A 1 Someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities 9 1 A 8 Spin with a humming sound 4 2 A 9 Route 9 3 A 10 Mixture of fat and flour used for thickening sauces 4 4 A 13 Pay out 5 5 A 15 Deep sleeplike state 6 6 A 16 Bumper car 6 7 A 17 Innumerable 6 8 A 19 Hair-splitter 6 9 A 20 Lustrous globule prized as a gem 5 10 A 21 Fortune 4 11 A 24 Duvet slid (anag) — strong miniature whirlwind 4,5 12 A 25 Average 4 13 A 26 Broke 9 14 D 2 White inner skin of an orange 4 15 D 3 Plant — in perfect condition 4 16 D 4 Chevron on a uniform 6 17 D 5 Short trip to do a job 6 18 D 6 Straight close-fitting dress worn by Chinese women 9 19 D 7 Closeness 9 20 D 11 Pick-me-up 9 21 D 12 Constellation known as The Goat 9 22 D 13 Waste 5 23 D 14 Peg used for fastening two adjacent parts of a structure 5 24 D 18 Flood 6 25 D 19 Elementary particle found in all atomic nuclei 6 26 D 22 Shout loudly 4 27 D 23 Nervous twitching in a golfer 4 28