Cryptic Clues

ACROSS
1 Imminent calamity as crazy cow models for ads (5,2,8)
9 Anni about to ring the chap who nearly lost a pound (7)
10 A cut of beef wrapped around a piece of Roquefort with English parsnip (7)
11 21 died with English enemy (5)
12 Eve's agent maybe in town (9)
13 Father takes issue with 21 (8)
15 21's alternative source (6)
18 This social rebel exercises around one after a joint (6)
19 The BBC study of insect food (3-5)
22 Make an impression out east with article on Russia's top doctor (9)
24 Prospero's Art degree initially gained in Carthage (5)
25 Arising from a field of medicine involving supernatural power (7)
26 Poet goes around ancient city with American entertainer (7)
27 Macbeth's witches ride with tresses flying (3,5,7)

DOWN
1 And in uplifting places get to one's feet (5-2)
2 What a cheerleader mustn't be at odds with (3,2,4)
3 21's finished by the sound of it (5)
4 Circle about lost in thick mist in March (8)
5 21's a superior gun (6)
6 Rewrite I love Brad' in colour (5,4)
7 Killer whale trapped by the French 21 (5)
8 Pose by spring for 21 (7)
14 Put back in position again in New York? (9)
16 The sudden appearance of a pressing necessity - not unknown to Elizabeth (9)
17 He takes newly married women to Scottish islands (8)
18 21 in 20's Pocket (7)
20 Police return to Livingstone's with 21 (7)
21 Pen legal document with hesitation (6)
23 Old cricketer's easy elegance (5)
24 Doctor again before the Head of Swedish Customs (5)

3:03pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

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