Thursday 23 April

Across

1 Footballer crossing road to get pound (6) 4 Poor shots from Spain’s No.1 player in Philadelphia (6) 9 Italian dignitary delivers Elon Musk’s baby? (4) 10 Ring with number for trendsetter (10) 11 Duck followed by a bird (6) 12 Pervert chose ITV2 (8) 13 Comic Stewart Lee forgetting line 2 (9) 15 Backing favourites to show pace (4) 16 ‘Dog in the mirror’ is entertaining answer for god (4) 17 Ambassador’s wife getting tips from Ascension Islander (9) 21 Dear Charlie Dance showing a bit of flesh (4,4) 22 Untidy Womble briefly embracing a form of anarchy (3,3) 24 2 drunk cider or beer (10) 25 Females take drugs orally (4) 26 South American relations in part of England (6) 27 Declared dead by the entrance of Serpentine Gallery (6)

Down

1 Coat of plaster like a 2-layer (7) 2 What’s up with record stock? (5) 3 Pianist leaving church to tour one part of Africa (7) 5 Salesman’s wife getting into fish recipe (6) 6 Foolish jester made woollen items for Spooner (9) 7 Performed chore and cried into drink (5,2) 8 Becks played incredibly to inspire team’s midfield for Fergie’s old outfit (5,4,4) 14 Fencing covers problem for 2 poets (9) 16 Unfinished Monster Munches regularly account for fires (7) 18 Male chimney sweep in dance company (7) 19 Spider has distinctive pattern on behind occasionally (7) 20 Stuck-up date tucking into revolutionary food (6) 23 Club accepting the French complaint (5)