CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Test the rage exploding from Muhammad Ali (3,8) 9 Tunes played as they were not in the past (5) 10 I’m taking on one piece of furniture that can be copied, but … (8) 12 … I’m not involved with overseas traders and their carriers (7) 13 Early photo of one Wizard of Oz sort of character? (7) 14 Digs up dust (5) 15 Reel David danced _ he’s reckless! (9) 18 Educates precociously in illegal sections of school (9) 20 Possess principal reason to talk nonsense (5) 21 Make explosive noises at first sight of golf club (7) 24 Fruit stone used in tanning process (4-3) 25 Bound, beaten and short of cash (8) 26 Heart of actor soft in body (5) 27 Corrupt police who performed Uri Gellertype routine? (4,7) DOWN 2 Places for hanging headgear once the gaps have been sorted (7) 3 Slides when is originally situated in spaces clear of trees (9) 4 Poet’s toil ‘e stood on its head (5) 5 Daintier arrangement one left to become disciplined (7) 6 Refusing to co-operate with horse-drawn vehicle (5) 7 Dine with wine and conveyor of water in elastic stockings (7,4) 8 Corroborates escape from the zoo? (5,3) 11 Last month the French overlooked proportion of new formal announcement (11) 16 Corruption was the forerunner of being prepared at short notice (7,2) 17 Six - six: level pegging; young first lively from the start (8) 19 Sussed out a saint at one’s mercy (2,5) 20 Small animal rams the roundabout (7) 22 Female relative heading off to secure liberation (5) 23 About paid golfer not as old as looks (5)