Crossword

Across

 1 Shoot to obtain allocation (6)

 4 Consider direct alteration (6)

 9 Boxer with built-in excuse (5)

10 Interruption about animosity (7)

11 Peter out when princess is heard to be grumpy (3,4)

12 Safe farm (4)

14 Edward North absorbed by the outcome (3)

16 Frame beheaded informer (5)

18 Fish made from unusual mineral (3)

19 Each holy man from Asia? (4)

21 Refuse to look up when drunk around this evening sometime (7)

24 To state one’s years is mean! (7)

25 A competition, almost (5)

26 Snooker player from Hogwarts? (6)

27 A German wine is about right – just a mouthful (6)