CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Request for communication about emailed porn (4,2,1,4)

9 Claw back for lack of Latin (5)

10 Explosive claim to estate? (8)

12 Pulses with silent pounding after first love (7)

13 One breaking records at

11, perhaps (7)

14 Are Tom and Jerry, for example overpolarised? (5)

15 Not prepared to wait at time – nip round (9)

18 People going back to work are not starting as woodcraftsmen (9)

20 Water some flowers (5)

21 Agrees to act on spec collectively (7)

24 Command respect – owe it to television detective when received (7)

25 It’s balm to be there in person embracing endless hymn of praise (8)

26 Compare to natural stone decoration, we hear (5)

27 Original country girl in charge of ethnic group in Derby, for example (7,4)

DOWN

2 Be very much superior around lack of nitrogen in earlier agricultural systems (7)

3 Tape lines to re-unify Middle Eastern country (9)

4 Having sinned without cease, recover in Irish town (5)

5 Make severe criticism of management degree in final form (7)

6 Choral symphony seen in the programme (5)

7 Practical principle of the greatest good for the greatest number (11)

8 Scheme to solicit custom put in open ground (5,3) 11 Small fortune goes to good-looking girl (6,5) 16 Old soldier’s equal is to be covered with learner (9)

17 Selects for further attention when hears unlimited score (8)

19 Meals vacuously re create histories (7)

20 Type of nail varnish the girl will hold to account (7)

22 Catching cold makes kids sick (5)

23 Composition I lost from well-known conductor (5)