The Herald Sunday crosswords
ACROSS
1 4 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 19 21 22 23 25 26 27 Forked out about a quid for cloth (5)
Uranium found in officer's head (5)
I value role working with nicer actor (8,7)
Turning in before eight ruined garment (7)
Criminal careless mostly after consuming beer (3,4) Runner bound to fall short (3) Object sure confused bears (7) Biased people stage plays about terrorists (7)
Article about housing old soldier (7)
It's eaten by donkey as food (7) I say nothing (3)
Idiots briefly twisting bananas (7) Disclosures made by first-class groups (7)
Painter cooked vindaloo and rice (8,2,5) Youngsters essentially panic in river (5)
Posh car's wheels (5)
DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 17 18 19 20 24 Copper (bore) getting promoted (7)
Social worker captures extremly gullible spy (5)
Noble pair short of oxygen before game (7)
Spies surrounding area in rubbish country (7)
Soldier turned on pirate (9) Places to go? Set off after work (7) Break dance silently and in secret (13)
Chair under the table is for shoppers (13)
Copy terrible article describing record (9)
Stop colony? (7)
Stays on edge close to Christmas (7)
Adult cuts fringe for school pupil (7)
Wife leaving spoils opportunity to score (7)
Hammer that's right for German composer (5)