Across
1. Lob 3. The game is up 8. Urchin 9. Nineteen 10. Heels 11. Dream 13. Aaron 15. Glasgow Celtic 16. Ishmael 20. Dally 21. Spell 23. Douro 24. Get about 25. Dashed 26. Neck and neck 27. Dye
Down
1. Laughing gas 2. Bacteria 3. Twigs 4. Gunnera 5. Emend 6. Skewer 7. Pen 12. Mollycoddle 13. Avoid 14. Nasty 17. Ambushed 18. Glisten 22. Libra 23. Drank 24. Gin