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Press, 26 October 1989, Page 14

Across 3— Pulsating, half with thievish activity. (9) 8— Clothes worn as a set fit. (4) 9— Workers floored with utter ease. (5, 4) 10— Rough, with bits of floor-covering? (6) 11— Hearing the accused has to stand. (5) 14— Swain finds he has a pound left. (5) 15— Service for mother on ship. (4) 16— Weary Communist wants it back first. (5) 18— Clothing a long time removed from useless stuff. (4) 20— Say something extreme? (5) 21— Old language of Latin or Semitic origin. (5) 24— Noted for setting of a sum. (6) 25— Difficult speeches for actor are just bad luck. (4, 5) 26— Lazy sounding God. (4) 27— Finds beer in order to enjoy amicable relations. (2,7) Down 1— Tory goals concocted from star-gazing? (9) 2— Badly apply rule. (9) 4— The boss of the advertising agency. (4) 5— Instruction from religious organisation. (5) 6— Blamed for the madhouse. (6) 7— What reporters gather from all quarters. (4) 9—Masculine painting from the seat of the emotions? (5) 11— Pithy trees. (5) 12— Draws lots for final utterance, which could be famous. (4, 5) 13— Uses altar in consequence. (2,1, 6) 17— Novelist shows how dunderhead got a sum wrong. (5) 19— A missing resident pupil reaches the frontier. (6) 22— Prickle in the backbone. (5) 23— Food provided in the distant orient. (4) 24— Given professional payment for fodder, perhaps. (4) (Solution tomorrow)

Yesterday’s solution Across: 1, Toll; 3, Barnacle; 8, Abba; 9, Drawback; 11, Saint Bernard; 13, Pastor; 14, Etcher; 17, King of hearts; 20, Mastodon; 21, Liar; 22, Anecdote; 23, Ague. Down: 1, Transept; 2, Lobbies; 4, Agreed; 5, Now and then; 6, Chair; 7, Elks; 10, Stronghold; 12, Preserve; 15, Herring; 16, Afloat; 18, Issue; 19, Emma. 1