ACROSS
1 Ill nurse? Go get a doctor!
(7)
5 Large net snaring some animals
(6)
8 Order re-positioning of her chair
before 1st of year (9)
9 Afterthought,
alternatively a complaint (5)
11 Graph
produced by George the fourth in empty office
(5)
12 Small crusader seen after dark on
Monday, say (4,5)
13 One who might be
proficient at spelling? (8)
15 Roofing
suitable for the church I’m pointing at
(6)
17 Lying girl conceals security code
(6)
19 Revise costings for sect followers
(8)
22 Alienated and unemployed, Jo Best
called journalist? (9)
23 Home of Boxer
and mate (5)
24 African opens show with
another Zambian idol (5)
25 Artist leading
expedition saves time for religious order
(9)
26 Animal found in marsh to west of
northern city (6)
27 Scratch around last
of soap in drain (7)
DOWN
1 Those in the Common Room
could develop smoother class (14)
2
Staggering after dancing? (7)
3 Dodge
First Lady holding present (5)
4 Knew race
could result in a tie (8)
5 “Spring is
here,” bloke announced (6)
6 Plant? He’s
penitent without it, surprisingly (9)
7
Fancy, but not last (7)
10 This remedy is
not to be sneezed at. . . (13)
14 . . .
doctor can go into reason for illness
(9)
16 Protected after a sign of approval
is given to journalist (8)
18 Servant
carrying too much soup (7)
20 Put on and
take off (7)
21 A cigar shaped like a
mushroom (6)
23 The Lord of the Ring?
(5)
