CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Churchman’s moral weakness mainly a source of regret (5) 4 Hearing only tunes of this

genre? (4,5) 9 Reason for beer allowance

having precedence (9) 10 I nipped back with a bone (5) 11 Done time? It’s clear (5) 12 Ruin Vista’s new protective

software (9) 13 The army, for example, has tight grip on half of Serbia (7) 15 Without competence,

famously (7) 17 Alerted to change, having

connections (7) 19 Maestro set terms, keeping

hold of award (7) 21 Silly girl’s mad about love

and flowers (9) 23 Left in what one owes and

fights man to man (5) 24 Villa in Switzerland? A chalet

(5) 25 Jack and the Beanstalk?

Unlikely (4,5) 26 I see what you’re saying (3,6) 27 Poor donkey with no name

joined to another (5)

DOWN

1 Sundry debts attached to

most of rave-up (7) 2 Church state full of hatred in

ruins (9) 3 Settle sources of rancour over

offer, seeking talks (5) 4 Navigable passage of naval

flyer with no power (3,4) 5 Socially acceptable groom yet

to be taken in (7) 6 Difficult time, so VAT offers

an incentive (9) 7 Weep - our sovereign is

unaffected by alcohol! (5) 8 Weep about fool left in an

insensitive manner (7) 14 Irate gent planned to merge

(9) 16 Author’s plea reported

officially (2,3,4) 17 Change design with regard

to form (7) 18 Watered down sort of

Luddite (7) 19 Unofficial stock taker (7) 20 Tried making sad eyes (7) 22 Go over again, about to do

better (5) 23 Obligation to accept son is

grubby (5)