Tuesday 11 August

Across

1 Splitting payslip results in bad service? (4,5) 6 Occasional brewers who will deliver honey? (4) 10 Deceive friendly bank (5) 11 Gutsy Nero wrestled child (9) 12 Suckers taking shelter before short game (7) 13 Sacred music at heart of saintly shroud rite (7) 14 Acute harm horrible images aroused (7,6) 17 For example, Apple devices providing gambling opportunities (5,8) 21 Assigns blame when returning vegetarian food (7) 22 Chap so excited as couple make comeback in film (7) 24 Passes on instruction to tellers when bank heist’s over (5,4) 25 All together now – express disappointment at what comes before do (5) 26 Sentimental short message made even shorter (4) 27 Catalogue standard no good bugs (7,2)

Down

1 One telling stories featuring fantastic, very minor celebrities (8) 2 Beneficial to add oxygen to blend (2,3) 3 Internal enemy in appropriate position here? (5,9) 4 Element of July’s session is something hard to understand? (7) 5 Travel around Wigan central to find Portuguese wine (7) 7 Mrs Sprat’s dietary requirement processed at lane one (3,2,4) 8 Gutted scientific programme providing containers for seed producers (6) 9 She made crime novels airtight as each evolved (6,8) 15 Endorsement after president would indicate top choice (9) 16 Conservative faction working to gather information for delivery option (1-7) 18 Labour adopts works creating best medium for growth (7) 19 In Scotland all large trees produce small flowers (7) 20 Trophies stolen, clubs eliminated – it’s a result! (6) 23 Heads or livers chopped up? Depends how you say it (5)