Chambers April '08
by Peebles

(all words / phrases are contained in The Chambers Dictionary and our online Crossword Solver)

Across

1Very happy? Not Down Under! (2,3,2,3,5)
9Rude waiters without energy, in a manner of speaking (2,2,4)
10Act the sailor by day, an old and weak one (6)
11It acquaints the player with the pitch (4)
12No adult yet one on benefit going to Cologne? (10)
13Northerner gets on the house without being punished, etc. (4-4)
15Protection for example covers iron temperature (6)
17Sleep during drink – get it before it's too late (4,2)
19Being under pressure has bearing on having long hair? (8)
21Writer's cool; should be credited with this when published (10)
23Produce beastly young Brown (4)
25Childish lark? (6)
26This possibly goes outside to fit tight and good, like a hood (8)
27Getting rained on in a poor state? (5,3,7)

Down

2Nosy, terrible Catalans abandoning pet (5)
3Not conforming, so quite lacking on stage (3,2,4)
4Outside public broadcast (4-3)
5Those governing troubled earth best – who, pet? (3,6,4,2)
6Jane thus becomes Jan, going on and on (7)
7Visual work gets mark of approval almost (5)
8Broken leg: rotten but held to enhance vision (9)
14Old soldier, not much money, going to old city (rising no.1) (9)
16Dukes put up to start such a brawl? (9)
18Number included in 'Left' sign (7)
20Transport strike over, true (7)
22Bush possibly part of this prevarication (5)
24Iowa's tenement housing garbage (5)


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