| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | LAST WORD: &Lit |
| 5 | ABIDES: AB (sailor) + IDES (fateful date) |
| 9 | BUTTER UP: BUTTERcUP without the ‘c’ (top of carpel) |
| 10 | TISSUE: anagram of SUITES |
| 13 | DISCARDED: DISC + anagram of DREAD |
| 14 | MORSEL: MORSE (detective) + L |
| 16 | OKINAWA: O (duck) + KIN (family) + AWA (nearly away, as in left) |
| 18 | IN DEPTH: IN (trendy) + DEPT (department) + H (leading Hounslow) |
| 22 | ASCERTAIN: AS CERTAIN |
| 23 | TIGER: TIER (row) about G (first of games) |
| 24 | TURBOT: TURBO (boost) + T (time) |
| 25 | PALETOTS: PALE (anaemic) + TOTS (little kids) |
| 26 | RASCAL: hidden |
| 27 | ATOMISER: anagram of A MOISTER |
| Down | |
| 1 | LIBYAN: LIB (politician) + NAY (reversed) |
| 2 | SETTLE OLD SCORES: which is what one does when looking up Wisden |
| 4 | ROUNDEL: ROUND (patrol) + EL (the French, reversed) |
| 6 | BRIGADIER: anagram of BIG + RAIDER |
| 7 | DISADVANTAGEOUS: anagram of DAVIDS GOT NAUSEA |
| 8 | SPEEDWAY: &Lit |
| 11 | OSLO: hidden |
| 15 | SUPERNOVA: anagram of PROVE A SUN |
| 17 | PILASTER: PLASTER (screed) about I |
| 20 | CONTACT: CON (Tory) + TACT (diplomacy) |
| 21 | ERASER: ERAS (times) + ER (Queen) |
| 23 | THERM: hidden |