ACROSS1 Greek character, say, heading off to
change (6)
MUTATE {MU}{
sTATE}
4 A late drink that may go to one's head? (8)
NIGHTCAP [C&DD]
10
A lubricant cools it,
a drop of
radiator fluid (6,3)
CASTOR OIL {COOLS+IT+A+R}*
11 Oscar goes to silent
film (5)
DUMBO {DUMB}{O}
12
I deliver cards for
model (5)
IDEAL {I}{DEAL}
13 Chosen
Oxford college, reportedly
in photographs (9)
PICTORIAL {~picked oriel}
14 Most of film fitting in
pocket (14)
MISAPPROPRIATE {MIS
t}{APPROPRIATE}
18
Drop rest on creepy
-crawly (4-4,6)
TRAP-DOOR SPIDER {TRAP-DOOR} {
SPIDER}
20 Girl declared an
impostor (9)
CHARLATAN (~charlotte){CHARLAT}{AN}
22
Steps taken by one graduate skipping
dessert (5)
RUMBA RUMBA
ba24
Hyperion, for example,
Italian cast in bronze (5)
TITAN {T{IT}AN}
25 Irishman returned book
purchased by post (4,5)
MAIL ORDER {MAIL<=} {ORDER}
26
Had nice spread,
a ranch (8)
HACIENDA {HAD+NICE}*{A}
27
A small seabird
behind (6)
ASTERN {A}{S}{TERN}
DOWN1 Held in sto
mach is mostly a
show of masculinity (8)
MACHISMO [T]
2
A test involved
a small
sample only (5)
TASTE {T{A}{S}TE}
3
See you, likewise,
led astray over
star (6-3)
TOODLE-PIP {TOO}{LED*}-{PIP}
5
Acting as guardians, arranged
oral inspection (2,4,8)
IN LOCO PARENTIS*
6 After end of Marc
h, uncommonly
dry round
spa resort (5)
HYDRO {
marcH}{DRY}*{O}
7
Carried out first of
chairs left out around centre of cha
mber (9)
COMMITTED {C}{OM{M}ITTED}
8
Dog lead for
dachshund found in
Dorset resort (6)
POODLE {POO{D}LE}
9
Reliable policeman on foot, extremely
even-hande
d (6-8)
COPPER-BOTTOMED {COPPER} {BOTTOM}{E
ven-handeD}
15
Mocking actors in Indian dress,
cold (9)
SARCASTIC {SAR{CAST}I}{C}
16
High-handed and
indifferent? Not
very (9)
IMPERIOUS IMPER
vIOUS
17 Test ladder in
rehearsal (5,3)
TRIAL RUN {TRIAL} {RUN}
19 Type of egg dish (6)
SCOTCH [GK]
21 Cut? Clean wound (5)
LANCE*23
Departs in military aircraft
erks initially
fly (5)
MIDGE {MI{D}G}{E}
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