Including Scotsman’s Weekend crossword
ACROSS
1 One about to take a seat while working at a location (2-4) 4 Barrister endlessly consuming a drink (8) 9 Boy on the run (6) 10 Height of singer for the most part with one performing duet (8) 12 Look with disapproval in poor light (4,1,3,4) 15 Lake found when river rose dangerously (9) 17 Egg found in new sort of henhouse (5) 18 Was first to continue in being (5) 19 Guy bunged off beach car (4-5) 20 Stop working at the mill? (5,2,1,4) 24 Former partner Penny allowed to be outspoken (8) 25 Bag Zoe transferred to building in the garden (6) 26 Pure-bred line of ancestors (8) 27 Interfere with sound award (6)
DOWN
1 Took corner too sharply and capsized (10) 2 Withdraws labour before one, I left to eat humble pie (6,4) 3 From Bolton gangster took vehicle (5) 5 Birth certificate? (8,4) 6 A lovebird prepared uniform colour (5-4) 7 A question on a liquid (4) 8 Be prolific but meet disaster (4) 11 Usual plonk from France (3,9) 13 How iron workers on next year’s work will progress well (5,5) 14 Unadventurous not given to travel (4-2-4) 16 Officer counting votes on the way back (9) 21 Not ignorant about a place in Hertfordshire (5) 22 First person in France on record as having vehicle (4) 23 Part of vegan’s pudding? (4)