Across 8. It’s long gone, out of date and no good to Eleanor Roosevelt, someone who is fleeced. (9,6) 9. It was gigantic in New Zealand once but is now seen with some Samoans. (3) 10. Card game where ladies sit and gentlemen often stand. (3) 11. Gundog used to clean out old mortar from bricks. (7) 12. It’s gone, most likely with your old lace in tatters. (9) 13, 26 ac. Dull chatter, it’s said, disappeared in the mid-1800s. (5,3) 14. Allow my hot mom, somehow, to reappear with genetic engineering… (6,7) 20. …as a Canadian of mixed race and display the personification of prudence! (5) 22. It’s absurd…go request a bizarre object. (9) 24. Last seen in 1627, patron saint against plague goes after gold and gets a shilling. (7) 25. It is back to a Conservative to make an involuntary habitual response. (3) 26. See 13 ac. 27. Sword leads to wild ghetto riot? It’s not seen any more. (5-5,5) D own 1. Beneficiary of a use? We turn to...