ACROSS
- 3 Telephone workers staging musical dramas around the hill (9)
- 8 Fruit to reap, perhaps (4)
- 9 Looking around the street is annoying (9)
- 10 One said to be disposing of an underground room (6)
- 11 Like a man in India (5)
- 14 Learn about a N. Ireland port (5)
- 15 Pleasant French resort (4)
- 16 Drinks the last of the coffee for a break (5)
- 18 Getting a taste for Dynasty (4)
- 20 Cyril rewrote a short song-like poem (5)
- 21 Groan about gas (5)
- 24 Lack of interest is a way to get your first letter (6)
- 25 Acne under statement shows ability to last (9)
- 26 Proceed with Sir Harry Secombe? (4)
- 27 Wrinkles seen on newspapers? (9)
DOWN
- 1 Conjecture that the capsule explodes before ET returns (9)
- 2 Dance with the queen when Ian is out with a dancer (9)
- 4 Look for a nobleman (4)
- 5 Amounts of property tax (5)
- 6 Jane's swinging friend (6)
- 7 Offensive row (4)
- 9 Jury bringing about penal reform (5)
- 11 A tree like a writing instrument (5)
- 12 Journey into a grim place (9)
- 13 Catching sight of a man weeping (9)
- 17 Run away to form a union (5)
- 19 Crushed earth (6)
- 22 An animal - it's all right to get a quiet one (5)
- 23 Formerly got caught in one (4)
- 24 Race around the land (4)