Tuesday 9 June

Across

1 Quins getting slaughtered reportedly in this game format (4,1,4) 6 Take apart resistance with very little money raised (3,2) 9 Transport doctor secures undertaking to show damaging output (6,9) 10 Muck about in street (4) 11 Casting chum bait overboard? (1,3,4) 14 Examine current wealth declaration that’s provided in court (9) 15 Resolved to return short communications (5) 16 Traditional name dropped – it’s a matter of principle (5) 18 Made clear: hero moved improperly (5,4) 20 Enquiry identifies food included in sample (8) 21 Retaliation involves the others (2,2) 25 Terribly fat York bachelor the source of hot stuff (3,4,2,1,5) 26 Defence is useless to hold back this woman (5) 27 Extended conflict has grafter almost completely apprehensive (6,3)

Down

1 Aim is to shrink Fort Custer by half (5) 2 Block clergyman over argument (7) 3 Common direction of travel after they open border fronts (1,2,1) 4 Thing that makes loving couple … (4) 5 … irritated by indolent author (4,6) 6 Got up coloured with optimism (4-6) 7 One paid on channel to provide content (7) 8 Issue dispatch ASAP (4-5) 12 Put off recording what we’re living though (10) 13 British agent satisfied capturing vessel – something that intimidates governments! (4,6) 14 America sticks poor material in papers (3,6) 17 They’ll come into estate carrying 50% of feed for livestock (7) 19 Beat in a gunfight with banned move? (7) 22 Sort of early film (5) 23 Occasional infusion is required on that basis (2,2) 24 Simple form of life spotted in spiral galaxy (4)