theMillwatermag
Cryptic Crossword #1 by Flintstonene Across 1 Brute with small pair set to annoy…(7) 5 …and annoyed if he gets his (4) 8 Seaman without friends getting mollusc (7) 9 Thus, a ruler gets very wet (7) 10 Ingress for the choir (7) 12 Fractions slim between the poles (6) 15 Liquid burst around cleaning fluid (5) 18 Before Lent, push right in (6) 20 Pique a saint inside large dog (7) 23 Go under? Suffer the reverse! (7) 25 Fat around any cord (7) 26 Mark cross around to prohibit (4) 27 Made certain, trick around in the end (7)
Down 1 Mixed up aprons for the clergyman (6) 2 Behind the heart, confused without a list of duties (4) 3 At university, drunk and tense (7) 4 Boasts of scrap of cloth in nonsense (5) 5 Increase around right seed(5) 6 Love to surround a junction and find drink (8) 7 Pull apart chair around echo (5) 11 Suggests losing fib for these cheeky kids (4) 13 With this, stuff makes rubbish (8) 14 Trappers things around on the beach(4) 16 Follows performances containing publicity (7) 17 Blame about the stroll (5) 19 Dramatized pressman holding the spot (6) 21 Claim to be ready for final metamorphosis (5) 22 Confuse the issue for sweetmeat (5) 24 Seldom seen confused at back (4)