Complete Clue List
Across
1. Get wind of a tiresome fellow as he finishes
4. Members become immersed in religious sect
9. About the end of December, reached Santa's base
10. Approval given to try, try again (4,4)
12. Unhealthy and rainy parts around old Shkoder
13. A fine state to be in
15. Ships mined at sea in trouble (4,8)
18. Like Scrooge, even simple person has obligations
21. Fellow in shelter returning for a top-coat
22. Championing an old-fashioned marriage
24. Dispiriting ministerial performance?
25. Envoy would have a gun in general
26. Eternal king of rock 'n roll?
27. Flowers that are man-made
Down
1. Catch the tube to the centre of Ruislip to get an instrument
2. Plant with no fixed abode?
3. Bad weather in China? It's trivial (1,5,2,1,6)
5. Copy mystery man if you want a tip
6. Cheap work for vile-sounding composer? (1O,5)
7. "The Heat's Off": a hard cover
8. Blind vet?
11. Crank who did badly in Lent, for example
14. Associate haziness with a psychic of sorts
16. Creamy dessert out East, also known as main course
17. David's work books
19. Reels about, having had a few in the bars
20. That's noted
23. Cunning hunter beginning to swim in Continental water