SATURDAY’S SOLUTION Across:

1. Spoils 4. Speedier 9. Raetia 10. Scabrous 12. Litigants

13. Yeast 14. Combinations 18. Magnificence 21. Nimbi 22. Inamorata

24. Ill-fated 25. Reason 26. Essayist 27. Herald

Down: 1. Surplice 2. Overtime 3. Lying 5. Pecksniffian 6. Embryonic

7. Isobar 8. Resets 11. Ungainliness 15. Imaginary 16. Intarsia

17. Retained 19. Endive 20. Ambles 23. Obese