly (7)
DOWN
1 Sausage and veal cooked in sauce (7)
2 Claw in part of Catalonia (5) 3 Tract where all feet should wander (7)
4 Coach in leisure time calls for moderation (9)
5 Mother's swallowed phosphorus, getting a disease (5)
6 Cultivating land up to a time (7) 7 Free from blame, five point out (9)
8 Choose stupid leader, then choose again (6)
14 Fierce sea storm, then truce (9) 16 Unearthed former caveat rewritten by head of department (9)
17 Give up the job or join again (6) 18 Repeat there's a point in ragged attire (7)
19 Tree lost fir cone (7)
20 Quietly move back – go ahead (7)
22 Foreigner in Mali, English (5) 23 Sikh headwear leader removed in the town (5)
ACROSS
1 Man's formal attire (7,4)
9 Individually (3,4,3,3) 10 Pardons (8)
12 Arm bone (4) 14 Originated (5)
15 Place down heavily (5) 19 Declaration of guilt or innocence (4) 20 Of Austria's capital (8) 22 Cranefly's other name (5-4-4)
24 Seekers of mineral deposits (11)
DOWN
2 Little mythical creature (3)
3 Macabre, grisly (8) 4 Haifa's country (6)
5 Cut (timber) (4) 6 Disproportion (9) 7 Yellowish gemstone (5) 8 Thick slice of beef (5) 11 Give in, cede (9)
13 Of a party, lasting from dusk to dawn (3-5)
16 Tatties (5)
17 ___ Kidman, Oscar-winning star (6) 18 Stop (5)
21 Author of The Swiss Family Robinson (4)
23 Blunder (3)