Complete Clue List
Across
1. Messy bed for example
4. Obituaries
9. Flourish
10. Tortoise shell
12. Houses
13. Time in the future
14. Gladsome, soul-stirring
17. Animal medical care specialist
22. Young horses (from Indianapolis, perhaps or Baltimore if you're a bit older)
23. Promotor, showman
24. Lawyer
25. Stay behind
26. Encodes
27. Attitude, posture, pose
Down
1. Disordered, cluttered
2. Food titbit
3. Disclose a secret
5. Deserving commendation
6. Non-powered vehicle towed behind a car or truck
7. Banana-like starchy fruit
8. Cheaper accommodation on a passenger ship
11. Violation or transgression
15. Leave quickly, expel
16. Sporty-type
18. Repaint a car, for example
19. Environs, atmosphere
20. Tension, tightness
21. Alloy of copper and tin