Guardian cryptic crossword No 27,579 set by Enigmatist 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Across Maurier … (6) 1 9 19 No 1 with spy working in 2 … American press on supporting cyberspace (7) British admirer of George (6) 5 Like du Maurier’s The Birds, 3 Conventional bridge tactic breaking chain (7) induced big slams (3,7) 9 See 25 4 See 12 10 Fish swimming in cave round 5 Relief for suffering fan sealing House on the Strand’s head (9) last passage on top of Menabilly 11 Timeless stories, as put about by (2-7) the same devotee (10) 6 Castle Dor missing introduction 12,20,14,18,4 Novel start: enter about fair (4) woman, imagining deathly detail 7 Papers covering artistic setting in (4,5,1,6,1,4,2,9,5) Cornwall after the writer’s done 21 Characters at back of Old Ferry copy (8) Inn I misguidedly race (4) 8 Pause is at The Breaking Point (8) 22 Top producer of dramatic works 13 Aspects I see represented over drinks mid-morning? (10) top of York? (10) 25,9,19 No 2 gutted Manchester 15 Means to uplift sea lover, moved team to sack one during next with impression of Troy (9) Solution No. 27,578 16 With bands announced, follower season (3,6,3,2,6) T R F P J T S R 26 Tense chapter after close of of Q is not half engrossed (8) O V E R I S S U E A L A M O Jamaica Inn describes plot (5) 17 Just a little boy swallowing a fly R A S Y R X B P N O R T H C A R N I V O R E 27 Housekeeper’s high and barely (8) E F H Y T mighty (7) 19 See 25 V E R T I G O C U R T A I N O N A E G A 28 Set sail with du Maurier’s 20 See 12 W R O N G M A N G R E E D ultimate former model (7) 23 Heading for Polmear, load up bike E U E I I I L A T E R A L P O S T W A R (5) S L E T I Down 24 Summer for French crowned by C O M P L A I N T R E N E W U A U O I A D E 1 This French writer of note ruined the start of Fowey Festival (4) B I R D S N O T O R I O U S PhD — the making of Daphne du E T T S E S W T The first five correct entries drawn each week win Can You Solve My Problems? Entries to: The Guardian Crossword No 27,579, P.O. Box 6603, Birmingham, B26 3PR, or Fax to 0121-742 1313 by first post on Friday. Solution and winners in the Guardian on Monday 13 August..