Quick crossword

ACROSS

3 Looked happier, given lots of extra benefits? (6,2)

8 Felix has nothing on the censor (4)

9 Play opening in part of London – nothing smutty like "Antigone"? (10)

10 It sheds light on the French politician (4)

11 Be backward and wicked (4)

13 One lass creates very strong material (5)

17 Recruit accountant and drag back (4,2)

18 Gets more exciting laugh and places on the rebound (4,2)

19 They might be shed after rates revision (5)

22 Dreadful variety of 11 (4)

24 Fruit and veg, linked to farmer at last (4)

25 Clubhouse discovered when heavyweight goes first? (5,5)

26 Deity's return could be painful (4)

27 Refrained from developing sites pointlessly in action (8)

DOWN

1 A tram crash that is revolutionary (5)

2 Energetic person putting in time as zealous preacher (9)

4 She's found looking into the Haymarket-Helensburgh service (5)

5 Ditches boots (5)

6 Swirling tides as devised by Atkins, Conley and others (5)

7 Writer might run off to the match with the girl (8)

12 Member's held by a team – of foreign warriors (4)

14 His patent expired, previously (2,3,4)

15 Where to find officer and soldier, retreating in the desert? (8)

16 National draw, we're informed (4)

20 Singers and lyricists tremble over score, for starters (5)

21 Goes down like ship, covered in the black stuff (5)

22 Gets a tenner, we hear, putting nothing into corruption (5)

23 A tot of Scotch I get in pub before noon (5)

LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION: Across 3 & 1 Down, Osama Bin Laden. 8, Talc. 9, Eastenders. 10, Beth. 11, Over. 13, Space. 17, Locket. 18, Humbug. 19, Clays. 22, Done. 24, Raid. 25, Decoration. 26, Ever. 27, Grandest. Down 1, See 3 Across. 2, Ice Hockey. 4, Sitar. 5, Mends. 6, Breda. 7, Nest Eggs. 12, Eats. 14, Pimpernel. 15, Black Dog. 16, Shoo. 20, Accra. 21, Sired. 22, Dates. 23, Rider.