IRISH DAILY MAIL CROSSWORD

NO 15579

ACROSS

1 The cat, getting distraught, left property (7) 5 Hackneyed phrase in Catholic story involving church (6) 9 Greenhouse gas that’s meant to blend with helium (7) 10 A fan drinks litres, typically (3,4) 11 Dentist uses it to massage back (3) 12 Slave, like Q or Miss Moneypenny occasionally? (11) 13 Someone trying to lose weight dumps one hamper (5) 14 They carry bags for a criminal cutting diamonds (4,5) 16 Rhino, say, extremely happy in cramped compound (9) 17 Straighten clothing (5) 19 Harry hires office for drink (5,6) 22 Cut back most of staff (3) 23 Stick around yacht club for sport (7) 24 Pudding I put in a pot, mixed roughly (7) 26 Operating behind amphibian unit of force (6) 27 With effort, lift head office sack (5-2)

DOWN

1 Temporary resting place affected bottom (4,3) 2 A loveless drug ring keeps temperature line at about 66° (9,6) 3 Milk supplier has no time for drink (3) 4 Large one and German one, to stay in bed (3,2) 5 Schoolmaster organised the –––– – (9) 6 I left in Berliner’s article for loafer (5) 7 Go round the bend, needing some DIY perhaps? (4,1,5,5) 8 Good stringed instrument set up for nothing (6) 12 TV baker’s lapse seen in Times (5) 14 Study publication, say, for keyboard instrument (4,5) 15 Rooftop game needing no introduction (5) 16 Harry, maybe, priest in church (6) 18 Singer, very professional, pens a number (7) 20 Raise this novel about love (5) 21 Go and get fine cut (5) 25 Plant appears in the middle (3)