CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Get to the other side of the range, although getting on a bit (4,3,4)

9 Taken in by some great enterprises (5) 10 Take notice of something, but not a little boy at the end (4,4)

12 Cut into ripe production from Hollywood, for instance (7)

13 Attacks strongly, but is caught on the boundary (4,3)

14 Can start to fail, although it’s a near thing (5) 15 Make one more agreeable, with little hesitation. It’s a bribe (9)

18 Was a Pole sent off to catch fast-running animals? (9)

20 Take a card round in a dish (5) 21 Following word for word, although it could be a misprint (7)

24 Told I had a good time, but I’ll have to examine it closely (7) 25 It might be a strain, at the end, but it could turn out well (8)

26 Throw a tantrum at some stage (5) 27 Is making allowances, on the whole, at the end of the day (11)

DOWN

2 At short notice leave an exciting experience for another one (7)

3 Runners on a high, but will still end up in second place (7-2)

4 Design a way in to cover up church (5) 5 Dress up at the end, even at home (7) 6 Left, in turn, with common parlance (5) 7 With approval, can be regarded as above board (11)

8 It may well be obvious, as it would be quite conspicuous (5,3)

11 A raconteur might not be totally honest when he 17 down (11) 16 One from the Orient came near trees growing up (9)

17 Ran back, having assessed the situation, as a 11 down would (8)

19 Show generosity to a very big ship (7) 20 At last, had justification for treachery (7) 22 Find a trunk in a director’s office (5) 23 Landowner left to give help with little resistance (5)