Quick crossword - Scotland on Sunday 1202/2012

ACROSS

3 12 who composed sonnet about New York (8)

8 It can be played to us by army leaders (4)

9 12 might jolt him on around start of 7 (4,6)

10 A French firm that’s awfully Scottish (4)

11 Hitchcock work on opera, endlessly? (4)

13 He’s a good man, the night before (5)

17 Points to the heart with demand for a repeat performance (6)

18 Delivers the Queen, being absorbed by equestrian types (6)

19 A famous course, or not, as the case may be! (5)

22 As worn by dancer for the Archbishop (4)

24 Mirth derived from creating unfinished elegy (4)

25 Journalist should know their value to 12 (10)

26 Takes sustenance, finally, and tries some starters (4)

27 Is trade’s destruction a calamity? (8)

DOWN

1 12 holds water in Scotland (5)

2 Premier’s mood-swing towards his servant (5-4)

4 Wise bird I infiltrate (5)

5 Feel sick around conflicting points for what could be coffin? (5)

6 Posed, that is, for the barman (5)

7 Gibberish in taste, for instance, after foreign refusal (8)

12 Writer, leading tragedian, and linesman (4)

14 Journalist might caress male in Eliot’s 12 (3,6)

15 Handed down and was indebted to old footballer (8)

16 Your duties include concealing language (4)

20 Turn back about 13’s original horrible creatures (5)

21 I leave sounds for features (5)

22 Overt deconstruction of what might be treasure (5)

23 Steak dish for 12 (5)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across 1 & 22 Down, Identical twins. 8 & 14 Across, Enola Gay. 9, Tonight. 11, Gotham. 12, Several. 13, Oder. 14, See 8 Across. 17, Tea. 18, Iron. 21, Riposte. 23, Holder. 24, Villain. 25, Liege. 26, Interpose. Down 2, Doone. 3, Nailed. 4, Cot. 5, Le Monde. 6, Yoghurt. 7, Marmalade. 10, Head. 12, sighthill. 15, Yielded. 16, Lorelei. 19, Gigi. 20, Roll up. 22, See1 Across. 24, Vet.