Weekend crossword - The Scotsman 03/12/2011

Across

1 Drink from it to counteract ill-feeling (8-6)

9 Most eager having the best sight (7)

10 Should reform thug too (5,2)

11 One tending to work late (5-5)

12 Mum’s getting in some beef (4)

14 Way to remove a beard? (6)

15 Man with non-regal makeup (8)

17 One member permitted what was inferred (8)

19 Chief equipment’s initially trash (6)

22 Los Angeles holy man ending a series (4)

23 Little help on the face of it (6-4)

25 Stormy rain belt in Kenya (7)

26 Light metal ignited by one with BO going round (7)

27 Not surprisingly they come after the age of consent (9,5)

Down

1 Murdering and getting a great deal of money out of it (6,1,7)

2 Medico takes tool to boat (7)

3 Bird about to take it easy with new diet before end of August (7,3)

4 At home on the cricket field (3,3)

5 Too blasé about selling from one’s car in it (4,4)

6 In photo, gargoyle had old garment! (4)

7 Grasp idea that door is locked (5,2)

8 Blue fluffy stuff amongst piles of rubbish (4,2,3,5)

13 Title Penny discarded contritely (10)

16 Polite Scottish chap, he is not in uniform (8)

18 Not acting in a positive way despite free ticket I have (7)

20 Way a bird has power of endurance (7)

21 Greek characters left in soft cotton fabric (6)

24 Thin metal sword (4)