Quick #52 - by Symptomatic

Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Failed to win (4)

3 Available (2,3,5) 9 10

9 Scan (1-3) 11

10 City (10) 12 13

12 Old British
soldier (7)
14 15 16
13 Long times (3,4)
17
14 Inability to write
(8) 18 19

16 Part of staircase 20
(5)
21 22 23
18 Confuse (5)
19 Old
communication 24 25
method (8)
21 Stayed hidden
(4,3) 26 27

22 In the beginning
(5,2)
24 Remission (4,6) 17 Court workers
25 Arrogant (4) (8)

26 Floating, perhaps 20 Puzzle (6)

(10) 23 Country (5)
27 Old empire (4)

Down
1 Treat (6)
2 Burn (5)
4 Celebrate
(5,3,4,3)
5 Rarely
(4,2,1,4,4)
6 Dancer (6,6)
7 Pain relief (9)
8 Cutting tool (8)
11 Sunblock? (5,7)
15 Vertigo (9)