Crossword No 27

           
           
10        11                   
             
12                    13       
           
14  15        16                 
  17       
18      19            20  21       
        22   
23        24                25   
             
26                    27       
             
28              29             

Clues across
1Having hour, leaderless, in cage shows great bravery (7)
5Width of red bath, maybe (7)
10Garment seen in Africa’s arid region (4)
11The Spanish follow sailor after justification.  Fair enough? (10)
12Pollster seen in camera (10)
13Stupid person – one who uses this? (4)
14Quiet songs – Shakespeare wrote several (5)
16Eccentric sick footballer (3-6)
18Playing soccer, Leek loses direction.  Some young males needed! (9)
20Higher, not sole part (5)
23Ralph, after losing lute, initially turns to another instrument (4)
24Following directions, item of mail is something sent to society members (10)
26Terrier could be weird, I hear (4-6)
27Darkness almost near (4)
28Spots some of Crimea’s lessons (7)
29Determine length of dance (7)
Clues down
2I agree – a very good animal (5)
3Track bird on road (7)
4Pungent flavouring derived from vinegar, lichen etc (6)
6Carrier for a rock, maybe (4-4)
7A group playing ‘Give Up’ (7)
8Species of magnolia has new title: ‘Pure’ (5-4)
9Award fool milk shake – she does everything (4,2,3,4)
15Double from Klondike losing heart but getting most of loaf (sliced) (4-5)
17Cut short elephant’s proboscis, we’re told – and devoured (8)
19Captain lowers leading character as far as possible, trawling for fish to make these (7)
21Exclusive rights awarded to those in hospital, but I’m not included (7)
22Hammer toboggan (6)
25Keen to be seen as queen – under age, perhaps (5)
  
  
  

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