YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Gamecock, 5 Slap up, 10 Duckpin, 11 Aurorae, 12 Elemi, 13 Irish bull, 14 Chicken-hearted, 17 Out for the count, 21 Pakistani, 23 Rough, 24 Asocial, 25 Topside, 26 Enfold, 27 Preached.

DOWN: 1 Gadget, 2 Macbeth, 3 Capriccio, 4 Confidentially, 6 Larch, 7 Pursuit, 8 Preclude, 9 Parish register, 15 Apocrypha, 16 Hotplate, 18 Take off, 19 Nourish, 20 Shield, 22 Still.