Crosswords Set by: Philistine Wednesday 12 April 2017 20.00 EDT Cryptic crossword No 27,169 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Philistine Wednesday 12 April 2017 20.00 EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email View more sharing options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Close 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Across 1 Step on board trendy futuristic craft (9) 6, 11 President Bush written off? Finally, with knowledge and study turned into delight (4,1,7) 8 The man, a Romeo, gets the woman to embrace a spoken agreement (4,4) 9 Work & Love revue production (6) 10 Behave in exile (6) 11 See 6 12 Rebel to retreat from the start? No chance! (6) 15 Serendipitous, its centre draw (5,3) 16 Place of departure that without Henry Ford would have been a sinister one (8) 19 Some favoured rallying round the pantry (6) 21 Vouched for watching cricket with England disheartened (8) 22 At last, Liverpool home town given hero musician (6) 24, 26 Autopilot leading winger (6,4) 25 Moving first to lose out would lead to rebuke (8) 26 See 24 27 Glorified first replaced by second, becoming varied (9) Down 1 Now 6 across 22 across 2 keeps going off (5) 2 Dry wine found in various places here (7) 3 Up before court (5) 4 Hancock's first pint is unhealthy (7) 5 Nice person beyond doubt, cares a lot at first … (9) 6 … whose day's borne by rising desire to travel (7) 7 Had arrived somehow without a memory (4,5) 13 Open present at the indicated position (4,5) 14 Current objective is to cover Sartre composition (9) 17 Shady retreat for a squirrel? (4,3) 18 As one whose partner's gone to marry, suppressing instinct that hurts (7) 20 Lock for phone permit included in covering letter (7) 22 The French girl, sanctioned … (5) 23 … had got drunk, taking top off (5)
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