Phi is another of the Indy’s weekly regulars. I first encountered him in advanced puzzles. Puzzles characterised by very accurate construction – I find I always understand the answer, once found. This make him easy, too, though not his advanced puzzles, of course.
I solved this in 13 mins
Across
4 BEAR WITH ME CR is a friend of the bear Winnie-the-Pooh (AA Milne)
11 Arthur HONE – GG – ER (1892-1955)
13 ELEVEN players in a soccer team – two reserves refers to clue number 13
19 RESUME double definition – accents are ignored in crosswords
26 OPEN SEAS + ON = feasible
27 TIDY – I’d pencilled in TALL first
Down
2 VOICE-OVER O = Love in vice + over = discontinued
4 BRING-AND-BUY SALE anagram of “bargain bundles” including y = yard. Very good & lit type
5 ANTARES are = live in ants (soldiers)
6 WHAT’S YOUR POISON What are you having to drink? Poison associated with the Borgias
8 MAUSOLEUM au (gold) + sole (only) in mum
18 ERASMUS (defined to need no further explanation SUMS ARE “raised” (this is a down clue)
21 ROMAN Foreign novel, seemingly from Italy French for novel (book)
22 LURID lur less e = drug (ecstacy) + ID (idea not half)