ACROSS
1
Dress made new fantasy second to none
(5,5,5)
9 Run into bar for a scrap
(7)
10 "Brown In" spelt out leader of
The Guardian (7)
11 Strong nuts
(4)
12 Return tab to Mr. Dawson in the
Royal Oak? (10)
14 Overhear a number
deliberate on the possible source of an American leak
(6)
15 Peter Sellers maybe, or Cook – not
good, average (8)
18 Jockeys in hospital
or going to seed (8)
19 What Americans do
to their plates when they want to come to the party?
(4,2)
21 Bring back red carpet – is it
unduly rash? (10)
23 Move a block of cast
iron (4)
25 Liven up novel – crafty
(7)
26 Keep soilage?
(7)
27 Creature left herons and Scotsmen
bewildered (4,4,7)
DOWN
1 Call
Nick? (5,2,3,5)
2 Former auditor reported
the Treasury (9)
3 Blown to heartless ruin
(4)
4 Law and Pacino besiege Universal in
real life (6)
5 No "S" missing from
station signs (8)
6 Toys in a Clio? Jacks
and tops leaving no room for work (10)
7
Start to harbour a craving (5)
8 One may
have no interest in the company of a bedmate
(8,7)
13 Showing no hesitation, tennis
player at one-love with determination to win league
(10)
16 Eager Heads of Intelligence met
before the case (9)
17 Removes organ for
grants? (8)
20 Understanding wife is
married after party (6)
22 Monument to
Biblical priest in church (5)
24 With
which Xavier might decline immediately (4)