ACROSS
- 3 Heard from children? (5,4)
- 8 Weapons raised on shoulders (4)
- 9 Painting, but not a water colour (9)
- 10 Number of legs (6)
- 11 Religious type the Spanish think is a gem (5)
- 14 Sense of quality (5)
- 15 Book that's among the customer's purchases (4)
- 16 Thugs; you'll see many around a university! (5)
- 18 Not very much money posted, we hear (4)
- 20 Alternative to the German arrangement (5)
- 21 Wander at day-break (5)
- 24 Peace-keepers alleviate discomfort (6)
- 25 Angry promise to devise puzzle (9)
- 26 Dunce's hat put on in church (4)
- 27 Prisoner waited to be kept (9)
DOWN
- 1 Assess what a shoplifter will do... (4,5)
- 2 ... and sign over spared man (9)
- 4 Intend to be near (4)
- 5 Boy given the French spoon (5)
- 6 Label unpopular with drivers (6)
- 7 Run around pole (4)
- 9 It's flat up or down (5)
- 11 There's nothing in fair fight (5)
- 12 One in chains makes Mary drool! (4,5)
- 13 Cheered up, having earned the change (9)
- 17 Solid noise (5)
- 19 Attempt good men made at meetings (6)
- 22 Little queen getting less so (5)
- 23 Liveliness of ten following railways (4)
- 24 Incite George to get into river (4)