CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Union supporter surprisingly is left outside backing a communist (10)
6 Theatrical party (4)
9 Tangle with international
footballer (5)
10 Right to vote of a man in
European country (9)
12 Award one successful
with first clue! (8,5)
14 Crudely looks back on fresh
depiction of recent events (8) 15 Lower status of church dignitary around
Middle East (6)
17 Cheerful pub to get drunk and
have a meal (6)
19 Product of Seagrams, one may
relieve stress (8)
21 Biblical character – I put in
‘apostle’ erroneously (7,6) 24 Supporter at home was hard to
indoctrinate (9)
25 Head off arm-in-arm showing
tattoos (5)
26 Dash around during vernal
equinox (4) 27 Inexperienced people guided head of government in affairs (10)
DOWN
1 Celebrity makes a couple of
notes (4)
2 Deny Ovid was involved in
Metamorphoses (7)
3 Making a comeback, getting
about in the pink? (13) 4 Spare from socialist
excess (8)
5 Posh part of London holding a
mass for teacher (5)
7 Swim over sea back to front,
being fat (7) 8 Lower orders comprehending students making fatuous remark (10)
11 One to welcome dawn crossing
bridge with one’s dog (6,7) 13 Alpine club disbanded is not to
blame (10)
16 Seized area captured by
whirling Dervish (8) 18 Headgear of daughter taken by
one in hand (7)
20 Good family will take her to find
London landmark (7)
22 Will Shakespeare’s first grand
house (5)
23 Misdeeds regularly ignored in
certain days in Rome (4)